Visual Finish
Submitted by symscape on May 30, 2013 - 10:56
The visual look (finish) of geometry in Caedium is controlled by a Finish tool. Here we describe how to control the transparency of a geometry face.
Assumptions
- You have downloaded and installed Caedium.
- You are familiar with Caedium essentials.
Procedure
- Start Caedium and open a .sym file, such as pump-internal.sym.
- Select the Results Tool Palette.
- Drag and drop the Finishes->finish tool onto a geometry face in the View Window.
- In the Properties Panel click on the number field to the right of Finish->Transparency, click again to display the slider and then interactively adjust the value.
For a Finish tool to have an effect its associated geometry must not be transparent. The Finish tool has other properties, such as Diffuse and Shininess, which control how light is reflected by the associated geometry entity.
In the New Toolbar click the Finish button to create a new Finish tool in the Results Tool Palette under Finishes. These Finish tools can have different property settings to drag and drop onto different geometry entities.
Using the Finish tool you too can produce stunning images, such as the one below.
Tutorials
- Essentials Manual
- Builder
- RANS Flow
- Panel Flow
- Tips
- Accuracy Tool
- Clipping a View
- Cloud Burst Service
- Cloud Service
- Color Map
- Create an Anaglyph 3D Stereoscopic Image
- Import a SketchUp Model
- Import an OpenFOAM Mesh
- Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 Cluster Configuration
- Multiple Views
- Multiple Volume Flow Domain
- Parallel Configuration
- Particles or Streamlines
- Punch a Hole in a Face
- Relaxation Factors in RANS Flow Solvers
- Run, Stop, and Lock Controls
- Telemetry Posting to TwitPic and Twitter
- Topology Operations
- Trim a Face
- Use an Image as a Background
- Using Fields and Variables
- View a Mesh
- Visual Facets Control
- Visual Finish
- Visualization Preferences