Visual
SAT-Flare Tracker 3D
MENU VIEW
This
menu contains several controls useful to set the observer angle of
view and a few other settings. In detail, the menu contains the
following items:- Fine Plot: more
segments will be employed to redraw the current view. In addition, the
country borders will be plotted as well. This function is automatically
performed if the Auto Fine Plot option is checked in the Draw menu bar entry.
- Zenith Orientation: the angle of view is set right above the observer site.
- Up Orientation: the angle of view is set in order to bring the observer site at the top of the globe.
- Noon Orientation: the angle of view is set in order to see the sun-lit part of the globe (where noon takes place)
- Midnight Orientation: the angle of view is set in order to see the part of the globe in Earth shadow (where midnight takes place)
- Zero Orientation: the angle of view is set above the coordinates: latitude 0, longitude 0.
- Orbit Orientation: the angle of view is set in the orbit plane or along the orbit plane normal each time the item is clicked.
- Lock on Sky: after
the angle of view is set, it usually remains fixed with respect the
globe, so that the angle of view doesn't change with the time. However,
if this option is checked, the point of view will be locked on the sky
instead of on the Earth. This means that the Earth will rotate while
the stars will appear fixed.
- Lock on Satellite: if this option is checked the angle of view will track the working satellite in order to keep it at the centre of the window.
- View 1 ... View 10: up
to 10 views can be defined by the user. Each view consists in the
plotted objects, the angle of view, the zoom factor and the program time. By clicking on
these entries the view is restored. To save a new view it is necessary
to press [SHIFT] + [X] where X is the number of the view. Please see
the Keyboard short-cut for more details.
- Full Screen / Window: by
clicking on this menu item, the window interface will be switched to
Full Screen mode and back to window. When in full screen mode, the Menu bar
will disappear automatically. To make it appear again it is necessary
to move the mouse to the top of the screen.
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By
Simone Corbellini
