User Interface

Project explorer: Displays a hierarchical view of the items in a project, organised into containers and objects.

Selection toolbar: Sets the selection type and mode. See Selecting data.

Ribbon menu: Contains sets of graphical tool buttons and controls grouped by functionality.

Workbench launch button: Provides quick access to other Maptek applications, Workbench Start Page and tools. See Workbench Tools.

Workbench toolbar: Provides access to tools and options found in the Workbench top level environment. Includes Download Manager, Workflow editor, preference settings and other tools. See Workbench Tools.

View window:Displays project data. More than one view window may be open, tiled and tied.

View window tabs: Contain view window display areas.

Ribbon menu tabs: Provide access to tools grouped by functionality.

View window toolbar: Provides access to tools specific to its view window. See View Window Toolbars.

Help & Preferences: Directs to help documentation on all installed applications. See Searching Help and tools and Setting preferences.

Visibility editor: Lists the contents of the view window and their visibility status. The visibility editor can be shown or hidden by pressing V. See Visibility Editor.

Context menu: Lists operations relevant to the object or area clicked on. Right-click to activate. See Context Menus.

Snap mode toolbar: Includes snap mode control buttons. Snap modes are used to determine the exact location of a point without manually entering coordinates. The snap mode toolbar appears in the status bar when performing a point picking operation. See Snap Modes.

Report window: Displays information and the results of actions. See Report Window.

Status bar: Displays the current operation and required data input. See Status Bar.

Selection status bar: Indicates the number and types of selected objects.