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panel and the commands available in the \textbf {Result } menu.
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- \subsubsection {Manager Results list }
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- The {\sl Results} list of the Model Manager panel (shown at right)
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- displays the list of user-defined result views in the model.
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- In addition to the commands available in the
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- \protect\hyperlink {result-menu}{\sl Result menu} (see below), many shortcut
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- commands can be used to manage results in the {\sl Results} list.
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- The shortcut menu, which is accessed by right-clicking in the Model Manager
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- panel, displays commands relevant for the selected object only.
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- Each curve object in the Model Manager {\sl Result} list has an icon next to
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- \includegraphics [width=\textwidth ]{Figures/7-RightClickMenuInResultsList}
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+ \subsubsection {Manager Results list }
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+ \def\fwidth {0.28\textwidth }
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+ \begin {wrapfigure }[13]{r}{\fwidth }
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+ \includegraphics [width=\fwidth ]{Figures/7-RightClickMenuInResultsList}
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+ \end {wrapfigure }
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+ The {\sl Results} list of the Model Manager panel (shown at right)
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+ displays the list of user-defined result views in the model.
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+ In addition to the commands available in the
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+ \protect\hyperlink {result-menu}{\sl Result menu} (see below), many shortcut
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+ commands can be used to manage results in the {\sl Results} list.
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+ The shortcut menu, which is accessed by right-clicking in the Model Manager
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+ panel, displays commands relevant for the selected object only.
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+ Each curve object in the Model Manager \newline {\sl Results} list
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+ has an icon next to the curve name, \newline representing its legend.
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+ The curve color and symbol \newline can be changed in the {\sl Appearance} tab
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+ \newline (see \refSection {appearance}{Appearance}).
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\SubSubSection {Result menu}{result-menu}
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result views, and managing the result files in your model.
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Use of these commands is explained in the following sections.
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There are two ways to create these items, either by using the \textbf {New Graph }
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- selector dialog box into the {\sl Result } list of the Model Manager panel,
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\SubSubSection {Creating curves and graphs by drag and drop}
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- When you need to create several curves and graphs containing results from the
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- create persisting graphs for all of them, it is convenient to use the drag and
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+ \begin {wrapfigure }[26]{r}{ \fwidth }
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+ \includegraphics [width= \fwidth ]{Figures/Dialogs/7-RDB-Selector-DragAndDrop}
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+ When you need to create several curves and \newline graphs for plotting results
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+ from the results \newline database, or want to inspect several result values
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+ list of the Model Manager panel and select \textbf { Result selector... }
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+ The RDB selector dialog box then pops up (shown to the right).
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+ Select the result item you want to plot, and drag it from the RDB selector
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+ dialog box and onto the { \sl Results} list of the Model Manager panel. If you
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+ drop it on an existing graph, it will be created as a curve in that graph,
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+ otherwise a new graph will be created with the selected result as a new curve.
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+ If the graph receiving the new curve \newline is visible,
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+ You may also copy or move existing curve objects in the { \sl Results} list
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+ using drag and drop. To copy a curve, simply click on it and drag it onto the
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+ Graph where you want the copy to appear (it may also be the same graph).
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+ To move a curve from one graph to another, press the \textbf { Shift } key before
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\Section {Animations}{animations}
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Fedem animations are used to visualize the motion or the structural results of
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+ your model in an intuitive and life-like fashion.
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