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1. 4 0521 Yny Xx 02 Q4nxny where nx and are integers indicating the number of points the grid describing the zone to contour Xi 2 Y1 ny are reals and are the coordinates of the quantities Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 and Q5 reals on the grid MARKER A tag describing markers or special points in the field to contour exp particles vortices Each marker is described by its position X Y and a value I representing its intensity The intensity is used to determine the size and the color of the marker Only one marker tag is allowed in CPV file in the case of the existence of multiple markers DF_CONTOUR will generate an error and stops reading the file Format MARKER n X Yil X 1 X Xi where X Y and I are reals and n an integer describing the number of following markers Appendix A A 6 DF CONTOUR User Manual CPV EXAMPLES EXAMPLE TITLE Example 1 COMMENT Estimated Pressures on a Plate FIELDI Pressure 7 4 200 10 0 400 1 0 0 Test cpv DFContour 500 1 0 0 33 File Edit Tools Options View Help 600 1 0 0 34 poem el Gel me 2 99 750 1 0 04 1 000 1 0 0 4 3 ___Example 1 1 500 10 04 300 05 0 400 05 0 500 0 5 0 28 600 0 5 0 33 750 0 5 0 3 1000 0 5 04 1 500 05 04 E EE 300 00 0 UE EC 400 0 0 0 2 500 0 0 0 23 600 0 0 0 28 A 750 0 0 0 3 1 000 0 0 0 36
2. 1 500 0 0 0 4 200 10 0 400 10 0 200 10 0 600 1 0 0 27 750 1 0 0 25 1 000 1 0 0 31 1 500 1 0 0 4 Appendix A A 7 DF_CONTOUR User Manual EXAMPLE 2 TITLE Non Rectangular Grid FIELD1 pressure 7 4 300 1 00 0 400 0 90 0 200 0 8 0 33 600 0 7 0 34 150 0 8 04 1 000 0 9 04 Oval cpv DFContour 1 200 1 00 0 4 Ele Edt Tools Options Miew BEE 250 05 0 el 2 400 0 5 0 200 0 5 0 28 600 0 5 0 33 750 0 5 0 3 1 100 05 04 1 250 05 04 350 00 0 400 00 0 200 0 0 0 23 600 0 0 0 28 50 0 0 0 3 95 0275 05 0825 O75 0475 1 1 125 125 1275 15 1 000 0 0 0 36 x 1 500 00 04 300 1 0 0 X 0 761364 0 363636 Double Clickto editgre NUM 4 400 0 9 0 500 08 0 650 07 0 27 750 0 8 0 25 1 000 0 9 0 31 1 200 1 0 0 4 8 DF_CONTOUR User Manual EXAMPLE 3 contour outlinel 6 750 0 5 1000 2 5 1200 3 2 1500 3 2 1500 0 5 750 0 5 contour outline2 5 Untitled DFContour 1400 0 5 File Edit Tools Options View Help ei Giel tel J 1400 2 0 1600 3 2 1600 0 5 e Chody2 cpv pressvel pressure velocity 7 4 300 0 5 0 400 0 5 0 500 0 5 0 33 600 0 5 0 34 750 0 5 0 4 1000 0 5 0 4 1500 0 5 0 4 300 1 5 0 400 1 5 0 500 1 5 0 28 600 1 5 0 33 750 1 5 0 3 1000 1 5 0 4 1500 1 5 0 4 300 2 5 0 400 2 5 0 500 2 5 0 23 600 2 5 0 28 750
3. 2 5 0 3 1000 2 5 0 36 1500 2 5 0 4 300 32 0 40 32 0 500 32 0 600 3 2 0 27 750 3 2 0 25 1000 3 2 0 31 1500 3 2 0 4 X nn nn CC nh CC CH CO nn nn nn CC nn nh cc CH Appendix A A 9 DF_CONTOUR User Manual EXAMPLE 4 2DCONTC CPV Please note the file is not completely listed in the documentation You can locate this file Examples 2dcontc cpv OUTLINE Body 33 0 0000000E 00 0 1055587 1 0346569E 02 0 1050504 2 0593498E 02 0 1035305 3 0642096E 02 0 1010134 4 0395595 02 9 7523563E 02 OUTLINE Bubblel 41 0 0000000E 00 2 147926 7 6775670E 02 2 145771 0 1530780 2 139320 0 2284365 2 128613 0 3023867 2 113716 0 3744725 2 094721 0 4442496 2 071743 OUTLINE Body233 33 0 0000000E 00 0 7397121 5 1427346 02 0 7438111 0 1029342 0 7468863 0 1543137 0 7516404 0 2054T72 0 7582446 0 2562981 0 7671769 OUTLINE Bubble233 41 0 0000000E 00 2 147926 7 6775670E 02 2 145771 0 1530780 2 139320 0 2284365 2 128613 0 3023867 2 113716 0 3744725 2 094721 0 4442496 2 071743 Untitled DFContour File Edit Tools Options View Help poleja ei lS ele gel 2dcontc cpv Untitled DFContour File Edi Tools Options View Help cista s Gel x al 2dcontc cpv Click the Animation button to animate the Outlines Outlines Mirrored on the X axis Appendix A A 10 DF_CONTOUR APPENDIX B D
4. and add text to the body of the message if you wish When you are finished you may click the Send button to send the message Keyboard none Toolbar none MOST RECENTLY USED FILES The numbers and filenames listed at the bottom of the File menu form a list of the Most Recently Used files This list stores up to 9 different document names Choose the number that corresponds with the document you want to open Keyboard none Toolbar none Use this command to end your DF_CONTOUR session You can also use the Close command the application Control menu DF CONTOUR prompts you to save documents with unsaved changes Keyboard Alt F4 Mouse Double click the application s Control menu button Toolbar none File Menu 6 Menu Commands DF CONTOUR User Manual EDIT MENU UNDO Use this command to reverse the last editing action if possible The name of the command changes depending on what the last action was The Undo command changes to Can t Undo on the menu if you cannot reverse your last action Keyboard Ctrl Z Toolbar none COPY Use this command to copy selected graph zone onto the clipboard This command is unavailable if the selected graph zone has no data associated with it Copying data to the clipboard replaces the contents previously stored there Keyboard Ctrl C Toolbar DELETE Use this command to remove the gr
5. change the color of the line used to draw the active outline Fields available only with a CPV file with FIELDx tags Field List General l Scale Axis Outlines Fields Bottom field t VVC DF Contour CP 4Fields Cpv Properties Visible Color Palette 1 85 Minimum 0 614 Maxi Iso Lines um ShowMesh Show Vectors AR Vectors Setup This property page controls the appearance of the Fields of the current graph zone Options Menu 10 Menu Commands DF CONTOUR User Manual Fields List shows a list of all the available fields The highlighted item s will be considered as the active field s Visible shows hides the active fields s Color Palette edits the colors used for the fields in the active filed s see Appendix D for a full description Minimum Maximum shows the current limits of the chosen contour Scalar or Vector To change the limits of the quantities included with the active field click the gt button Scalar Field interpolates and plots Scalar Contours using the Quantity defined in the drop down control on the right Vector Fields interpolates and plots Vector Contours using the Quantities defined in the drop down controls on the right The first drop down control being the U component and the second the V component ISO Lines plots using TSO contours Thickness is
6. integers indicating the number of points on the grid describing the zone to contour Xi Y are reals and are the coordinates of the quantities Q1 Q2 and Q3 reals on the grid FIELD4 This is a tag describing a zone with four quantities to contour Multiple fields can exist in a CPV file A field can have a descriptor immediately following its tag on the same line and before the n The descriptor is optional and is read as a string Format FIELD4 descriptor nx ny QL 0211 Q311 041 X2 0151 02 0321 Q4 Xnx Qlixi 02 1 Q3 nx 4 1 Yny Xi Ql 1 nv Q2i ny L tze QA ny Yny X Qlony LU ny Qk ny Yny Xx 02 Q4nx ny where nx and ny are integers indicating the number of points on the grid describing the zone to contour Xi Y are reals and are the coordinates of the quantities Q1 Q2 Q3 and Q4 reals on the grid SPIEL Di This is a tag describing a zone with five quantities to contour Multiple fields can exist a CPV file A field can have a descriptor immediately following its tag on the same line and before the n The descriptor is optional and read as a string Format FIELDS descriptor nx ny Xi 0111 Q211 Q3 041 051 X2 0151 0221 03 04 0521 Xu Qlixi 02 1 QIkxi 4 1 05 1 Yny Xi Ql l ny 021 ny Q3 i ny 4 ny QSdi ny Appendix A A 5 DF_CONTOUR User Manual Yny X Qlony LU ny
7. DF VERSION 2 User Manual A CONTOUR AND VECTOR PLOTTING TOOL FOR SCIENTIFIC DATA VISUALIZATION DYNAFLOW INC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN APPLIED SCIENCES 10621 J IRON BRIDGE ROAD JESSUP MD 20794 U S A Tel 301 604 3688 Fax 301 604 3689 E mail info dynaflow inc COM URL http www dynaflow inc COM DF_CONTOUR is a Copyright of DYNAFLOW INC 2003 All rights reserved License Agreement This agreement governs your use of the DF_Contour product and any material enclosed with it including any manuals disks and computer program Grant of License This agreement permits you to use one copy of the Software which is licensed as a single product The software is in use on a computer when it is loaded into the temporary memory i e RAM or installed into the permanent memory e g hard disk or other storage device of that computer You may use the Software on a network provided you have purchased one copy for each user Contact us about multiple user discounts Copyright and Restrictions The software is owned by DYNAFLOW INC or its suppliers and is protected by United States copyright laws You must treat the Software like any other copyrighted material except that you may make one copy of the Software solely for backup archival purposes You may not reverse engineer decompile or disassemble the Software except to the extent applicable law expressly prohibits the foregoing re
8. F_CONTOUR DOCUMENT FILE FORMAT User Manual DF_CONTOUR documents are based on the Initialization files Initialization files are easy to create and manage and are simple ASCII files Initialization files are organized in Sections and Keys Sections are always between square brackets and play the role of headers for Keys For example the following paragraph describes a Section named General with a Key named version with a value equal to 2 and another Key named Comment with the value DF_CONTOUR General version 2 0 Comment DF_CONTOUR The following table describes DF_CONTOUR Sections and Keys GENERAL Section Key Type Default value Version Real 2 0 NumberOfGrafs Integer 1 NumberOfCols Integer 1 NumberOfRows Integer 1 PrintHeader String emptv string PrintFooter String emptv string 16 GRAF sections are allowed GRAFO GRAF1 GRAF 15 Kev Default value FileName String empty string FontName String Arial Title String empty string UnitLabel String empty string XScaleFormat String YScaleFormat String ColorScaleFormat String 3 XLabel String X axis YLabel String Y axis LeftLabel String empty string RightLabel String empty string VisibleTitle Boolean 1 VisibleLeftLabel Boolean 0 VisibleRightLabel Boolean 0 VisibleUnitLabel Boolean 1 VisibleColorScale Boolean 1 Vis
9. OW TO INSTALLING DF CONTOUR FAST START MENU COMMANDS FILE MENU NEW OPEN SAVE SAVE AS ADD GRAPH PRINT PRINT PREVIEW PRINT SETUP PAGE SETUP SEND MOST RECENTLY USED FILES EXIT EDIT MENU UNDO COPY DELETE TOOLS MENU SELECT ZOOM OPTIONS MENU LAYOUT GRAPH PROPERTIES ANIMATE OUTLINES OUTLINE ANIMATION SETUP ZOOM ORIGIN APPENDIX A CPV FILE FORMAT Ge N NN JJJ Ch Ch ES ES HA WW Lu gt m TAGS AND DESCRIPTION TITLE COMMENT TIME LEFTLABEL RIGHTLABEL OUTLINE FIELDI OR ZSCALAR FIELD2 OR ZVECTOR FIELD3 OR PRESS VEL OR SCALAR amp VECTOR FIELD4 FIELD5 MARKER CPV EXAMPLES EXAMPLE 1 EXAMPLE 2 EXAMPLE 3 EXAMPLE 4 2DCONTC CPV APPENDIX B DF CONTOUR DOCUMENT FILE FORMAT STG EXAMPLE APPENDIX C PRINTF FORMAT SPECIFICATION FLAG WIDTH PRECISION TYPE APPENDIX D THE COLOR PALETTE A 1 A 1 A 2 A 2 A 2 A 3 A 3 A 4 A 4 A 5 A 5 A 6 A 7 A 8 A 9 A 10 B 1 B 1 B 3 C 1 C 1 1 C 2 C 2 C 3 D 1 D 1 DF_CONTOUR User Manual OVERVIEW DF_CONTOUR is a Microsoft Windows 95 NT program for color contour plot representation for the visualization of scientific data It uses a simple ASCII file format for the description of the DATA to represent Scientists and engineers at DYNAFLOW INC faced with the complexity and limitations of existing contour and ve
10. UR User Manual X Y Graph available only with X Y Graphs Use this property page to control the appearance of X Y graphs By default DF CONTOUR will choose data column 1 as the X axis and data column 2 as the axis Where the data consists of only one column file the data column will be assigned to the Y axis and the line number the X axis Using this property page you add graphs to the current graph zone change the visual aspects and the connection type used to draw the graphs R YC DFContour Cros dat Properties General Scale Axis Graf Line Thickness B l Graf l E 2 Xaxis Graph List Grat SH Column m column multiplier sl combo box Change Y axis column column 2 si Delete multiplier 0 5 Multiplier Graph Name factor Color Connection type Segments e Graph List shows a list of the available XY Graphs The highlighted item s will be considered as the active graph s Add creates a new graph and adds it to the graph list The new graph name will be the name entered in the Graph Name input box Change changes the name of the active graph Delete deletes the active graph Line Thickness changes the thickness of the line used to draw the graph X axis column is the column used for the X axis X axis Column combo box is the list of the available columns X axis multiplier is a multiplier used on the X axis F
11. alInd 255 Long integer 16777215 B 2 DF CONTOUR User Manual STG EXAMPLE UELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLDLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLII H DF_Contour Version 2 0 Document File DF_Contour Copyright Dynaflow Inc 1997 98 All rights reserved Date Tuesday 11 20 1997 14 11 54 a KE E E E E K K E K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K KK K K K K K K K K K H GENERAL Version 2 NumberOfGrafs 1 NumberOfCols 1 NumberOfRows 1 PrintHeader PrintFooter GRAFO FileName Test cpv FontName Arial Title Test file UnitLabel psi XScaleFormat g YScaleFormat g ColorScaleFormat g XLabel X YLabel Y LeftLabel RightLabel VisibleTitle 1 VisibleLeftLabel 0 VisibleRightLabel 0 Visible UnitLabel 1 VisibleColorScale 1 VisibleScaleOnX 1 VisibleScaleOn Y 1 VisibleScaleOnX Value 1 VisibleScaleOnY Value 1 VisibleLegendOnX 1 VisibleLegendOnY 1 VisibleGrid 1 Xmin 0 3 Xmax 1 5 Ymin 1 Ymax 1 NumberOfFields 1 FLD Name 0 pressure velocity FLD Visible 0 1 FLD MeshVisible 0 0 Appendix B B 3 DF_CONTOUR FLD nColumns 0 1 FLD Min 0 0 0 FLD Max 0 0 0 4 FLD Min 1 0 6 27744e 066 FLD Max 1 0 6 27744e 066 FLD Min 2 0 6 27744e 066 FLD Max 2 0 6 27744e 066 FLD Min 3 0 6 27744e 066 FLD Max 3 0 6 27744e 066 FLD Min 4 0 6 27744e 066 FLD Max 4 0 6 27744e 066 FLD S
12. aph from the currently selected graph zone Removing data from a graph zone will delete all the settings associated with this graph zone Keyboard Delele Toolbar amp TOOLS MENU SELECT Use this command to switch to select mode In the select mode using the mouse you can double click an empty graph zone to associate data to it see Add Graph section double click a valid graph zone and edit change its properties see Graph properties section and click and drag to move around graph zones Keyboard none Toolbar ZOOM Use this command to switch to zoom mode In the zoom mode you can click and drag to zoom on the defined rectangular area in a valid graph zone Keyboard none Toolbar amp Edit amp Tools Menu 7 Menu Commands DF CONTOUR User Manual OPTIONS MENU LAYOUT Use this command to control the layout of the graph zones in DF_CONTOUR The user can select any combination of a layout Layout Preferences Rows r Cols between 4 rows and 4 columns oy lo o Keyboard Toolbar GRAPH PROPERTIES Use this command to control the properties of the currently selected graph zone Depending on the type of data of the graph zone CPV file or an ASCII file the properties would have more or less available options Keyboard F5 Toolbar Gene
13. ating the number of points the grid describing the zone to contour Xi Y y are reals and are the coordinates of the quantity Q real on the grid Appendix A A 3 DF CONTOUR User Manual FIELD2 OR VECTOR This is a tag describing a zone with two quantities to contour Multiple fields can exist in a CPV file A field can have a descriptor immediatelv following its tag on the same line and before the in The descriptor is optional and is read as a string Format FIELD2 descriptor nx ny Y Xi 011 021 Y X2 015 1 90221 Y Xx Ql Q2nx 1 Yny Xi Ql l ny Q2i ny Yny X Qlony LU ny Yay Qlaxny EEN where nx and ny are integers indicating the number of points on the grid describing the zone to contour Xi nx Y1 ny are reals and are the coordinates of the quantities Q1 and Q2 reals on the grid FIELD3 OR PRESS VEL OR SCALAR amp VECTOR This is a tag describing a zone with three quantities to contour Multiple fields can exist in a CPV file A field can have a descriptor immediately following its tag on the same line and before the n The descriptor is optional and is read as a string Format FIELD3 descriptor nx ny 011 021 Q311 X2 0151 02 035 Xu Ql 02 1 Q3 nx Yny Xi QI l ny Q21 ay QI ny Yny X Qlony LU ny Yny Xx 02 4 DF_CONTOUR User Manual where nx and ny are
14. calarField 0 1 FLD ScalarField X 0 0 FLD VectorField 0 0 FLD VectorField X 0 1 FLD VectorField Y 0 22 FLD Show Velocity Vectors 0 0 FLD VelVector X 0 1 FLD VelVector y 0 22 FLD iso lines 0 0 FLD iso lines thickness 0 4 FLD VV ArrowThickness 0 2 FLD V V ArrowColor 0 216777215 FLD V V ArrowXStep 0 24 FLD V V ArrowYStep 0 24 FLD V V ArrowSizingFactor 0 1 NumberOfOutlines 0 PalInd 0 28388736 PalInd 1 28519806 PalInd 2 28650876 PalInd 251 10495 PalInd 252 8447 PalInd 253 6399 PalInd 254 4351 PalInd 255 2255 User Manual Appendix B B 4 DF CONTOUR User Manual APPENDIX C PRINTF FORMAT SPECIFICATION A format specification which consists of optional and required fields and has the following form flags width precision type Each field of the format specification is a single character or a number signifying a particular format option The simplest format specification contains only the percent sign and a type character for example f The optional fields which appear before the type character control other aspects of the formatting as follows flags Optional character or characters that control justification of output and printing of signs blanks and decimal points width Optional number that specifies the minimum number of characters output precision Optional number that specifies the maximum number of characters printed for all or part of the output field or the mini
15. ctor plotting programs developed their own easy to use software package for visualizing scientific data Untitled DFContour File Edit Tools Options Movie View Help sj aj amp j xja Tel Foil 30 0 231405 Y 0 203168 0 0 005 01 015 02 025 03 035 04 045 05 X X 0 231405 0 203168 Click and Drag to zoom DF CONTOUR generates publication ready visualizations from numerical or experimental result data At DYNAFLOW INC we use this tool to represent results from laboratory experiments and to analyze the results of fluid dynamic programs we have developed such as 2DYNAFS and 3DYNAFS please visit our web site http www dynaflow inc com 2 3DynaFS htm for more information Overview 1 DF CONTOUR User Manual Specifically designed to be user friendly efficient and flexible DF CONTOUR quickly allows the user to produce color graphic representation of the data in the format chosen such as Vector Fields Scalar Fields Shapes or Curves Markers XY graphs etc DF_CONTOUR recognizes a simple user generated ASCII file format for the representation of numerical data Only a one word descriptor is required at the beginning of each data set to let DF_CONTOUR identify what type of data is being represented Also DF_CONTOUR can represent normal XY ASCII files with unlimited number of columns HIGHLIGHTS OF DF_CONTOUR FEATURES Up to 16 different
16. data sets can be viewed simultaneously Sets of data can be displayed on a page in rows and columns Results are printed as displayed Simple point and click graph property modification On the fly selection of color palettes User defined color palettes in a very friendly and intuitive manner Easy modification of scales Color scalar and vector contours Color scalar and vector ISO contours Vector plotting mode Interpolation scheme to enhance poorly described data Outlines Outline animation Easy control of all visual aspects of data sets Markers Easy control of the Size and Color of Markers X Y graph with unlimited number of columns Segment Dots and Polyline modes for X Y graph representation Drag and Drop Untitled DFContour Etc File Edit Tools Options View Help eg sl aes el x al 2 sal ge Z7 Overview 2 DF CONTOUR User Manual HOW TO INSTALLING DF CONTOUR DF CONTOUR is a Windows 95 NT program and uses an InstallShield wizard for the installation Insert DF_CONTOUR diskette in your floppy drive Click the Windows Start menu command Select Run Type A Setup and follow the instructions Run 2 xl Type the name of a program folder document or Internet resource and Windows will open itfor you Open v Bonin E THEmi Space Cancel Browse FAST START DF_CONTOUR is an easy to use contouring and graphing
17. e PAL directory under the program path Each color palette is composed on 256 different entries that you can edit individually or by group To select a color entry click on the entry with the mouse Click and drag to select multiple entries Cut Cuts the selected entries and stores a copy in the clipboard Copies the selected entries to the clipboard Paste Pastes from the clipboard a previously Cut or Copied entries Invert Color Inverts the color on the selected entries Invert Order Inverts the order of the selected entries so the 1 one becomes the last one and the last one becomes the 1 one Shade Gradually changes the color in a selection from the selected 1 entry to the selected last entry To make a color palette with shades of gray change the color of the 1 entry to Black change the color of the last entry to White select all the color entries and click Shade Swap Swaps color entries This operation is done by making a selection clicking swap and using the mouse clicking at the desired swap color cell For example to swap the first 16 entries with the last ones select the first row of entries click swap and click the first column in the last row of the color entries Add RGB Adds certain amount of Red Green and Blue to the selected cells Remove RGB Removes a certain amount of Red Green and Blue from the selected cells Load Loads a color palette from a previously saved color pale
18. entered in the input box below the Legend Show Scale shows hides the tick marks on the axis Show Values shows hides the values on the axis Values Format is the format of the values shown on the axis This follows the C language printf format Refer to Appendix C for details Color Scale Values Format is the format of the values shown on the color scale Color Scale Label is the text used for the color scale label Options Menu 9 Menu Commands DF_CONTOUR str Outlines available only with a CPV file with OUTLINE tags User Manual Outline list YADFPvel PpXPp cpv Properties General Scale Outlines Fields Markers Iv Visible Mirror on x Interior Iv Filled Exterior Thickness This property page controls the appearance of the Outlines of the current graph zone e Outline List shows a list of available Outlines The highlighted item s will be considered as the active outline s Visible shows hides the active outline Mirror on X mirrors on X axis the active outline if checked Interior Filled fills the interior of the active outline Interior Color invokes a standard Windows Color Picker to change the interior fill color of the active outline Exterior Thickness changes the thickness of the line used to draw the outline This value should be between 1 and 9 Exterior Color invokes a standard Windows Color Picker to
19. etup options Keyboard Ctrl P Toolbar amp PRINT PREVIEW Use this command to display the active document as it would appear when printed When you choose this command the main window will be replaced with a print preview window in which one or two pages will be displayed in their printed format The print preview toolbar offers you options to view either one or two pages at a time move back and forth through the document zoom in and out of pages and initiate a print job Keyboard none Toolbar L PRINT SETUP Use this command to select a printer and a printer connection This command presents a standard Windows Print Setup Dialog Box figure 4 where you specify the printer and its connection Keyboard none Toolbar none PAGE SETUP Page Setup The Page Setup command is used to set the header and footer of the current document The header and footer will appear only Header the printed document Footer Header The text to be printed on top of the document Footer The text to be printed on the bottom of the mE document Keyboard none Toolbar none File Menu 5 Menu Commands DF CONTOUR User Manual SEND Use this command to send the active document through electronic mail This command presents a mail window with the active document attached to it You may then fill out the To field Subject field etc
20. format Keyboard Ctrl O Toolbar SAVE Saves the active DF_CONTOUR document If the active document was created with the New command the user will be prompted to give a name to this document see Save As in the next paragraph and Appendix B for a full description of DF CONTOUR documents file format Keyboard Ctrl S Toolbar Wl SAVE AS Saves the active document under a different name If the chosen name already exists DF CONTOUR will prompt the user to overwrite the file see Appendix B for a full description of DF CONTOUR documents file format Keyboard none Toolbar none ADD GRAPH Adds a graph from a file to the active document The graph can be a DF Contour special CPV file see Appendix A for a full description of CPV files or a standard ASCII Data file File Menu 4 Menu Commands DF CONTOUR User Manual The graph will be hosted in the currentiv selected graph zone if this zone is free if not it will be hosted by the first free graph zone Graphs can be dropped in DF CONTOUR from the Windows Explorer The selected graph zone has this arrow on its upper left corner Keyboard Insert Toolbar PRINT Use this command to print a document This command presents a standard Windows Print Dialog Box figure 4 where you may specify the range of pages to be printed the number of copies the destination printer and other printer s
21. he e format except that E rather than e introduces the exponent double double Signed value having the form 4444 dddd where dddd is one or more decimal digits The number of digits before the decimal point depends on the magnitude of the number and the number of digits after the decimal point depends on the requested precision Signed value printed in f or e format whichever is more compact for the given value and precision The e format is used only when the exponent of the value is less than 4 or greater than or equal to the precision argument Trailing zeros are truncated and the decimal point appears only if one or more digits follow it double Identical to the g format except that E rather than introduces the exponent where appropriate Appendix C C 3 DF CONTOUR User Manual APPENDIX D THE COLOR PALETTE Selected Cell Invert Color Invert Order T T T H i Se A m Remove RGB B www S oes NN NN m B aes m JM E EEREN m EH EN imm Set Default DF_CONTOUR uses color palettes for the representation of color contours With this option you can create new color palettes and edit existing ones DF CONTOUR is delivered with a variety of previously selected color palettes installed in th
22. ibleScaleOnX Boolean 1 VisibleScaleOnY Boolean 1 Appendix B B 1 DF_CONTOUR User Manual VisibleScaleOnX Value Boolean 1 VisibleScaleOnY Value Boolean VisibleLegendOnX Boolean 1 VisibleLegendOnY Boolean 1 VisibleGrid Boolean 1 Xmin Real 1 Xmax Real 1 Ymin Real 1 Ymax Real 1 Number OfFields Integer 0 n and k are integers and represent respectively the FIELD and OUTLINE described a CPV file Long integer FLD Name n String Field FLD Visible n Boolean 1 FLD MeshVisible n Boolean 0 FLD nColumns n Integer 1 FLD Min k n Real 1 FLD Max k n Real 1 FLD ScalarField n Boolean 1 FLD ScalarField X n Integer 1 FLD VectorField n Boolean 0 FLD VectorField X n Integer 2 FLD VectorField X n Integer 3 FLD ShowVelocityVectors n Boolean 0 FLD VelVector X n Integer 2 FLD VelVector y n Integer 3 FLD iso lines n Boolean 0 FLD iso lines thickness n Integer 4 FLD VV ArrowThickness n Integer 1 FLD VV ArrowColor n Long integer 16777215 FLD VV ArrowXStep n Integer 4 FLD VV ArrowYStep n Integer 4 FLD V V ArrowSizingFactor n Real 1 NumberOfOutlines Integer 0 OTL Name m String Outline OTL Visible m Boolean 1 OTL SimmX m Boolean 0 OTL Filled m Boolean 0 OTL Thickness m Integer 4 OTL Color m Long integer o OTL FillColor m Long integer 255 PalInd 0 Long integer 0 P
23. ion The width argument is a non negative decimal integer controlling the minimum number of characters printed If the number of characters in the output value is less than the specified width blanks are added to the left or the right of the values depending on whether the flag for left alignment is specified until the minimum width is reached If width is prefixed with 0 zeros are added until the minimum width is reached not useful for left aligned numbers The width specification never causes a value to be truncated If the number of characters in the output value is greater than the specified width or if width is not given all characters of the value are printed subject to the precision specification If the width specification is an asterisk an integer argument from the argument list supplies the value The width argument must precede the value being formatted in the argument list A nonexistent or small field width does not cause the truncation of a field if the result of a conversion is wider than the field width the field expands to contain the conversion result PRECISION The third optional field of the format specification is the precision specification It specifies a nonnegative decimal integer preceded by a period which specifies the number of characters to be printed the number of decimal places or the number of significant digits see Table 2 Unlike the width specification the precision s
24. ive types of multipliers are available none and X axis Multiplier factor is the factor associated with the multiplier on the X axis Y axis column is the column used for the X axis Y axis Column combo box is the list of the available columns Y axis multiplier is a multiplier used on the X axis Five types of multipliers are available none and Y axis Multiplier factor is the factor associated with the multiplier on the Y axis Color is the color used to draw the active graph Connection Type is the type of connection between the XY points used to plot the graph The connection can be Segments pointl connected to point2 point3 connected to point4 Polyline point connected to point2 point2 connected to point3 and Dots no connection between points a marker is drawn of the point position Options Menu 12 Menu Commands DF_CONTOUR User Manual ANIMATE OUTLINES Use this command to animate the outlines of the current graph zone For this option to be available the associated CPV should have at least 3 OUTLINE tags See the included 2DContc CPV file and the next section Outline Animation Setup Keyboard none Toolbar OUTLINE ANIMATION SETUP Use this command to control the behavior of the Outline Animation Time Step is the delay between frames in the outline animation Show is the number of successive outlines to sh
25. l tag is allowed in a file in the case of the existence of multiple leftlabels the last one will be used Format LEFTLABEL string RIGHTLABEL This is a tag describing a label to be shown on the upper right corner of the zone hosting the CPV file Only one rightlabel tag is allowed in a file in the case of the existence of multiple rightlabels the last one will be used Format RIGHTLABEL string Appendix A A 2 DF CONTOUR User Manual OUTLINE This is a tag describing an XY outline shape or curve Multiple outlines can exist in a CPV file An outline can have a descriptor immediately following its tag on the same line and before the n The descriptor is optional and is read as a string Format OUTLINE descriptor n Xi Xi X Y X Yn where descriptor is a string describing the outline n is an integer describing the number of XY pairs forming the outline and X Y to X Y are reals describing the outline FIELDI OR SCALAR This is a tag describing a zone with one quantity to contour Multiple fields can exist in a CPV file A field can have a descriptor immediately following its tag on the same line and before the n The descriptor is optional and is read as a string Format FIELDI descriptor nx ny Qui X2 Q2 Y Xx Qu Yay Xi Yay X Qam Yay Xx where nx integers indic
26. mum number of digits printed for integer values type Required character that determines whether the associated argument is interpreted as a character a string or a number FLAG The first optional field of the format specification is flags A flag directive is a character that justifies output and prints signs blanks and decimal points see Table below Default Left align the result within the given field width Right align t Prefix the output value with a sign or if the output value is Sign appears only for of a signed type negative signed values 0 If width is prefixed with 0 zeros are added until the minimum No Padding width is reached If 0 and appear the 0 is ignored blank Prefix the output value with a blank if the output value is signed No blank appears and positive the blank is ignored if both the blank and flags appear When used with the e E or f format the flag forces the output Decimal point appears value to contain a decimal point in all cases only if digits follow it When used with the g or G format the flag forces the output Decimal point appears value to contain a decimal point in all cases and prevents the only if digits follow it truncation of trailing zeros Trailing zeros are truncated Appendix C Cl DF CONTOUR User Manual WIDTH The second optional field of the format specification is the width specificat
27. ow in each frame Skip is the number of successive outlines to skip between frames Keyboard none Toolbar tl ZOOM ORIGIN Use this command to force the scales to the values read from the original file Keyboard none Toolbar tl Options Menu 13 Menu Commands DF CONTOUR User Manual APPENDIX A CPV FILE FORMAT Document conventions new line M tab character optional parameter The CPV file format is a simple ASCII file with special tags Each tag has a special meaning and indicates the type of the data it is describing Tags start with a sign and ends with a new line in Some tags accept a descriptor before the Xn They are always followed by at least one line describing the data For instance the following two lines describe title tag with My Title as data TITLE My Title Tags don t have to be on the first column but they can only be preceded by the space character ASCII 32 or X Empty lines are allowed anywhere in CPV files A file should always have a new line after the last data DF_CONTOUR generates error messages in the case it encounters a problem in a file In the error message a line number will be given This line number indicates in reality the tag number in the order it was read in the file DF_CONTOUR may confuse a normal ASCII data file with a CPV and generate an error message if the ASCII file has a line with the sign as the fir
28. pecification can cause either truncation of the output value or rounding of a floating point value Precision Meaning Default E e The precision specifies the number of Default precision is 6 if digits to be printed after the decimal precision is 0 or the point The last printed digit is rounded period appears without a number following it no decimal point is printed f The precision value specifies the number Default precision is 6 if of digits after the decimal point If a precision is 0 or if the decimal point appears at least one digit period appears appears before it The value is rounded to without a number the appropriate number of digits following it no decimal point is printed G g The precision specifies the maximum Six significant digits are number of significant digits printed printed with any trailing zeros truncated Appendix C C 2 DF_CONTOUR User Manual TYPE The type character is the only required format field it appears after any optional format fields The type character determines whether the associated argument is interpreted as a character string or number Character Type Output Format e double Signed value having the form d e sign ddd where d is a single decimal digit dddd is one or more decimal digits ddd is exactly three decimal digits and sign is or double Identical to t
29. program It comes with several sample files installed in the Examples directory under DF_CONTOUR s path After you load DF_CONTOUR double click the grayed rectangular zone in the center of the program window and choose a file from the Example directory Once the sample is loaded and drawn on the screen double click the graph to edit its properties see Graph Properties in Options Menu section DF_CONTOUR accepts two types of private file formats with the extensions CPV and STG as well as simple ASCII DATA files CPV files are simple ASCII data files preformatted with tags describing the data they contain see Appendix A for details STG files are the DF CONTOUR document file format They are based on the standard initialization file format see Appendix B for details How To 3 DF CONTOUR User Manual MENU COMMANDS FILE MENU NEW Creates a new DF CONTOUR document A DF CONTOUR document is a lavout of different graphs organized in rows and columns If the currently loaded document has changed the user will be prompted to save his work Keyboard Ctrl N Toolbar D OPEN Opens a DF_CONTOUR document and makes it as the active document If the currently loaded document has changed the user will be prompted to save his work DF_CONTOUR uses a standard file format based on the Initialization INI file format see Appendix for a full description of DF_CONTOUR documents file
30. ral YADFPvel PpXPp cpv Properties General Scale Axis Outlines Fields Markers Filename N ADFPvel PpiPp7 cpv VortexGenerstor 7 Label lef 2282515 Cep Iv Show Grid e File Name is the name of the file associated with the currently edited graph zone e Title is the title of the graph zone Check the box at the left to make the title visible The text of the title will be shown at the top center of the graph zone e Label left is the label to be shown on the upper left corner of the graph zone Check the box at the left to make it visible e Label right is the label to be shown on the upper right corner of the graph zone Check the box at the left to make it visible e Show Grid shows hides a grid on top of the graph zone Font invokes a Dialog Box to choose a different font Only TrueType fonts are accepted Options Menu 8 Menu Commands DF_CONTOUR User Manual Scale Y DFPvel Pp NL re This Property page is used to precisely control the scales of the current graph zone You use the zoom mode to visually zoom or scale a rectangular region on the graph Axis R VC DFContour Test cpv Properties This property page controls the appearance of the vertical and horizontal axis of the current graph zone Legend shows hides the legend text The text is
31. st character TAGS AND DESCRIPTION TITLE This is a tag describing a title for the graph It has to be followed by a string containing the text of the title Only one title tag is allowed in a file in the case of the existence of multiple titles the last one will be used Format TITLE string Appendix A 1 DF CONTOUR User Manual COMMENT This is a tag describing a comment It has to be followed by a string containing the text of the comment Only one comment tag is allowed in a file in the case of the existence of multiple comments the last one will be used The text of the comment will be used at run time whenever the user moves the mouse cursor over the zone hosting the CPV file This comment will be shown in the StatusBar Format COMMENT string TIME This is a tag describing time of the CPV file It has to be followed by a real number containing the time then by a string describing the unit to be used This tag is very useful when using successive CPV files for animation The difference between time tags will be used as a delay between images Only one time tag is allowed in a file in the case of the existence of multiple times the last one will be used Format TIME real string LEFTLABEL This is a tag describing a label to be shown on the upper left corner of the zone hosting the CPV file Only one leftlabe
32. striction DYNAFLOW INC may have patents and or pending patent applications covering subject matters in this document The furnishing of this document does not give you any license to these patents DYNAFLOW INC grants you a non exclusive license to use one cop of the DF CONTOUR software program Limited Warranty For 30 thirty days from your date of purchase DYNAFLOW INC warrants that the media on which the Software is distributed are free from defects in materials and workmanship DYNAFLOW INC will at its option refund the amount you paid for the Software or repair or replace the Software provided that a the defective Software is returned to DYNAFLOW INC or an authorized dealer within 60 days from the date of purchase and b you have completed and returned the enclosed registration Limitation of Liabilities In no event will DYNAFLOW INC be liable for any indirect special incidental economic or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use the Software In no event will DYNAFLOW INC s liability exceed the amount paid by you for the Software Restricted Rights No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted any form or by any means electronic or mechanical for any purpose without the express written permission of DYNAFLOW INC Other brands or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders Table of Contents OVERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS OF DF_CONTOUR FEATURES H
33. the thickness of the line used to plot the TSO contours Show Mesh shows hides the Mesh used to generate the contours Show Vectors plots Velocity Vectors using the Quantities defined in the drop down controls on the right The first drop down control being the U component and the second the V component Vectors Setup controls the visual appearance of the vectors e Sizing Factor is the multiplier used on the length of Options the vectors m Color e Thickness is the thickness of the line used to plot the Thickness E vectors lu e X Y step controls the density of the drawn velocity EN vectors Color Change is used to change the color of the drawn vectors Ok Cancel Markers available only with a CPV file with fMARKER tag Use this property page to control the appearance of the markers Y DFPvel Pp Pp cpv Properties Sizing Factor is the multiplier used on the size of the markers Negative Marker Color is the color in which markers with negative values are Sizing Fector 1 drawn Null Marker Color is the color in which marker with a zero value are drawn __ NullMarker Color EE Positive Marker Color is the color in Positive Marker Color which markers with positive values are drawn General Scale Outlines Fields Markers OK Cancel Options Menu 11 Menu Commands DF CONTO
34. tte file Save Saves a color palette to a file Save As Saves a color palette to a file using a different name Set Default The current color palette will be set as the default color palette DF_CONTOUR will assign that color palette to newly created contours Table of Contents TOC 1

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