(CGNS Documentation Home Page)
(Steering Committee Charter)
(Overview and Entry-Level Document)
(A User's Guide to CGNS)
(Standard Interface Data Structures)
(SIDS-to-ADF File Mapping Manual)
(SIDS-to-HDF File Mapping Manual)
(Mid-Level Library)
(ADF User's Guide)
(CGNS Tools and Utilities)
(ADFviewer)
(CGNSplot)
(Utilities)
(Menu Items)
(Toolbar Buttons)
(Separator Bar)
(Node Tree)
(Node Description)
(Link Description)
(Data Description)
(Node Data)
(Buttons)
(Customization)
Data Description
This panel shows the type of data, dimensions and size of the
data in bytes associated with the selected node. Changing the
data type and/or dimensions will set the data properties when
creating a new node, or modify the properties for an existing
node using the Create or Modify buttons.

- Data Type
- This displays or sets the data type. The data type is
selected from the drop-down list invoked by clicking in
the entry field or on the button to the right. When
changing data types, the Node
Data panel will be automatically cleared. This is
done so that data conversions will use the actual node
data, rather than the data displayed in the Node Data panel in order to
reduce conversion errors. The Read
button may be used to reload the data, if desired.
-
- Dimensions
- Displays the dimension for the current node. Editing this
will change the dimensions of the data for the node. If
this field is empty when the Create
or Modify button is pressed,
the dimension will be determined from the data type and
data values in the Node Data
panel. This is the recommended procedure when creating
new data for the node.
-
- Bytes
- This shows the size in bytes for the data associated with
the current node. This field is shown for reference only,
and is not editable.