Basic Controls
Space
The container or work area in the 3D space. Each object in a space can have different spaces embedded within it, creating a hierarchy of spaces and objects.
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Controls the view in the space |
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Controls navigation in the space |
Time and Animation
The 4th dimension in Quantum4D is time, which can also be animated. This function gives you the ability to navigate
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Lens
A perspective or way of seeing the contents of a space or a set of objects or relations.
NOTE: the space actually has a default lens on it (i.e. you can’t see the world without seeing it from a point of view)
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Object
A placeholder corresponding to, for example, a country, market, industry, company, financial instrument, individual, or place. It is populated with data “about” the chosen object (e.g. for a country object such as Canada, there might be data for GDP growth per year or population size). Objects are represented as models (spheres, flags, factories, etc.) in the space that moves when animated.
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(group of objects) [gray in tree if not in current space] |
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Relation
Connects two objects as a line in the 3D space to indicate a relation between the two objects; maps relations between entities (correlation, covariance, foreign exchange rates, industry exports/imports, etc.). Data associated with the relations between objects can be assigned to these relations.
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(group of relations) [gray in tree if not in current space] |
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Attribute
The basic building blocks of views. Attributes are not the actual data. They are descriptions about the data within an object (e.g. an attribute can be “Population Size” that will hold the actual data). Attributes on multiple objects (in the same group) that have the same name can be grouped together in the group properties dialogue box.
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