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1. Operation Steps Results Save a result Press the Save button The Save Item Panel ap pears Load a result Press the Load button The Load Item Panel ap pears Remove a result Press the Remove button The Remove Item Panel ap pears Compare the performance of Press the Compare The Compare Multiple multiple runs Performance button Graphs Panel appears Close this menu Press the Back button The main menu reappears Possible errors None Related operations e Section 4 2 e Section 4 13 e Section 4 15 36 FINGERPAINT CHAPTER 4 REFERENCE 4 7 Define Protocol Menu Functional description The Mix Now button is used to execute a mixing run using the defined distribution and protocol Once a mixing run has been executed the performance graph of the run can be visualised using the View Performance Graph button To define a protocol the Step Size spinner can be used to change the size of the step The Number Of Steps button can be used to change the number of iterations of the protocol The Clear Protocol button can be used to reset the protocol to the empty protocol To actually define the steps of the protocol the user can drag the indicated parts of the geometry This generates appropriate mixing steps The Protocols button is used to change to the menu to manage protocols The Stop Defining Protocol button is used to return to the main menu Cautions and warnings None Formal description Operation Step2. Figure 3 3 The menu that appears after pressing Select tool button in the main menu 3 2 4 Likely errors Only integer numbers are allowed for the drawing tool size Furthermore the drawing tool size cannot get smaller than 1 nor bigger than 50 If the menu gets in the way of the canvas it is possible to hide the menu by clicking the menu toggle button the button with the X on it in the top right corner of the screen 3 3 Defining and executing a mixing protocol 3 3 1 Functional description This tutorial describes how to define the mixing protocol for the mixing simulation 3 3 2 Cautions and warnings None 3 3 3 Procedures Preparation You should be at or navigate to the main menu for this tutorial Description A protocol can be defined by pressing the Define protocol button in the main menu The define protocol menu appears figure 3 4 The amount of time the wall should move can be entered in the Step size textfield The default value is 1 You can change the value by pressing the or button next to the textfield or by selecting the textfield and typing a size 13 CHAPTER 3 TUTORIAL DEFINE A PROTOCOL MIX NOW VIEW PERFORMANCE GRAPH E Y 0 Sy T 3 B 7 B 7 T 5 T 5 I 5 CLEAR PROTOCOL PROTOCOLS STOP DEFINING PROTOCOL FINGERPAINT Figure 3 4 The menu that appears after pressing the Define protocol button in the main menu The pr
3. 3 14 Saving a concentration distribution 3 14 1 Functional description This tutorial describes how to save the current concentration distribution 3 14 2 Cautions and warnings It is only possible to save a concentration distribution if one has been defined See tutorial 3 2 for the tutorial on how to define a concentration distribution 3 14 3 Procedures Preparation You should be at or navigate to the main menu for this tutorial Description 1 Press the Distributions button The Distributions menu appears figure 22 2 Press the Save button e The pop up from figure 3 8 appears Figure 3 8 The pop up menu that appears after clicking the Save button in the distributions menu This menu is also used for saving a mixing protocol tutorial 3 15 and a mixing run tutorial 3 16 3 Enter a name for the distribution in the text area e The entered name appears in the text area 4 Press the Save button e The save results pop up closes e A Save successful message is displayed which disappears after a few seconds Results You have now successfully saved the current concentration distribution locally to your device 25 CHAPTER 3 TUTORIAL FINGERPAINT 3 14 4 Likely errors If the name entered in step 3 is already in use the pop up from figure 3 9 is shown Whenever you want to overwrite the existing concentration distribution press the Overwrite button This name is already in use Choose whether to
4. e Section 4 3 4 2 Drawing Area Functional description The drawing area is used for drawing the initial concentration result This is achieved by dragging over the canvas Depending on the chosen colour and shape of the drawing tool the result of fluids on the canvas changes accordingly When loading a saved result or a saved collection of results the canvas is used to display the loaded result After loading everything that was on the canvas prior to loading is removed and replaced by what was loaded However after the result has been loaded the user can freely draw on the canvas again Lastly the canvas is used for dragging the walls of the geometry Cautions and warnings The resolution of the canvas depends on the screen resolution This means that a higher screen resolution means the canvas contains more pixels and the drawing appears sharper However the internal representation for the canvas is dependant on the resolution of the geometry In the case of the Rectangle geometry this resolution is a fixed 400 x 240 When loading results it is possible that the resulting result appears more pixelated than it was at its creation but the underlying data structure is unchanged Formal description Operation Steps Results Add some fluid Drag on the canvas The fluids on the canvas change accordingly Move a wall Drag one of the walls to the A mixing step is added if left or right the Define Protocol menu is opened or
5. Functional description CHAPTER 4 REFERENCE This panel contains a text box Furthermore it provides functionality to save an item and to cancel the operation Cautions and warnings e Saving the file is only possible with a name of at least 1 character e File names can be no longer than 30 characters e Characters other then the letters of the Latin script the numbers O through 9 and spaces cannot be used in file names e File names cannot start with a space Formal description Operation Insert part of a file name Steps Press inside the text box In sert any of the valid charac ters see section Cautions and warnings Results The chosen character ap pears in the text box Remove part of a file name Press inside the text box Press backspace The last character of the name disappears Save an item Press the Save button The panel closes and a Save successful message appears and disappears again Cancel operation Possible errors The message This name ts already in use is shown Another file has already been saved Press the Cancel button with this name Also see section 4 10 39 The panel is closed CHAPTER 4 REFERENCE FINGERPAINT Related operations e Section 4 5 e Section 4 6 e Section 4 8 e Section 4 10 4 10 Overwrite Item Panel Functional description This panel shows the message This name is already in use Choose whether to overwrite ex
6. 3 Press the X button next to the protocol that you want to remove e The selected protocol has been removed e A Delete successful message is displayed which disappears after a few seconds 23 CHAPTER 3 TUTORIAL FINGERPAINT Results You have now successfully removed the selected mixing protocol locally from your device 3 12 4 Likely errors If no mixing protocols are available a No saved files message will appear 3 13 Removing a mixing run from local storage 3 13 1 Functional description This tutorial describes how to remove a previously saved mixing run 3 13 2 Cautions and warnings It is only possible to remove a mixing run if one has been saved See tutorial 3 16 for the tutorial on how to save a mixing run 3 13 3 Procedures Preparation You should be at or navigate to the main menu for this tutorial Description 1 Press the Results button on the main menu e The Mixing run results menu appears figure 22 2 Press the Remove button e A pop up with the saved mixing runs appears 3 Press the X button next to the mixing run that you want to remove e The selected mixing run has been removed e A Delete successful message is displayed which disappears after a few seconds Results You have now successfully removed the selected mixing run locally from your device 3 13 4 Likely errors If no mixing runs are available a No saved files message will appear 24 FINGERPAINT CHAPTER 3 TUTORIAL
7. Chapter 4 Reference This chapter describes various parts of the FINGERPAINT application For each reference a short functional description is provided along with warnings and errors Furthermore related references are listed for each item 4 1 Cell Browser Functional description The Cell Browser is the first menu encountered by the user Using the first level of the Cell Browser the user can select the desired geometry for mixing Currently available geometries are the Rectangle and the Square When one of the possible choices has been selected the second level of the Cell Browser appears This allows the user to select the desired mixer for the selected geometry Currently only the Default mixers are available for both the Rectangle and the Square geometries Cautions and warnings Even though the Square geometry has been implemented its mixer has not Upon trying to mix with this geometry an error message is shown informing the user that this mixer has not been implemented Formal description Operation Steps Results Select a geometry Choose one of the Rectangle The selected geometry is and the Square geometries highlighted and a list of available mixers is shown Select a mixer Choose one of the available The chosen geometry ap mixers pears on the screen along with the main menu Mixer choice is saved 30 FINGERPAINT CHAPTER 4 REFERENCE Possible errors None Related operations e Section 4 2
8. Likely errors ca vat dan dec he ni eds Ea a 18 3 7 Exporting a concentration distribution 0 000 0000 19 3 7 1 Functional description 2 0 0 000000 002 eee 19 3 7 2 Cautions and warnings e 19 3 1 3 Procedures on zonen de i be ei eae Seb a 19 BGA Likely errors erii ne ado ogee Gar bee aerden Goel Bde a DE 19 3 8 Loading a concentration distribution 0 0 0 0 0 ee eee 19 3 8 1 Functional description 0 0 020200 000200 19 3 8 2 Cautions and warnings 2 2 2 0 een 19 3 83 Procedures ann aar alg See a kn ae be ee Ge feel BE as 20 3 8 4 Likely errors aso eas a Poe ie pe aes Sc en ew dh oe Gs 20 3 9 Loading a mixing protocol e 20 3 9 1 Functional description 0 020200 000222 e 20 3 9 2 Cautions and Warnes 20 3 9 3 Procedures ur 43 ca a be bw a ds 20 IQA Eikel y errors nas de aerden the the Aw or ate eden os 21 3 10 Loading a mixing result o 21 3 10 1 Functional description 2 0 0 0 0 0 000002 eee 21 3 10 2 Cautions and warnings 21 3 1 033 Procedures zunne eck er dy hE ak a B be Le ee 0 22 310 4 Likely errors exis eoa PR eA eed Se WE he ae 22 3 11 Removing a concentration distribution from local storage 22 3 11 1 Functional description e 22 3 11 2 Cautions and Warnes 22 JLS Pr c d res dd a a Ba as led lo an dias ke 22 3 11 4 Likely errors ant aa a ee a O 23 3 12 Rem
9. PROTOCOL Figure 3 2 The main menu of the FINGERPAINT application Description You can define the initial distribution by dragging across the screen By default black fluids are added To switch between adding black and white fluids you can press the second button from the top the one with a black and white square displayed on it If the menu gets in the way of the canvas it is possible to hide the menu by clicking the menu toggle button the button with the X on it at the top right corner of the screen To adjust the size or shape of your drawing tool press the Select tool button in the menu A new menu will appear figure 3 3 Here you can change the shape of the drawing tool by pressing the button with either the square or circle shape on it You can also change the size of your drawing tool by changing the number in the bottom of the menu You can do this by pressing the or button or by selecting the textfield and typing a size In case of a mistake simply toggle the colour of your drawing tool and drag across the unwanted area If you want to erase the current distribution you can press the Clear canvas button in the main menu to return to a completely white distribution Results Fluids of the selected colour are added to the distribution wherever the dragging occurs The size and shape of the added fluids depend on the chosen tool size and shape 12 FINGERPAINT CHAPTER 3 TUTORIAL CHANGE THE DRAWING TOOL
10. by pressing F5 or by using the browser s refresh button 47 APPENDIX A ERROR MESSAGES AND RECOVERY PROEINOEFRIES INT A 3 3 No saved files This error message can be shown in the Load item panel the Remove item panel or the Com pare performance panel It is displayed when no items have been saved yet The recommended course of action is to save an item using the Save item panel 48 Appendix B Glossary Term Meaning Bar Movable part of the geometry that can be used to define a wall movement Browser A software application for accessing the internet Canvas The part of the application where a distribution is shown Concentration Distribution Drawing area Drawing tool ESA Geometry Integer JavaScript Local storage Main menu Menu Mixer Mixing performance Mixing Protocol Mix ing result Mixing run Mixing simulation Mixing step Number of steps Performance graph Pop up Prompt The distribution of the fluids in the mizer Refer to Canvas The current shape and colour that are used for drawing European Space Agency The shape of the drawing area A number that can be written without a fractional or dec imal component A computer programming language The storage from a web browser where data can be stored persistently The menu shown in figure 3 2 A list of options or commands A device for mixing two fluid materials Number representing the fluid segregation Sequence of mixer wall
11. execute a mixing run The recommended recovery procedure is to try again later A 1 2 Could not reach the server This error message is shown when the server throws an error It specifically occurs when trying to execute a mixing run The recommended recovery procedure is to try again later A 2 Save errors This section lists all errors that could occur while saving an item distribution protocol or mixing run 46 FINGERHENDNTEX A ERROR MESSAGES AND RECOVERY PROCEDURES A 2 1 This name is already in use This error message is shown when the entered name for an item to be saved is already in use This only applies to items from one category That is if a protocol is saved under the name namel it is still possible to save a concentration distribution and mixing run under this same name If on the other hand a different protocol is saved under the name namel then the error message from this section is displayed There are two possible recovery procedures either overwriting the existing item or cancelling the saving procedure In the latter case a new name can be specified to save the specified item A 2 2 Your storage is full This error message is shown when an item distribution protocol or mixing run is being saved but there is no more room in the local storage of the web browser to store this item The recovery procedure is to remove one or more previously saved items for which the error message was shown That is when thi
12. graph functionality is not supported for the Internet Explorer web browser hence exporting is not possible 3 6 3 Procedures Preparation Before the mixing performance of multiple mixing runs can be compared at least two mix results need to be saved See tutorial 3 16 for the tutorial on how to save a mixing result Description 1 Press the Results button in the main menu The Mixing run results menu appears 2 Press the Compare performance button e A pop up with the saved mixing runs appears 3 Select the mixing runs whose performance you want to compare and press the Compare button e A pop up with the mixing performance graph of the selected mixing runs appears figure 3 6 17 CHAPTER 3 TUTORIAL FINGERPAINT Mixing Performance B Example 1 Ml Example 2 v o E E c o a ES NEW COMPARISON Figure 3 6 The graph with the mixing performance of the last mixing run 4 Press the Export graph button e Your browser will give a prompt asking you where you want to save the graph 5 Select a location and press OK save Results A file with the performance graph of the selected mixing runs has been saved on the selected location 3 6 4 Likely errors If you want to compare the current mixing run with a saved performance you will have to save the results of the current mixing run first See tutorial 3 16 for the tutorial on how to save a mixing result If no items have been selec
13. has been saved See tutorial 3 14 for the tutorial on how to save a concentration distribution 3 11 3 Procedures Preparation You should be at or navigate to the main menu for this tutorial 22 FINGERPAINT CHAPTER 3 TUTORIAL Description 1 Press the Distributions button The Distributions menu appears figure 22 2 Press the Remove button e A pop up with the saved concentration distributions appears 3 Press the X button next to the distribution that you want to remove e The selected distribution has been removed e A Delete successful message is displayed which disappears after a few seconds Results You have now successfully removed the selected concentration distribution locally from your device 3 11 4 Likely errors If no concentration distributions are available a No saved files message will appear 3 12 Removing a mixing protocol from local storage 3 12 1 Functional description This tutorial describes how to remove a previously saved mixing protocol 3 12 2 Cautions and warnings It is only possible to remove a mixing protocol if one has been saved See tutorial 3 15 for the tutorial on how to save a mixing protocol 3 12 3 Procedures Preparation You should be at or navigate to the main menu for this tutorial Description 1 Press the Define protocol button on the main menu e The Define a protocol menu appears 2 Press the Remove button e A pop up with the saved mixing protocols appears
14. movements with their step size The concentration distribution after executing a mixing run Combination of an initial concentration distribution a miz ing protocol and a number of steps Refer to Mixing run The combination of a step size and a wall movement An integer representing the number of times a protocol is repeated A graph plotting the mixing performance after each itera tion of the protocol A window that appears at the center of the screen after user interaction A pop up window that requires user input 49 APPENDIX B GLOSSARY FINGERPAINT Term Meaning Single step simulation Spinner Step size SUM SVG format User Window Wall Wall movement The execution of a single wall movement The combination of a text box and and buttons The amount of time a wall movement should be performed Software User Manual Scalable Vector Graphics A XML based vector image format Any user of the FINGERPAINT application A visual area containing some kind of user interface Refer to Bar Displacement of one of the walls with a certain direction 50 Appendix C Index e Cell Browser 30 e Compare Performance Panel 42 e Define Protocol Menu 37 13 e Defining an Initial Distribution 11 e Distributions Menu 34 Loading a distribution 34 19 Saving a distribution 34 25 Removing a distribution 34 22 e Drawing Area 31 Clear the canvas 11 Exporting the distribution 19 e Ge
15. to overwrite that name or choose a new name Pressing the Load button causes a menu to appear containing the names of all saved results If there are no saved results the user is notified of this fact If there are more results than fit on the screen scrollbars appear to allow the user to view all parts of list of saved results The Remove button creates a pop up panel containing the names of all saved results Next to each of these names is a delete button that can be used to delete the result Deleting a result cannot be undone 35 CHAPTER 4 REFERENCE FINGERPAINT The Compare Performance button can be used to compare the performance of multiple runs Pressing this button causes a pop up panel to appear in which the user can select results The performance of all selected results are plotted in a graph once the user presses the Compare button The Back button can be used to return to the main menu Cautions and warnings e The Load Remove and Compare Performance buttons have reduced functionality if no results were saved e The capacity of the local storage is limited When it is full results or other saved FINGERPAINT items must be removed before saving is possible again The user is notified of a full local storage Note that the local storage s capacity can be exceeded even though there is enough free disk space as each website can only save a certain amount of data in the local storage Formal description
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17. AINT CHAPTER 3 TUTORIAL Description Rectangle 400x240 bd Default De Square gt Figure 3 1 The first window of the FINGERPAINT application 1 Select the Rectangle 400x240 geometry e A new menu appears to the right 2 From this menu select the Default mixer e The main menu appears Your selection of the Rectangle 4001240 geometry and Default mixer is stored Results You have now successfully selected a geometry and a mixer and have arrived at the main menu of the application figure 3 2 3 1 4 Likely errors If the message Your web browser must have JavaScript enabled in order for this application to display correctly appears this means you have to enable JavaScript in order to load the application Version 1 0 of the FINGERPAINT application only supports the Rectangle 400x240 geometry It is intended to add the Square geometry in the future but as of now it has no functionality If you have selected the Square geometry you can change your selection by refreshing the browser and repeating the steps from the description 3 2 Defining an initial concentration distribution 3 2 1 Functional description This tutorial describes how to define an initial concentration distribution 3 2 2 Cautions and warnings None 3 2 3 Procedures Preparation A geometry and mixer need to have been selected to access the main menu 11 CHAPTER 3 TUTORIAL FINGERPAINT SELECT TOOL CLEAR CANVAS DISTRIBUTIONS RESULTS DEFINE
18. ENCE Steps Results Select a result Press a result that has a white or gray background The result is displayed in a white font and with a blue background Deselect a result Press a result that has a blue background The result is displayed in a black font and with a white or gray background Compare performance of se lected results Press the Compare button The Mixing Performance Graph Panel Multiple is displayed Also see section 4 15 Cancel operation Possible errors None Related operations e Section 4 6 e Section 4 15 Press the Cancel button The panel is closed 4 14 Mixing Performance Graph Panel Single Functional description This panel shows a figure with the performance graph of the last executed mixing run Fur thermore it contains options to export this figure and to close this panel Cautions and warnings e The figure of the performance graphs doesn t display in Internet Explorer all versions Formal description Operation View performance of a single point Steps Press one of the points in the graph Results A popup appears with the performance value of this point Export graph Press the Export graph but ton The default download win dow of your browser is dis played Close panel Press the Close button 43 The panel is closed CHAPTER 4 REFERENCE Possible errors None Related operations e Sec
19. Preparation Before the results of a mixing run can be viewed a mixing run has to be executed successfully Description 1 Press the Define mixing protocol button in the main menu e The Define a protocol menu appears 2 Press the View performance graph button e A pop up with the mixing performance graph appears figure 3 5 Mixing Performance B Current mixing run w o Ec w E S a o 2 2 3 4 Number of steps EXPORT GRAPH CLOSE Figure 3 5 The graph with the mixing performance of the last mixing run 3 Press the Export graph button e Your browser will give a prompt asking you where you want to save the image of the graph 16 FINGERPAINT CHAPTER 3 TUTORIAL 4 Select a location and press OK save e The image is saved to the selected location Results A file with the performance graph of the mixing run has been saved on the selected location 3 5 4 Likely errors A performance graph can only be viewed after a successful mixing run has been executed with a defined protocol see tutorial 3 3 The graph option is not available after single step simulations If you are running the FINGERPAINT application on a mobile device saving might not work 3 6 Exporting the mixing performance graph of multiple mix ing runs 3 6 1 Functional description This tutorial describes how you can export the performance graph of multiple mixing runs 3 6 2 Cautions and warnings The performance
20. TU e Project FINGERPAINT SUM 1 0 Software User Manual Authors Junior Management Tessa Belder 0739377 Simon Burg Lasse Blaauwbroek 0749928 Areti Paziourou Thom Castermans 0739808 Luc de Smet Roel van Happen 0751614 Benjamin van der Hoeven 0758975 Senior Management Femke Jansen 0741948 Mark van den Brand MF 7 096 Hugo Snel 0657700 Lou Somers MF 7 145 Technical Advisor Ion Barosan MF 7 082 Customer Patrick Anderson GEM Z 4 137 Eindhoven June 23 2013 Abstract This document is the user manual for the FINGERPAINTsystem This program is part of the Software Engineering Project 2IP35 at Eindhoven University of Technology The document complies with the Software User Manual SUM from the Software Engineering Standard as set by the European Space Agency Contents 3 5 3 Procedures 1 Introduction 1 1 Intender readers wr ese aon aar aar ae emee Ee ede en ee PS 1 25 Applicability sor na ton taba A BON a ad Herd atd Aln WD Ad 1 3 Purpose tor 2 so dade adu kre lo E aen A Eri ee ed 1 4 How to use this document rsr eee 1 5 Related documents 1 6 Conventions wear sar Aimee ted ela ter tarde B ke iede a da Be A 1 7 Problem reporting rr e sea aar hat Ee a A ad 2 Overview 3 Tutorial 3 1 Choosing a geometry and mixer type oaoa 3 1 1 Functional description eeen 3 1 2 Cautions and warnings 3 13 Procedures soer rte Hela day ae B Re EEE an Bescat ea ILA Likelyrertors tc eel re a
21. a mixing step is executed if it is not Possible errors None 31 CHAPTER 4 REFERENCE Related operations e Section 4 4 e Section 4 11 4 3 Main Menu Functional description FINGERPAINT The main menu contains a button to switch to the Tool selection menu When this button is clicked the main menu disappears and the Tool selection menu appears in its place A button to change the colour of the drawing tool is also present The canvas can be cleared by pressing the Clear canvas button From the main menu the user can switch to the Distributions and Results menus by clicking their respective buttons The user can select the step size in a spinner protocol and immediately executing a mixing step The Define protocol menu can be accessed from the main menu by pressing the corre sponding button Cautions and warnings None Formal description This step size is used for defining the Operation Steps Results Open the Tool Selection Press the Select Tool but The Tool Selection menu is menu ton opened Change the colour of the drawing tool Press the button containing black and white squares The colour of the tool changes from black to white or from white to black Open the Distribution menu Press the Distribution button The Distribution menu is opened Open the Results menu Press the Select Tool but ton The Results menu is opened Change the step size Open th
22. age is shown 28 FINGERPAINT CHAPTER 3 TUTORIAL 3 18 Viewing the performance graph of a mixing run 3 18 1 Functional description This tutorial describes how to view the performance graph of the previously executed mixing run 3 18 2 Cautions and warnings When this tutorial is executed in Internet Explorer 10 the graph that should appear after step 1 from tutorial 3 18 3 is not displayed The graph that is displayed is namely in SVG format and Internet Explorer 10 cannot handle this format It is only possible to view the performance graph of a mixing run if one has been executed See tutorial 3 3 for the tutorial on how to execute a mixing run 3 18 3 Procedures Preparation You should be at or navigate to the main menu for this tutorial Description 1 Press the Define protocol button on the main menu e The Define a protocol menu appears figure 3 4 2 Press the Protocols button e The Protocols menu appears figure 3 7 3 Press the View performance graph button e A pop up with the mixing performance graph appears figure 3 5 Results You have now successfully obtained a graph of the mixing performance of the previously executed mixing run In this graph the mixing performance is shown on the y axis and the corresponding protocol step is shown on the x axis The initial performance of the mixing run is always 1 0 so there is always a point with this value at step 0 3 18 4 Likely errors None 29
23. ctional description This tutorial describes how to save a previously executed mixing run 3 16 2 Cautions and warnings It is only possible to save a mixing run if one has been executed See tutorial 3 3 for the tutorial on how to execute a mixing run 3 16 3 Procedures Preparation You should be at or navigate to the main menu for this tutorial Description 1 Press the Results button on the main menu e The Mixing run results menu appears figure 3 8 2 Press the Save button e The pop up from figure 3 8 appears 3 Enter a name for the mixing run in the text area e The entered name appears in the text area 4 Press the Save button e The save results pop up closes e A Save successful message is displayed which disappears after a few seconds Results You have now successfully saved the previously executed mixing run locally to your device 3 16 4 Likely errors If the name entered in step 4 is already in use the pop up from figure 3 9 is shown Whenever you want to overwrite the existing mixing run press the Overwrite button 27 CHAPTER 3 TUTORIAL FINGERPAINT 3 17 Viewing multiple performance results in one graph 3 17 1 Functional description This tutorial describes how to view the performance results of previously saved mixing results simultaneously in one graph 3 17 2 Cautions and warnings When this tutorial is executed in Internet Explorer 10 the graph that should appear after step 4 from tutor
24. d recovery procedures 46 All Server errors ok ha lee tes a ee a al rn ek ee wl eh de as 46 A 1 1 The simulation server did not respond in time 46 A 1 2 Could not reach the server oaoa ee 46 AS ADAME LITOTS Pars opis eat Rr fe he tk eh A Hr ar Bo Le SRS eve a 46 A 2 1 This name is already in use 000000 eee 47 A22 Your storage is Tull cocoa a Bo etek an ke ee ot i 47 A 2 3 Local storage error doen a wd aa a a e 47 ADA UnknownerFor wan wp ana dolore Har a a A Redenen edad 47 FINGERPAINT CONTENTS Ard Other errors a aa sentent A PAA EP eG e ht 47 A 3 1 The geometry you have chosen is unsupported 47 A 3 2 Loading graph failed eee 47 A33 No saved Ales un es neten lal a Ee a 4 48 B Glossary 49 C Index 51 Document Status Sheet Document Status Overview General Document title Software User Manual Identification SUM 1 0 Author Tessa Belder Benjamin van der Hoeven Femke Jansen Hugo Snel Document status Initial version Document history Version Date Author Reason of change 0 0 19 Jun 2013 Tessa Belder Benjamin van der Initial version Hoeven Femke Jansen Hugo Snel Document Change Records since previous issue General Datum 19 Jun 2013 Document title Software User Manual Identification SUM 1 0 Changes Page Paragraph Reason to change Initial version Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Intender readership This document is intended f
25. e Define Protocol menu Possible errors None Change the value in the spin ner Press the Define Protocol button 32 The size of new steps is changed The Define Protocol menu is opened FINGERPAINT CHAPTER 4 REFERENCE Related operations e Section 4 4 e Section 4 5 e Section 4 6 e Section 4 7 4 4 Select Tool Menu Functional description This menu can be used to change the colour of the drawing tool This is achieved through a button that toggles the colour either from black to white or from white to black Furthermore this menu contains two buttons to change the shape of the drawing tool Clicking the square button changes the drawing tool to a square Clicking the circle button changes the drawing tool to a circle The spinner in this menu can be used to change the size of the drawing tool The minimum size of the drawing tool is 1 and the maximum size of the drawing tool is 50 The Back button can be used to return to the main menu Cautions and warnings When a large size is selected for the drawing tool drawing might slow down slightly Formal description Operation Steps Results Change the colour of the drawing tool Press the button containing black and white squares The colour of the tool changes from black to white or from white to black Change the shape of the Press the square button The shape of the tool drawing tool to a square changes to a square Change the s
26. g with the application users can quickly and easily find out what the effects of a certain mixer and mixing protocol on an initial fluid distribution are The user can thus obtain a better understanding about the way this mixer functions FINGERPAINT may also be used as a quick and convenient way to observe whether a mixing protocol renders good or bad mixing results and for comparing different results Chapter 3 Tutorial This chapter contains tutorials for performing all actions and operations supported by FIN GERPAINT 3 1 Choosing a geometry and mixer type 3 1 1 Functional description This tutorial describes how to choose a geometry and mixer for your mixing simulation 3 1 2 Cautions and warnings Version 1 0 of the FINGERPAINT application only supports the Rectangle 4001240 geometry It is intended to add the Square geometry in the future but as of now it has no functionality Furthermore it is required to have JavaScript enabled in order for the application to display correctly To guarantee access the fingerpaint website please make sure you have one of the following browsers iOS Safari version 6 0 or higher e Firefox version 20 or higher Google Chrome version 26 or higher e Internet Explorer version 10 or higher e Safari version 6 0 or higher 3 1 3 Procedures Preparation Open your webbrowser and navigate to the FINGERPAINT website Wait for the loading to finish and the menu to appear 10 FINGERP
27. hape of the Press the circle button The shape of the tool drawing tool to a circle Change the size of the draw ing tool Change the value of the spin ner changes to a circle The size of the drawing tool changes accordingly Close this menu Possible errors None Press the Back button 33 The main menu reappears CHAPTER 4 REFERENCE FINGERPAINT Related operations e Section 4 2 e Section 4 3 4 5 Distributions Menu Functional description The Distributions menu can be used to save load and remove results and to export an image of the current results to disk Pressing the Save button pops up a menu in which the desired name can be entered If that name already exists the user can choose to overwrite that name or choose a new name Pressing the Load button causes a menu to appear containing the names of all saved results If there are no saved results the user is notified of this fact If there are more results than fit on the screen scrollbars appear to allow the user to view all parts of list of saved results The Remove button creates a pop up panel containing the names of all saved results Next to each of these names is a delete button that can be used to delete the result Deleting a result cannot be undone The Export Image button allows the user to download an image of the current result This generates a PNG file that can be downloaded to the client s device using the browser s d
28. ial Description 1 Press the Distributions button on the main menu e The Distributions menu appears 2 Press the Load button e A pop up with the saved concentration distributions appears 3 Press the name of the distribution you want to load e The selected distribution has been loaded to the canvas Results The concentration of the canvas has been replaced with the concentration distribution of the selected saved distribution 3 8 4 Likely errors If no saved distributions are available a No saved files message will appear 3 9 Loading a mixing protocol 3 9 1 Functional description This tutorial describes how to load a mixing protocol 3 9 2 Cautions and warnings It is only possible to load a mixing protocol if one has been saved See tutorial 3 15 for the tutorial on how to save a mixing protocol 3 9 3 Procedures Preparation You should be at or navigate to the main menu for this tutorial 20 FINGERPAINT CHAPTER 3 TUTORIAL Description 1 Press the Define protocol button on the main menu e The Define a protocol menu appears 2 Press the Protocols button e The Protocols menu appears PROTOCOLS SAVE LOAD REMOVE BACK Figure 3 7 The menu that appears after pressing the Protocols button in the Define a protocol menu 3 Press the Load button e A pop up with the saved mixing protocols appears 4 Press the name of the distribution you want to load e The selected protocol i
29. ial 3 17 3 is not displayed The graph that is displayed is namely in SVG format and Internet Explorer 10 cannot handle this format It is only possible to view multiple performance results in one graph if at least two mixing runs have been saved See tutorial 3 16 for the tutorial on how to save a mixing run 3 17 3 Procedures Preparation You should be at or navigate to the main menu for this tutorial Description 1 Press the Results button in the main menu The Mixing run results menu appears 2 Press the Compare performance button e A pop up with the saved mixing runs appears 3 Select the mixing runs whose performance you want to compare and press the Compare button e A pop up with the mixing performance graph of the selected mixing runs appears figure 3 6 Results You have now successfully obtained a graph of the mixing performance of the selected mixing runs In this graph the mixing performance is shown on the y axis and the corresponding protocol step is shown on the x axis The initial performance of the mixing run is always 1 0 so there is always a point with this value at step 0 Moreover the mixing performance from the mixing results are displayed in different colours the legend explains which colour corresponds to which mixing run 3 17 4 Likely errors If no mixing runs are available a No saved files message will appear If no items have been selected in step when Compare is pressed a No data mess
30. isting file or to cancel Furthermore it provides functionality to overwrite the file or to cancel the operation Cautions and warnings e After making use of the fuctionality to overwrite a file it s not possible to retrieve the overwritten file Formal description Operation Steps Results Overwrite file Press the Overwrite button The panel is closed and a Save successful message ap pears and disappears again Cancel operation Press the Cancel button The panel is closed and the Save Item Panel see section 4 9 is displayed again Possible errors The message Local storage error is shown Something went wrong with the the local storage of the browser The message Your storage is full Please remove some items is shown The browser can t store any more items Remove items using the Remove Item Panel see section 4 12 The message An unknown error has occurred is shown Cause unknown Related operations e Section 4 5 e Section 4 6 40 FINGERPAINT CHAPTER 4 REFERENCE e Section 4 8 e Section 4 9 4 11 Load Item Panel Functional description This panel provides functionality for loading items It provides functionality to load the shown items and to close the panel Cautions and warnings e This panel shows the text No saved files when no items have been saved yet Formal description Operation Steps Results Load an item Press the one of the items in The selected item is loaded the
31. list in the drawing area dis tribution define protocol menu protocol or both mixing result Close panel Press the Close button The panel is closed Possible errors None Related operations e Section 4 5 e Section 4 6 e Section 4 8 4 12 Remove Item Panel Functional description This panel provides functionality for removing items It provides functionality to remove the shown items and to close the panel Cautions and warnings e This panel shows the text No saved files when no items have been saved yet Al CHAPTER 4 REFERENCE Formal description FINGERPAINT Operation Steps Results Remove an item Press the X next to one ofthe The chosen item disappears items from the list and a Delete successful message appears and disappears again Close panel Press the Close button The panel is closed Possible errors None Related operations e Section 4 5 e Section 4 6 e Section 4 8 4 13 Compare Performance Panel Functional description This panel shows a list of all saved mixing runs Furthermore it contains options to select one or more of these mixing runs to compare the performance of the selected runs and to cancel the operation Cautions and warnings e This panel shows the text No saved files and doesn t have the option to compare when no mixing runs have been saved yet Also see section 4 6 42 FINGERPAINT Formal description Operation CHAPTER 4 REFER
32. ometry selection 10 e Load Item Panel 41 e Loading the application 10 e Main Menu 32 Hiding the menu 11 e Mixer selection 10 e Mixing Performance Graph Panel multiple 17 44 28 e Mixing Performance Graph Panel single 15 43 29 e Overwrite Item Panel 40 e Protocols Menu 38 5l APPENDIX C INDEX FINGERPAINT Adding a mixing step to the protocol 13 38 Changing the number of steps 13 38 Saving a mixing protocol 26 Loading a mixing protocol 13 20 Removing a mixing protocol 13 23 e Remove Item Panel 41 e Results Menu 35 Saving a mixing run 27 Removing a mixing run 24 Save Item Panel 39 Select Tool Menu 33 Changing the drawing tool s colour 11 33 Changing the drawing tool s shape 33 Changing the drawing tool s size 11 33 Toggle Menu Button 45 52
33. on Hide menu Show menu Possible errors None Related operations e Section 4 2 e Section 4 3 e Section 4 4 e Section 4 5 Section 4 6 Section 4 7 Section 4 8 Steps Press the blue circular but ton with a white X sign Press the blue circular but ton with a white sign 45 Results The menu bar on the right side of the application slides to the right until it isn t visible anymore Simulate nously the blue circular but ton rotates until it shows a sign The menu bar on the right side of the application ap pears and slides to the left until it s entirely visible Simulatenously the blue cir cular button rotates until it shows an X sign Appendix A Error messages and recovery procedures This appendix lists all error messages that might be shown by the application For each message the possible causes are described Furthermore a recovery procedure is given A l Server errors This section lists all errors that are caused by the server These errors are shown in a notification panel with the message An error occurred and one of the errors discussed in the remainder of this section A 1 1 The simulation server did not respond in time This error message is shown when the application could not retrieve data from the simulation server within 1 minute There are two specific cases in which this error might occur Firstly when trying to load the application Secondly when trying to
34. or all end users of the FINGERPAINT application If accessing the application from a mobile device basic knowledge about interacting with touch devices is assumed 1 2 Applicability This document applies to the latest release of the FINGERPAINT application which is release 1 0 1 3 Purpose The FINGERPAINT application serves as an educational tool for anyone who wants to gain a deeper understanding of the process of mixing in general and in particular for students at the TU e 1 4 How to use this document First time users are encouraged to read chapter 3 and follow each tutorial to develop a basic understanding of the FINGERPAINT application More experienced users can use the reference in chapter 4 to find out more about specific features of FINGERPAINT 1 5 Related documents URD The User Requirements Document for the FINGERPAINT application 1 6 Conventions Italics All words in italics are names of buttons or features you can find in the FINGERPAINT application CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION FINGERPAINT 1 7 Problem reporting Since Group Fingerpaint will be dissolved after completion of the FINGERPAINT project problems cannot be reported to Group Fingerpaint and are not our responsibility Chapter 2 Overview FINGERPAINT is an application that serves as an educational tool for anyone who wants to gain a deeper understanding of the process of mixing fluids in general and in particular for students at the TU e By interactin
35. otocol defines which wall movements should be executed in succession You can add wall movements to the protocol by dragging the bars at the top or bottom of the canvas either left to right or right to left The successive wall movements are displayed below the Number of steps textfield The number of times the protocol should be repeated can be entered in the Number of steps textfield The default value is 1 You can change the value by pressing the or button next to the textfield or by selecting the textfield and typing a size When the protocol is satisfactory press the Miz now button to start the mixing simulation Results The resulting concentration distribution of applying the given wall movement to the initial concentration distribution is shown on the canvas 14 FINGERPAINT CHAPTER 3 TUTORIAL 3 3 4 Likely errors If the menu gets in the way of the bars on the canvas it is possible to hide the menu by clicking the menu toggle button the button with the X on it at the top right corner of the screen In the case that wrong wall movements are entered into the protocol you can clear the protocol by pressing the Clear protocol button 3 4 Defining a single mixing step 3 4 1 Functional description This tutorial describes how to define the mixing protocol for the mixing simulation 3 4 2 Cautions and warnings None 3 4 3 Procedures Preparation You should be at or navigate to the main menu for this
36. overwrite existing file or to cancel OVERWRITE Figure 3 9 The pop up that appears after clicking the Save button from the menu of figure 3 8 when the entered name is already in use 3 15 Saving a mixing protocol 3 15 1 Functional description This tutorial describes how to save the current mixing protocol 3 15 2 Cautions and warnings It is only possible to save a mixing protocol if one has been defined See tutorial 3 3 for the tutorial on how to define a mixing protocol 3 15 3 Procedures Preparation You should be at or navigate to the main menu for this tutorial Description 1 Press the Define protocol button on the main menu e The Define a protocol menu appears 2 Press the Protocols button e The Protocols menu appears figure 3 7 3 Press the Save button e The pop up from figure 3 8 appears 4 Enter a name for the mixing protocol in the text area e The entered name appears in the text area 5 Press the Save button e The save results pop up closes e A Save successful message is displayed which disappears after a few seconds 26 FINGERPAINT CHAPTER 3 TUTORIAL Results You have now successfully saved the current mixing protocol locally to your device 3 15 4 Likely errors If the name entered in step 4 is already in use the pop up from figure 3 9 is shown Whenever you want to overwrite the existing mixing protocol press the Overwrite button 3 16 Saving a mixing run 3 16 1 Fun
37. oving a mixing protocol from local storage 04 23 3 12 1 Functional description 2 2 2 e o 23 3 12 2 Cautions and warnings 2 0 eeen 23 3 12 39 Procedures es a non 0 38 kod Pa eR ee ee Ba bE Kb eed 23 3 12 4 Likely errors eu re oO a a ae as ae ee 24 3 13 Removing a mixing run from local storage o a 24 3 13 1 Functional description eee 24 3 13 2 Cautions and warnings ooo a a ee 24 313 3 Proc dures rerni a A a E an Sed a ES 24 ILSA Likely errors aes a E e a an eee a A sed ad al 24 3 14 Saving a concentration distribution aoso o e e e eee ee 25 3 14 1 Functional description eeen 25 3 14 2 Cautions and Warnings o ooa a a 25 3 14 3 Procedures 448 olaa a Yee ad ag ar E tan a 25 IA Ap Likely ertOrs a ge er a B Ale ee a BO ee Bokan 26 3 15 Saving a mixing protocol eee 26 CONTENTS FINGERPAINT 3 15 1 Functional description eee 26 3 15 2 Cautions and warnings 26 3 15 58 Procedures 0 aren Sier Pon ie te ere land ed a A ee ies 26 SASAS likely errors enaar ete aanne terr a hate ae en he A 27 3 16 Saving a mixing run 2 0 000 ee ee 27 3 16 1 Functional description 2 2 2 0 000000 2 eee eee 27 3 16 2 Cautions and warnings 2 2 2 000 eee eee 27 3 16 3 Procedures annen an Soe nl Roe a ar rant eae oe a A 27 3 16 4 Likely errors erat en Ban Ee de a ea a dee 27 3 17 Viewing multiple performance results in one graph 2
38. ownload functionality The Back button can be used to return to the main menu Cautions and warnings e The load and remove buttons have reduced functionality if no results were saved e The capacity of the local storage is limited When it is full results or other saved FINGERPAINT items must be removed before saving is possible again The user is notified of a full local storage Note that the local storage s capacity can be exceeded even though there is enough free disk space as each website can only save a certain amount of data in the local storage 34 FINGERPAINT CHAPTER 4 REFERENCE Formal description Operation Steps Results Save a distribution Press the Save button The Save Item Panel ap pears Load a distribution Press the Load button The Load Item Panel ap pears Remove a distribution Press the Remove button The Remove Item Panel ap pears Export an image of the dis Press the Export Image tribution button Close this menu Press the Back button Possible errors None Related operations e Section 4 2 Section 4 3 Section 4 9 Section 4 10 e Section 4 11 Section 4 12 4 6 Results Menu Functional description A download prompt ap pears The main menu reappears The Results menu can be used to save load remove and compare results Pressing the Save button pops up a menu in which the desired name can be entered If that name already exists the user can choose
39. s Results Change the step size Enter a different value in the spinner The size of future steps is changed accordingly Change the number of itera tions View a graph of the current mixing run Enter a different value in the spinner Press the Performance Graph button View The number of iterations of the protocol that is executed when the mixing run is exe cuted changes accordingly The View Single Graph Panel appears Add a step to the protocol Drag one of the geometry s walls to the left or right A new step is added Close this menu Press the Stop Defining Protocol button The main menu reappears Change to the Protocols menu Possible errors None Related operations e Section 4 2 e Section 4 3 Press the Protocols button 37 The pears Protocols menu ap CHAPTER 4 REFERENCE FINGERPAINT e Section 4 8 e Section 4 14 4 8 Protocols Menu Functional description The Protocols menu can be used to save load and remove protocols Pressing the Save button pops up a menu in which the desired name can be entered If that name already exists the user can choose to overwrite that name or choose a new name Pressing the Load button causes a menu to appear containing the names of all saved protocols If there are no saved protocols the user is notified of this fact If there are more protocols than fit on the screen scrollbars appear to allow the
40. s loaded Results The current protocol will be replaced by the loaded protocol 3 9 4 Likely errors If no saved mixing protocols are available a No saved files message will appear 3 10 Loading a mixing result 3 10 1 Functional description This tutorial describes how to load a mixing result 3 10 2 Cautions and warnings It is only possible to load a mixing result if one has been saved See 3 16 for the tutorial on how to save a mixing protocol 21 CHAPTER 3 TUTORIAL FINGERPAINT 3 10 3 Procedures Preparation You should be at or navigate to the main menu for this tutorial Description 1 Press the Results button on the main menu e The Mixing run results menu appears 2 Press the Load button e A pop up with the saved mixing results appears 3 Press the name of the mixing result you want to load e The select mixing result is loaded into the application Results The concentration of the canvas and current protocol have been replaced with the concentra tion distribution and mixing protocol of the selected saved mixing result 3 10 4 Likely errors If no saved mixing results are available a No saved files message will appear 3 11 Removing a concentration distribution from local storage 3 11 1 Functional description This tutorial describes how to remove a previously saved concentration distribution 3 11 2 Cautions and warnings It is only possible to remove a concentration distribution if one
41. s message is shown when a distribution is saved one or more previously saved distributions should be removed in order to make room for a new one A 2 3 Local storage error This error message is shown when an item distribution protocol or mixing run is being saved while the storage has not yet been initialised More specifically this error could occur when the local storage is cleared while the application is running and a new item is saved afterwards The recommended recovery procedure is to reload the application A 2 4 Unknown error This error message is shown when an exception has occurred in the application it should never occur and hence there is also no recommended recovery procedure This exception does not involve any of the other errors that are described in this appendix A 3 Other errors This section lists all other errors that might occur A 3 1 The geometry you have chosen is unsupported This error message is shown when trying the server doesn t support the selected geometry Specifically it is shown when trying to execute a mixing run with an unsupported geometry The recommended recovery procedure is to reload the application by pressing F5 or by using the browser s refresh button Hereafter a different geometry should be selected A 3 2 Loading graph failed This error message is shown when an error occurs while loading a performance graph The recommended recovery procedure is to reload the application
42. te dha ARE A d 3 2 Defining an initial concentration distribution 4 3 2 1 Functional description 2 20 02 0202 00000222 eee 3 2 2 Cautions and warnings ee 3 23 Broced res ss Aer fy ea Nola Sg a ie BE A gd ea BES 3 24 Likelyrertors aar nen ette ee Rk aoe bu oe dg wo Ghee a a 3 3 Defining and executing a mixing protocol 24 3 3 1 Functional description 2 0 0 0 0 00000202 eee 3 3 2 Cautions and warnings 3 3 3 Proced res er Ske le ea Nols Sg a che BR A geet ee BES 3 34 Likelyerrors ans a sak oe eS pk aes der Fe dg wR Aa A ae 3 4 Defining a single mixing step e 3 4 1 Functional description 2 0 0 020000 0002 eee 3 4 2 Cautions and warnings 2 0 000 een 343 Procedures asi fsa O dey che Be a bs e 4e 344 Likelyerrors zun an a alae ka Se de a Ghee A a d 3 5 Exporting the performance graph of amixingrun 3 5 1 Functional description 02 02 0200 0 200008 3 5 2 Cautions and warnings 0 eeen oo A NANA AN 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 13 13 13 13 13 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 FINGERPAINT CONTENTS 3 54 Likely errors sori aan a ae ee da a a eed 17 3 6 Exporting the mixing performance graph of multiple mixing runs 17 3 6 1 Functional description e 17 3 6 2 Cautions and Warnes 17 3 63 Procedures armen a eed acted Hak vet BN on ya ee OE A Rea A 17 36 4
43. ted in step 3 when Compare is pressed a No data message is shown If you are running the FINGERPAINT application on a mobile device exporting might not work 18 FINGERPAINT CHAPTER 3 TUTORIAL 3 7 Exporting a concentration distribution 3 7 1 Functional description This tutorial describes how to export an image of the canvas 3 7 2 Cautions and warnings None 3 7 3 Procedures Preparation You should be at or navigate to the main menu for this tutorial Description 1 Press the Distributions button on the main menu The Define a protocol menu appears 2 Press the Export image button e Your browser will give a prompt asking you where you want to save the image of the canvas 3 Select a location and press OK save Results A file with the concentration distribution of the canvas has been saved on the selected location 3 7 4 Likely errors If you are running the FINGERPAINT application on a mobile device exporting might not work 3 8 Loading a concentration distribution 3 8 1 Functional description This tutorial describes how to load a concentration distribution to the canvas 3 8 2 Cautions and warnings It is only possible to load a concentration distribution if one has been saved See tutorial 3 14 for the tutorial on how to save a concentration distribution 19 CHAPTER 3 TUTORIAL FINGERPAINT 3 8 3 Procedures Preparation You should be at or navigate to the main menu for this tutor
44. tion 4 7 FINGERPAINT 415 Mixing Performance Graph Panel Multiple Functional description This panel shows a figure with the performance graphs of one or more mixing runs Further more it contains options to export this figure to create a new figure with the performance of different mixing runs and to close this panel Cautions and warnings e The figure of the performance graphs doesn t display in Internet Explorer all versions Formal description Operation Steps Results View performance of a single point Press one of the points in the graph A popup appears with the performance value of this point Export graph Press the Export graph but ton The default download win dow of your browser is dis played Create new graph Press the New comparison button The panel from section 4 13 is displayed Close panel Possible errors Press the Close button The panel shows a blank field with the text No data no results selected Also see section 4 13 Related operations e Section 4 6 e Section 4 13 44 The panel is closed A comparison was made with FINGERPAINT CHAPTER 4 REFERENCE 4 16 Toggle Menu Button Functional description This button is always shown in the top right corner of the application It can be used to hide the menu bar when it is shown and to show it again when it is hidden Cautions and warnings None Formal description Operati
45. tutorial Description First the amount of time the wall should move needs to be entered The default value is 1 and is displayed in the Step size textfield in the main menu You can change the value by pressing the or button or by selecting the textfield and typing a size After the step size has been set you can select which wall should move by dragging the bars at the top or bottom of the canvas either left to right or right to left The mixing simulation will run right away Results The resulting concentration distribution of applying the given protocol to the initial concen tration distribution is shown on the canvas 3 4 4 Likely errors If the menu gets in the way of the bars on the canvas it is possible to hide the menu by clicking the menu toggle button the button with the X on it at the top right corner of the screen 3 5 Exporting the performance graph of a mixing run 3 5 1 Functional description This tutorial describes how you can export the graph of the mixing performance locally to your device 15 CHAPTER 3 TUTORIAL FINGERPAINT 3 5 2 Cautions and warnings The graph option is not available after a single step simulation A performance graph can only be viewed after a successful mixing run has been executed with a defined protocol see tutorial 3 3 The performance graph functionality is not supported for the Internet Explorer web browser hence exporting is not possible 3 5 3 Procedures
46. user to view all parts of list of saved protocols The Remove button creates a pop up panel containing the names of all saved protocols Next to each of these names is a delete button that can be used to delete the protocol Deleting a protocol cannot be undone The Back button can be used to return to the main menu Cautions and warnings e The Load and Remove buttons have reduced functionality if no protocols were saved e The capacity of the local storage is limited When it is full protocols or other saved FINGERPAINT items must be removed before saving is possible again The user is notified of a full local storage Note that the local storage s capacity can be exceeded even though there is enough free disk space as each website can only save a certain amount of data in the local storage Formal description Operation Save a protocol Steps Press the Save button Results The Save Item Panel ap pears Load a protocol Press the Load button The Load Item Panel ap pears Remove a protocol Press the Remove button The Remove Item Panel ap pears Export an image of the pro tocol Close this menu Press the button Export Image Press the Back button A download prompt ap pears The main menu reappears Possible errors None 38 FINGERPAINT Related operations e Section 4 7 Section 4 9 e Section 4 10 Section 4 11 Section 4 12 4 9 Save Item Panel
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