View Settings

3D Drive View

Enter the height of the viewpoint above or below an alignment The direction of the view from this height can be adjusted in the view.

Tip: If you label an alignment and want to see the labels from a "bird's-eye" view, set the 3D Drive's viewpoint height to, for example, 30 meters and point the view down onto the alignment.

Select Yes to show information about the alignment's geometry at the vehicle's current location, including station, coordinate, elevation, and slope values.

Select Yes to specify that the camera view be looking toward the rear of the vehicle when driving along a surface.

Enter the height of the viewpoint above or below a surface.

Enter the distance behind the vehicle for a third-person viewpoint looking toward the rear of the vehicle when driving along a surface.

Select Yes to show information about the surface's geometry at the vehicle's current location, including coordinate, elevation, slope, and, if a reference surface is selected, cut/fill values.

Select a vehicle image to display in the 3D Drive View.

Note: Image information for each vehicle displayed in the list is contained in a paired Sketchup file (.skp) and XML file stored in C:\ProgramData\Trimble\Vehicles. If you add a Sketchup file and corresponding XML file PNG file for a new vehicle to the Vehicle folder, it will display in the list. In addition, you can customize any vehicle model in the folder to, for example, add your company logo to the vehicle.

Select the color to apply to the background in the view.

Alignment Editor

Select options for the values you want to use to define horizontal alignment segments.

• Length
• End station
• Delta (angle)
• A param

These settings are essential when you create and edit horizontal alignments.

Select options for the values you want to use to define vertical alignment segments.

• Length
• K factor
• Curve definition
• Segment slope
• Allow circular arcs

These settings are essential when you create and edit a vertical alignment.

Select whether to show or hide columns in the Alignment Editor that are empty.

Corridor Mass Haul Diagram

Select an option for gridlines in the Corridor Mass Haul Diagram.

If you select Fixed number of grid lines or Grid interval, see below.

These settings are essential when you perform mass haul calculations for a corridor and then analyze a Corridor Mass Haul Diagram.

If you selected Grid interval above, enter the fixed distance you want between gridlines in the diagram.

If you selected Fixed number of grid lines above, enter the total number of gridlines you want in the diagram.

Select Yes to label the gridlines in the diagram.

Select an option for the scalebar to show in the diagram:

• Full scale bar
  
• Short scale bar
  

Select a color for each mass ordinate shown in the diagram. For descriptions of the ordinates, see View and Interpret a Corridor Mass Haul Diagram.

Corridor Template View

Enter a plot scale for the Corridor Template View.

These settings are essential when you create and edit corridor templates and their instructions, and when you create tunnels and view them in the Corridor Template View.

Enter a vertical exaggeration (VE) for the view. Increasing the VE can make it easier to check your data.

1. Corridor cross-section with a VE of 1
2. With a VE of 5

Figure: Vertical exaggeration

Tip: You can also change the exaggeration while in the view by pressing [Ctrl] + [Shift] and rolling the mouse wheel.

Enter lateral limits for corridor templates.

1. Surface from which the corridor template was derived
2. Corridor template derived from the surface (VE=5)
3. Original left/right extension limits of the template
4. Left/right extensions increased to match extents of the surface

Figure: Left/right corridor template extension

By default, a corridor template extends to the width of the surface it is mirroring. If that surface is wider than the default limit you set here, the corridor template is limited to these default extents. This template setting can also be adjusted in the Properties pane for any cross-section of the corridor.

Note: Since the alignment itself denotes a zero offset, typically the left offset value will be a negative number.

This setting is essential when you create corridor templates based on the Surface instruction type.

Select Yes to show corridor template geometry perpendicular to the vertical alignment; this typically applies only to tunnel geometry.

Select whether to shade materials in material layers or to leave them transparent.

Select whether to use semi-transparent or opaque shading in the view.

1. Corridor template with unshaded cut and fill areas (instruction slope is also shown)
2. With translucent shading
3. With opaque shading
4. With opaque shading and node labels (rotated)

Figure: Corridor Template View display options

Select whether to label template nodes in the view.

Select whether to show complete label names or abbreviations for nodes in the view.

Select an alignment option for node labels in the view:

• Display labels rotated
• Display labels vertical

Select whether to show/hide slope values for the active instruction in the view.

In Project Settings > Units > Vertical Angle, you can specify whether to show slopes in % or ratio.

Cross-section view

Enter a plot scale for the view.

These settings are important when you work in two of the program's primary vertical views, the Cross-Section View and the Stored Cross-Section Editor.

Enter a vertical exaggeration for the view. See Vertical exaggeration in Corridor Template View above.

Tip: You can also change the exaggeration while in the view by pressing [Ctrl] + [Shift] and rolling the mouse wheel.
Note: By default, a vertical exaggeration of 5 is applied in the Cross-section View and the Stored Cross-section Editor.

See Left/right extension in Corridor Template View above.

Select Show to display the column in which you can specify whether to hide or show segments between nodes in the Stored Cross-Section Editor.

This setting is important when you edit stored cross-sections.

Display options

Select the view filter to apply when you create a new Plan View or 3D View; there is one exception: if you already have an active Plan View or 3D View, the view filter used in that view is used for the new view of the same type.

Select No to display imported lines using their original line styles.

This setting is essential when you import CAD data. It is recommended that you leave this set to Yes to preserve system memory (lines displayed as solid line style require less processing power).

Select Show to display markers and labels for horizontal and vertical values along linestrings (in 2D views) to make viewing and editing them easier.

This setting and the ones below for line markers and line labels are essential when you toggle line marking on to help you understand and edit elements of lines.

Select Show to display symbols that distinguish between horizontal segment end points, arc mid points, vertical control points, and the overall line's start and end points.

Select Show to display elevation text with the visible line markers.

Survey views

Specify whether to show or hide the grid, global, or local coordinates for features in the Feature Spreadsheet.

Specify the maximum length (in pixels) of displacement vector arrows displayed in the Plan View and 3D View when monitoring point movement. Make changes if arrows are too short or too long. Also, select the color to apply to arrows indicating their displacement state: OK, Warning, or Alarm(each of which applies to a user-defined displacement threshold). See Monitor Point Movement for more information.

Select to show or hide various fields/columns in the Monitoring spreadsheet.

Specify whether to show or hide general GNSS occupation information and antenna information in the Occupation Spreadsheet.

Specify whether to show or hide general optical survey information, observed and computed optical data, optical station information, and target information in the Optical Spreadsheet.

Specify whether to show or hide photogrammetry point and observation information in the Photo Point Spreadsheet.

Plan View

These settings are important when you work in the program's default view from above, the Plan View.

Enter a plot scale for the Plan View.

This setting is essential when you add a legend to a surface or map, when you copy the Plan View to a clipboard, and when you print or plot from the view or from a plotbox.

Note: The width of a legend is determined by the length of the title and the size of the text specified in the selected text style at the current plot scale. After the legend has been created, changing the plot scale does not affect the size of the legend or text, in ground units.

Select settings for the gridlines shown in the Plan View to help you understand a project's scale and location.

Profile View

Enter a plot scale for the view.

These settings are important when you work in one of the program's primary vertical views, the Profile View.

Enter a vertical exaggeration for the view.

Note: By default, a vertical exaggeration of 5 is applied in the Profile View.
Tip: You can also change the exaggeration in the view by pressing [Ctrl] + [Shift] and rolling the mouse wheel.

Referenced Image

Specify the distance from a photo station to an object of interest when viewing a referenced image on the Station View tab. By specifying the correct distance to an object that is contained in adjoining images, you can align the object correctly in the images.

Specify the maximum length for photo station line-of-sight rays when performing photogrammetry measurements or adjusting photo stations. For best results, the line-of-sight rays should be slightly longer than the distances being measured with photogrammetry or the elevation of a UAV when adjusting aerial photo stations.

Select Yes to specify that aerial images be displayed as transparent in the Plan View by default. This allows you to see information displayed beneath the image, including other overlapped images. In the Referenced Image Properties pane, you can select to override this default setting for any specific aerial image.

Select Yes to specify that aerial images be displayed in grayscale (instead of color) by default in the Plan View. This may enhance image display performance. In the Referenced Image Properties pane, you can select to override this default setting for any specific aerial image.

Specify the default resolution at which to display aerial images in the Plan View. A lower resolution may provide faster performance, but image display quality will be affected. In the Referenced Image Properties pane, you can select to override this default setting for any specific aerial image.

Superelevation Diagram

Select the plot scale to use to convert between sheet units and ground units, and the vertical exaggeration scale factor to apply to data displayed in the diagram. For more information, see Superelevation Diagram.

Specify how grid lines should display in a superelevation diagram.

Tunnel Inspection View

Specify the resolution (mesh size) to apply parallel to the tunnel alignment in the Tunnel Inspection View.

Specify the resolution (mesh size) to apply perpendicular to the tunnel alignment in the Tunnel Inspection View.

Specify whether to display the Tunnel Inspection View using only two colors: one for overbreak and one for underbreak.

If yes, select the color used for overbreak and underbreak mesh cells and delta lines.

Select to show/hide a color/delta value legend in the Inspection Plan View.

Select how grid lines display in the graphic view.

If Grid Interval is selected, specify the interval distance.

If Fixed number of grid lines is selected, specify the number of grid lines to display along the shortest edge of the view.

Select the color and line style to use for grid lines in the graphic view.

Select to show/hide grid line labels in the graphic view.

Select to show/hide a scale bar in the graphic view.

Specify the ratio for vertical exaggeration in the Cross-Section View. See "Vertical exaggeration" in "Corridor Template View" above.

Select to show/hide the tunnel shape in the Cross-Section View.

Note: If a design mesh is used in the comparison either as the base mesh or the comparison mesh, it's shape is considered to be the "tunnel shape". If a design mesh is not used in the comparison, the shape of the base mesh is considered to be the "tunnel shape".

Select the color for the tunnel shape in the Cross-Section View.

Select the color for the base in the Cross-Section View.

Select whether to display delta value labels in the Cross-Section View, and the scale to apply to displayed labels.

Specify the distance interval at which labels are displayed in the Cross-Section View. This setting is useful when you want to maintain a high level of density in the Inspection Plan View while still being able to view readable labels in the Cross-Section View.

Small distance interval:

Large distance interval:

Select the color for the comparison mesh in the Cross-Section View.

Specify the weight to apply to the base mesh line in the Cross-Section View.

Specify the weight to apply to the comparison mesh line in the Cross-Section View.

Specify the weight to apply to the delta lines in the Cross-Section View.

See "Tunnel View Grid for Plan View, Cross-Section View, and Delta View" above.

Specify the ratio applied for vertical exaggeration in the Cross-Section View. See "Vertical exaggeration" in "Corridor Template View" above.

Select the color for the line representing the base mesh in the Delta View.

Select the color for the line representing the delta of the comparison mesh compared to the base mesh in the Delta View.

Specify the weight to apply to the base mesh line in the Delta View.

Specify the weight to apply to the comparison mesh delta line in the Delta View.

See "Tunnel View Grid for Plan View, Cross-Section View, and Delta View" above.

Specify colors to apply to tunnel set outs.

Tunnel View

Specify the ratio for vertical exaggeration for the geometry displayed in the graphic view. See "Vertical exaggeration" in "Corridor Template View" above.

Select to show/hide in the graphic view the radius lines used to build the tunnel shape, and select the display color.

Select the color for an as-built tunnel mesh in the graphic view.

Select to show/hide in the graphic view tunnel as-built points, and select their display color and whether to show/hide their point IDs.

Select to show/hide in the graphic view tunnel convergence points, and select whether to show/hide their point IDs.

Specify the number of pixels to use for the arrow to display the largest displacement vector in the graphic view.

If you choose to include a corridor template's cross-section in the view, select to show/hide any abbreviations in the Tunnel View that you added for template nodes using the Manage Template Node Names command.

If Node labels is set to Show, select whether to display the full label or an abbreviation, whether to show displayed node labels vertically or rotated, and whether to show/hide node elevations in the labels.

Select the symbol and color to use in the graphic view for each convergence point marker. Each marker and color in each of the lists includes a number that corresponds with a convergence point located around the tunnel in the order shown here:

Specify how grid lines display in the graphic view.

If Grid Interval is selected, specify the interval distance.

If Fixed number of grid lines is selected, specify the number of grid lines to display along the shortest edge of the view.

Specify the color and line style to use for grid lines in the graphic view.

Select to show/hide grid line labels in the graphic view.

Select to show/hide a scale bar in the graphic view.

Vector Spreadsheet

Specify whether to show or hide general vector information, statistics, observed data, antenna specifications, time, device orientation, and network adjustment variance group used in the Vector Spreadsheet.