Simulator 16 User Guide - PowerWorld

The value to which a data point's value fades as it moves away from its location.
Begin Fade Percentage
While moving away from a data point, the data point’s value decays towards the "Fade to" Value.
The Begin Fade Percentage specifies when the contour starts to fade as a percentage of the
largest distance for which this data point influences the contour.
Contour Resolution
This value determines the relative resolution of the contour. Increasing the contour resolution
increases the level of detail represented on the map but will lengthen screen refresh times. Reducing
the screen refresh time will yield less detail and shorter screen refresh times.
Low Resolution Display when Zooming or Panning
Do Low Resolution Speedup
Check this option to enable drawing contours in low resolution while zooming or panning. Low
resolution images are drawn much faster than high resolution images.
Low Resolution Normalized Percent
Set a percentage of resolution between 0.01 (1%) and 1 (100%). A smaller value translates to a
lower resolution image.
Time Delay in Seconds before Redrawing at Full Resolution
Set the number of seconds Simulator will pause before returning the contour to full resolution
following zooming and panning.
Minimum Resolution in Pixels for Low Resolution Displays
Specify the minimum resolution allowed (in pixels) when Simulator draws the low resolution
image.
Use GPU to accelerate contour calculation
As it describes, checking this option will use the GPU processor to perform contour calculations that
will accelerate computation time.
Use 32 bit texture format
As it describes, checking this option will use a 32 bit texture format for countours.
When Animating, Only Update Contour if Something Changed
As it describes, checking this option will suppress redrawing the contour during animation unless one
or more of the contoured values changes.
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