Fledermaus View Menu

2D View

Visualizes scene in plan view mode. You are viewing the scene from above and can zoom in/out or pan the view. Left-Click and drag will pan the scene. Moving the mouse-wheel will zoom in or out of the scene.

3D Turntable View

Visualizes scene in turntable view mode. You are viewing the scene as if it were on a rotatable table in front of you. Left-Click and drag in the horizontal direction will rotate the scene around the current center point. Left-Click and drag in the vertical direction will tilt the scene. Middle-Click on a point in the scene will change the center of rotation to that point.

3D Flight View

Visualizes scene in 3D flight mode. In this mode one can utilize a 3D input device such as the Patriot system or a Space Navigator to fly though the data. You can also utilize the aswd keys to move the camera left, right and forward and back in the scene. The q and e keys respectively move the camera up and down in z. If one Left-Click's and drags in the 3D window one can control the look direction of the camera.

Zoom To Scene

This will zoom the scene out to the overall scene bounds.

Zoom To Object

This will zoom the scene such that the selected objects fits the viewable area of the window.

Tool Modes

These selection modes have specific capabilities that are described in detail in Fledermaus Scene Toolbar.

No Tool

It allows you navigate through the data Left-Click and drag in the horizontal direction will rotate the scene around the current center point. Left-Click and drag in the vertical direction will tilt the scene. Middle-Click on a point in the scene will change the center of rotation to that point.

Rectangular Selection Tool

When in this mode, Left-Click-Drag to draw a selection box.

Polygonal Selection Tool

When in this mode, Left-Click to draw the vertices of a polygon selection. Click on the first point to close the selection.

Free Hand Selection Tool

When in this mode, Left-Click-Drag to draw a selection area.

Profile Tool

When in this mode, Left-Click-Drag to draw a profile over a surface.

Measurement Tool

When in this mode, Left-Click-Drag to over a surface and see the distance displayed in the Fledermaus Status Bar.

Show Scene Bounding Box

This options toggles on and off the rendering of the overall scene bounding box around all loaded data.

Show Navigation Widgets

When in the 3D Turntable view mode this option toggles on and off the display on the turntable widgets that are shown in the 3D scene.

Show Colormap Legend

When toggled on and one selects objects in the scene dock a color map overlay for the selected object will be shown in the 3D window. Note that not all object types have color maps to show but most do.

Show Vessel Location

When a object type that contains a time based vessel position toggling this option on will show a red dot in the 3D scene that represents the vessel position for the given time along the time bar.

Lock Continuous Rendering

This feature is new to FM8 and designed to be used in live mode. In live mode, FM8 receives ongoing vessel positions from Qinsy, and Lock Continuous Rendering ensures that the scene in FM8 continuously renders as new data is received.

Show Cell Info

This will launch the Fledermaus Cell Information Dialog dialog.