2.2.3 Graphics Toolbar

From the graphics toolbar you can start processes to manipulate the 3D graphics window. The following options are available:

When this icon is visible, you are in Position mode. Click on the display element you wish to move or edit. If the element is an inline, crossline or Z-slice, a frame with handles (green squares) appears around the clicked element. The handles are used to re-size the frame. Clicking and dragging inside the element is the way to move the entire element in the in-plane direction. Tip: For accurate positioning of a data element, use the Position option from the right-hand mouse button pop-up menu in the tree, or press the position icon .

When this icon is visible, you are in View mode. In this mode, you can rotate, pan and zoom using Left-Mouse operations.

View Mode is a relic from the past. It is expected to disappear in future releases because as of v6 rotate, pan and zoom are available in all modes (Position, View, Interpretation) as Middle-Mouse operations, see: Mouse Controls.

Resets the view to the position that was saved when you pressed the "save home position" icon, one below.

Saves the current view as the home position that can be recalled with the previous icon

Allows to reset the view such that all data are visible.

Toggles the view between orthographic and perspective view.

Use this icon to set the scene orientation to a particular 'standard' direction. Options include 'View Inline', 'View Crossline', 'View Z', 'View North' and 'View North Z'

Will open the directional lighting dialog box.

The display rotation axis is used to show/hide the N-E-Z (North-East-Z) orientation arrows.

Toggles the colorbar on and off.

Opens the snapshot window, so that the user can grab pictures of the scene, window, and/or the desktop.

Sets the selection to polygon or rectangular modes and allows the user to select an area (or elements within an area, i.e faults sticks...)

For removal / deletion of selected elements.

Displays selected element only. When more than one element is displayed in the tree, one can quickly view a single element and toggle between elements by clicking the different elements in the tree.

Tool to measure distances by drawing a polyline on an inline / crossline or on a Z-slice. The tool returns horizontal distance (meters or feet), vertical distance (ms in time survey or meter / feet in depth survey) and the inline or crossline distance respectively. For time surveys the vertical distance is computed with a user-specified constant velocity.