Wireframe Map Data Folder Menus

To access this menu:

  • In the Sheets control bar, active 3D folder, expand the Map Data sub-folder.

The 3D folder menu of the Project Data control bar displays a folder for each wireframe map to which loaded 3D overlays belong.

Each 3D wireframe map folder is dynamically populated and will display overlays relating to loaded, georeferenced wireframe map data only.

Each georeferenced wireframe map is represented by its own map folder. Each map folder is described with the map name, which in turn contains a folder for each wireframe map data type.

This section of the Project Data bar can include up to 4 levels:

3D

+Wireframe Map Name

+Map Folder

+Map Data Type

Map Data Item

3D >> Wireframe Map Folder Menu

Expanding the Maps folder reveals map folders for data that has already been loaded into the 3D world window. Folders will not appear for maps that do not have loaded and georeferenced data.

Right-clicking a named map folder reveals the following context-menu options:

  • Save— if changes have been made to the selected map, you can save them (and commit changes to the database) using this option.
  • Make Current—select this to make the selected map the current map. Not available if the map is already current (and shown in bold text).
  • View—show a map window of the currently selected georeferenced map. If one is not already available, it will be created. More about world and map windows...
  • Delete—delete the current map, after confirmation.

Wireframe Map Data Type Folder Menu

Each level map folder contains a survey folder (containing imported survey points and strings) and potentially other data types. Not all may be visible; this depends on the contents of the selected map.

Generally, these data-type-folder level context menus will include a Properties option. This will open the relevant Mapping task bar panel. In addition, other data creation options might be able, such as Add Comment, Add Contact, and so on, depending on the folder type that is selected.

The context menus found here are the same as those found for the corresponding folder in the Map Database menu branch.

Map Data Menu Items

The following map data items can be found at the lowest level of the 3D folder tree:

  • A Comments folder: contains a comments points object. Double-click or tap to display the Points Properties - General Dialog screen.

  • A Features folder: contains strings representing map features. Can contain one or more feature objects, named according to the selection made on the Features panel prior to digitizing. Double-click or tap any feature object to display the String Properties Dialog - General screen.

  • A Profiles folder: contains the profiles object for the map. All profile strings are stored here. Double-click or tap the profile object to display the String Properties Dialog - General screen.

  • A Sketches folder: contains sketch data for the map. Double-click or tap the profile object to display the String Properties Dialog - General screen.

3D map data items are also supported by a right-click Look At option. Selecting this will point the 3D World camera at the selected item, automatically adjusting the view direction and magnification.

Data Visibility

Items in this section of the Project Data bar can be hidden and shown using their corresponding check box. These check boxes can also be used to globally hide or show 'branches' of the tree menu.

At the lowest level, data items will either be displayed or hidden, as indicated by a black tick or empty box.

Folders containing items can be one of three states:

  • : all items in the folder are currently displayed

  • : all items in the folder are currently hidden

  • : a grey tick indicates a mixture of displayed and hidden items is contained within this folder

For example, to hide all currently displayed feature data from a map, you can clear the check box next to the Features folder icon for that map.

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