UI. Image Settings: Colour, Drape, Contour & Grade
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Images may be set to a specific color, or draped to a triangulation by importing both the image and associated georeference file.
Color
Setting an image color:
Select a layer in the Layers panel.
Click on the color selection icon to the right of the layer name.
Click the Color tab.
Click the color selection button to display the color palette and opacity level.
Select the desired color and adjust its settings to your preference.
View the resulting color in the Sample field.
You can also enter numerical values for color hue (Hue), Saturation (Sat), Brightness (Bright), Transparency (Opacity) or specify a color number in the palette (#).
Use the Make Web-Safe button to assign a web-safe color to the image.
Tick the Use Dynamic Lighting checkbox if you want to use dynamic lighting. But note that this flag will cause the image to be of higher quality, which will slow down the planning process.
Use the Line Width slider to adjust the thickness of the lines.
Press OK to finish.
Drape Image
Enabling and draping an image:
Select a layer in the Layers panel.
Click on the color selection icon to the right of the layer name.
Switch to the Drape Image tab.
Flag Enable Drape Image to use this functionality.
Select Open Image and import the image file.
Select Load Points and import the georeference file.
6. You can also save the image points by clicking the Save Points button. In the dialog that opens, specify the path to save the points file and its name. The exported file will be saved in the ".alsdrp" format.
7. If required, adjust the image file draping settings over the triangulation in the coordinate table or use the mirror tools to Mirror Image X and Y.
8. Adjust the opacity with the Opacity slider.
9. Use the Line Width slider to adjust the thickness of the lines.
A downsampled copy of the original image is saved in the working folder as “projectName.drapeImages”. If this file is deleted, then all draped images are removed from the project.
Supported Image File Types
You can import layers and surfaces files in the following formats:
JPG Files (.jpg)
JPEG Files (.jpeg)
BMP Files (.bmp)
TIF Files (.tif)
GIF Files (.gif)
PNG Files (.png)
Supported registration formats include the Vulcan IREG and the Surpac RGF.
Grade Shading & Contour Lines
Contour Lines
It is possible to display contour lines to help visualise surface terrain. The settings for this functionality are outlined below.
Enabling Contour Lines:
Select a layer in the Layers panel.
Click on the color selection icon to the right of the layer name.
Switch to the Contour and Grade tab.
Flag Enable Contour Lines to use this functionality.
Setting | Description |
|---|---|
Color | The color of the contor lines to be displayed. |
Height Offset | Reference RL for a major interval. |
Major Interval | The vertical distance between major interval lines. |
Minor Divider | The number of minor interval lines between major intervals. |
Line Width | The thickness of displayed contour lines. |
Grade Shading
It is possible to shade triangulations by grade. This can be useful for distinguishing areas too steep for production rigs.
Enabling Grade Shading:
Select a layer in the Layers panel.
Click on the color selection icon to the right of the layer name.
Switch to the Contour and Grade tab.
Flag Enable Grade to use this functionality.
Four grade cutoffs have been preconfigured, each with a user-defined color.
The color associated with triangles less than 10% grade will be set to the color associated with the layer.
Opacity of the Grade Shading can be changed in the Color tab (or in the Drape Image tab, if Draping is enabled).