Home
The Home Button on the toolbar or the Home key on the keyboard centers the overlay and sizes it to fill the screen.
Pan
Press the Pan Button to display the hand symbol. Press and hold down the Left mouse button and move the mouse in the direction you want the overlay to move. Release the button to stop panning and press the Right mouse button once to end panning. The Arrow keys on the keyboard will also pan, but they move the overlay in the opposite direction indicated on the arrow key.
Area Zoom
Area Zoom defines the desired view by dragging a box around the information desired. Press the Left Mouse button once then drag the rubber-band box either to the upper right or lower left to define the zoom area. Press the Left button again to then zoom in to that area.
Layer Selection
The Layer Selection window controls the display of the Earthwork 4D layers. It is also accessed by choosing Layer Selection from the View menu or by pressing Alt-B. Clicking the individual check boxes turns the layers off and on. Grayed layers are not available for display.
Image Selection
Displays the Image Selection window to manage imported images.
Label Selection
Selects all lines with the same label. If no line is previously selected, the command displays a window allowing the user to select a label from a list of all labels in the current surface. Also see: Selecting by Labels
Add Benchmark
Used to add a benchmark. After a benchmark is entered, the Edit Point window displays allowing you to add adjust the point location or assign a label.
Offset Line
Displays the Offset Line Editor.
Join
Used to connect multiple lines as one. It also connects the end points of a single line. The keyboard shortcut is Ctrl-J. Also see: Bridge Gap
Swap Ends
This command switches the start and end points of a selected line. Allows the user to change the direction the line was entered.
Trim Line
Breaks all lines which cross the selected trim line.
Phase Region
Used for phasing a takeoff after all all structures have been entered. Enter an area around the desired phase. Also see: Phase Region
View Depth Brackets
Used to toggle the display of the user defined colored depth brackets on the planvview. See Also: Edit Depth Brackets.
View Depth Brackets with Strata
Used to toggle the display of the user defined colored depth brackets in areas that will encounter strata on the planvview.
Analyze Pipe Depths
Used to selectively view the pipe depths within a user defined depth bracket. See Also: Analyze Pipe Depths.
Analyze Pipe Conflicts
Used to display conflicts between classes of pipe. See Also: Analyze Pipe Conflicts.
Pipe Starting Station
Used to define the atarting station of the selected run of pipe.
Apply Trench
Used to apply the trench description to the selected surface to generate the 3D trench surface.
Send to Print Page
Sends the current screen image to the Print Page.
Add Note
Used to add a note to the Documentation layer.
Report Toolbar Buttons
Materials Report
Used to display the Materials Report.
Structures Report
Used to display the Structures Report.
Structure Measures Report
Used to display the Structure-Measures Report.
Underground Depth Bracket Report
Used to display the Underground Depth Bracket Report
Underground Trench Volumes Report
Used to display the Trench Volume Report.
Export to Excel
Used to export the selected report to Excel. Also see: Excel Exporting Options.
Print Report
Prints the current report directly to the selected printer.
Send to Print Page
Sends the current report to the Print Page.