Streams are used to visualize the flow-paths from single or multiple points in the model at the timestep the simulator has reached. New streams can be added from the Show streams entries in the <RMB> menu in the 3D view after a timestep has been simulated. The streams can be animated by first defining the number of steps in the the Animation toolbar and thereafter starting the animation. See also the Flowpaths description,
Each new stream is added to the Workspace and the properties of each stream can be set accordingly in the Stream properties panel . The user can turn on/off visibility of each individual stream and select which property should be plotted along the stream. Different draw styles are also available for the streams, including lines, points and comets.
The stream paths are also stored to temporary xyz files in the db/outcome folder. These xyz files maybe loaded into basemap and mapped only layers as polygon lines.
Figure 5.14 Streams properties
Name
Name of the stream. Can be modified by <RMB> clicking on the entry in the Project workspace and selecting the Rename stream option.
Choose which property (e.g., Depth or Flowrates) that the streams should be coloured according to. The Fixed option will used a fixed colour for the stream.
If the graphics card on your machine does not support the advanced (shader-based) stream representation, it is possible to turn off this option by unchecking this option.
