Unidata IDV Workshop for version 6.2u2 > Accessing and Displaying Data > Miscellaneous Displays
3.11.1 Doing More with the Drawing Control
You can draw across time steps.
- First, start fresh, removing all displays and data
- For this exercise we created a "Favorite Bundle" that has the
Davenport Radar displays. We'll discuss favorite bundles later. Open this with the
menu item.
This should load in the Davenport radar and displays we used earlier.
- In this exercise we are going to annotate this radar display with the
Drawing Control
.
- Create a
Drawing Control
with either the
menu item or with the
toolbar button.
- Setup the control
- Choose "Lat/Lon" for the Location.
- Move the Z Position above the Bottom setting.
- Select the
Draw in current time
checkbox.
- Under the
Style
tab change the color to something that will stick out, e.g., cyan
- Change the line width to 6
- Annotate the radar display
- Select a cell in the Bow Echo.
- Circle the cell with a polygon.
- Step the time animation forward one step. Note: the previous polygon is no longer
shown.
- Circle the cell of interest.
- Repeat.
- Now, start the time animation.
- Stop the time animation and select the
Show all
button on
the Drawing Control
Unidata IDV Workshop for version 6.2u2 > Accessing and Displaying Data > Miscellaneous Displays