FMGT - Tool Bar
The Tool Bar shown below is used to control the Map View, the action tied to the cursor and the activation of specific processing and edit tools.
Tool Bar
Camera
Reset Camera
This tool button will reset the Map View such that the entire scene will be visible.
Zoom to Object
This tool button will zoom the scene to the currently selected survey line.
Cursor Modes
Explore
This cursor mode is the default mode used to navigate within the current scene as explained in the FMGT - Map View section.
Select Mosaic Area
This cursor mode shown in the Select Mosaic Area figure will draw a selection area in the scene using a left-click mouse dragging motion. The selected area will then become the new extents of the mosaic area.
Select Mosaic Area
Check in Area
This cursor mode shown in the Check in Area figure is used to automatically check source files in a project that are within certain spatial extents. Simply left-click and drag out the selection area. When the mouse is released, the source file tree will update to show the lines that intersect the selection area. This also becomes the new extents of the mosaic area.
Check in Area
Select Segment
This cursor mode shown in the Select Segment figure is used to select a segment of a line for editing or beam correction processing. Left mouse click to select the starting point (green) and right click to select the ending point (red). The user must click near the nadir track line of the desired source file in the tree. To have the selection "snap" to the start or end of a line, hold down the CTRL key while right or left mouse clicking.
Select Segment
Measure
The measure cursor mode is used to measure a straight line distance in the scene. Left-click and drag between the desired spatial points and the status bar of FMGT will display the associated distance.
Display Options
Color Map
This tool bar button will turn on/off the display of the color map widget.
Clear Area
This tool bar button will clear the current selection area and/or the currently selected line segment.
Show Bounds
This tool bar button will turn on/off the display of the scene bounding box.
Show Selection Highlight
This tool bar button will turn on/off the display of the selection box.
Editing Tools
Line Backscatter Adjustment
With a line selected using the Explore cursor , this tool button will activate the Line Backscatter Adjustment tool.
Refresh
This tool button will refresh the currently selected mosaic. If lines have been turned on/off via a checkbox, this tool will update the mosaic layer.
Cut Segment
When a line segment is selected using the select segment button , this tool button will remove the selected part of the line and update the associated mosaic, as shown in the Cut Segment figure.
Cut Segment
Add Segment
With a line segment selected using the select segment button , this tool button will add back the selected part of the line and update the associated mosaic, as shown in the Add Segment figure.
Add Segment
Force on Top
This tool button will force the selected line as shown in the Force on Top figure to be "on-top" during mosaic rendering. To clear this flag, you must re-filter your data before rendering another mosaic. To select the line, you must use the Explore cursor .
Force on Top
Fill Gaps Only
This tool button will force the selected line as shown in the Fill Gaps Only figure to only be used for gap filling in the mosaic. It will not be used to blend with overlapping pixel data. To select the line, you must use the Explore cursor .
Fill Gaps Only
Beam Tools
Beam Pattern Correction
With a current line segment selected using the select segment button , this tool will activate the Beam Pattern Correction tool.
Patch Analyzer
With a patch selected using the Explore cursor , this tool button will activate the ARA Analysis tool described in the Patch Analyzer section.
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