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3.1.4 Using the Volume Browser Product Selection List

Once you have made selections from the Sources, Fields, and Planes Menus, the list of available products is generated in the middle section of the Volume Browser, as shown in Exhibit 3.1.4-1. By default, the products are highlighted and ready to load.

Exhibit 3.1.4-1. The Volume Browser Product Selection List

With the pointer, you can select or deselect the products you want to display.

• Graphic or Image: By clicking on a product in the Product Selection List with Mouse Button 2 (middle), you can choose whether to display the product as a graphic or an image. When changing a graphic product to an image, the abbreviation "Img" appears in the product label of the Product Selection List. Refer to Section 3.1.2, "Practice Modules on the Volume Browser," for more information on displaying graphic and image products.

Keep in mind that you can display only two images at one time. The Volume Browser Product Selection List automatically prevents you from selecting more than two products as images.

For vector data, such as winds, pressing Mouse Button 2 once on the product name in the Product Selection List changes the depiction from wind barbs to streamlines. Press Mouse Button 2 on the product name of a vector product a second time generates arrows.

Note: For products that can be displayed in only one format, Mouse Button 2 has no effect.

You can display multiple graphics, and there is no practical limit to the number you can display at one time. Refer to Module 10 for more information on displaying multiple products.

• Components of the Product Selection List: The Product Selection List is divided into three columns.
- Times: Times provides the date and model run time of selected products.

- Product Selection List: The Product Selection List provides the names of the selected products, including the model name, the plane, the field, and associated units.

- Inventory: Inventory provides information on the completeness of selected products. The small boxes indicate the valid times of a model run (i.e., 0-hour, 6-hour, 12-hour, etc.). Small check marks in these boxes show that those valid times are in the database; if a box is empty, that valid time is missing from the database. To obtain more detailed information about the inventory of a product, select the Show Detailed Inventory option from the Product Information pop-up menu.

• Product Information Pop-up Menu: Hold Mouse Button 3 (right) over a product name in the Product Selection List and a pop-up menu appears, as illustrated in Exhibit 3.1.4-2. This pop-up menu has several options:

Exhibit 3.1.4-2. The Volume Browser Product Information Pop-up Menu

- Change Product Graphic to Image: Product Graphic to Image is another way to change the product from a graphic to an image or vice versa. For wind products, you can display wind barbs, arrows, or streamlines.

- Load this Product Now: This is another way to generate the product on the display. This is convenient if you have a lengthy Product Selection List and wish to display a single product.

- Load as Graphic and Image: Load Graphic and Image generates the product on the display as both a graphic and an image. For wind products, you can display wind barbs, arrows, or streamlines.

- Show Detailed Inventory: Opens a pop-up box containing inventory information about the selected product. Refer to Exhibit 3.1.4-3.

Exhibit 3.1.4-3. The Product Selection List - Show Detailed Inventory Pop-up Box

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