Upon starting SDM, three possible configurations, shown as Figs, III.1, III.2 and III.3, may be presented. These configurations are preset by the SICOM Profiler.
Fig. III.1 SDI view without preloaded file
Fig. III.2 SDI view with a preloaded file
Fig. III.3 MDI view
Fig. III.1 is a Microsoft SDI single document view without preloaded map file, while Fig. III.2 is the SDI view with a preloaded map file. Fig. III.3 presents a MDI multiple document view, that cannot be preloaded.
At the lower right corner of each SDM view, a scale box shows the display scale of the map. Each document view consists of an overview window and a working window. Depending on the configured Profile file, the Working window may be moved, resized or minimized; the Overview window may also be moved, resized or minimized, within the working window. Except for
File,
View and
Help
1, the availability of the remaining menu items on a given SDM view are optional, and can be preset by SICOM Profiler. Fig. III.3 shows all the menu items available on SDM 2.0. In the remaining section that follows, all menu items are discussed.
Open to open a CARIS file or the top level file of a pyramid denoted by 00.des 2
Copy to Clipboard to copy the current view on the active SDM window to the clipboard so that it can be pasted to another application, which supports “paste” from clipboard
Redraw Current to redraw the existing view to clear objects created temporarily.
Print to print the map shown in the active window of SDM. Clicking Print, a print dialog box (Fig. III. 4) appears. As in most MS application, the printer can be chosen and its properties’ settings adjusted using the Setup button. In the Options box,
Plot Scale
allows user to type in the desired map scale for print, if Fit To Paper is unchecked.
Fill Paper
if Yes is checked, prints the maximal extent of the map beyond the viewing window.
Fit To Paper
if Yes is checked, the entire content of the displayed window will be printed, i.e. WYSWYG
Center on Paper
if Yes is checked, printed map will be centered.Use the Colours box to choose the default .col or specify a new .col. Set the print quality using Print Quality, and select the number of copies to print using Copies.
Print setup standard MS print setup dialog box
Fig. III.4 print dialog box
Exit exits the program
Toolbar check to view the icons tool bar.
Status check to view the status bar
By Rectangle Zooms to a rectangular area, defined by dragging the mouse on either the overview or working windows
Step In Zooms in by a percentage defined by the SICOM Profiler
Step Out Zooms out by a percentage defined by the SICOM Profiler
Reset Resets to the default view defined by SICOM Profiler
Center at a Click Pans to a new view centered at the position clicked by the user
Step North If selected, moves the view North by 50% (% is defined in the SP)
Step South If selected, moves the view South by 50% (% is defined in the SP)
Step East If selected, moves the view East by 50% (% is defined in the SP)
Step West If selected, moves the view West by 50%
Reset Resets to the default view settings as defined by SICOM Profiler
Add feature Brings up the following dialog box. Fill in the data entry boxes to add a desired feature, and click OK. Move the mouse to the location at which you wish to add a feature, then click the left mouse button. The chosen feature will be added at that location.
Fig. III.5 Add feature Dialog box
Delete feature Brings up the following dialog box (Fig. III-6), provided that there exists at least one added feature. (Otherwise, an error message reading “no transient feature” will appear). Type in the CARIS key and click OK. The added feature with the given CARIS will then be deleted.
Fig. III.6 Delete feature Dialog Box
Select feature Brings up the following dialog box (Fig. III-7). Type in a feature code and move the mouse to the specified feature; press the left mouse button. The shape of the cursor becomes a cross with a dotted square. Release the mouse button; if the feature has the given feature code, it changes color (red is the default color) and the following dialog box (Fig. III-8) shows up. Otherwise, an error message reading “No feature selected: retry ” appears.
Fig. III.7 Select feature Dialog Box
Fig. III-8 Feature Dialog Box
Select Collection Brings up the same dialog box as Fig III-7. User types in a feature code and click OK. Drag the mouse by pressing the left key to form a rectangular region to cover the area of interest. After releasing the left key, all features in the rectangular box change color (red is the default color) and a dialog box (Fig. III.9) appears showing all the features within the box . By selecting a feature in this box, a dialog box similar to that in Fig. III-8 shows up.
Fig. III-9 Feature Collection Dialog Box
Clear Selections Clear selected feature
Set Selection Color Brings up a standard VC++ color dialog box (Fig. III.10). The current selection is highlighted; a new color can be selected by clicking on the desired color .
Fig. III -10 Color Selection Diagram
Set Current Visibility Brings up the following dialog box (Fig. III-11). Change the visibility of feature/features by feature code or by CARIS key.
Fig. III-11 Set Current Visibility Dialog Box
Set Default Visibility Not yet implemented.
Geodetic Position If selected , the location of the mouse in Latitude and Longitude will be shown on the status bar as the mouse is dragged
UTM Position If selected , the location of the mouse will be shown in Northing and Easting on the status bar as the mouse is dragged
Pixel Position If selected, the location of the mouse in x and y pixel space will be shown on the status bar as the mouse is dragged.
Composition If this plug-in is available, it can be activated by SP. To start CompositionPlugIn, go to plug-ins on the menu and select the composition. The following dialog box is displayed for saving the current view on the SDM to be available for CompositionPlugIn. After file is saved, SICOM Composition Module interface is presented. To use SICOM CompositionPlugIn, please refer to RITI_SICOM1.2_TECH_99007.
Fig. III-12 Saved file dialog box for CompositionPlugIn
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For clarity, bold faced Arial font is used to represent a menu item. back
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2 SDM
can handle a data structure, multi-scale pyramid database (MSPD), defined in
RITI-SICOM-TECH-99002.doc (under preparation; please contact RITI if you’d
like more information). MSPD is an efficient way to deal with large scale
continuous databases.
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