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

Hi again Stefan,

Yuan and I were trying to reproduce your image capturing problem, but we were 
unable to. 

That would be a good one to start on.

-Julien

> 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