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Appendix X — Index (Topic Locator)

Updated Markdown edition of the HVE User's Manual (HVE Version 5, Seventh Edition, January 2006), Appendix X. The original page-number index has been replaced by a topic-to-chapter locator table, since page numbers do not apply to the Markdown edition. Chapter numbers refer to the original manual's chapter organization; Roman numerals refer to appendices.

Topic Where to look
3-D Editor Chapter 2 (overview), Chapter 19
3-D Geometry (environments) Chapters 12–13
ABS (Anti-lock Brake System) Chapter 11 (Brake System dialogs), Chapter 31
ABS algorithms (Tire Slip, Bosch V1) Chapter 31
Accident History report Chapters 2, 17; Tutorial Lesson 3
Aerodynamic drag Chapters 11, 13
Airbag restraints Chapters 4, 11
Anti-aliasing Options menu / Render Options (Chapters 2, 6); Chapter 26 Tips
Atmospheric model Chapter 13
Audit Trail Chapters 2, 17–18; Tutorial Lesson 3
AutoPosition Chapters 4, 6
Brake Designer Chapter 11 (dialogs), Chapters 29–31
Brake system (pedal ratio, proportioning, pressure) Chapters 11, 16
Brake table (driver controls) Chapters 2, 4
Brake temperature model Chapter 30
Calculation models (reconstruction, simulation) Chapter 2
Calculation options Chapters 2, 6; physics program manuals
Camera (Set Camera dialog, object-based cameras) Chapter 5; Tutorial Lesson 4
Case files (open, save, database) Chapters 2, 3
CDC (Collision Deformation Classification) Chapters 4, 16; Appendix V
Collision pulse Chapters 2, 4
Configuration file Chapter 2; Appendix I
Contacts (contact surfaces, ellipsoids) Chapters 2, 4
Coordinate systems Appendix III
Damage profiles, damage energy Chapters 2, 4, 16
Databases (case, custom, generic, human, tire, vehicle) Chapter 2
Delta-V Chapters 2, 16
Developer's Toolkit Chapter 2; Appendix VII
Differential Chapters 4, 11
Driver controls (throttle, brake, steering, gear) Chapters 2, 4
Drivetrain (engine, transmission, differential) Chapter 11
EES / EBS (Equivalent Energy Speed) Chapters 2, 4, 16
Environment Editor / Environment model Chapters 12–13
Event Editor / Event model Chapters 15–16
Event Controller Chapters 1, 2, 15; Tutorial
Event positions (initial, impact, POC, separation, rest) Chapters 2, 4, 15–16
File menu (New, Open, Save, Print, Video, Exit) Chapter 3
Gear table Chapters 2, 4
GEBOD Chapters 8–9
Grid options Chapters 2, 6
Help menu Chapters 2, 7
Human Editor / Human model (inertias, ellipsoids, joints, injury tolerance) Chapters 8–9
Key Results Chapters 2, 6, 15; Tutorial Lesson 2
Manipulators (3-D Editor) Chapter 21
Menu Bar Chapters 1–2; Tutorial Lesson 1
Messages (warnings, errors) Appendix II
Modes (Human, Vehicle, Environment, Event, Playback) Chapters 1–2
Multiple events (combining, timing, object precedence) Chapter 18; Tutorial Lesson 3
Newton's 3rd Law checks Chapters 4, 16; Appendix II
NTSC / PAL / SECAM Chapter 26 (legacy)
Output reports (graphic, numeric, Traj Sim, Variable Output) Chapters 2, 17
Payload Chapters 2, 4
PDOF (Principal Direction of Force) Chapters 4, 16; Appendix V
Playback Editor / Playback windows Chapter 17; Tutorial Lessons 3–4
Playback Controller Chapters 2, 17; Chapter 27
Position/Velocity dialog Chapters 2, 4
Printing Chapters 2, 3, 17
Reconstruction vs simulation Chapter 2
Render options (shading, quality, complexity) Chapters 2, 6
Restraints (belts, airbags, usage) Chapters 2, 4, 11
Road surfaces (friction zones, contact rules) Chapter 13
Scanned images (overlays) Chapters 2, 5, 12
Set-up menu Chapters 2, 4
Simulation controls (timesteps, termination conditions) Chapters 2, 6
Skidmarks Chapters 2, 6, 11, 16; Chapter 31 Tips
Steer table / steering system Chapters 2, 4, 11, 16
Stiffness coefficients (A, B, Kv) Chapters 2, 4, 11
Suspension properties Chapter 11
Tire properties (friction, cornering stiffness, camber stiffness, slip) Chapters 11, 16
Trajectory simulation windows Chapters 2, 17; Tutorial
Transmission Chapters 4, 11
Units (selecting, units files) Chapters 2, 6; Appendix IV
User preferences Chapters 2, 6
Variable output / variable selection Chapters 6, 17–18
Vehicle Editor / Vehicle model (parameters) Chapters 10–11
Video basics (recording methods, compression, formats, tips) Chapter 26
Video interface (setup, source/destination, recording, saving) Chapter 27; Tutorial Lesson 4
View menu (Set Camera, overlays) Chapter 5
Viewer controls (pick/manipulate, thumbwheels, dolly, zoom) Chapter 2; Tutorial Lesson 1
Water, driving on Chapter 19
Wheel data (locations) Chapters 2, 4

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