UI. Tools button

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Last updated: Jan 16, 2023
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Locate the Tools button in the top right corner of the Layers panel. It is used to perform various actions with the imported layers. The options, available from its dropdown are described below.

Layers > Tools > dropdown options

Export Layer

You can export single and multiple layers. See the instructions in the table below.

Exporting Layers tool

Export Single Layer

Export Multiple layers

Export Single Layer

Export Multiple layers

Select one layer you wish to export and in Save As window specify its name, saving path and format (“00t”, “.dtm”, “.dxf”, “.csv”, “.obj” and “.tridb”).

Select one folder or use <CTRL> and <SHIFT> keys to select multiple layers you wish to export.

When exporting multiple, the program allows you to place them into zip file (folder icon in the Export Location field).

Specify applicable format for Construction Line, Solid and any Text what you may have loaded as well. Available formats include “.arch_d”, “.str”, “.dxt”, “.obj”, “.shp”, “00t”.

Consolidate

Allows to consolidate multiple layers into one. Choose layers required and select “Consolidate” option from the Tools button dropdown. Selected files will be merged into one new generated layer, which contains the consolidated items.

Triangulate

Triangulation function is used to triangulate lines, available only when polylines file is imported, otherwise grayed out.

Translate

Translation function is used to shift information in X, Y and Z-directions if you need a slight change or if you wish to change grids. Translated files will be automatically added to the same folder where original layer is stored.

Decimate

The Decimation function automatically runs when a triangulated file is imported into the software.

If you didn’t decimate a larger surface when importing it, you still can decimate it using “Decimate” dropdown option. Select a file, choose the level of decimation required (including <None>) and this function will retriangulate the given layer at a lower resolution. On completion the results will be displayed, and the user has the option whether to use the original data or the decimated.

More details on Decimation function and its benefits see in the UI. Layers/Overlays panel > Decimation section.

Report Volume

Report Volume is an option to display total volumes of closed solids from layers in the Layers panel.

  1. Select layers you wish to report volumes of.

  2. Press Tools button and select “Report Volume” option.

  3. Review Volume Report that opens, where you’ll see volumes of selected closed solids and their Total.

Create Final Surface

“Create Final Surface” function is more orientated towards Spatial Conformetrics module. It is described in detail here.

Collapse All and Expand All

The last two dropdown options are used to collapse and to extend all folders. It is particularly useful when working with larger projects with multiple layers, organised in many folders and subfolders.

 

Manage Remote Layers

In the most recent releases of the software (starting from version 22.3), a new Manage Remote Layer tool has been added to make it easier to share files with surfaces and surveys. With this tool, you can specify the path to files stored on the network that are available for use by multiple users and updated periodically.

  1. Open Remote Resource Manager dialog and add files stored remotely on a shared Network or/and in the Micromine Nexus. The added files will be listed in the Remote Resources section of the dialog and displayed in bold green in the Layers panel.

2. Once you add a file from a remote resource, it will be stored in the project as a layer and displayed in the Layers panel as a folder with an associated layer. Note that remote layers cannot be renamed or deleted from the Layers panel.

2. Press the Refresh button to update the Remote Resources. Changes made to remotely stored files will be communicated via warning signs, such as red cross and yellow triangle.

3. The Source Details panel on the right stores data on each remote file, such as Name, Last Modifications (remote and local) and File Name showing the file location on the network.

4. You can also Export Remote Mapping using the floppy disk icon in the top toolbar. It will generate a “.rfm” file listing each remote resource location. This mapping you can further import to another project using the Import Remote Mapping icon.

5. In the Associated Layers panel see the layers associated with each of the imported remote resources.