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Sloping Plane
To specify a sloping plane, a user should select one point on this plane and specify three angles:
- azimuth,
- angle between a line that is parallel to the plane direction and a horizontal plane,
- angle between a line that is perpendicular to the plane direction and a horizontal plane,
and enter the plane size and set the plotting style of the plane.
The dialog contains three tabs:
Note: After creating a plane, any changing of the initial point coordinates does not change the plane position.
- General tab - to create a new sloping plane, select an initial point which will define a plane position, and specify three angles of the plane orientation:
- In the Name field enter a desired name of the plane. The software-defined name is offered by default.
- From the Layer drop-down list select a layer for the plane. Click
to edit the layers. More...
- In the Point on Plane panel, enter an initial Point of the plane. Enter a point name manually, or select from the map
or from the list
of the job points. Clicking the
button for GNSS survey opens the Topo dialog, or clicking the
button for optical survey opens the Sideshot dialog. There you can save the measured point to a current job and instantly use this point as an initial Point of the plane.
- To orientate the sloping plane along to the plane direction select one of the following ways in the Mainfall (A->B) panel:
- Select Azimuth from the drop-down list for using Azimuth and Grade:
- Enter the Azimuth value for the plane's orientation in the horizontal plane. Zero value means plane orientation to the North.
- Enter the Grade value for the plane's orientation in the vertical plane. The Grade value in the Mainfall (A->B) panel defines the angle between a line parallel to the plane direction and the horizontal plane.
- Select Direction Line from the drop-down list for using a line between two selected points:
- Select Direction Point from the drop-down list for using a line between the initial point of the plane and any selected point:
- The point A for the line is defined in the Point on Plane field and is the initial point of the plane.
- Enter the point B. Enter a point name manually, or select from the map
or from the list
of the job points. Clicking the
button for GNSS survey opens the Topo dialog, or clicking the
button for optical survey opens the Sideshot dialog. There you can save the measured point to a current job and instantly enter this point to the point B field.
- Enter the Grade value in the Crossfall panel for the plane's orientation in the vertical plane. The Grade value in the in the Crossfall panel defines the angle between a line perpendicular to the plane direction and the horizontal plane.
- Boundary tab - to specify the size of the plane and style of the boundary:
- In the Boundary Size and Style panel, select a style for the boundary lines and a width of these lines in points from the corresponding drop-down lists.
- Click Color to select a color for the boundary lines.
- In the Away / Toward fields, set the horizontal distances from the initial point back / along to the plane direction.
- In the Left / Right fields, set the horizontal distances from the initial point to the left or to the right on line that is perpendicular to the plane direction.
- Style tab - to review and edit the plotting style of the plane and parallel / perpendicular lines to the plane direction:
- In the Fill Style
panel:
- From the Fill Style drop-down list, select a style for the plane filling.
- Click Color to select a color for plane filling.
- In the Mainfall Lines panel:
- Select a style of lines to be parallel to the plane direction and a width of these lines in points from the corresponding drop-down lists.
- Click Color to select a color for these lines.
- In the Interval field, enter the interval between lines to be parallel to the plane direction.
- In the Crossfall Lines panel:
- Select a style of lines to be perpendicular to the plane direction and a width of these lines in points from the corresponding drop-down lists.
- Click Color to select a color for these lines.
- In the Interval field, enter the interval between lines to be perpendicular to the plane direction.
The Map displays the created sloping plane with the original point:

Click
to create the new plane using entered parameters and close the dialog.
Click
to cancel a new plane creation and close the dialog.
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