| | 27 | == Recommended User preferences & advices == |
| | 28 | * The user preferences can be opend from the "Edit" menu. We recommend to set the following settings: |
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| | 30 | * '''Cache Size (Megabytes)''': depending on your RAM, allow VAPOR to block 70-80% of your total RAM. |
| | 31 | * '''Specify graphics texture size''': We suppose that the performance of VAPOR can be improved by setting a value for the texture size. However, currently we do not have no suggestions for an appropiate value. |
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| | 33 | * '''Save your work regularly! ''' Use the "Save Session" option to save your visualizer settings to file. Our experience is that VAPOR tends to crash from time to time and you will lose all your settings. Saving your settings allows you not only to restore your last session (you just need to load the data manually), but it also allows to visualize several datasets with the same visualizer settings. |
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| | 35 | * '''Play! ''' There are unlimited possibilies of presenting your data. Try out different approaches for visualizing interesting features of your simulated flow. Toy around with the lighting setup, transparency, viewing angles etc.. |
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| | 37 | * '''Flow Renderer":''' "Be carefull when using "Field line advection". This type is used to show trajectories of your flow field, but it requires enormous computational time (which can make VAPOR crash). Make sure that "Auto-refresh flow" is disabled and you know what you are doing. It is also a good idea to save your session before using the flow renderer. |
