Main Window

This chapter will introduce the functional sections of the Time Machine main window, presented in both video and text formats.

Video

Chinese introduction

The Main Window

Item	Name	Description
a	The main feature bottons and Time display	The top section of the main window features five core modules, accessible via a horizontal menu: Layer, Online Atlas, My Atlas, Cross-database Search, and Multi-Globe View.
b	Layer and Plate Models	Layer: Manage the visibility, order, and style of geological and paleogeographic data layers. Plate Model: Load and apply plate tectonic reconstruction models to visualize continental movement through time.
c	Time Slider and Time Window	Time Slider: Control the current geological time by dragging the slider to explore reconstructions across different periods. Time Window: Define the visible time range for time-dependent data by selecting intervals on the Geologic Time Scale.
d	Time Console	Precisely input or animate geological time to supplement the Time Slider and Time Window functions.
e	Information Viewer	Display attribute details and visual styles of selected features and layers on the globe.