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Tutorial application

NOTE: Every scene detailed in tutorial can also be launched using the runSofa application directly.

Tutorial Application

The source file of SOFA Tutorials is found in folder SOFA_DIR/examples/Tutorials The Tutorial Application is embedded inside the SOFA Modeler. To launch it, first launch Modeler, and then go to the Tutorial Menu, or simply click on its icon. [caption id="attachment_1164" align="aligncenter" width="500"] ModelerTutorialLaunch{.wp-image-1164 width="500" height="311"} Launch the Tutorial in Modeler [/caption] Once launched, it looks like: [caption id="attachment_1209" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Tutorial_launched{.wp-image-1209 width="500" height="313"} The Tutorials [/caption] Initially, it is composed of two parts, from left to right:

  • A Tutorial Selector: we can choose different categories of the Tutorials: Step by Step, Collision, ForceFields, Mappings, ... or the whole SOFA Tutorials "All SOFA Tutorials".
  • A HTML based description: a brief description of the corresponding category.

When a category (e.g Step by Step) is chosen and if we double-click on a component of that category, the third part appears:

  • A SOFA Scene-Graph: the representation of SOFA components. You can modify/delete a component by right-clicking on that component.

[caption id="attachment_1241" align="aligncenter" width="500"] ModifyComponent{.wp-image-1241 width="500" height="312"} Modify/delete a component in SOFA scene-graph or add a component in Modeler [/caption]