8 TPC Desktop Introduction
Introducing Views
We built TPC on top of what we call
Views
. They are the
heart and soul
of TPC. They provide
unprecedented flexibility when it comes to working on surveys, yet they are simple to understand
and use.
Views
are centered around logical tasks, helping you organize your survey data and streamline
your work. You do your drawings in the Drawing View. You check lot closures in the Closure View
and enter vertical curves in the Vertical Curve View.
Each
View
displays its own menu and tool bars, making them context sensitive, efficient and
easy to use. Expose just the data you want. That’s why TPC Desktop is
Better by Design.
Managers
Some Views help you manage your survey data.
These views are called managers, and are found in
TPC Desktop’s
Manage
menu and
Navigation
toolbar. They can be docked anywhere on the
desktop where they provide handy access to the
data they manage.
You’ll find managers for Surfaces, Drawings or
Traverses, Points, Point Codes, Drawing Data and
Tasks.
Windows
Other views in TPC Desktop expose a specific type
of survey data. These views are found in TPC
Desktop’s
Window
menu and the
Navigation
toolbar. They can be manually resized, tiled,
cascaded or tabbed.
As you work on your
survey, you typically
move these windows
around, rearranging
them in order to work
more efficiently.
You’ll find windows
that display a
drawing, report,
traverse, traverse
closure and vertical
curves.
The Traverse View is
a good example. It exposes the traverse you double click in the Traverses manager. To switch to
a different traverse, just double click it.
