1. Introduction
This is the User Manual of the DestinE Visualization Client application, Release 5 for Desktop platforms.
1.1. Purpose and Scope
The aim of this document is to provide the end-user with an overview of all the features available in the 5th release of the DestinE Visualization Client application. This application is designed to facilitate the creation of 3D interactive Shows and Stories depicting meteorological phenomena. It achieves this by representing both satellite and non-satellite data, including in-situ measurements, such as those related to energy production. The current version of this document is aligned with Release 5.
1.2. Document Structure
This document consists of following main sections and they are:
Chapter Number |
Title |
Objectives and Contents |
|---|---|---|
1 |
INTRODUCTION |
This chapter presents the scope of the document, introducing its contents and providing the reader with an overview of it |
2 |
USER INTERFACE OVERVIEW |
This chapter provides an overall view of the User Interface for the Desktop version of the DestinE Visualization client |
3 |
LAYER MENU |
This chapter explores the management of layers, such addition and removal, and how the presence of layers has effect on the UI |
4 |
CANVASES, LAYERS AND DATA SOURCES |
This chapter describes Canvases, Layers and related Data Sources, exploring in detail each type and their properties |
5 |
SESSION MENU |
This chapter briefly explains how to manage the session |
6 |
SHOWS |
This chapter describes what is a Show and how to create, save and load it |
7 |
STORIES |
This chapter describes what stories are and how to record, reproduce and edit them |
8 |
FILE |
This chapter covers the upload and download of files from and to the backend |
9 |
UI |
This chapter shows how to manage the UI visibility |
10 |
USER QUOTA MANAGEMENT |
This chapter explains the usage of user resources |
11 |
MIXED REALITY APPLICATION |
This chapter provides an overview of the mixed reality counterpart of DestinE application |
Each one of the above listed main sections is further divided into subsections in order to better address their specific issues.