revert to the original behavior of showing the metric underneath the
cursor.
Multiple selections are possible by pressing the SHIFT key while
selecting an object with the left mouse button. When more than one object
is selected, the text box behaves as if nothing is selected, so the
metric displayed will be the metric currently under the cursor.
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There are four menus in oooovvvviiiieeeewwww's user interface which allow scenes to be
recorded, saved and printed (FFFFiiiilllleeee), access to the time controls
(OOOOppppttttiiiioooonnnnssss), launching other tools (LLLLaaaauuuunnnncccchhhh) and online help (HHHHeeeellllpppp). Some
menu options will change depending on the current selections and the
objects that are visible and hidden in the current scene.
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When in ``live'' mode, this option will launch ppppmmmmllllooooggggggggeeeerrrr(1) processes
to record the current scene into an archive folio (see ppppmmmmaaaaffffmmmm(1)) so
that it may be replayed at a later time. This option is not
available in ``replay'' mode.
When FFFFiiiilllleeee////RRRReeeeccccoooorrrrdddd is selected, a file chooser dialog will prompt for
the name of the new archive folio. If the directory to the folio
does not exist, oooovvvviiiieeeewwww will attempt to create it. It is usually
convenient to keep each folio within its own directory as there will
be several other files associated with the folio, including the
generated archives.
Once a valid folio has been created, oooovvvviiiieeeewwww will launch a ppppmmmmllllooooggggggggeeeerrrr(1)
process to collect the metrics required in the current scene. The
current selections do not affect the set of metrics that are
recorded.
While recording is in progress, a red dot will appear in the time
controls button in the top left-hand corner of the oooovvvviiiieeeewwww window. The
FFFFiiiilllleeee////RRRReeeeccccoooorrrrdddd option will also change to FFFFiiiilllleeee////SSSSttttoooopppp RRRReeeeccccoooorrrrddddiiiinnnngggg as only
one recording session is possible at any one time. Selecting blocks
or launching other tools will have no affect on the recording
session.
The record session may be terminated by selecting FFFFiiiilllleeee////SSSSttttoooopppp
RRRReeeeccccoooorrrrddddiiiinnnngggg. This will display a dialog for the ppppmmmmllllooooggggggggeeeerrrr(1) instance
describing the size and location of the archive files. The red dot
is then removed from the time controls button, and the menu reverts
back to FFFFiiiilllleeee////RRRReeeeccccoooorrrrdddd to allow another recording session to take place.
If the application terminates while recording, a dialog will appear
allowing you to terminate the ppppmmmmllllooooggggggggeeeerrrr(1) process, or leave it
running unattached.
An archive folio may be replayed using the command: ``ppppmmmmaaaaffffmmmm _f_o_l_i_o
rrrreeeeppppllllaaaayyyy''. See ppppmmmmaaaaffffmmmm(1) for more details.
The saturation multiplier for all modulated objects. The default
saturation multiplier is set to 1.05 which allows for a 5% error
in metric values due to rate calculations using slightly
inaccurate time deltas. Therefore, a metric which exceeds the
modulation scale by more than 5% is considered saturated. However,
the modulation of an object never actually exceeds 100%. In other
words a height modulated object will never exceed the maximum
height even if the point of saturation is larger than 100%.
Default values for these resources are supplied in the oooovvvviiiieeeewwww application
defaults file, ////uuuussssrrrr////lllliiiibbbb////XXXX11111111////aaaapppppppp----ddddeeeeffffaaaauuuullllttttssss////OOOOVVVViiiieeeewwww. Consult the XXXX(1) man
page for details of the syntax for standard XXXX11111111 geometry resources and