Other options

Fig. 68

• File:
  Open and Save allows you to store (or recover) for further processing the model in EasyDEM's native format (which is not an image format). In turn, Export allows to generate a definitive image (which cannot be rotated, illuminated, etc. later) but that could be inserted in other software applications lke Word, Excel or PowerPoint. You can export the image to a variety of formats (JPG, BMP, TIFF, etc) at your choice. The first three buttons in the horizontal buttonbar horizontal provide easy access to the same functions.
• Tools:
  The other options are organized in three blocks.

  In the first one you can alter some aspects of the camera or viewpoint, including illumination, as well as some animation functions. The corresponding buttons are available also in the button bar to the left, but here you have them to your right.
  The second block collects functions to define privileged axes for the camera operation, which has effects if you activate the animation.
  The third block has miscelaneous functions. The first button enables or disables the illumination. The following two handles the projection: by default, we use the orthographic projection, but it is also available the perspective projection. The next button restores the initial values of illumination, position and camera orientation. The last one stops the animation.

  
  The seven buttons of the first block all behave in a similar way: if you press them, the control is transfer to the mouse which, by clicking with left button and dragging over the window performs the required effect.
  Important notice
  

  It is advisable to try different alternatives, remembering that it is always possible to restart the scene through the reset button of the button bar.
  It is also possible to visualize animations (rotations, translations, etc.) which onece activated might be stopped by pressing the last button in the button bar.