Load collectors contain the loads applied to entities, such as pressures, fluxes, or forces.
| Note: | You can always set the current collector from the right-click menu of collector in the Model browser. |
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Subpanels and Inputs
The Load Collectors panel contains the following subpanels and command buttons:
Panel Inputs
Input
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Action
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loadcol name =
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Either click the button to select from a list of existing load collectors, or type in a name for a new collector.
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color
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Click this button to open a standard color palette and pick the desired color for the collector.
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card image = /
no card image /
same as
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Choose between card image=, no card image, or card image same as.
| • | If you pick card image=, click the card image= button to pick the desired card image. |
| • | If you pick card image same as, click the card image same as button to select a collector that already uses the desired card image. |
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Panel Inputs
Input
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Action
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loadcols
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Use this entity selector to pick the load collector that you wish to edit.
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color
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Click this button to open a standard color palette and pick the desired color for the collector.
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card image = /
no card image /
same as
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Choose between card image=, no card image, or card image same as.
| • | If you pick card image=, click the card image= button to pick the desired card image. |
| • | If you pick card image same as, click the card image same as button to select a collector that already uses the desired card image. |
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The following action buttons appear throughout the subpanels:
Button
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Action
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create
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Create the new collector.
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create/edit
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Create the new collector and immediately open the card editor in edit mode.
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update
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update the selected collector to use the specified color and card image settings.
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update/edit
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update the selected collector to use the specified color and card image settings, and open the card editor in edit mode.
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reset
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Undo any changes made to the collector.
| Note: | This will only work as long as you do not exit the panel--once you leave the panel, the changes become permanent. |
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return
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Exit the panel.
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