Visualization Tab
The Visualization Settings dialog unfolds when clicking the Visualization tab in the Sidebar of GeoDict and it covers and combines most parameters, commands, and settings that are located in the menu bar and in the View Controls , and also some additional parameters.
Thus, it allows to set all values for the visualization of structures and results fields obtained with GeoDict. Some of these parameters are redundant and also displayed in the View menu in the menu bar and the View Controls, but are duplicated in the GUI Sidebar. Others are only available in the Sidebar.
Collapse the Visualization Settings again either by clicking 
in the upper right corner or by clicking the Visualization tab in the sidebar.
The Visualization Settings can be undocked by clicking the corresponding icon 
in the upper right corner. Close it by clicking 
in the upper right corner.
Doubling of Visualization Options
In the description of the visualization options, many options are shown in both, the View Controls panel and the Visualization tab of the sidebar. For example:
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General Options
Initially, only visualization settings related to the current structure are shown in the dialog.
Clicking the gear wheel icon  in the bottom right of the View Controls opens the Visualization Settings dialog automatically to the corresponding section.
In the example above, the structure is shown in 2D cross section view in the Visualization area and, when opening the Visualization Settings dialog, the Mode is automatically selected as 2D and all parameters concerning the display are listed in the panel. This feature simplifies changing the values of these parameters, as it is not necessary to search for them in the menu bar or in the View Controls. The selection of the Mode to be 2D or 3D affects the choices of settings for these two ways of rendering.
Tooltips guide you through the parameters of the Visualization Settings dialog, when resting the cursor on the respective parameters.
All settings changed in the Visualization Settings dialog are applied directly if Apply Immediately is checked. When the checkbox is disabled, the Apply button becomes clickable to apply the changes only when the user decides to do it.
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Know how! On the bottom of the Visualization Settings dialog, a group of icons controls the following in regard to visualization. Resting the mouse pointer over an icon prompts a tooltip showing the icon function to appear. For example, through them, it is easy to save all the current view settings and reload them:
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Undos the last change in the view settings.
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Redos the last undo.
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Saves the current view settings to a GeoPy (*.py) file.
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Loads view settings from a GeoPy (*.py) file.
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Resets all view settings to the built-in default settings.
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Resets all view settings to the saved start-up settings.
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Saves the current view settings as start-up settings.
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Records the current view settings in the session macro. If a macro is recording, the current view settings are also recorded to the macro.
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Synchronize the visualization settings of two GeoDict instances on the same Computer to compare structures and volume fields.
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Shows all visualization settings. If not selected, only the view settings affecting the current visualization are shown.
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Know how! Additionally, many view settings can be saved and loaded partially by clicking on the corresponding icon next to the setting parameter.
- Save Partial View Status saves all settings corresponding to the selected section in a GeoPy macro (*.py) and can be applied whenever needed by selecting Macro Execute Macro / Script from the menu bar. To learn more about how to record, execute and edit macros refer to the GeoPy scripting handbook.
- Record Partial View Status records the settings corresponding to the selected section to the macro currently recording. When no macro is recorded, nothing happens when selecting this option.
- Load Built-in Default loads the built-in default values only for the selected section.
- Load Startup loads previously saved custom start-up settings for the selected section. If no custom start-up settings were saved, the built-in default values are loaded.
- Use Set Current as Startup to set the current settings as start-up settings for the selected section.
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