Grid units

String List: Set grid units type. Choose from:

Default = Not applicable

GRID_UNITS

0 (Not applicable--default)

1 (Meters)

2 (Degrees)

Vector style

String List: Set vector style type. Choose between these values:

Default = Arrows

VECTOR_STYLE

0 (Arrows--default)

1 (Wind barbs)

Length scale

Number: Length. Enter value.

Default = 1

LENGTH_SCALE

Floating point

Head size

Number: Head size. Enter value.

Default = 1

HEAD_SIZE

Floating point

Arrow style

String List: Set arrow style type. Choose between these values:

Default = Filled

ARROW_STYLE

0 (Lines)

1 (Filled--default)

Proportional heads

Boolean: Make arrow heads proportional? Choose True or False. Default = False

HEAD_PROPORTIONAL

0 (Do not make arrow heads proportional)

1 (Make arrow heads proportional)

Arrowhead angle

Number: Arrowhead angle value. Enter value.

Default = 30

HEAD_ANGLE

Floating point

Arrowhead indentation

Number: Arrowhead indentation value. Enter value.

Default = 0.4

HEAD_INDENT

Floating point

Arrow thickness

Number: Arrow thickness level. Choose value 1 through 10.

Default = 2

ARROW_THICK

A floating-point value between 1.0 (the default) and 10.0.

Line thickness

Number: Line thickness level. Choose value 1 through 10.

Default = 1

THICK

A floating-point value between 1.0 (the default) and 10.0.

Data location

String List: Select location along arrow for data. Choose Tail, Center, or Head. Default = Center

DATA_LOCATION

0 (Tail)

1 (Center--default)

2 (Head)

Automatic color

String List: Select color setting. Choose None, Magnitude, or Direction. Default = Magnitude

AUTO_COLOR

0 (None)

1 (Magnitude--default)

2 (Direction)

Color

Color: Color for arrows. Click to choose from the default color palette, or specify RGB values. Default = [0,0,0] (black)

COLOR

3D integer array of the form:

[R, G, B]

Each color value may range from 0 to 255.

Color palette

Color: By selecting Edit color table → Edit access the color table to manipulate vector color values

Note - To edit the opacity only in the editor, uncheck the R, G, and B boxes in both the Modify and Display rows. Edit the remaining line by clicking on and dragging the line in the window. Click OK when finished.

None

None

Transparency

Number: Percent transparency. Move slider to change value.

Default = 0

TRANSPARENCY

Integer from 0 to 100.

Minimum magnitude

Number: minimum magnitude. Enter value.

Default = None

MIN_VALUE

Floating point value

Maximum magnitude

Number: maximum magnitude. Enter value.

Default = None

MAX_VALUE

Floating point value

Z value

Number: Z value of plane on to which to project the vector visualization. Edit the number to change the value.

Note - If the Z value is zero then the vector visualization is considered to be 2D. If the Z value is nonzero, then the vector visualization is considered to be 3D, and the dataspace associated with this vector will be automatically switched to 3D.

Default = 0

ZVALUE

Floating point

Automatic subsampling

Boolean: Automatically subsample the vector visualization? Choose True or False. Default = False

AUTO_SUBSAMPLE

0 (Do not automatically subsample)

1 (Automatically subsample)

Subsampling method

String List: Set subsample type. Choose between these values:

Default = Nearest neighbor

SUBSAMPLE_METHOD

0 (Nearest neighbor--default)

1 (Linear)

X subsampling factor

Number: Subsample factor in the x direction.

Default = 1

X_SUBSAMPLE

Integer

Y subsampling factor

Number: Subsample factor in the y direction.

Default = 1

Y_SUBSAMPLE

Integer

Direction convention

String List: Choose direction convention. Select Polar, Meteorological, or Wind azimuths. Default = Polar (counterclockwise from X axis)

DIRECTION_CONVENTION

0 (Polar--default)

1 (Meteorological)

2 (Wind azimuths)

Missing point symbol

Symbol: Symbol to be used for missing points. Choose a symbol from the list. Default = No symbol for arrow visualizations, Points for wind barb visualization.

SYM_INDEX

0 (No symbol)

1 (Plus sign)

2 (Asterisk)

3 (Period)

4 (Diamond)

5 (Triangle)

6 (Square)

7 (X)

8 (Arrowhead)

Symbol size

Number: Factor from 0 - 1 determining the size of the selected symbol. Move slider to change the size. Default = 0.2

SYM_SIZE

Floating point between 0 and 1.

Use default color

Boolean: Activate Symbol color property. Choose True or False. Default = False

USE_DEFAULT_COLOR

0 (Do not activate symbol color)

1 (Activate symbol color)

Symbol color

Color: Color for the selected symbol. Click to choose from the default color palette, or specify RGB values. Default = [0,0,0] (black)

SYM_COLOR

3D integer array of the form:

[R, G, B]

Each color value may range from 0 to 255.