Vector display

This display object is responsible for visualizing per-particle vector quantities using arrow glyphs. The Displacement vectors modifier, for example, calculates the displacement vector of each particle. The modifier also creates a vector display object to render the displacement vectors as arrows.

Parameters

Shading mode

Switches between a three-dimensional (normal shading) and a two-dimensional representation (flat shading) of arrows.

Scaling factor

Vectors are scaled by this factor for display. The default is 1.

Arrow width

The diameter of arrow lines.

Reverse arrow direction

Reverses head and tail of the arrows.

Flip vectors

Toggling this option mirrors the arrows at the particle locations.

Arrow color

The display color of arrows. OVITO currently supports only uniform coloring.