Welcome to CivilGEO Knowledge Base
Welcome to CivilGEO Knowledge Base
Welcome to CivilGEO Knowledge Base
Welcome to CivilGEO Knowledge Base
Our civil engineering software’s user interface has several features that will be examined in detail in the following sections.
The user interface is one of the most important elements of any software because it determines how easily you can make the software do what you want. A powerful software application with a poorly defined user interface has little value. The design of the user interface in our software uses current state-of-the-art constructs.
The ribbon menu is designed to help you quickly find the commands you need to complete a task. Commands are organized in logical groups, which are collected under tabs. Each tab relates to a type of activity, such as entering input data or viewing analysis output. Each tab is organized into a series of panels, which are labeled by task.
The Quick Access Toolbar provides a way to put the commands and buttons you use most often within easy reach. By default, the Quick Access Toolbar appears above the ribbon on the application title bar. However, users can choose to move it to a location below the ribbon.
The File menu (sometimes called the Application menu) provides access to file-related commands. For example, it identifies commands to create, open, save, archive, and recover a project. In addition, other application-based commands are listed within the File menu. Selecting these commands will display backstage pages where settings and other options can be configured. For example, the Options backstage page allows the user to define settings that the software should use (e.g., Confirm deletions, etc.).
The backstage pages (sometimes called backstage views) are accessed by clicking on the File tab. The backstage pages are used to provide access to application settings and options, as well as current project options and settings.
The following backstage pages are provided:
While the ribbon menu is the primary access point for program commands, many commands are also accessible from context menus that are displayed when you right-click on the Map Data Layers panel or on the Map View.
The contents of the displayed context menu change based on what the user is pointing at or whether a command is already active.
The Map Data Layers panel lists all the layers in the Map View and shows the features in each layer. The Map Data Layers panel helps you manage the display order of map layers and symbol assignment, as well as set the display and other properties of each layer.
The layers at the top of the Map Data Layers panel are designed to display on top of those below. Therefore, layers that form the project site’s background, like an aerial image, should be placed near the bottom of the Map Data Layers panel, and layers that are intended to overlay the aerial image should be placed near the top. A typical project might have an image or a terrain base (such as shaded relief or elevation contours) near the bottom. Next comes base map polygon data, followed by polyline and point data near the top. And finally, on top of everything, is the data layer and the default drawing layer.
Some of the behaviors associated with the Map Data Layers panel include:
The Map Data Layers panel is docked to the left side of the Map View by default but can be set to auto-hide. Click on the dropdown arrow on the right side of the title bar and select the desired docking behavior.
The Map View is the project’s main display area.
The Compass Rose shows the orientation of the Map View relative to North. Placing the cursor over the Compass Rose causes it to change into a 3D Navigator, allowing the user better control over the 2D and 3D orientation of the Map View.
The user can move the 3D Navigator/Compass Rose to any location on the Map View. To reposition the 3D Navigator/Compass Rose, simply select it, hold down the [Ctrl] key, and then drag it to the desired location on the Map View.
Double clicking on the Compass Rose while in 3D view mode will cause the Map View to reorient itself into a top view. The 3D Navigator provides the following view of navigation capabilities.
While in 3D view mode, the up and down arrow keyboard buttons pan the Map View forward and backward. Similarly, the left and right arrow keyboard buttons pan the view to the left and right.
The user can override these arrow keyboard buttons’ functionalities by pressing the Shift + or Ctrl + and arrow keys, as described below.
The three horizontal lines (sometimes called a burger icon) stacked on the left side of the drawing project tabs represent a menu that contains additional options. When the user clicks on this icon, a dropdown menu is displayed, providing access to various options. The current active project is shown highlighted in the displayed context menu. The user can also switch between opened projects from the displayed dropdown menu.
The options within the burger menu are explained below:
The software has a multiple document interface (MDI) that allows more than one project to be opened simultaneously. The user can easily switch between different projects using the tabs on top of the Map View.
The toolbar provides Map View commands, including:
The lower left corner of the application shows the cursor’s current map coordinates.
The following digitizing modes commands are located at the bottom of the application:
The status line is located at the bottom of the application and displays status messages while in the process of using commands. For example, while measuring distances in the Map View, the measurement results are displayed on the status line.
The Map View CRS (coordinate reference system) is shown at the bottom right of the application. Clicking on the Map View CRS will cause the Map Coordinates backstage page to be displayed.
While in 2D view mode, the Scale Bar provides a reference for estimating distances on the Map View.
While in 3D view mode, the Vertical Exaggeration Scale allows the user to adjust the amount of vertical exaggeration of the terrain surface to show 3D surface relief on the Map View. Placing the cursor over the scale causes the scale to become more visible.
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