Colorbar (control panel)
The control panel Colorbar defines transformation settings of the colour table used for false colour assignments in all colorized evaluations (the transformation from function value to a colour). The display of the colour scale can be adjusted here also.
The colour table "affects" the active function (temperature, heat flux, surface humidity, etc.) - selected within the General control panel.
Remark: By changing the setting Colorize of each respective evaluation the function of colorizing by a colour table can be turned off selectively - objects are then homogenously coloured by dark or bright colour instead of being colorized by value.
| Active, Opaque | Decide about the visibility and transparency of the colour scale and its labels. Remark: Even if the colour scale itself is inactive (not visible) chosen parameters are applied to evaluations!! |
| Moveable | If turned off all mouse events will be directed to the 3D evaluation - the colour bar cannot be sized nor moved anymore. |
| Min/Max | The values of Maximum and Minimum, shown at the top and bottom of the panel, display the current extent of selected evaluation function. This interval can be reduced by the input in the respective fields. The input can be performed either by the entry of numeric values into the respective input field or by moving the sliders between the extent values. This allows better emphasizing of selective value interval. |
| Clamp range | Allows for clamping of evaluation areas outside of selected value interval. Remark: Current implementation provides very simple but extremely fast clamping function. |
| Colour table | Preset with the standard value "(Default)" the colour table of red through green to blue is used. The application provides many various colour tables which can be selected here. |
Labelling of the colour bar can be adjusted within the control panel Labels.
The position at which the colour bar is displayed can be arbitrarily changed within the 3D view by moving and sizing it with the mouse.
Remark: Even if the colour scale itself is inactive (not visible) chosen colorizing parameters are applied to evaluations!
Remark: Extreme values of temperatures include space temperatures also.
Position and size of the colour bar display
The position at which the colour bar is displayed can be arbitrarily changed within the 3D view by moving and sizing it with the mouse if the "Moveable" setting is turned on.
You interactively manipulate the position, size, and orientation of a colour bar. It reacts to to left mouse events and mouse movement. The shape of the cursor will change based on its location. If the cursor is over an edge of the colour bar the cursor shape will change to a resize edge shape.
If the position of a colour bar is moved to be close to the centre of one of the four edges of the 3D view, then the colour bar will change its orientation to align with that edge. This orientation is sticky in that it will stay at that orientation until the position is moved close to the centre of another edge.
Actual position of the colour bar is saved automatically within application settings file and restored the next time the Results3D window is opened.
Remark: If the case the colour bar has been accidentally moved outside of the visible area of the window, it can not be picked with the mouse pointer anymore for any further movement. To restore the position to some position where it can be picked and moved again you must close the 3D window and reopen it - the colour bar will be automatically restored at some visible position nearby the image edge.
See also: Colorize (setting), Results 3D window, Isolines / Isotherms (control panel), Surface (control panel), Slice X,Y,Z (control panel), Streamlines (control panel), HedgeHog (Arrows) (control panel), Isosurface (control panel), General (control panel), Labels (control panel)