Display Toolbar

The display toolbar, located at the top of the map screen, is used to zoom, pan, change 3D perspectives, and for displaying information.

Next, Previous

These switch to the next or previous set of buttons.

Observation

This opens or closes the Observation Toolbar. Many different functions in FieldGenius will display information in this toolbar, such as when you select a point on the screen, the point's coordinates are displayed in this toolbar.

Zoom Extents

This is a zoom extents which will zoom to the extents of your Project.

Dynamic Zoom

This is a dynamic zoom. When enabled, drag from top to bottom of the screen to zoom out, or bottom to top of the screen to zoom in. Or, when enabled, you can also use the arrow keys on your keypad to zoom in and out in the map.

Zoom Window

This is a zoom window. When enabled, drag on the map screen to define a zoom window.

Dynamic Pan

This is a dynamic pan. When enabled, you can drag across your map screen to pan around your Project. Or, when enabled, you can use the toggle or arrow keys on your keypad to pan around.

Zoom Previous

You can use this to zoom back up to 10 previous views. This includes zoom and pan changes.

World Button

It is used by the Staking commands to hide unrelated points and lines in your map during stakeout.

3D View

This opens the 3D View Toolbar.

3D View - Full Screen

When using the full screen mode for FieldGenius this will allow you to rotate your Project in a 3D perspective. To return to plan view, press the Zoom extents button.

Grid Display

When using the full screen mode for FieldGenius this will allow you to toggle the display of a grid on your map screen, and configure the grid settings..

Layers Manager

This opens the Layers Manager for managing visibility of layers in your database, DXF Layers, LandXML elements, and Raster Images.

Surface Manager

This opens the Surface Manager for importing and displaying DTM surface models (TIN, TGRID, or Contours) and for computing Volume Calculations.

Options

This opens the Options screen, and will automatically expand the Map Configuration section for quickly turning on or off the ID, description, and elevation labels for your points.

Help

This opens the Help topic for the current toolbar(s) visible on your screen. If there are multiple toolbars visible, you are prompted to select the help file based on the position of the toolbar: Top, Side, or Bottom Toolbar. The help file will open up in your default web browser such as Internet Explorer .