PV-WAVE Foundation > VDA Tools > Navigator > Navigator Overview
Navigator Overview
A Navigator combines VDA Tools into a single application. The Navigator that is included with PV‑WAVE provides tools for:
*importing and exporting data
*displaying 2D plots, images, histograms, surfaces, and contour plots
*animating data
*viewing and subsetting tables of data
*saving and restoring sessions
*viewing and selecting variables
 
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Avoid using the PV‑WAVE DEVICE command at the WAVE> command line when the Navigator is running.
Navigator Features
The Navigator has a menu bar and a button bar that contain functions for running VDA Tools, saving and restoring sessions, and customizing VDA Tools with the Tool defaults.
You can start a VDA Tool by clicking MB1 on an icon in the button bar or by using the Tools menu.
 
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Position the pointer over any of the icons in the button bar, and the VDA Tool name is shown in the upper-left corner of the button bar. The VDA Tools found on the Tools menu are the same as the ones on the button bar.