Application Selection Area

This section discusses the Application Selection Area in the 2D version of SolidMesh. The 2D version of SolidMesh is invoked using either the -2D or -2d command line option. Descriptions of all of the commands under each heading are given in in their corresponding sections of this document. If you have not used SolidMesh before, read the section on SolidMesh Basics before going any further.

The Application Selection Area has eight options, which are each, except Colors, described in detail in their own sections of this document. As you may have read previously in the Basics section, there are Global Action Areas within the program. You will find here that there are also Global CAD Areas which appear in all three CAD Options' Application Areas. Links to the sections of this document corresponding to each selection option are given below in addition to a list of hot keys that may make your working with SolidMesh much easier:
 
 
 
File I/O
CAD
Grid
Other

Colors

The Colors application allows the user to change the display colors at any time.  When saving the grid or model, SolidMesh does not save the color changes.  However, several command line options are available for this purpose. 

Hot Keys

Hot Keys can be used at any time. There is not an option button available for the keys, nor are they in any specific area. This is just a list of keyboard commands you may use instead of picking specific buttons on the program screen.
Application Area Text Fields
Many of the Application Area text fields accept simple mathmatical expressions.  Expressions including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, exponentiation (^), and modula (%) can be entered as in a simple calculator.  For example, the expression:
 
((2+1/2-0.25)*2^2)


will produce a result of 9.0. 

 


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