[AWIPS #AFG-400113]: CAVE AWIPS 2-panel display

Hi there,

> I'm using CAVE AWIPS in a NWS installation. I have the option for single 
> panel, 2-panel or
> 4/9/16-panels displays.
>
> When switching to a 2-panel display the divider between the two panels is 
> horizontal giving
> me an unuseful thin upper/lower view of the data. I'd prefer to have the 
> divider in a 2-panel
> view be horizontal and see the data side-by-side.
>
> I see 2-panel displays in the CAVE User Manual/D2D Perspective with this 
> side-by-side layout
> but I can't find a way to get my workstation to display two panels with a 
> vertical separator
> bar.
>
> Please advise me how to switch that.

Unfortunately, we do not support the NWS versions/installations of AWIPS.  
Also, unfortunately,
the change from horizontal (as you see it) to vertical (as we support it) is 
made in the source
code, not a configuration file you would have access to.

I assume the User Manual you are referring to is ours?:
https://unidata.github.io/awips2/cave/d2d-perspective/#toggle-2-or-4-panel-layout

So, to answer your question, the only way (that I know of currently) for you to 
get the side-by-
side layout for 2-panel is to download, install, and run our (NSF Unidata's) 
version of CAVE and
user our public EDEX server.

We have instructions for downloading and running CAVE on our website, and we 
support CentOS7, 
Windows, MacOS, and a Virtual Machine for operating systems:
https://unidata.github.io/awips2/install/install-cave/

Please let us know if that's helpful.
Thanks.
--Shay Carter

She/Her/Hers
AWIPS Software Engineer
NSF Unidata

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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: AFG-400113
Department: Support AWIPS
Priority: Normal
Status: Open
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