Tool Properties

The Tool Properties page within the Global Settings dialog serves for editing basic settings for some of the FEFLOW editing tools. Settings are preserved for the FEFLOW installation, i.e., they are not specific to the current FEFLOW model.

Visualization

Option	Description
Inner-edge high-lighting	Enables highlighting of inner edges by means of top and bottom nodes connected to vertical edges
Inner-face high-lighting	Enables highlighting of faces by means of all edges connected to vertical faces

Measure

The settings here refer to the graphical and precision properties for the Measure tool in the Mesh Editor and Inspection toolbars.

Option	Description
Decimal Places	Number of decimal places for number display in the view
Line Color	Line color for the measure lines
Text Color	Color of the text display
Areal Color	Color of the measure areas

Linear 1D Interpolation

These settings are applied to the interactive 1D interpolation by means of the corresponding tool in the Editor toolbar. For the 1D linear interpolation based on map data, similar settings are done in the Parameter Association dialog.

Option	Description
Incorporate existing data	When turned on, FEFLOW also incorporates previously set boundary conditions of the current type into the interpolation. Otherwise existing boundary conditions on the target nodes are deleted.
Temporal Interpolation	In case of interpolating between time series (time-varying link type) FEFLOW can interpolate values at the time stages of the time series, or it can also interpolate between the time stages, e.g., to consider the translation of a flood wave between two locations along a river.
Extrapolation Method	Without extrapolation, FEFLOW will use the last input value at a line for all nodes until reaching the line end. Extrapolation can be done in both line directions, or only upwards or only downwards. The definition of upwards and downwards depends on the line direction in the line map used (order of line nodes).
Logarithmic	Interpolate logarithmic values rather than original input

View Properties

Option	Description
Disable Shader Rendering	Disable shader to render icons and labels.
Enable Label-Distance	Display labels between a minimum and maximum distance around the current position.
Min. Label Distance	Minimum distance for labels defines the radius around the current position where labels are not shown. Labels will be shown only between the minimum and maximum label distance.
Max. Label Distance	Maximum distance for labels defines the radius around the current position where labels are shown. Labels will be shown only between the minimum and maximum label distance.
Index Base	Enable and disable label support for node-numbers and element numbers. Node and element numbers can be shownn as 0-based (start counting from node/element 0 to n-1 nodes/elements) or 1-based (start counting from node/element 1 to n nodes/elements). The labels can be activated/deactivated in the View Components Panel for the active view.
3D Label Element Center	3D labels can be shown in the 3D View either at the centers of the elements or at the centers of the faces. In the latter case, the labels are shown at all faces of the elements.

Immersive View Settings

Option	Description
Enable Oculus VR	Enable support for Oculus Rift VR-glasses
Stabilize VR	FEFLOW tracks the head position of the user. Minimal movements of the users head may trigger an unwanted movement (noise) of the view. If stabilizing is activated, FEFLOW will reduce this noise by keeping a stationary view.
Pixel Density VR	The pixel density increases the resulution of the view. The applied value will be used to multiply the current resolution. A high value may slow down the rendering process.
Movement Speed	The movement speed dictates the speed of any motion sequence. This setting is similar to the pointer speed of the mouse of the Operating System. The applied value will be used as a multiplier to increase the speed of the motion increase.
Right Speed Factor	The right speed factor increases the speed for motion and rotation.
Left Speed Factor	The left speed factor increases the speed for rotation only.
Rotation Speed	Define relative rotation speed.
Rotation Speed Factor	Define the rotation speed factor while right trigger button on the Xbox-controller is pressed.
VR Enable Label Dist	Display labels between a minimum and maximum distance around the current position.
VR Min. Label Dist	Minimum distance for labels defines the radius around the current position where labels are not shown. Labels will be shown only between the minimum and maximum label distance.
VR Max. Label Dist	Maximum distance for labels defines the radius around the current position where labels are shown. Labels will be shown only between the minimum and maximum label distance.

Maps

This section deals with handling of exported maps.

Option	Description
Add exported Maps	When turned on, FEFLOW will add exported maps to the Maps panel automatically.

Scene Library

Settings in this section influence the behaviour and appearance of the Scene Library.

Option	Description
Force Scene Comment	When turned on, FEFLOW requires a comment for each saved scene.
Icon Size	Size of the icons used for preview in the scene library
Maximum Preview Size	Maximum size of the preview shown when moving the mouse over the icon of a scene

Scripting

Option	Description
Enable Scripting	Activate the Scripting menu in the FEFLOW graphical interface. This menu enables the FEFLOW Python scripting interface, which provides access to the Edit script and Execute Python Command dialogs. Four different options are available: Disable scripting: Scripts will not be executed and it is not possible to edit/execute any script/command but scripts in the documents are preserved (during load/save) Ask me every time a document is loaded: For any document - which is loaded and contains scripting data - the user is queried if the script should be executed. If yes, the script is executed, e.g., procedures are available. If not, the script is never executed (thus no procedures available), unless the user executes the script manually in the Python Script Dialog. Ask me only once per session: Same behaviour as Ask me every time a document is loaded, except that the user is queried only once a document with scripting data is loaded and the answer is applied to all subsequent documents until FEFLOW is closed. Always execute scripts: Scripts are always executed without any query.

Option

Description

Enable Scripting

Activate the Scripting menu in the FEFLOW graphical interface. This menu enables the FEFLOW Python scripting interface, which provides access to the Edit script and Execute Python Command dialogs. Four different options are available:

Disable scripting: Scripts will not be executed and it is not possible to edit/execute any script/command but scripts in the documents are preserved (during load/save)
Ask me every time a document is loaded: For any document - which is loaded and contains scripting data - the user is queried if the script should be executed. If yes, the script is executed, e.g., procedures are available. If not, the script is never executed (thus no procedures available), unless the user executes the script manually in the Python Script Dialog.
Ask me only once per session: Same behaviour as Ask me every time a document is loaded, except that the user is queried only once a document with scripting data is loaded and the answer is applied to all subsequent documents until FEFLOW is closed.
Always execute scripts: Scripts are always executed without any query.

Well Manager

Option	Description
Nearest Node Distance	Defines a search radius for FEFLOW to find the nearest node to assign a well.
Import Behaviour	Defines the behaviour of the Well Manager when importing a wells from a file. Three options are available: Ask: Ask the user if to delete the already existing wells Append new: The dataset imported will be appended to the already existing list of wells Delete existing: Already existing wells will be overwritten by the imported listof wells

Option

Description

Nearest Node Distance

Defines a search radius for FEFLOW to find the nearest node to assign a well.

Import Behaviour

Defines the behaviour of the Well Manager when importing a wells from a file. Three options are available:

Ask: Ask the user if to delete the already existing wells
Append new: The dataset imported will be appended to the already existing list of wells
Delete existing: Already existing wells will be overwritten by the imported listof wells