RealFlow笔记Getting startedRF3 LayoutGraphic User Interface.docx

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RealFlow笔记GettingstartedRF3LayoutGraphicUserInterface

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Realflow3MainUserinterfaceSections:

1:

Viewports

2:

TabMenu

3:

TimeLine

4:

SimulationControls

5:

TimeIndicators

6:

Transformtextboxes

7:

TimeLinecontrolbuttons

8:

AnimationButtons

9:

InfoMessages

10:

ToolBar

11:

MenuBar

12:

Enviroment

13:

SelectionTools

14:

Scenetree,ExportCentral&CurveeditorButtons

15:

Rightclickmenu

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1.Viewports:

Thegraphicalelementsofthecurrentsimulationarerepresentedinthiswindowusing3DOpenGLgraphics.TheusercaninteractwiththedisplaywindowwhiletheALTkeyispressed.Seetablebelow:

ALT+LMB->Orbitintheperspectiveview,Zoomtoareainthecurveeditortool.

ALT+MMB->Pan.

ALT+RMB->Zoom.

MultiplewindowsareavailableinRealFlow.Theactivewindowwillhaveitsnameingreencolour.YoucanchangethelayoutapearanceinFile>Preferences>Layout.

YoucanalsocreateasmanyperspectivesviewsasyouwantbypressingALT+NorwithinView>NewViewport

Geometryinviewportscanbevisualizaedin5diferentways:

Wireframe:

Onlythevertexandedgesareshown.

BoundingBox:

ThewireframeofaBoxcoveringthevolumeoftheobjectisshown.

FlatShaded:

Theobjectsshowstheirfacesshadeddirectlybytheirnormalsagainstthelight.

SmothShaded:

Thefacesoftheobjectsappearsmoothedout.

Textured:

Theobjectsshowtheirtextures.

Listedbelow,youhavesomeusefulshorcutstohelpyounavigatewithintheviewports.

1->Viewtop.

2->Viewfront.

3->Viewside.

4->Viewperspective.

5->Viewcamera.

ALT+D->Enable/Disabletheviewports.

ALT+W->Maximize/minimizecurrentviewport.

ALT+N->Newviewport.

7->Boundingboxview.

8->Wireframeview.

9->FlatShadedView.

0->SmoothShadedView.

D->Switchbetweenshadingmodesoftheselectedobjects.

High-resolution（1024x768orgreater）displayscanutilizeasmuchas50%oftheCPUtimewithslowgraphiccards.TryresizingRealFlow’swindowandmakeitassmallaspossiblewhencomputinglong,complexorovernightsimulations.YoucanobtainthesameeffectbybypressingALT+DwhichdisablesthemainOpenGLwindow.Also,testdifferentscreenconfigurations（colorsandresolution）toobtainoptimumperformanceofthissoftware.

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2.TabMenu:

Thesepanelscanbeaccessedthroughthebuttonsshownbelow:

BETANOTE:

PLACELINKSINTHELISTBELOW

1:

PartcicleEmitterspanel

2:

RealWavepanel

3:

Daemonspanel

4:

Objectspanel

5:

Constrainspanel

6:

Meshpanel

7:

Toolspanel

Thepanelsaredesignedtofitin1024x768（orgreater）smallfontdisplays.Withsmallerresolutions,youcanstillaccessallthecontrolsbyscrollingoverthecontrolpanel.Thesepanelscontainallthecontrollingparametersandfunctionsforthecreationofparticles,fluids,Realwave,daemons,constrains,meshes,objectimportandothergeneralsettings.

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3.TimeLine:

Youcandragthetime-sliderwiththemousetomoveforwardsandbackwardsthroughthesimulation.Thetimesliderwillletyoupreviewthesimulationonlyifthesimulationdatahasbeencachedondisk.Inthiscasethecalculatedframeswillbeshowninorangeandtheselectedviewport'snamewillturntogreen.Wehaveincludedacolorcode,placedinlittleboxes,atthebeginningandattheendoftheTimeLine.Eachboxrepresentsacategorythatisbeingsaved.Thelistbelowshowsyouwichcolourrepresentwich:

Particles

Meshes

Dynamics

ViewportPreview

Keepinmindthatnotallcategoriescanbedisplayedperframeatplay.OmlyParticlesandDynamicscan.

Otherwise,thesimulationcannotbepreviewedsincethedataisunavailable.Inordertopreviewthesimulation,opentheExportCentralbutton（uppertoolbar）andsettheoutputoptionsfortheelementsyouwanttoexport.

Wehaveincludedacoupleoftextboxesatthebeginningandattheendtoletyoumarktoframenumbers.

Thesevaluesletyouplay,previewormeshgenetarethedesiredframerange.

Thevaluesofeachboxisrepresentedinblackinthetimeline.

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4.SimulationControls:

Thesecontrolsarelocatedinthelowerrightzoneoftheapplication:

RESET:

Restartsthesimulation.Thiswillcompletelyresetthesimulationtotheinitialsettings.Previoussimulationdatawillbeoverwritten.

ACTION:

Thiswillstartthesimulation.YoucanstopandresumethesimulationatanytimebypressingACTION.DependingontheLockSimulationbuttonstate,theobjectswillfollowtheanimation.

LOCKSIMULATION:

Lockthesimulationbydisablingtheanimationofobjects.Thisisusefulwhenaninitialstabilization/relaxationstepisneeded,lettingthefluidadoptastableconfiguration.Fillingaglassofwaterthatisanimatedwilltypicallyneedthefluidtofilltheobjectpreviously,withoutanimation.TheLockSimulationbuttonshouldbeenabledatthistime.

SomecontrollersaredisabledwhileRealFlowiscomputing（ACTIONispressed）.Thisway,RealFlowprotectsitselfagainstsuddenchangesincriticaldatarightinthemiddleoftheprocess.However,theusercanalwaysstoptheprocess,changeanyparametersandresumethesimulation.SometimesthesimulationwillnotstopinstantaneouslywhentheACTIONbuttonisturnedoff—somecyclesmayberequiredtocompletethecalculationscurrentlybeingperformed.Theprogressbartellsyouhowfarinthecurrentframethesimulationis.There’salsoacurrentframecounterattherightoftheprogressbar.

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5.TimeIndicators:

Thereareacoupleoftimeindicatorsatthebottomofthemainwindow.Thefirstone（Time）showsthesimulationtime,（Step）showstheamountoftimeneededforeachcalculationcycle.LowerStepvalues（around0.0001orless）willpointtodifficultiesinthesimulationengine（i.e.toocomplexcollisionsorhighpressure/densityvalues）.

Andathirdone（Elapsedtime）whichindicatesthetimesincetheactionbuttonwaspressed.

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6.TransformTextBoxes:

Thenumericvaluesforthenodepositionattributes.Thesevalueswillrepresenttheposition,rotationorscalevectordependingontheeditionmodecurrentlyselectedintheuppertoolbar（Move/Rotate/Scale）.

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7.TimeLineControlButtons:

Controlsforjumpingtotheinitialframe,frameback,play,frameforwardandfinalframe.

Reminder

1:

Viewports

2:

TabMenu

3:

TimeLine

4:

SimulationControls

5:

TimeIndicators

6:

Transformtextboxes

7:

TimeLinecontrolbuttons

8:

AnimationButtons

9:

InfoMessages

10:

ToolBar

11:

MenuBar

12:

Enviroment

13:

SelectionTools

14:

Scenetree,ExportCentral&CurveeditorButtons

15:

Rightclickmenu

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8.AnimationButtons:

Thetwoarrowbuttonsletyougotothepreviousandnextkeyoftheselectedobject.

TheKeybuttoncreatesananimationkeyforeachtransformchanneloftheselectedobject.Imeantreeforposition（X,Y,Z）,treeforrotationandtreeforscale.

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9.InfoMessages:

Themessagewindow.Youcanopenthefullwindowbyclickingonit.

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10.ToolBar:

Intheuppertoolbaryouwillfindthefollowingicons:

NewWorkspace:

Clearsthesceneandresetallparameters.

LoadWorkspace:

Loadsascenefromdisk.

SaveWorkspace:

Savesascenetodisk.

Select:

Turnsthepointerintoselectmode.

Move:

Turnsthepointerintomovemode.

Rotate:

Turnsthepointerintorotatemode.

Scale:

Turnsthepointerintoscalemode.

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11.Menubar:

1.Filemenu

NewProject:

Closescurrentprojectandopentheprojectmanagementwindow.

OpenProject:

Opensanexistingproject.

SaveProject:

Savescurrentproject.

SaveProjectas...:

Savescurrentprojectallowingyoutochangeitsname.

Revert:

Opensthelastsavedversionoftheproject.

OpenProjectFolder:

Opensthefoldercontainingtheproject.

Import:

ImportSDscene:

Importsascenein.SDformatandincludeitsobjectsintheobjectspanel.YouneedtheappropriateNextLimitplug-intosaveanSDfileinyour3Dprogram.

TIP:

Particlesgettheirpropertiesfromtheassignedemmiter

Ifyourimportedparticleswereoriginalydumbandyouassignittoafluidtypeemitter,itwillturnintofluid.RealFlowParticleBinfile（single）:

ImportsasingleparticleBINfileintothecurrentselectedemitter.PreviouslyExportedlikeseenbelow（usefulltostartsimulationsfromdesiredstates）.

Export:

RealFlowParticleBinfile（single）:

Exportsallparticlespositionsatcurrentframe.

UpdateSDscene:

Updates,ifpossible,thepreviouslyimportedSDscenekeepingobjectproperties.

SummaryInfo:

Displaysinformationabouteachelementonthecurrentscene.

Recentworkspaces:

Showsalistwiththelast.flwfilesopened.

Preferences:

ThiscommandwillopenanewdialogwindowcontainingparametersrelatedtogeneralcharacteristicsofRealFlow（layout,controlsandenvironmentparameters）.

Enviroment:

ThroughtheEnviromenttaboption