Getting Started

Use this guide if you are a new LSV Prototype user or need a quick refresher.

Launch the LSV Prototype

1. Double click the Ship Viewer application to launch the program.

2. LSV Prototype loads with:

   

   • The Hull of your ship visible in grayscale

   • Four default windows open, one in each corner of your screen:

     • Layer Management - upper left

     • Super Search - lower left

     • Attribute Data Table - upper right

     • Clipping Planes - lower right

       Note

       You can move, resize, or close these windows at any time.

       • To reopen a closed window, click the View tab on the top Navigation Bar and select a desired window.

         • The Super Search and Clipping Planes windows are called Search Tools and Clip Planes in the View menu

Decision Time

Two options:

1. Launch the software with nothing else loaded and create a layer to add to the hull.

   • (Refer to the section below)

2. Or, load a saved Session if you want to work off a previous build.

   • File → Load → Session
     

     

Create a Layer

1. To load your first layer, begin by clicking Create Layer in the Layer Management window.

   

2. Notice that your newly created layer is:

   • Named empty by default

   • Highlighted in the list of layers

   • Contains no other data

     

3. Important: Rename this layer in the selected layer box.

   • Use a specific name you will easily recognize in the layers list

     

4. To add data to your new layer:

   • Use the Super Search window and its available menus to locate the specific attribute type and/or attribute value

     • Example: In the image below:

       • Attribute Search is the active search tab

       • System is highlighted as the selected attribute type, and Fuel Service System is the selected attribute value

         

   • Click the Attribute Query button (at the bottom of the window) to load a selected attribute value onto your new layer

     

     • The layer will be loaded onto the scene in the default Opaque and gray #999999 Hex code

     • Customize the layer in the Layer Management window by:

       • Selecting Opaque, Transparent, or Shadow Views

         

       • Changing the default color using the model color pop-up window
         

         

       • Observe the changes on your loaded scene