The VIEW toolbar adjusts the display of items shown on the screen.
Fig. 2.2.1: The VIEW toolbar.
Fit All
Fits available graphics centrally on the screen. If graphics are spread over a huge area, then Pumpsim™ may elect to only show the pipes in the most prominent area.
Solid/Wireframe
Switches the model between wireframe and solid display mode. The wireframe mode is sometimes useful for fine editing of models, particularly when pipes are large or very close together.
Grid
Displays or hides the main grid. Note that in a section (vertical) view, the grid automatically changes to show elevations.
Nodes
Displays or hides nodes (junctions) of pipes. This option can also show or hide individual types of icons by clicking the sub option drop down arrow to the right of the button.
Arrows
Display or hides arrows showing flows.
References
Displays or hides reference graphics (for example DXF graphics or data imported into Pumpsim™.
Limit Data
Provides options for limiting the amount of data displayed in a model. For complex models, displaying data for every single pipe segment can lead to a cluttered display and is often unnecessary, particularly if the data shown is largely the same (for example flows). However, for other items this large amount of text data can still be useful.
Limit Off:
Fig. 2.2.2: A section of a pipe shaft model with the Limit command off, thus displaying all data text.
Limit On:
Fig. 2.2.3: The same section of pipe shaft as Fig 2.2.2, with the Limit command on. The model has less
data text, with not all segments display data.
Hint: For data which may vary from one end of a pipe to another (such as pressure), Pumpsim™ will always show the ENTRY data on the pipe unless otherwise specified.
Limit All
Only displays text, nodes and/or arrows on pipes which specifically have ‘Show Data’ option set in the EDIT box. For example, a loop in a decline consisting of 10 pipe segments will normally show data for every segment. To only show one text data for all the segments, ensure only one pipe is set to ‘Show Data”, and the activated the LIMITED > text display. To force a pipe segment to show data, use the EDIT box and click ‘Always Show Data’.
Limit Off
Shows all pipe data, regardless of whether the ‘Show Data’ option is set in the EDIT box.
Text
Controls how much text information is displayed on the screen.
All On
Displays text information for data values, node names, pipe names and error messages.
All Off
Hides all text information.
Data, Pipes, Nodes, Grid, Log Values
Text data, pipe names or node names can be individually turned on or off by selecting them from the view menu.
Transparency
By default, all data which is non-active (for example levels or layers which are turned off, data which is outside of the Display Manager, or zero flows if set) are shown as a transparency, with the transparency amount set in the Display Manager.
To specifically hide some items (for example layers which are not visible), but still show transparencies for other items (for example Zero Flows or Coloured Data), data types can be individually set to show transparency or be hidden.
- Data – coloured data which is outside of the selection range in the Display Manager, and is selected to be hidden can be made transparent or removed from the display.
- Levels – level elevations outside of the selected ranges can be made transparent or hidden.
- Layers (primary and secondary) – layers that are not selected can be made transparent or hidden.
- Zero Flows – pipes carrying no flow can be made transparent or hidden.
Move Toolbar
Moves the toolbar to the left or right of the screen window.
Hide Toolbar
Hides the toolbar from the window. To show the toolbar again, RIGHT CLICK the mouse anywhere on the screen and select ‘View Toolbar’.