MaplePrimes - answers and comments on Question, How do I change the size of Visualization

Reduce Base Radius

Scott03 — Mon, 17 May 2010 17:02:02 Z

To do for the construction mode diagram (the third picture you uploaded) to look better, you will need to reduce the base radius. This controls the radius used to visualize the rigid body as well as the revolute joint. To get to the base radius settings you can either click the button to the left of the gear icon (this icon looks like some volume dials with a 3D background) or go to View > 3-D Settings. No the parameter pane on the right side will have the 3-D settings that you can change. Change the base radius to something like 0.001. You will need to zoom in to see your pendulum after you have made this change.

Scott

The base radius is a kind of

agreuer — Mon, 17 May 2010 20:12:31 Z

The base radius is a kind of global setting of the complete model. For the simple pendulum example this is a good workaround.

But:

if I have more components in, I would need different sizes.

The movements (e.g. rotion) are after zooming not so easy.

The reference grid is to big and not visible anymore.

Andreas

Implicit Geometry

Scott03 — Mon, 17 May 2010 22:59:54 Z

If you would like to have specific sizes for each section, I would suggest turning off the "Show Implicit Geometry" option. This will turn off the default geometry and you can use the visualization shapes provided which will have radius parameters that will give you the option to have certain shapes a different size compared to others. This will also give you the control of the colour and shapes that will show up in the visualization.

Scott