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Animator 4

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Basics

✗ Cross-Platform GUI with Qt– OS independent features– typical GUI-elements on all platforms,

consistent Look & Feel independent of platform

✗ common kernel with A3– all features of A3 are available with A4– full compatibility with A3

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Multithreading

✗ Input-Interfaces✗ Geometry-cleanup & -preprocessing✗ Plugins✗ System Commands

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Batchmode

✗ seperate executable✗ independent of GUI (i.e. no X-Windows

needed) via Software-Rendering✗ available for Linux, HP-UNIX & Windows✗ Feature Range = A3

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advanced commandsyntax

✗ specification of command-targets:

– „s“ Slot, „v“ View– by Name or Id, i.e. „s[5]v[MyModelView]:“

✗ symbolic Ids

– „all“ all available targets– „act“ all active targets– „new“ generate new target

✗ line continuation (@@) in session files

✗ multiple commands per line (;)

✗ old syntax still supported

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GUI: Commandwidget

✗ Slotmanager– direct de-/activiation of arbitrary slot

combinations for command execution– automatic synchronization with visible slots– deletion of slots

Slot Manager

Message Window

Status Bar Command Editand History

Synchronizationwith View

AnimationControl

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AutoCompletion

✗ Immediate display of available commands on every level

✗ Filename entry provides list of existing files and directories

✗ Replacement for Utilities/Command

Command File

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GUI

Single Window Multiple Windows

✗ free configurable✗ automatic saving of layout

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Dialog Collection

DialogArea

DialogSelection

✗ Space saving handling of multiple dialogs

✗ Dockable✗ Automatic

saving of collected state

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Views

✗ direct access to views in commands via ID or name

✗ no limitation on number of views

Model Curve Video FLC

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Default View

✗ 1 active view (as default target for commands)

✗ activity state (border of graphics area):

– red: active– yellow: active (forced)– grey: inactive

✗ forced activity available with „keep active“ switch in context menu

active (forced) active inactive

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Instant Mouse Actions

Item­Filter

Action Style Color

✗ standard mouse behaviour for model views

✗ item-sensitive

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Importdialog

✗ all import options gathered in one dialog

✗ Animator Database now normal Interface: „Database“

✗ available through „File/Open“ or -Button

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Autoload

✗ Automatic storage of Imported data per File in FileHistory

✗ Configurable One-Click Import

✗ Automatic loading of result data with geometry

✗ Autoload names stored per Interface

AutomaticContentScan

Automatic DataImport

Autoload DataConfiguration

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Exportdialog

✗ all export options gathered in one dialog

✗ available through „File/Save“ or -Button

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Videoexport

✗ GUI-Frontend for video creation

✗ Configuration of video parameters

✗ Recording of single view or workspace

Start/StopRecording Video Statistics

Inputfile

Source­ & Output­Settings

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Edit Highlighting

✗ Colored background as feedback for modified data

✗ Colored background as feedback for file status

✗ Color adjustable

Invalid File Selection

Valid File Selection

Field containingoriginal value

Field withmodified value

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What's This Help

✗ all platforms

✗ extended helptext for complex features

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About Animator4

✗ Available through „Help/About Animator4“

✗ List of New Features, Changes & Bugfixes

✗ Execution Environment

ConfigurationNews

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Curves✗ platform-independent selection of interfaces

– ASCII-XY-Data– Pamcrash– Dyna 3D (ASCII & Binary)– Radioss– Abaqus– DIAdem– ISO-MME

✗ assignment of curves to slots

✗ extension of visualization features

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Curve Import & List

✗ Scan & Contentslist of Files

✗ Selection of importdata up to Item Level

✗ Listing of Slot Contents

Category

Functions

Items

Curves &Statistics

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CurveView

Axis (can be positioned oneither side of diagramm)

Diagram

Legend(position free choosable)

✗ Fully configurable

✗ Selection sensitive Contextmenu

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CurveView Configuration

✗ Various Style Settings for Curves and Axes

✗ Settings apply to selected view only✗ Curvenames are global

CurveProperties

AxisProperties

Title

Style

AxisAssociation

Title

Style

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Calculator

✗ Generation of Curves

✗ Calculation with Curves and Scalars

✗ All Functions of Evaluator✗ Curve insertion from Curvelist and Curveview

Formula Line Edit

FunctionCategories

Options

Function Buttons Numerical Pad

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Slot Data Structure

✗ Arbitrary number of results (sets)

✗ Arbitrary number of functions per set

✗ Identified by name

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Multiple Results

Import Mode

✗ Specification during import

✗ Append Mode:

– generate new set / new function in set✗ Overwrite Mode:

– delete old data, import to new set

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Result Management

✗ Multiple Displacement Sets

✗ Multiple Functions per Displacement Set

Functionlist &Selection

Display &AnimationSettings

Set­ &Statelist

Set­ & Statecontrol

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User Configuration

✗ Generation of actions

✗ Assignments of Shortcuts

✗ Generation of toolbars✗ Import of old A3-Button-Files

Actions &Shortcuts

Toolbars

ImportTooltip (Command)

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User Configuration (2)

✗ Style properties (Name, Icon, etc.)

✗ Execution of commands, sessionfiles or plugins

✗ Separate on/off State✗ Exclusive (Radio) Groups

Style

Execution

Shortcut

Name

ExclusiveSwitch

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Optionsdialog

✗ resorted and redesigned

✗ additional settings

Settings

Category

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Searching & Filtering

✗ search: find first matching item

✗ filter: show only matching items

✗ sorting in both directions for all columns

✗ sort marker

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Color Selection

✗ QuickSelection Colors:

– File a4_SelectColor.rgb✗ Selection:

– graphical– RGB– HSV

✗ Color-Preview

Level 1

Level 2

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Function Bar

FieldSelection

Color

Range

Properties of a Field Contextmenu

Style

Title

Fields

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Geometry Parameters

✗ Model Transformation

✗ Result Transformation

✗ Display Positioning (Explode)

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Numberformat

✗ Definition of number display

✗ Generation of formatstring for command

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Printing

✗ Print of view contents & workspace

✗ Full configuration possibilities

✗ Printing to normal printer

✗ Export to pdf or Postscript