Viewer Menu
From Alta Dynamics Knowledge Center
This page describes the menu of Polaris Viewer. Each section corresponds to an item in the main menu.
File
| Menu item | Action/effect |
|---|---|
| New Project | Clear all existing settings and start a fresh empty project |
| Open Project | Open an existing project file |
| Recent Project | Shows four recently created or modified projects, click to open one |
| Save | Save the current project |
| Save As | Save the current project to a different project name |
| Save Data | Save the current data object itself to disk |
| Save Screenshot | Save the snapshot of the current view into an image file |
| Save Animation | Save the current view into a time-series images or a video file |
| Clear All | Delete all data objects in the "Pipeline Browser". Doesn't affect files on disk. |
| New Window | Fires another Polaris Viewer window. |
| License | View or change license settings and information |
| Exit | Quit Polaris Viewer |
Setup
| Menu item | Action/effect |
|---|---|
| Definitions | Dialog to define vectors and movements for subsequent references/uses |
| Case Setup | Dialog to define most of the parameters for Polaris CFD simulation |
| Create | Create a geometry or text object directly |
| Derived | Create a geometry from a existing geometry object |
| Import Geometry | Import a geometry object from a file |
| Import Recent | Show four recently imported geometries and import one |
| Create a Job | Create a simulation job |
| Monitor a Job | Submit and monitor a job |
PostProcessing
| Menu item | Action/effect |
|---|---|
| Load Results | Open a result file |
| Load Recent | Shows four recently loaded result files and load one |
| Save State | Save the current postprocessing state into a file |
| Load State | Open a previously saved state file |
| Reload State | Clear window and reopen the current postprocessing state to reload all data files |
| Export Data | Saves the current spreadsheet into a .csv file |
| Data Analysis | Several functions to analysis the data, details elsewhere. |
Edit
| Menu item | Action/effect |
|---|---|
| Undo | Undo previous operation |
| Redo | Redo previous operation |
| Settings | Adjust default settings of the Polaris Viewer |
| View Settings | Adjust view settings |
View
Set the visibility of several dockable panels and toolbars.
Filters
Various postprocessing functions that will be described elsewhere.
Tools
| Tools item | Action/effect |
|---|---|
| Python Shell | Bring up the python shell for entering commands |
| Start Trace | Start to record the operations |
| Stop Trace | Stop recording, save macros (python script) into a file |
Macros
Edit or execute a macro file
About
Shows the general legal information of Polaris CFD software.