Data Tips

Data Tips allow the user to quickly access information about model input parameters, and analysis results, by simply hovering the mouse over the desired model entities or locations. In the RS2 Interpret program, this includes:

• material properties
• support properties
• field stress
• contour data values at any point
• and other information (e.g. iso-line values)

By default, the Data Tips display mode is OFF (i.e. data tips are not displayed). To enable Data Tips, select the desired option from the Status Bar at the bottom of the application window, or the Data Tips sub-menu in the View menu.

The following options are available.

Data Tips Max

The Data Tips Max option will provide the maximum amount of information about the desired entities. For example, when the mouse is hovered over any material region, a complete list of material properties for that material will appear. This also applies to support properties (i.e. hover the mouse over bolts or liners to obtain support properties).

Data Tips Min

The Data Tips Min option will provide a minimal amount of information, for example, material names, excavation staging information, and support installation information.

Data Tips Query

The Data Tips Query option will display exact interpolated values of data at any point on the contour plots, corresponding to the current cursor location.

Data Tips Off

Since you will not always want Data Tips to be enabled, you can turn off the Data Tips display by selecting Data Tips Off. This is the default setting for Data Tips.

In general, experiment with placing the cursor over various model and view elements, while in Data Tips mode, to discover what information is available for the various model and view elements. For example: Field Stress information is displayed by hovering the cursor over the Stress Block, while using either Data Tips Max or Data Tips Min.