Navigation:  Views > Defining views

To define the appearance of a view select it in the list of views and use the Edit command. This will open another list which contains the items that are to be displayed in the main window:

 

 

Here you can create several types of objects some of which are explained in the following. If no objects are defined SCOUT will fill the main window with a white background.

If you define more than one object to be displayed in a view note that the objects are drawn in the sequence given by the list. The object on top of the list is drawn first, then the second one and so on. This will be important for the design of a view if objects overlap.

 

At present the following view elements are implemented:

 

Rectangle                        Displays a rectangle with user-defined color.

Text view                        Displays a user-defined short text.

Bitmap view                        Displays a bitmap picture.

Metafile view                        Displays vector graphics.

Field view                        Displays dielectric functions, spectra or distributions.

Parameter view                        Displays a parameter value as text.

Parameter slider                Displays and modifies a parameter value by a slider.

Horizontal bar                        Displays and modifies a parameter value by a horizontal bar graph.

Vertical bar                        Displays and modifies a parameter value by a vertical bar graph.

Workbook display (columns)        Displays workbook data with one x- and multiple y-columns.

Workbook display (rows)                Displays workbook data with one x- and multiple y-rows.

Sample view                        Displays the current sample identification.

Deviation view                        Displays the current fit deviation.