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Project organization .................................................................................................................. 11 Project file ............................................................................................................................ 11 Graphic windows ................................................................................................................... 11 How to activate graphic windows ............................................................................................. 11 Additional entities .................................................................................................................. 12 Layer-entities association table ................................................................................................ 14 How to create, open and save a project ....................................................................................... 16 How to create a new project .................................................................................................... 16 How to create a project using a model ...................................................................................... 16 How to create a project with no model ...................................................................................... 17 How to create a customized model ........................................................................................... 18 Opening a project .................................................................................................................. 18 Project saving ....................................................................................................................... 20 eTransmit ............................................................................................................................. 20 General ............................................................................................................................. 21 Files.................................................................................................................................. 22 Document properties .............................................................................................................. 23 General ............................................................................................................................. 23 Summary........................................................................................................................... 24 Notes ................................................................................................................................ 25 Subprojects management ....................................................................................................... 25 Subproject management window ............................................................................................. 26 How to create a subproject................................................................................................... 28 How to have access to the properties of a subproject ............................................................... 30 How to duplicate a subproject ............................................................................................... 33 How to rename a subproject ................................................................................................. 34 How to make a subproject active........................................................................................... 35 How to make a subproject visible/invisible .............................................................................. 38 How to make a subproject blocked/unblocked ......................................................................... 40 Subproject specific colour..................................................................................................... 42 External references ............................................................................................................. 42 Prefix layer ........................................................................................................................ 44 How to delete a subproject ................................................................................................... 45 How to change subprojects list display ................................................................................... 46 How to change subproject display order ................................................................................. 47 Project Manager .................................................................................................................... 49 How to change the mode of subproject list display ................................................................... 50 How to open the Planimetry graphic window ........................................................................... 50 How to open the Profile graphic window of a subproject ............................................................ 50 How to open the Sections graphic window of a subproject ......................................................... 50 iii
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How to open the graphic window of an enclosed drawing .......................................................... 51 How to open the graphic window of a drawing sheet ................................................................ 51 Subproject status bar ............................................................................................................. 52 How to change the subproject a group of objects belongs to ........................................................ 52 Move objects from a subproject to another using subprojects toolbar.......................................... 52 Moving objects from a subproject to another using property window........................................... 52 How to copy or move the objects from a subproject to another .................................................. 53 Internal CAD............................................................................................................................ 54 Using commands ................................................................................................................... 54 Using a pointing device ........................................................................................................ 54 Using the Command Window ................................................................................................ 56 Undo and Redo commands ................................................................................................... 58 Use of dynamic input ........................................................................................................... 58 Quick start............................................................................................................................ 61 Start a command in Quick start bar ....................................................................................... 62 Window display mode .......................................................................................................... 62 Customize Quick start window .............................................................................................. 62 Creating geometric objects...................................................................................................... 66 Creating lines ..................................................................................................................... 66 Creating single-segment lines ............................................................................................... 66 Creating multisegmented lines (Polylines)............................................................................... 66 Creating rectangles ............................................................................................................. 70 Creating arcs...................................................................................................................... 72 Creating circles ................................................................................................................... 73 Creating ellipses ................................................................................................................. 73 Creating points ................................................................................................................... 73 Creating drawing details....................................................................................................... 74 Create table objects ............................................................................................................... 75 Table ................................................................................................................................ 77 Rows................................................................................................................................. 78 Column ............................................................................................................................. 79 Cell ................................................................................................................................... 80 Borders ............................................................................................................................. 81 Texts ................................................................................................................................ 82 Hatching and filling areas ..................................................................................................... 83 How to load hatch patterns................................................................................................... 83 How to hatch selected objects............................................................................................... 83 Creating and modifying text .................................................................................................... 85 Creating text ...................................................................................................................... 85 Creating single-line text ....................................................................................................... 85 Creating multiline text ......................................................................................................... 85 Importing text from external files .......................................................................................... 86 iv
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Modifying text .................................................................................................................... 86 Text styles ......................................................................................................................... 86 Creating sideslopes ............................................................................................................. 88 Sideslopes manual drawing .................................................................................................. 88 Sideslopes drawing from polyline........................................................................................... 89 Sideslopes drawing from two polylines ................................................................................... 89 Sideslope drawing parameters .............................................................................................. 89 Dimensions........................................................................................................................... 91 Inserting dimensions ........................................................................................................... 91 Creating linear dimensions ................................................................................................... 91 Creating radial dimensions ................................................................................................... 92 Inserting angular dimensions ................................................................................................ 93 Creating special dimensions.................................................................................................. 93 Dimension styles................................................................................................................. 95 Drawing with precision ......................................................................................................... 100 Entering 2D coordinates ..................................................................................................... 100 Adjusting snap and grid ..................................................................................................... 103 Using ortho mode ............................................................................................................. 104 Using object snaps ............................................................................................................ 104 Specifying intervals on an object ......................................................................................... 107 Calculating areas .............................................................................................................. 111 Calculating distances ......................................................................................................... 111 Calculating angles ............................................................................................................. 112 Identifying a point............................................................................................................. 112 Selecting objects ................................................................................................................. 113 Selecting objects individually .............................................................................................. 113 Selecting multiple objects................................................................................................... 113 Quick select ..................................................................................................................... 114 Remove objects from selection............................................................................................ 115 Preventing objects from being selected ................................................................................ 116 Modifying objects................................................................................................................. 116 Erasing objects ................................................................................................................. 116 Moving objects ................................................................................................................. 116 Rotating objects................................................................................................................ 117 Copying objects ................................................................................................................ 118 Mirroring objects............................................................................................................... 118 Offsetting objects.............................................................................................................. 118 Trimming and extending objects ......................................................................................... 119 Editing polylines................................................................................................................ 120 Scaling objects ................................................................................................................. 121 Stretch Objects................................................................................................................. 121 Align objects .................................................................................................................... 122 v
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Creating fillets .................................................................................................................. 122 Creating chamfers in objects............................................................................................... 123 Creating breaks in objects .................................................................................................. 124 Exploding objects.............................................................................................................. 124 Using grips to edit objects .................................................................................................. 124 Controlling color, linetype, and other properties ....................................................................... 128 Working with layers........................................................................................................... 128 Working with colors ........................................................................................................... 134 Working with linetypes....................................................................................................... 136 Managing line thickness ..................................................................................................... 139 IntelliList ......................................................................................................................... 141 Displaying the properties of objects ..................................................................................... 141 Copying the properties of an object on other objects .............................................................. 142 Drawing styles .................................................................................................................... 142 Drawing style codes .......................................................................................................... 143 Set drawing style .............................................................................................................. 146 Modify objects from drawing style ....................................................................................... 146 Drawing styles bar ............................................................................................................ 147 Controlling the drawing display .............................................................................................. 148 Magnifying a view (Zooming) .............................................................................................. 148 Panning a view ................................................................................................................. 149 Displaying the previous view............................................................................................... 149 Regenerating a view .......................................................................................................... 149 Redrawing a view.............................................................................................................. 150 Shading........................................................................................................................... 150 Magnifier window .............................................................................................................. 150 3D Visualization ................................................................................................................ 151 Orbit - 3D Display ............................................................................................................ 153 Using blocks ....................................................................................................................... 155 Creating blocks................................................................................................................. 155 Inserting blocks ................................................................................................................ 155 Exporting blocks ............................................................................................................... 156 Removing block definitions ................................................................................................. 156 Enclosed drawings ............................................................................................................... 156 How to create enclosed drawings......................................................................................... 157 How to create a squaring ................................................................................................... 159 Managing marks ............................................................................................................... 159 How to change the properties of an enclosed drawing............................................................. 161 Opening an enclosed drawing ............................................................................................. 163 How to delete enclosed drawings......................................................................................... 163 Drawing sheets ................................................................................................................... 164 Creating a drawing sheet ................................................................................................... 164 vi
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Inserting a drawing in a drawing sheet................................................................................. 169 Updating the content of a drawing sheet .............................................................................. 178 Inserting a squaring in a drawing sheet ................................................................................ 179 Generating a drawing sheet from a drawing preview .............................................................. 180 Modifying drawing sheet properties...................................................................................... 180 Deleting a drawing sheet.................................................................................................... 183 Managing marks ............................................................................................................... 183 Printing on plotter and on printer ........................................................................................... 186 Plotting or plot preview from Planimetry module .................................................................... 186 Plotting or plot preview from Profile module .......................................................................... 191 Plotting or plot preview from Sections module ....................................................................... 195 Printing from plot preview .................................................................................................. 198 Plot from drawing sheet ..................................................................................................... 199 Setting plot boxes ............................................................................................................. 200 Pen configuration .............................................................................................................. 202 Drawing resources ............................................................................................................... 203 How to create and edit customized symbols .......................................................................... 204 How to create and edit customized linetypes ......................................................................... 207 How to create and edit customized hatch patterns ................................................................. 208 Customizing commands ........................................................................................................ 210 User interface................................................................................................................... 212 Preferences - Cursor.......................................................................................................... 214 Preferences - Colors .......................................................................................................... 215 Preferences - Raster .......................................................................................................... 216 Preferences - Folders ......................................................................................................... 217 Preferences - Alias ............................................................................................................ 217 TANGO Commands............................................................................................................ 218 Setting up a digitizing tablet.................................................................................................. 219 How to calibrate a tablet for tracing ..................................................................................... 219 Turning Tablet mode on or off............................................................................................. 220 Using grids ............................................................................................................................ 221 How to move inside the grids ................................................................................................ 221 How to insert a row in a grid ................................................................................................. 222 How to erase a row in a grid.................................................................................................. 222 How to modify data in a grid ................................................................................................. 222 How to select rows in a grid .................................................................................................. 223 How to use copy and paste in grids ........................................................................................ 223 How to activate local menu in a grid ....................................................................................... 223 How to use Drag & Drop in grids ............................................................................................ 223 How to carry out a research in a grid ...................................................................................... 224 How to perform a find and replace in a table............................................................................ 224 How to modify a group of cells in a grid .................................................................................. 225 vii
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How to apply a filter on columns ............................................................................................ 227 Sorting by columns .............................................................................................................. 228 How to modify column width ................................................................................................. 228 How to modify column position .............................................................................................. 228 How to obtain a report.......................................................................................................... 228 How to zoom on tables ......................................................................................................... 229 Print reports .......................................................................................................................... 230 Customize layout ............................................................................................................. 231 Modify a layout ................................................................................................................. 231 Rename layout ................................................................................................................. 231 Delete layout.................................................................................................................... 231 Report preview .................................................................................................................... 232 Set margins and other parameters ......................................................................................... 233 How to set the printer .......................................................................................................... 234 SierraSoft Report Designer.................................................................................................... 234 Work environment ............................................................................................................ 234 Objects............................................................................................................................ 236 Insert and modify lines ...................................................................................................... 237 Insert and modify marks (texts).......................................................................................... 237 Insert and modify images................................................................................................... 240 Insert and modify bands .................................................................................................... 241 Modify objects by Object Inspector ...................................................................................... 242 Display column limits......................................................................................................... 242 Import and export .................................................................................................................. 243 Entity Transformation........................................................................................................... 243 How to import data from a project or a subproject to another .................................................... 244 Subprojects importation from a project to another (Not available for Topko Express) .................. 246 Importation of entities from a subproject to another .............................................................. 250 How to change the subproject a group of objects belongs to ...................................................... 253 Move objects from a subproject to another using subprojects toolbar........................................ 253 Moving objects from a subproject to another using property window......................................... 254 How to copy or move the objects from a subproject to another ................................................ 254 DWG/DXF ........................................................................................................................... 255 Dynamic connection to AutoCAD ......................................................................................... 255 How to import DWG/DXF files ............................................................................................. 258 How to export DWG/DXF files ............................................................................................. 259 ASCII................................................................................................................................. 262 How to import ASCII files ................................................................................................... 262 How to export ASCII files ................................................................................................... 264 Raster ................................................................................................................................ 267 How to import raster images............................................................................................... 267 How to export raster images............................................................................................... 274 viii
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How to import from ESRI SHP files ......................................................................................... 275 How to import NTF files ........................................................................................................ 276 How to import CXF files ........................................................................................................ 278 Import from other formats .................................................................................................... 279 How to import DOS files ....................................................................................................... 279 Export ESRI SHP files ........................................................................................................... 279 Export to other formats ........................................................................................................ 280
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Project organization
Every project realized with SierraSoft Geomatics Suite has some essential features that deserve a further explanation before one starts to work on the tool. Learning these features will enable the users to structure the project data according to their needs.
Project file
Each time you create a new project with Topko, ProSt and Rasta, in the folder chosen for saving, a file is created with the name given to the project and PST as extension. Inside this file you will find all the data that can be found inside the project. In order to copy a project it is necessary to copy the file having the name of the project and PST as extension. The only data not inserted inside PST file are raster images since they are memorized as reference and not copied inside the project file. It is therefore necessary not to erase the files of the raster images used in the tool projects. If a project containing references to some raster images should be copied, it would be necessary to copy all the images connected to it.
Graphic windows
Inside the work environment five different graphic environments are available: Planimetry, Profile, Sections, Plot boxes and Enclosed drawings. Inside each environment the project data are visualized according to a different mode. For example, when a road design has to be performed, once the road axis has been defined, it is necessary to position the sections along the axis; the sections determine a profile that is represented by the graphic window having the same name; besides, each section possesses its own transversal view with some specific elements, that differ according to the section: the graphic window of the sections allows to obtain the third type of representation.