The popup menu, activated at any time by a right mouse click, provides a useful collection of commonly used functions.  While most of the functions are also available from the toolbar or top menu, the popup feature can save considerable time as the mouse cursor is not required to return to the top of the page when a new function is selected.


Fig. 2.5.1: The popup menu the appears when the right mouse button is clicked.

Fit All

Scales the view window so all model graphics fit on the screen.

Saved Views

Point of view can be saved and used. See The Menu Bar - > "Saved Views" Menu

Zoom Out

Increases the distance away from the point of focus by a factor of two.

Flight

Enters a flight mode, which allows the user to freely ‘fly’ around the model in three dimensions.  To control the flight system, simply move the mouse similar to an aircraft flight stick, using the scroll wheel to move forwards and backwards.

Mouse Controls

Select Level

Selects one or more levels or elevations for separate display on screen.

This can isolate a specific elevation range of pipes for display, which can clarify display on screen in complex models.  The function works independently of the levels specified in the level (elevation) database.  Any elevation or range of elevations can be selected at any time.

The elevation range is selected by LEFT mouse clicking one or more pipes on the screen, and RIGHT mouse clicking to commit and activate the selection.  As pipes are clicked, the elevation range selected will turn YELLOW.  To select a larger area or range of elevations, draw a fence (by holding the left mouse button and dragging the box) around the pipes within the desired elevation.

All pipes outside the elevation range will be hidden or made transparent.  The level of transparency can be adjusted from the Colour Palette Manager.

Hint:  Pipes outside of the normal range of the LEVEL (elevation) database will be displayed as invisible or transparent.  The LEVEL database should have a least one level which encompasses all elevations of pipe data in your model.

Level Before:


Fig. 2.5.2: A Pumpsim™ model without levels selected for highlighting.

Level After:


Fig. 2.5.3: The same model as figure 2.5.2 with levels selected. Note how one pipe level remains opaque while the other levels remain transparent.

Hint:  Pumpsim™ initially defaults to displaying a 10 metre window range around the selected levels. Pipes outside of this range will not be displayed, or will be made transparent. The range can be changed from the Settings menu.

Show All

Display all elevation ranges.  This function will reset any levels selected from the "Select Level" function.

Clone Attributes

Store the attributes of the pipe or channel.

Apply Attributes

Apply the cloned attributes.

View

Enter the view mode.  See The "Action" Toolbar > View for more information.

Add

Enter the pipe construction mode.  Pipes can be drawn by dragging the mouse or edited by clicking the mouse.  See The "Action" Toolbar > Add for more information.

Edit

Enter the pipe edit mode.  Selected pipes or fences can be edited in the Edit box.  See The "Action" Toolbar > Edit for more information.

Select

Enter the selection mode.  Selected pipes can be deleted, edited, moved or copied.  See The "Action" Toolbar > Select for more information.

Delete

Enter the pipe delete mode.  Clicked pipes or fences are deleted from the model.  See The "Action" Toolbar > Delete for more information.

Copy

Enter the pipe move copy.  Selected pipes can be copied via coordinates or dragged with the mouse.  See The "Action" Toolbar > Copy for more information.

Move

Enter the pipe move mode.  Selected pipes can be moved via coordinates or dragged with the mouse.  See The "Action" Toolbar > Move for more information.

Block

Enter the pipe block mode.  Selected pipes can be blocked or unblocked to prevent or allow flow.  See The "Action" Toolbar > Block for more information.

Reverse

Enter the reverse pipe mode.  Clicked pipes are reversed along with any fixed flows, pressures or pumps.  See The "Action" Toolbar > Reverse for further information.

Action, Data and View Toolbar

The toolbars at the sides of the screen can be toggled off or on as required.  Use this function to select the visibility of each toolbar.

Reset Display

Reconnects the Windows operating system to the graphics hardware device.  The software link may occasionally become disconnected or corrupted, resulting in a blank display.  Reconnect the DirectX interface will reset the graphics software to hardware link and re-establish the display.