Data Display

The Color Editing property group determines how data is mapped with colors or transparency.

To use a logarithmic scale rather than a linear scale, you must Select the Logarithmic scale for color check box when displaying data. The data is assumed to be in a non-zero positive range. FidesysViewer will report errors and try to fix them automatically range if it is not valid for display.

The color map range is a very important property that controls display data values into colors.

The way the range is updated is controlled by the Automatic Mode property. scaling" in the color map editor.

If Never is selected, the data range will never be updated automatically.
If the “Extend and Update” option is selected by clicking “Apply”, FidesysViewer will increase the color/transparency map range, to include the current data range every time the user Clicks Apply in the Properties panel. Thus, when changing data range if time step changes, color/opacity map range does not change.
To increase the range also when changing the time step, use "Expand and update at each timeline step" option. Now the range will be updated when applied and also when the temporary step. "Expand" indicates that the range of the color/transparency map will only increase but never decrease to enable current data range.
If you want the range to exactly match the current range data, you should use the "Narrow and update on each" option. timeline step." Now the range will be limited to the exact range data every time you click Apply in the Properties panel or when changing the time step. Starting value for range automatic scaling.