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Context Menu Reference

This section documents all right-click context menu commands available in VRGS for different object types in the Data Tree and Interpretation Tree.

Quick Navigation​

Core Data Objects​

  • Point Clouds - Point cloud filtering, analysis, transformation, and attribute calculation
  • Point Cloud Groups - Batch operations on point cloud collections and folder management
  • Meshes - Triangulated mesh quality control, refinement, attributes, and textures
  • Mesh Groups - Mesh collection operations and primitive creation
  • Attributes - Attribute transforms, statistical analysis, and visualisation

Interpretation Objects​

  • Polylines - 2D/3D line interpretation, editing, and refinement
  • Structural Measurements - Bed attitudes, fractures, cleavage, and orientation data
  • Geosurfaces - Geological surface interpretation, convergence, and refinement
  • Faults - Fault surface modelling, classification, and analysis
  • Geobody Polygons - Sedimentary body interpretation and palaeocurrent analysis

Visualization & Imagery​

  • Photographs - Photo positioning, rotation, illumination matching, and image export
  • Texture Maps - Texture projection updates and position correction
  • Orthopanels - Orthographic panel viewing, grayscale conversion, and regeneration
  • Sedimentary Logs - Stratigraphic sections, geophysical well logs, and facies analysis
  • Georeferencing - Ground control points and tie point management

Specialized Objects​

  • Tiles - Tiled dataset management, i3s streaming, coordinate conversion, and georeferencing
  • Satellite Images - Multispectral imagery import, NASA/Sentinel downloads, and band configuration
  • Photogrammetry - Camera position management, image re-linking, and view alignment
  • Annotations - Labels, discrete/continuous overlay layers, and annotation management
  • Scan Positions - Scanner origin management, dip removal, and azimuthal rotation
  • GIS Data - Shapefile import, layer conversion (point cloud/polylines/faults), and Z-value attribution
  • Voxel Models - 3D volumetric grids, cross-section extraction, isosurface generation, and connected volume analysis
  • Voxel Attributes - Volumetric property filtering, smoothing, edge detection, normalization, and data type conversion

Fully Documented Categories​

The following categories are fully documented and provide examples of the documentation style and level of detail:

Core Data Objects​

Point Clouds (20 commands)​

Point Clouds covers filtering, analysis, transformation, and attribute calculation operations for point cloud data.

Point Cloud Groups (11 commands)​

Point Cloud Groups documents point cloud collection management including batch import (file, tiles, Arc Info ASCII grids, Gaussian Splat), batch export, test data generation, and group utility operations.

Meshes (50+ commands)​

Meshes documents all triangulated mesh operations including quality control, refinement, attributes, geometry analysis, textures, and optimisation.

Mesh Groups (10+ commands)​

Mesh Groups covers mesh collection management, batch import/export, primitive creation (sphere, hemisphere, cylinder), and utility operations.

Attributes (25+ commands)​

Attributes documents attribute transformation operations (normalise, log, Z-score), selection tools, statistical analysis (K-means, cross plots), and data export functionality.

Interpretation Objects​

Polylines (18 commands)​

Polylines documents 2D/3D polyline interpretation operations including quality refinement (adaptive refine, smooth), transformation (attach to meshes, remove dip), attribute calculations, and conversion to other object types.

Structural Measurements (17 commands)​

Structural Measurements covers bed attitudes, fractures, and cleavage measurements including view orientation (look down dip, look along strike), classification (bed/fracture/cleavage/foreset/regional), and analysis (intersection calculation, averaging).

Geosurfaces (12 commands)​

Geosurfaces documents geological surface operations including quality refinement (re-converge, refine mesh, smooth), curvature analysis, and fault interaction (cut at faults, refine around faults).

Faults (15 commands)​

Faults covers fault surface modelling including quality refinement, best-fit plane calculations, coordinate transformations, and conversion operations.

Geobody Polygons (30+ commands)​

Geobody Polygons documents sedimentary body interpretation including polygon refinement, palaeocurrent indicators, centre line creation, 3D extrusion options, and facies classification.

Visualization & Imagery​

Photographs (9 commands)​

Photographs covers photograph positioning and transformation in 3D space including translation, scaling, matrix editing, rotation reset, viewpoint positioning, illumination matching, and image export.

Texture Maps (2 commands)​

Texture Maps documents texture projection management including recalculating UV coordinates and interactive alignment correction for photorealistic mesh rendering.

Sedimentary Logs (10 commands)​

Sedimentary Logs covers stratigraphic section management including file import, geophysical log track import, spreadsheet view, statistical analysis, orientation setting, facies replacement, and data repair operations.

Georeferencing (14 commands)​

Georeferencing documents control point (tie point) management for spatial alignment including position management (copy/paste source and target positions), organisation (list ordering, image re-linking), group operations (spreadsheet view, camera import, CRS transformation), and batch operations on control point collections.

Orthopanels (7 commands)​

Orthopanels covers orthographic cross-section management including navigation, active panel setting, grayscale conversion (luminosity/average/lightness methods), regeneration from source data, and image export.

Specialized Objects​

Tiles (10 commands)​

Tiles documents large-scale tiled dataset management including i3s streaming service connection, coordinate conversion (CRS-to-CRS, metres/feet, UTM zone suggestion), and georeferencing operations (correct to tiepoints, undo correction).

Satellite Images (7 commands)​

Satellite Images covers multispectral satellite imagery including file import, Sentinel SAFE format import, NASA imagery download, and RGB band configuration for creating false-colour composites.

Photogrammetry (4 commands)​

Photogrammetry documents photogrammetric reconstruction management including batch image re-linking, coordinate system conversion for camera positions, and camera view navigation (goto, look through).

Annotations (7 commands)​

Annotations covers annotation and overlay management including label navigation/deletion, and overlay layer creation (discrete categorical and continuous numeric overlays) with testing and active layer selection.

Scan Positions (4 commands)​

Scan Positions documents terrestrial laser scanner origin management including navigation to scanner locations, scanner position deletion, dip removal (levelling), and Z-axis rotation for azimuthal alignment.

GIS Data (18 commands)​

GIS Data covers GIS vector data integration including shapefile import (single file and batch folder import), layer/component/attribute operations, conversion to VRGS formats (point clouds, polylines, faults), Z-value attribution for 3D positioning, and data export.

Voxel Models (13 commands)​

Voxel Models documents 3D volumetric grid operations including model creation/import/export, cross-section extraction (I,J,K intersections), isosurface generation (Create TriMesh), connected volume analysis, and active model selection.

Voxel Attributes (14 commands)​

Voxel Attributes covers volumetric property operations including spatial filtering (mean, Gaussian, Sobel edge detection), attribute operations (normalize, difference, clip/clamp), histogram-based clipping, and data type conversion (8-bit, 16-bit, float).

Reference Documentation​

Shared Commands (13 commands)​

Shared Commands provides reference documentation for commands that appear across multiple object types (Navigate To, Export, Delete, Group, etc.).

Alphabetical Command Index​

A​

B​

  • Bake to Vertices - Meshes
  • Best Fit Plane - Point Clouds (full documentation pending)
  • Between Coordinate Systems (CRS) - Georeferencing
  • Between Surfaces - Point Clouds, Meshes (to be documented)
  • By RGB Color - Point Clouds

C​

D​

E​

F​

G​

H​

I​

K​

L​

M​

N​

O​

  • Optimise Triangle Angles - Meshes

P​

R​

S​

T​

U​

V​

Z​

Common Commands​

These commands appear in multiple context menus with similar functionality. See Shared Commands for detailed documentation:

  • Navigate To - Move 3D view to frame the selected object
  • Set As Active - Designate object as active for operations
  • Group - Organize selected items into a group
  • Ungroup - Dissolve a group container
  • Export - Export object to external file format
  • Import - Import data from external file
  • Delete - Permanently remove object from project
  • Duplicate - Create independent copy of object
  • Scale - Resize object by specified factors
  • Rotate - Rotate object around specified axes
  • Translate - Move object in 3D space

Document Organization​

Each category page is organized by functional area for easy navigation:

Standard Sections​

  • Navigation & Display - View positioning, visibility, active state
  • Selection - Point/triangle/element selection tools
  • Filtering & Cleanup - Data quality, decimation, duplicate removal
  • Transform - Scale, rotate, translate, coordinate conversion
  • Attributes & Analysis - Attribute calculation, statistical analysis, geometry
  • Split & Merge - Partitioning and combining objects
  • Refinement - Mesh tessellation, polyline smoothing, quality improvement
  • Extract - Feature extraction, contours, free edges
  • Import/Export - Data exchange operations
  • Object Operations - Duplicate, delete, reload
  • Optimization - Memory management, LOD generation

Command Format​

Each command entry follows this structure:

### Command Name

**Menu name:** `Exact text from menu`
**Tooltip** Short, imperative description shown in app.

**What it does**
2-4 sentences describing the operation in practical, technical terms.
What changes, what's computed, what's required.

**When to use it**
- Typical use case 1
- Typical use case 2
- Optional use case 3

**Notes**
Caveats, prerequisites, performance considerations, related commands.
May include Docusaurus admonitions (:::warning, :::info, :::caution).