3D Animated Display Example

One of the main components of Surf3D is animated search visualization, and this is shown in the main display window under the toolbar. You can point and click on any 3D network node in this display and then open your web browser to that web page. If you have set up the view to be navigated using flight simulation mode you can fly through the display. While flying under mouse control, you can also freeze your motion with a click of the mouse to point and click on a any node you want to see as a text title or open the browser to that web page.

You can point and click on any 3D node or bar or pyramid. Different sized nodes or bar height can indicate a web page with more hits of preferred keywords you have typed into the Metric channels lines.

Displays are animated, and you can zoom into a 3D network, rotate it on multiple axes, center the rotation on a single focus node, or fly through the network fight simulator style if you like.

Each agent module can store up to 8 different preset views, which you can easily modify using the the Display Controls and then save your own preferred views. This lets you tune the display information to accent what you are looking for. The example (still) display above, is animated when using the software, and has projected a 3D network view onto a 2D floor and then generated elevation bars to indicate keyword counts for the web pages Surf3D has examined.

When you launch an agent module, the first window that opens is the graphical display window, which has a toolbar of icons across the top. You can roll-over the mouse cursor on the main toolbar icons, and a short sentence of each toolbar command will pop-up.

The main toolbar situated over the graphical display window is comprised of 5 sets of icons. From left to right, a brief functional overview:

The first set of 5 icons are for Agent Module custom set up (see below).

The second set of 4 icons are for Agent Module online runtime control (see below).

The third set of 4 icons are for Agent Module related files access and notes (see below).

The fourth set of 2 icons are for Agent Module -to- Web Browser actions (see below).

The fifth set of 8 icons are for saved 3D animated web network views (see below).

The first set of 5 icons are for Agent Module custom set up, including:

X icon: Agent Search keywords set up, navigation set up and search status control panel.

A icon: Format Settings panel for HTML reporting and display view captions.

N icon: Network Options control panel for basic online preferences.

Magnifying Glass icon: Agent Configurations control panel for start and finish conditions, capture actions, email alerts, and agent chaining.

Three Dot icon: 3D display animation view, navigation settings and cursor control panels

The second set of 4 icons are for Agent Module online runtime control, including:

Right Arrow icon: Starts the agent online search.

Double Bar icon: Pauses the agent online search.

Box icon: Stops the agent online search.

Curly Arrow icon: Resumes or continues the agent online search.

The third set of 4 icons are for Agent Module related files access and notes, including:

Folder icon: Opens the file browser to the default Surf3D agent library.

Floppy Disk icon: Saves the current agent settings and gathered node network to disk

Page icon: Opens the HTML Report based on Format Settings (see A icon)

Question Mark icon: Opens the saved agent Notes in Windows Notepad

The fourth set of 2 icons are for Agent Module -to- web browser actions, including:

E Page icon: Opens the web browser to the web page that is the highlighted 3D node.

G Arrow icon: Captures the URL from the web browser and starts the agent run.

The fifth set of 8 icons are for saved 3D animated web network views, including:

Number icons 1 through 8: Switches to the saved 3d graphical display views.

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