Supermesh View

Supermesh view windows provide a plan view of the model domain (2D horizontal models), or a side view on a 2D cross-sectional model domain. The view shows the supermesh (the basis for mesh generation) with all features turned active in the View Components panel and some additional components such as an orientation icon and a length-scale icon (scale bar) that can be turned on and off in the context menu of the view window.

The view can be controlled by the settings in the Navigation panel and by using the tools in the View  toolbar.

New (additional) supermesh view windows can be opened by choosing New - Supermesh View from the Window menu.

Supermesh views are used to create and edit the supermesh using the Mesh Editor toolbar.

Context menu

The context menu for a view window is accessed with a right click into the view window. It provides quick access to often used functions for the view.

The options in the context menu are:

	Slice Up	Moves the slice selection for the current view (in the Entities panel) one slice up/down.
	Slice Down

	Tool	Provides shortcuts to some functions of the View toolbar, the Selection toolbar, the Draw toolbar and the Inspection toolbar.
	Positioning	Provides quick access to positioning settings of the View menu.
	Show	Allows to quickly switch on and off indicators, text and logo that are otherwise defined in the Properties panel.
	Toolbars	Allows to quickly switch on and off toolbars; otherwise this is done via the View menu.

Clone Window

Clones the active view window, corresponds to the entry in the Window menu.

	Floating Window	Checking this option allows to move the view freely across all displays, also outside the frame of the FEFLOW application.
	Full Screen	Switches current view to full-screen mode on the primary display.
	Full Screen on Display	Switches current view to full-screen mode on a display to choose.
		Exports/imports the settings for the active view window to/from an *.xml file.
	Export Settings
	Import Settings

	Transfer View Components From...	Transfer the view components from one of the other open views to the current view. If the views are of different type, applicable settings may be transferred.
	Snapshot of the Active View	Exports a snapshot image for the active view, corresponds to the function in the View toolbar.
	Size	Allows to specify the pixel size of the current view window, either to a predefined or user-defined size, e.g., to make snapshots or animations fit to specific screen resolutions for presentation.
	Copy Appearance	Copy and paste basic appearance settings such as font, background color, ... between view windows. This can also be done via the View menu.
	Paste Appearance
	Properties	Opens the Properties panel for the active view window.

Export Supermesh

The supermesh can be exported in different file formats, choosing between options for all supermesh elements (*.shp, *.dxf) or only points (*.pnt, *.dat, *.dxf, *.dbf, *.shp), lines (*.lin, *.dat, *.dxf, *.dbf, *.shp), or polygons (*.ply, *.dat, *.dxf, *.dbf, *.shp),.