When the image of a structure or a result (volume) field is displayed in the Visualization area, many preferences and options can be toggled and adjusted in the View Controls, under the View menu, and in the Visualization tab in the GUI Sidebar to complement and enhance the images’ visual information. The access to several of the visualization options is redundant, meaning that they can be controlled from these three locations, for the user’s convenience.

The default display, after starting GeoDict, is 2D Cross Section (SEM) view. The 2D view can be obtained at any time by clicking the 2D icon in the toolbar or selecting the 2D mode in the Visualization Settings dialog.

Different tabs appear in the View Controls depending on the current view mode (2D Cross Section SEM or 3D Rendering). These tabs are grayed out or selectable depending on the data associated with the image. The content in these tabs is reflected in the Visualization Settings dialog to be found in the sidebar.

The next graphical examples (below) explain how to set visualization options through the tabs in the View Controls and in the trees of the Visualization Settings dialog.

All parameters under the View menu of the menu bar are integrated in the Visualization Settings dialog.

Simulations run on a microstructure with the property predictor modules of GeoDict produce result files (.gdr). The results in the files are numerical in nature and can be directly analyzed and plotted. For many of the predictor modules, a portion of the results are saved into files for visualization in 2D view and 3D rendering as property images. For more information on result files (*.gdr), refer to the Result Viewer handbook.

The visualization parameters are explained for 2D cross section and 3D rendering.