GVP Properties

Note: This topic relates to deprecated functionality.

To access this screen:

  • Right-click a loaded GVP file in the Sheets control bar.

Set properties for the selected, loaded GVP (Visualizer Replay) file.

Legacy Datamine applications, such as Studio 3, provided a facility to export 3D files created in the now-retired Visualizer window.

The .gvp format is no longer actively supported and .gvp and .gvz files cannot be generated by your application.

You can, however, create .evr (InTouch files) and compelling PDF3D output as a way to transmit your 3D creations to others.

This screen contains the following controls:

Name—The name of the GVP object as it appears in the Sheets control bar. By default, this includes the path and filename in relation to your local system, although this can be amended by over-typing a description of your choice. Note that editing the name of a 3D object will not affect the description assigned to the underlying (Source) file - see below.

Source—Shows the name of the Datamine file from which the current 3D object was originally derived. Note that changes to this 3D object will not be proliferated to the underlying source object.

Show/Hide—Depending on the data entities present in the loaded file, some or all of these check boxes will be available (for example, if model point cloud data is not present, this particular option will be disabled. Select or clear a check box to view or hide a particular data type. Note that this will only affect data held within the GVP file and not other data loaded into the active 3D window.

These check boxes can be set to one of three different states:

  • Selected: make the selected GVP object visible.

  • Not Selected: make the selected GVP object hidden.

  • Indeterminate: make the selected GVP object transparent.

Clipping Options—If clipping planes are present in the loaded GVP file, you can enable them with this check box. If clipping planes are not present, this check box is disabled.

Sequence Options—When a Sequence Column  has been defined in the loaded GVP file, the following options are available:

  • Anim Rate: this value represents the number of records to be displayed (or hidden) for each 'frame' of a sequencing animation. The most appropriate value depends on many factors, including the density of the data, how many 'steps' are in a particular animation (for example, if only 3 zone areas exist, it would not be prudent to enter a value greater than 3, and if a model file comprises several million records, it may not be wise to ask your audience to sit through an animation based on the IJK value to display a cell-by-cell build up of a view!

  • Anim Step: used in conjunction with the above field, the Step facility allows you to group points of data so the animation is built up in larger 'blocks' than before. For example, if the animation Rate were constant between two simulations, setting an animation Step to zero in simulation 1 would cause a build up of data on a row-by-row basis. If a step of 10 were implemented, the model would be build up 10 blocks at a time, with each animation phase remaining for 10 times longer.

  • Loop: select this checkbox to replay your animation from the beginning once the final 'frame' has been displayed.

  • Reverse: select this option to play the sequencing animation in reverse, i.e. from the highest record to the lowest record value in the Sequencing Field.

  • Frame Replace: select this option to erase the currently displayed frame before displaying the next one.