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> Hi Yuan, > > I wanted to let you know that I successfully installed IDV version 5.7 on my > Intel IMac Pro desktop workstation. It appears that all my earlier problems > are now fixed, as you’d suggested. I even discovered and successfully ran an > option I’d not known about previously — inputting daily Gempak binary SAO > files and overplotting SAO station models (including ability to step through > dataset in time). Very nice! > > I do have a question about editing the station model. Specifically I wanted > to toggle on/off the station ID and thicken the symbol and character lines. > There was a check box to “hide” what I assumed was the ID but it had no > effect on the IDV display. I never figured out how to customize the above > station model features. > > Thanks again for all your help. > > Conrad The editing station model is a bit more complicated if you never did it before. Here is a document of station model editing: https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/docs/workshop/resources/stationmodel/StationModelEditor.html I can walk you through in a google meet if there is more confusion in the document. Yuan Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: HTH-766860 Department: Support IDV Priority: Critical Status: Open =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.