View Window Toolbar

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The view window toolbar allows you to modify the display of data in the view window. It consists of three menu groups: View Operations, Action Plane, and Visibility Editor.

View Operations

Icon Label Description
Predefined Views

Displays the data from a fixed direction.

Tip:  Click this icon to reset the view so all data is visible.
Set View Point Prompts you to set the position and orientation of the camera.
Centre of Rotation When rotating a view, the centre of rotation is at the position of the axes in the view window.

You can change the centre of rotation by clicking on the button in the view window toolbar and then clicking at the desired new location for the axes.

  • Set the centre of rotation near the area of interest in the data set. This will ensure that the data you are interested in does not disappear when you rotate the view.

  • If the axes are blocking data from view, right-click and select Show axes to hide them. Select it again to redisplay the axes.

  • Hold down Shift when manipulating to slow the rate of movement.

  • If data is moved in the view window unintentionally, right-click and select Back to return the data to the previous position.
Manipulation Mode

  • Z up mode: Keeps the Z axis vertical. This is the default mode.

  • Look from mode: Fixes the viewpoint. Use this option to maintain a fixed location in space.

  • Plan view mode: Fixes the view to look down on the data.

  • Screen mode: Allows rotation in any orientation.
Projection Mode Toggles between Orthographic and Perspective projection.

Perspective projection displays data as it would appear if you were looking at it, showing distant objects as smaller.

Orthographic projection displays all data at the same size regardless of distance from the camera.
Zoom to Selection Zooms into selection.
Select All Selects everything in the view.
Invert selection Selects everything in the view that has not been selected and clears what was previously selected.
Image render Allows a screen capture of the view window. For more information, see Image Render.
Surface render mode Toggles the display of data between Solid, Wireframe, and Points mode.

Note:  The Wireframe mode provides a visual presentation of a three-dimensional object with edge lines drawn where two mathematically continuous smooth surfaces meet.
Side light Changes the headlight direction to alter the display of shadows.
Headlight Turns the headlights on and off.
Dimension Toggles the view between 2D and 3D mode.
Label Turns the hole labels on or off.
Hole length Turns the hole length display on or off.
Snapshots Displays the snapshots of the blast in the view window. You can also switch between the snapshots in the view window by selecting the desired snapshot from the drop-down menu. For more information on snapshots, see Create Snapshot.
Visualisation Contains options to change the visualisation of information about the holes in the view window. For more information on this tool, see Visualisation.
Coordinate grid on Turns the coordinate grid on and off.
Profile Enables easy visualisation of a single row or echelon of holes with only the relevant data visible in the view. This tool is used to easily modify hole charge plans and intervals by directly manipulating them. Direct manipulation allows fine tuning of intervals and charge plans more closely to relevant measurements such as accurate coal surfaces and hole water measurements. For information on how to use this tool, see Profile View.
2D Hole view Displays a two dimensional view of the hole including planned charge products.
Find hole

Use (Find Hole) to search for a hole in the view window based on its name, as follows: 

  1. Select Find hole in the view window toolbar.

  2. Enter the name of the hole.

  3. Press Enter.

    BlastLogic will locate the hole and centre the view on it in the view window.

    Note:  If there is no hole found with that name in the view but there is a hole with part of that name, then focus will be given to that hole (for example, entering 4R can result in finding a hole named C4R). Otherwise, if there is no hole found by that name in the view, the report window will contain a message stating that a hole with a corresponding name could not be found.

    You can continue locating other holes in the view window or press Esc to finish the search.

Tip:   You can also use the (Accept content) and (Cancel [Esc]) buttons instead of Enter and Esc, respectively.

Action Plane

Icon Label Description
Set Set action plane toolbar
Quick section  
Save planes  
Action plane visibility The action plane toolbar is used to control the action plane in the view window.
Action plane manipulator
Action plane predefined views
Section mode Enables you to load multiple objects and surfaces into the view, and step by step view in detail relative positions and potential interactions. For more information on this tool, see Section Mode.

Visibility Editor

Icon Label Description
Toggle boundary visibility  
Visibility
Editor

The Visibility Editor displays the list of objects in the view window. These objects may be hidden and redisplayed by selecting and deselecting the checkboxes.
If the view window has many different objects, use the Search function to search for specific objects in order to hide or display them.
Juxtaposition
View

Splits the view into two areas separated by a vertical line down the middle, which enables you to visually compare differences between the selected objects. You can drag this line left or right to inspect differences and changes in detail.

Tip:  Use the diamond-shaped handle on the middle of the dividing line to drag the line.

A Juxtaposition View editor opens on the right-hand side of the view window. Here you can select the objects to be displayed and hidden on each side of the view window.

Use the controls in the juxtaposition editor, as with the view editor:

  • Click either of an object’s checkboxes to toggle that object’s visibility in the left-hand or right-hand view areas.

  • Enter text in the Search field to filter the listed objects.

  • Click the button next to the search field to clear the search.
Tile and Tie

The Tile and Tie tool is available when you have multiple view windows open. It allows you to tie the views you select, so that if one of the objects is manipulated in one of the windows, all the objects in the other tied windows will also be manipulated.

Note:  The tied views can also be untied.

See also:  Viewing Objects