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Version: 3.4.20 (unreleased)

Home (Basic) Ribbon Tab

Commands available on the Home (Basic) ribbon tab, grouped by panel.

Move (ribbon key tip: I)​

Switch out of any current mode back to navigation mode

View From​

Look from Above the model looking Down.

Dropdown items:

  • North
  • South
  • East
  • West
  • Above
  • Below
  • Centre In Model
  • Reset to North
  • Reset Rotations
  • Forward View
  • Nadir View

Target Zoom​

Zoom in on the selected point

Windows​

Project Explorer​

Dropdown items:

  • Update Project Explorer
  • Advanced Menus — Switch to Advanced Menus
  • Show All Tabs
  • Data Tab
  • Interpretations Tab
  • Collections Tab
  • Properties Tab
  • VFT Tab
  • Chat Tab
  • Charts Tab
  • DEM Test Tab
  • Flight Path Timeline
  • Web Tab
  • Reset Layout

Windows (ribbon key tip: I)​

Dropdown items:

  • 3D Model Window
  • Python Script — Python Script
  • Tabbed 3d Model
  • Stereonet Window
  • New Map Window
  • Web Browser
  • Split 3D View

Interpretations​

Dip Azimuth​

Measure Dip and Dip-Direction/Azimuth from 3 points

Dropdown items:

  • 3 Points — Measure dip and azimuth from three picked points defining a plane.
  • N Points — Fit plane to multiple points for robust orientation measurement.
  • 1 Point — Measure surface orientation at a single point using local surface normal.
  • Area — Measure average orientation over a selected surface area.
  • Attributes — Compute orientation measurements from existing surface attribute data.

Digitise Polyline​

Interpret polylines on data

Dropdown items:

  • Digitise Points — Digitise by individual clicks
  • Draw — Draw polyline with continual digitising on mouse move
  • Split Line
  • Join Lines
  • Add Node
  • Draw Contour
  • Create Geobody
  • Close Polyline
  • Snap to Mesh — Move the selected polyline onto the active mesh, adding vertices along it so that it follows the surface. See Snapping a line to a mesh (ID_POLYLINE_SNAPTOMESH)
  • Geodesic Distance — Click sparse points; the polyline follows the shortest on-surface path between them, with a live along-surface length readout (ID_INTERPRETATION_POLYLINE_GEODESIC)
  • Texture Track — Auto-track a contact through the outcrop texture between clicks (ID_INTERPRETATION_POLYLINE_TEXTURETRACK)

Scale Bar​

Add a virtual object as a scale

Dropdown items:

  • 5.0 Metres
  • 1.0 Metre
  • 10.0 cm
  • Triaxial 5.0 Metres

Plunge​

Define a plunge from 2 points

Annotations​

Label​

Tooltip: Add a label

Place a text label annotation at the picked location.

Measure Vertical​

Tooltip: Distance measurement tools

Measure vertical, horizontal, 3D and multi-segment 3D distances in the scene.

Dropdown items:

  • Measure Vertical — Measure vertical distance
  • Measure Horizontal — Measure horizontal distance
  • Measure 3D — Measure 3D distance
  • Measure Multi 3D — Measure multi-segment 3D distance

Tape Measure​

Tooltip: Tape measure

Use the tape-measure tool to interactively measure distances in the 3D view.

Orthopanel​

Tooltip: Insert an orthopanel

Insert an axis-aligned image panel (orthopanel) defined by picked points or the current view. With Auto Update on in its properties, the panel's image is made again when the panel moves. With it off, the image stays as it is through a move or a resize, stretched by a resize, until you choose Regenerate on its tree menu.

Dropdown items:

  • From 2 Points — Orthopanel from 2 points
  • From 3 Points — Orthopanel from 3 points
  • From Viewpoint — Orthopanel from viewpoint

Edit​

Move Vertices​

Move a vertex across a mesh

3D Translate​

Move a vertex in 3D

Erase Vertices​

Tooltip: Erase Vertices

Erase Vertices from object

Display​

Connect HMD​

Connect to ar Oculus Rift Headset if present

Copy Screen​

Copy the display to the clipboard or a file. Renders to a virtual screen, so you can create images larger than your display. In the Vulkan view the copy carries the 2D overlays; see Copy Screen.

Help​

License Status​

License Status

Dropdown items:

  • Activate
  • Deactivate

Help​

Opens the documentation site in your browser, as does Ctrl+F1.

Dropdown items:

  • Email Support
  • Online Help
  • VRGeoscience.com
  • About VRGS