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The following commands are active when you are in the display window:

Command

Key

Reset r
Full Screen f
Rotate Left Mouse
Pan Middle Mouse
Zoom Right Mouse
Zoom Rubber Band Shift Right Mouse
Console Window c
Wireframe Mode w
Surface Mode s
Pick space
Output image to file o

Reset

This resets the display by making centering the objects in the display window. You need to do this when you load in datasets that are located in a different physical location in the domain or when you load in datasets on a different domain.

Rotate

Holding down the left mouse button while you move the mouse rotates the objects in the display window.

Pan

Holding down the middle mouse button (or Shift + left mouse button) and dragging will pan the display.

Zoom

Holding down the right mouse button and dragging up will zoom out and dragging down will zoom in.

Zoom Rubber Band

Holding down the Shift + right mouse button will cause a square to be drawn on the screen, when you release the mouse button the scene will be centered zoomed to the area you highlighted. Note for things already zoomed in the amount of zooming is less than one would expect. This is being looked into.

Console Window

Pressing the "c" key will bring up a command line console at which you can type TCL commands. This is for advanced users only.

Wireframe Mode

Causes the display to use wireframe mode. On some systems this may be faster than shading.

Surface Mode

Causes the display to use normal surface shading. This is the default viewing mode

Pick

Causes the item under the mouse to be picked. This is used to select the point for the databrowser window.

Output Image to File

Save the current image to the file indicated in the control panel for the current render window.  This is often used when you are in full screen mode and want to save this image since many OpenGL renderers render directly to the screen buffer you will pick up any overlapping windows that cover the render window.