Target Assembly Views

A Target Assembly Viewer is available for users at the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics.

To access the viewer, select the View | Target Assembly Viewer menu item in VISRAD's Main Window. The viewer can also be displayed by picking on a surface element using the Picked Surface Node Positions tool button (). When this is done, the viewer is displayed and the Viewing Angles are automatically set using the surface normal vector.

The Target Assembly Viewer requires the use of Target Mounts. Each Target Mount used requires one (and only one) target component to be designated as a Stalk object. A cylindrical object can be designated to be the Stalk of a Target Mount using the box in the upper right of the Object Parameters Dialog.

All target components that utilize the selected Target Mount (either directly or indirectly) as a reference coordinate system are shown in the images. The visibility of each component is controlled using Show and Hide in the Target Components List.

The Assembly Rotation and Tilt views, and the Characterization Normal and Side views show angles measured from the Stalk to the target grid. This is determined using the minimum angle measured from the stalk to any node in the grid in the clockwise and counterclockwise directions.

The VuTank view shows the target grid along with a scaled down rendering of the target chamber and diagnostic ports (as is displayed in the Chamber Ports Viewer). Zooming for the entire view and for the target can be independently controlled. Angles to any of the Diagnostic Ports using the coordinate system defined by the Viewing Angles can be displayed using the Show Port Positions button.

The x- and y-axes for each view can also be displayed. The origin is determined by finding where the Stalk first intersects the target grid in each view. If no intersection is found, the bottom of the Stalk is used.

Right-clicking on a Target Assembly View provides options to print and export images. Also an option is provided that sets the view position parameters in the Main Graphics Frame to those of that Target Assembly View.

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