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GridTool: A Tool for Structured and Unstructured Grid Generation

GridTool Interface

The interface consists of a main panel and several sub-panels. The panels consist of a set of buttons, input-fields, sliders, dials, positioners, browsers and message boxes. This section describes the user interaction with the GridTool interface. The user interacts with GridTool program by pointing/clicking the mouse buttons and the keyboard while the cursor is over a panel or the display window. Panels can be activated by pressing their buttons from the main window. They can be stowed away either from the panel itself by pressing the "Stow" button or by pressing the panel's button in the main panel. Whenever a panel is activated, the color of its button in the main panel will be changed from blue to green. Here is a list of actions and how they can be accomplished in the panels.
  • To press a button, place the the cursor over the button and click with any of the three mouse buttons.
  • To change the value in an input-field, place the the cursor over the input-field, click with any of the three mouse buttons, enter the value in the input-field, and complete the input by entering the "Return" key. The "ESC" key can be used to delete the entire field, or the "BackSpace" key can be used to delete a portion of it.
  • To change the position of a slider, dial or a positioner, hold and drag the right mouse while the cursor is over the object.
  • To select an object from a browse, place the the cursor over the object in the browser and click the right mouse. The background color of the selected object in the browser will change from black to green when they are selected.
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