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ModuleInput & Output Ports

1. Red – Renderable object This commonly used port connects to various modules, most notably the Viewer. It contains the grids, data and rendering information.

2. Blue-Black – EVS field This is the most common port which passes your grids and data (nodal or cell) between modules that create these fields and those that subset or modify them.

3. Yellow-Blue-Yellow: Chemistry files This data port is color coded to signify that it should contain chemistry file names only.

4. Yellow-Blue-Orange:Chemistry or Geology Files This data port is color coded to signify that it should contain Chemistry or Geology file names only.

5. Orange-Blue-Orange: Geology Files This data port is color coded to signify that it should contain Geology file names only.

6. Orange-Blue- Yellow: Pre-Geology Files This data port is color coded to signify that it should contain Pre-Geology file names only.

7. Blue-White-Green: Geology Output This common port is used to pass raw geology surfaces between various modules. Created only by Krig_3D_Geology.

8. Grey-Brown: Z-Scale This port passes the z-exaggeration factor. Used by many modules such as Explode_and_Scale.

9. Grey-Green: Explode Factor This port passes the explode factor. Used by many modules such as Explode_and_Scale.

10. Purple: View: This port is a Viewer output port and input to many other modules. It is used to pass information to render images, allow for interactive drawing (Click_Sketch), and auto-size (add_logo).

11. Dark-Pink: int This port passes integer values. The port may be vertically oriented as in the "int" module.

12. Dark Brown: double This port passes floating point double precision values. The port may be vertically oriented as in the "double" module.

13. Greyish Blue: string This port passes character string (text) information. The port may be vertically oriented as in the "string" module. Other modules using this include Titles and field_math.

14. Blue-Yellow-Red: Multi-surface This is a special port to pass information to the geology_to_vistas module

15. Blue-Red-Blue-Red: Grid-info This is a special port to pass information to the geology_to_vistas module

16. Blue-Green-Black: Image or 2D Field This port passes image data (which is a 2D field) or simple flat surfaces (e.g. slice planes).

17. Blue-Red-Blue-Yellow: Contour levels This is a special port to pass Contour level information between modules such as solid_3d_set, isolines, color_legend and Datamap_Editor.

18. Blue-Red-Yellow-Black: Uniform Field This is a special port to pass uniform fields into modules such as "volume_renderer". You can connect to this port with port 2 (blue-black) if the output is a uniform field.

19. Brown-White-Green: Fence Geology This port passes geologic information between Fence Geology and Krig_Fence.

20. Grey-Red Time/Date  This port passes time and/or date information

21. Brown-Grey-Light Brown-Beige Geology Material Names  This port passes Geology Material Name information from modules like Krig_3D_Geology or post_samples to modules such as Legend.

Below is a collection of modules (a small subset of all EVS/MVS modules) that includes most of the above input/output ports.

When trying to determine which port on the module icon corresponds to which documented item, remember:

A) Ports are documented from left to right.

(i.e., the first input port documented on the reference page is the leftmost port on the module, the second input port documented is second port from the left on the module, and so on.)

B) You can always use the module's Info panel to see the name and class of a port:

With the cursor on the module, press the right mouse button to activate the pulldown menu.

Select Info.

The first input port listed is the leftmost port on the icon, the second port listed is the second port from the left on the icon, and so on.

C) You can always select use your right mouse button to click on a module and choose "Help" for more detail.

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