[IDV #ZEO-881615]: Screen Capture and Other Issues

Stefan,

Whichever is most important to you, and, of course you can submit multiple 
tickets :-)

Thanks.

-Julien

> Julien,
> 
> Let me know which one you want to start with, and I can send you data,
> screen shots, or whatever you need.
> 
> V/R,
> 
> Stefan
> --
> Stefan Cecelski
> Ph.D. Candidate and Graduate Research Assistant
> AOSC Department: University of Maryland College Park
> 2343 Computer and Space Sciences Building(CSS #224)
> 703.801.1370
> address@hidden
> 
> On Mon, May 2, 2011 3:14 pm, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> > Hi Stefan,
> >
> > Thanks for submitting these important issues.
> >
> > In the divide and conquer department, my suggestion is that the e-support
> > forum works best when one issue is submitted at a time with supporting
> > documentation (bundles, stack traces, etc.). In addition, precise steps on
> > how to arrive at the errors is also greatly appreciated. I detect at least
> > four separate issues below, and each one will require (probably a fair
> > bit) of follow up discussion. Keeping these as one issue will become
> > unwieldy.
> >
> >
> > Again, many thanks for your valuable input.
> >
> > -Julien
> >
> >
> >> Full Name: Stefan Cecelski
> >> Email Address: address@hidden
> >> Organization: University of Maryland
> >> Package Version: 2.9u4 build date:2011-04-13 07:13 UTC
> >> Operating System: Mac OS X
> >> Hardware: Java: home:
> >> /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home
> >> version: 1.6.0_24 j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4)
> >> Description of problem: Hi all,
> >>
> >> I have some suggestions based on my work using the nightly build.
> >> Whenever I create a new projection, no map shows up in the view box to
> >> set the domain. Furthermore, when I go to edit the projection after
> >> saving it, I get a java exception error. A suggestion I would like to
> >> make is to allow users to set a projection not just based on the map,
> >> but by entering lat/lon to define the box. This would be helpful since I
> >> know the lat/lon box of my WRF runs, and would just like to set the
> >> projection based on that, without having to mess around with a map.
> >>
> >> I am also having issues when capturing images and movies. I have a
> >> computer monitor attached to my laptop. I have the dashboard display on
> >> the laptop screen with the maps on my external monitor. When I go to
> >> capture an image, it will try to capture the images from my laptop
> >> screen and not the other monitor where my actual display is located.
> >> This yields saved images that are completly black. Does the image
> >> capture default to the screen where the dashboard is located? Is it
> >> possible for the IDV to capture images off an external display, or by
> >> selecting which screen the maps are on?
> >>
> >> I am getting suprious lines even with the suprious line fix plugin. I
> >> have figured out that when plotting streamlines of flow vectors in IDV,
> >> changing the density of the streamlines can create suprious streamlines.
> >> I end up tweaking the density around until I find a density that doesn't
> >> have any suprious streamlines. This can be tricky, and the spurious
> >> lines tend to occur when the density is above medium, and is especially
> >> prevelant when nearing high streamline densities. Furthermore, fast
> >> rendering contours and maps also generates spurious streamlines. If I
> >> fast render any of the global country maps, I get supruious streamlines.
> >>
> >> Finally, I am having some stability issues with IDV. I am running my
> >> laptop with 6gb of RAM, and dedicate at least 2gb to IDV. The memory
> >> isnt the issue however, its the processor(2.4Ghz dual core 64bit).
> >> Whenever I go to render a derived product(such as potential vorticity),
> >> my processor kicks in majorly. This is understandable for when the data
> >> is processing, especially for larger data sets. What is odd is that
> >> after the data is done processing and is displayed on the screen, IDV is
> >> still using 75-80% of my processor. This is true even after the display
> >> and data is removed. Its like the IDV thinks it needs to use my CPU when
> >> really there is nothing happening. What I end up doing is close out IDV,
> >> let my CPU calm down and then start IDV back up again. This alleviates
> >> the issue until I try to display a derived quantity again. Not sure why
> >> IDV thinks it needs to keep using my processor like crazy.
> >>
> >> Thanks for your attention to this matter!
> >>
> >> V/R,
> >>
> >> Stefan Cecelski
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: ZEO-881615
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Closed
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: ZEO-881615
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed