Ball Thermal

Description

Balls are rendered as {disks in 2D; spheres in 3D}, arrows, or as extents, and colored by attributes or properties.

This plot item is controlled identically to the Ball plot item; the difference between them is the set of options available on the Color By attribute, which are enumerated below.

Attributes

Shape

See the description for the ball plot item.

Color By

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Specify what aspect of the item is to be rendered, from one of three mutually exclusive groups (only one selection from any group is active at one time): textual values, numeric values, and vector quantities. If a Vector Qty is chosen, an additional field is added to specify whether a component (\(x\), \(y\), or \(z\)) or the magnitude (mag) of the vector should be rendered.

Selecting -->Add Prop at the bottom of a selector will provide a dialog that allows the user to specify a new property to add to the list (and make it the active color by selection).

The labels ATTRIBUTE and PROPERTY on a selector do nothing; these are provided to visually differentiate the two groups.

Table 1: Text Value options

extra

Colors by extra variable. An additional field is supplied to identify the variable by its index.

fixity

Colors by fixity.

group

Colors by group. An additional field is supplied to specify the slot index. The default setting is Any (which occupies index position 0 on the spinbox).
Table 2: Numeric Value Options

extra

Colors by extra variable. An additional field is supplied to identify the variable by its index.

appliedpower

Colors by applied power.

deltemp

Colors by temperature increment.

sheat

Colors by specific heat.

temperature

Colors by temperature.

thexp

Colors by thermal-expansion coefficient.

unbalpower

Colors by unbalanced power.
Table 3: Vector Quantity options

extra

Colors by extra variable. An additional field is supplied to identify the variable by its index.

Color Opt

See the description for the ball plot item.

Map

See the description for the ball plot item.

Transparency

See the description for the ball plot item.

Legend

See the description for the ball plot item.