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> Yuan, > I tried calling your office, but there was no response. Let me know if you > are going to be in the office again today. Thanks. > > Bryan I should be in my office today. Give me a call. Yuan > > address@hidden> wrote: > > > > I am returning to this email string because the problem has not been > > > resolved. When plotting a 3D surface of the Brightness Temperature of > > the > > > water vapor channel, it can shade the 3D surface just fine, but when > > > tilting the 3D surface to be viewed from the side, it is just a 2D plane. > > > > > > Here is how I make the 3D surface. > > > > > > - Load up a water vapor dataset from any satellite in the data chooser. > > > - In the Field Selector, click on "Formulas" > Miscellaneous > Any Field > > > > 3D Surface > Color-shaded Parameter as Topography > Create Display. > > > - Select the water vapor dataset you have loaded, then dig down to the > > > "Brightness Temperature". Double-click to load. > > > > > > Once the image is loaded, I typically check the "Shade Colors" box to > > make > > > sure I have a 3D image. Then upon tilting the camera angle, nothing is > > > actually three-dimensionalized. I would like to use this for a module we > > > are making at COMET currently, but this hasn't been working since > > > December. Please tell me what can be done to make this work. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > Bryan > > > > Bryan, > > I repeated your procedures and it works fine. > > Not sure how you can not get the 3D display. It should be ok to do > > the "Shade Colors" after the 3D image created. > > You can call my office if you need help. > > > > Yuan > > > > > > address@hidden> wrote: > > > > > > > > Yuan, > > > > > I am attaching the bundle here, but I think I have solved one of the > > > > > problems. It seems that the keyboard shortcuts along with mouse > > actions > > > > > have changed for tilting the view. It used to be right-click to > > tilt the > > > > > view around, but now it seems to be hold shift and move the mouse. > > That > > > > > doesn't help the "Viewpoint Toolbar" issue, but does solve some of > > the > > > > > problems I was seeing. > > > > > > > > > > The attached bundle is a 3D water vapour image that has changed with > > the > > > > > most recent update to 5.0u3. It used to have a much more pronounced > > > > > vertical distribution or elevation to it, but now it is really > > limited > > > > down > > > > > to a much smaller scale, something like 2-5 times less dramatic. > > > > > > > > > > See the attached bundle to see what happens for you. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the reply. > > > > > Bryan > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bryan, > > > > I think this bundle is somehow corrupted, it probably easier to > > > > create a new bundle than going through this bundle line by line to fix > > it. > > > > > > > > > > > > Yuan > > > > > address@hidden> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Support staff, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am using IDV to display 3D surfaces from a favorite bundle. It > > > > works > > > > > > > fine on load and the view gets shifted based on the bundle > > > > instructions, > > > > > > > but once the data is loaded and I want to tilt the surface up or > > down > > > > > > more > > > > > > > the right-click (I'm on a mac) and drag doesn't tilt the view > > > > anymore. > > > > > > > I also noticed the "Viewpoint Toolbar" doesn't show up anymore > > > > despite > > > > > > > having turned it on and off in the preferences. I had 5.0u2 and > > > > hoped > > > > > > > 5.0u3 would have this problem fixed, but it doesn't. Can this be > > > > > > > corrected in the near future or do I need to roll back to 5.0u1? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > Bryan Guarente > > > > > > > Instructional Designer/Meteorologist > > > > > > > The COMET Program > > > > > > > Boulder, CO > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bryan, > > > > > > Could you send the bundle to us for testing locally? > > > > > > > > > > > > Yuan > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > > > > > =================== > > > > > > Ticket ID: LNI-268663 > > > > > > Department: Support IDV > > > > > > Priority: Normal > > > > > > Status: Open > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Bryan Guarente > > > > > Instructional Designer/Meteorologist > > > > > The COMET Program > > > > > Boulder, CO > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > > > =================== > > > > Ticket ID: LNI-268663 > > > > Department: Support IDV > > > > Priority: Normal > > > > Status: Open > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Bryan Guarente > > > Instructional Designer/Meteorologist > > > The COMET Program > > > Boulder, CO > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: LNI-268663 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Closed > > > > > > > -- > Bryan Guarente > Instructional Designer/Meteorologist > The COMET Program > Boulder, CO > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: LNI-268663 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open