This section describes the range of tools available within Masterframe to enable you to navigate around your model graphically. These tools range from dynamic viewing tools such as zooming and panning in the graphics window, to creating set views of part or the whole of the model. The viewing tools can be used throughout Masterframe itself, but also within many of the design modules where the graphics pane gives the same view of the full model which can be navigated using the same viewing tools.
The creation of Frame Views allow standard views to be created of the whole or parts of a model. These are useful to allow the user to rapidly return to a desired view in Masterframe and the design module. These views can be useful for examining specific parts of a model, both in terms of the analysis results but also for the design of the model.
Snapshots are similar to frame views, in that they allow the creation of a standard view of the whole or part of the model. However, unlike the Frame Views, a snapshot can be used in conjunction with the Report Generator feature to allow for snapshots to be used in conjunction with the analysis results to provide customized results display of any part of the structure. Snapshots can be used over within the Report Generator, thus this removes the need to create a view repeatedly for each output of results.
Masterframe also includes view filtering options to allow the user to quickly view specific frame views or filter the on screen view to allow only specific member based on section type, material or member orientation.
Additionally, Masterframe includes options to quickly zoom to specific members and/or nodes within a model. This allows the user to quickly identify specific analytic members within any model. This is particularly useful when diagnosing stability issues following a termination of a Masterframe analysis.