Viewing Options - Overview

In Masterframe, the top bar provides access to a range of viewing options, each giving access to specific viewing tools which enable you to navigate the model, view member and nodal information and view the model loadings graphically. There are also display options which allow you to customize the graphical display and to control the information given on screen under various tools. The top menu bar is shown below.

For further details of the actions of the top menu tool bar, refer to the Top Toolbar chapter.

A brief overview of the top menu bar is given below:-

Viewing and Filtering - options to controls the extend of the view of the model

Members - view information related to the members making up a model

Nodes and Coordinates - view information related to the nodes within a model .

Supports and Restraints - display the nodal supports, stiff deck and member end releases

3D Drawing - turn on the 3D member based graphics view. Also allows the colour coding of members by material and or section size. Also turns on the section key.

Loads - display the distributed and point loads defined to act on the members and/or nodes

Gravity Area Load - turn on the graphical display of the gravity area loads. Also actives the display of line and patch loads, as well as turning on the area load key

Wind Load - activate the graphical display of the wind loads applied through the wind panel loading features. Also controls the display of the coefficients, pressures or panel designation

Grid Lines and Levels - display any defined grid lines and level indicators

Stats - accesses additional model information including model member statistics and member loading information

Display - access the display settings to customise and/or control the graphically displayed information. Also gives options to control line thickness, node size and text size

The following display options are only available in Masterframe Pro.

Gravity Area Load

Wind Load

Composite Info

In models for which the gravity area loading is not active, the Gravity Area Loading and Wind Load sections will not be displayed. For further details of the Area Loading features, refer to the Loads chapter of the Masterframe manual.

The following sections outline the navigation of the model graphically using the graphical display window and the Views and Filtering tools from the top toolbar. For details on the use of the other viewing options from the top toolbar, refer to the Top Toolbar chapter of the manual.

In addition to the viewing options in the top toolbar, the top menu bar also includes a Viewing drop down menu. This gives additional tools to control the available information that can be viewed on screen.