Settings Panel

Windows ‣ Settings

The Settings Panel allows you to modify deeper-level functionality and behavior in OpenSpace. It can alter the speed of flight or time transitions, set which items are shown on the Dashboard, or set module parameters.

Note

Each setting in the Settings Panel will be discussed in detail elsewhere in this guide. Here, we merely list the setting categories and give a brief description of their function.

OpenSpace’s Settings Panel.

Modules

GlobeBrowsing	Path to the image used for GeoJSON locations on the globe.
CefWebGui	These options control the graphical user interface, including its visibility and scale.
Exoplanets	Settings for the Exploplanet Systems Panel.
Molecule	Options that control the molecule module. See RenderableMolecule for more information.
SkyBrowser	Settings for the SkyBrowser Panel, mainly controlling the speed of animations when slewing on the sky.

Navigation Handler

Orbital Navigator	Settings for orbital navigation including anchor and aim parameters and controller sensitivities.
Path Navigator	Set speeds for the camera as it traverses a recorded path.
Jump to fade duration	The fade duration between a jump transition.

Interaction Handler

Mouse Interaction Visualizer	Shows a visual cue for the distance the mouse has moved since being pressed.
Touch markers	Displays markers that respond to touch interactions.
Invert left and right mouse buttons	If checked, the right mounse button is considered the primary button.
Disable all joystick inputs	Prevent joystick inputs from affecting the camera.
Disable all touch inputs	Prevent touch inputs from affecting the camera.

Time Manager

Default time interpolation duration	Duration it takes to interpolate between two times.
Default delta time interpolation duration	Set the time between the timesteps specified in the profile and controlled via the and buttons.
Default pause interpolation duration	Sets the length of time between the simulated time and a pause of time.
Default unpause interpolation duration	Sets the length of time over which the simulation goes from zero to the set time.

ScriptScheduler

Enables or disables the ScriptScheduler. No scheduled scripts are executed if disabled. A more advanced topic, such scripts control time-evolving models and data, such as the opening of the JWST solar panels, to name one.

Render Engine

Global Blackout	Fade the graphics to and from black, or fade to an image of your choice.
Windowing	Controls the horizontal field of view.
Show the on-screen log	Sets whether the on-screen log is shown at startup.
Shows the version on-screen information	Toggles the on-scereen version in the lower-right corner of the applicaiton.
Shows camera information	The current camera information is displayed in the upper-right of the application window.
Hue	Alters the hue of the graphics.
Saturation	Sets the saturation of colors in the graphics window.
Value	Sets a brightness value for the graphics.
Framerate Limit	Set a limiting framerate. A value of zero (0) indicates an unlimited framerate.

Dashboard

Each of these options adjust the Dashboard, the information in the top-left of the application window.

Date	Show the date, and set the date format.
Simulation Increment	Show the simulation time increment, “5.0 Minutes / second” for example.
Distance	Show the distance from your position (the camera’s position) to the focus, and change the source and destination objects for the distance measurement.
Framerate	Displays the framerate in frames per second (FPS). By default, shows the average framerate, but you can set what it shows here.
Parallel Connection	Displays only if OpenSpace is directly connected to other OpenSpace instances. Once connected, this shows how many connections are present and who controls the session.
Globe Location	Lists the position of the target.
Enabled	Determines whether the Dashboard is displayed.
Start position offset	Sets the position of the Dashboard on the screen.

OpenSpace Engine

Property visibility	This determines which properties are visible in the Scene Panel according to which user role in the menu is chosen. The more expertise a user role possesses, the more properties are visible in the Scene Panel.
Disable all mouse inputs	Disables the mouse as an input device.