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Home (Basic) Ribbon Tab

Commands available on the Home (Basic) ribbon tab, grouped by panel.

Move (Alt+I)​

Switch out of any current mode back to navigation mode

View From​

Look from Above the model looking Down.

Dropdown items:

  • North
  • South
  • East
  • West
  • Above
  • Below
  • Centre In Model
  • Reset to North
  • Reset Rotations
  • Forward View
  • Nadir View

Target Zoom​

Zoom in on the selected point

Windows​

Project Explorer​

Dropdown items:

  • Update Project Explorer
  • Advanced Menus — Switch to Advanced Menus
  • Show All Tabs
  • (unnamed)
  • Data Tab
  • Interpretations Tab
  • Collections Tab
  • Properties Tab
  • VFT Tab
  • Chat Tab
  • Charts Tab
  • Flight Path Timeline
  • Web Tab
  • (unnamed)
  • Reset Layout

Windows (Alt+I)​

Dropdown items:

  • 3D Model Window
  • Python Script — Python Script
  • Tabbed 3d Model
  • Stereonet Window
  • New Map Window
  • Web Browser
  • (unnamed)
  • Split 3D View

Interpretations​

Dip Azimuth​

Measure Dip and Dip-Direction/Azimuth from 3 points

Dropdown items:

  • 3 Points — Measure dip and azimuth from three picked points defining a plane.
  • N Points — Fit plane to multiple points for robust orientation measurement.
  • 1 Point — Measure surface orientation at a single point using local surface normal.
  • Area — Measure average orientation over a selected surface area.
  • Attributes — Compute orientation measurements from existing surface attribute data.

Digitise Polyline​

Interpret polylines on data

Dropdown items:

  • Digitise Points — Digitise by individual clicks
  • Draw — Draw polyline with continual digitising on mouse move
  • Split Line
  • Join Lines
  • Add Node
  • Draw Contour
  • Create Geobody
  • Close Polyline
  • Snap to Mesh

Scale Bar​

Add a virtual object as a scale

Dropdown items:

  • 5.0 Metres
  • 1.0 Metre
  • 10.0 cm
  • Triaxial 5.0 Metres

Plunge​

Define a plunge from 2 points

Annotations​

Label​

Tooltip: Add a label

Place a text label annotation at the picked location.

Measure Vertical​

Tooltip: Distance measurement tools

Measure vertical, horizontal, 3D and multi-segment 3D distances in the scene.

Dropdown items:

  • Measure Vertical — Measure vertical distance
  • Measure Horizontal — Measure horizontal distance
  • Measure 3D — Measure 3D distance
  • Measure Multi 3D — Measure multi-segment 3D distance

Tape Measure​

Tooltip: Tape measure

Use the tape-measure tool to interactively measure distances in the 3D view.

Orthopanel​

Tooltip: Insert an orthopanel

Insert an axis-aligned image panel (orthopanel) defined by picked points or the current view.

Dropdown items:

  • From 2 Points — Orthopanel from 2 points
  • From 3 Points — Orthopanel from 3 points
  • From Viewpoint — Orthopanel from viewpoint

Edit​

Move Vertices​

Move a vertex across a mesh

3D Translate​

Move a vertex in 3D

Erase Vertices​

Tooltip: Erase Vertices

Erase Vertices from object

Display​

Connect HMD​

Connect to ar Oculus Rift Headset if present

Copy Screen​

Copy the display to the clipboard or a file. Renders to a virtual screen, so you can create images larger than your display.

Help​

License Status​

License Status

Dropdown items:

  • Activate
  • Deactivate

Help​

Dropdown items:

  • Local Help
  • Email Support
  • Online Help
  • VRGeoscience.com
  • About VRGS