The Open Project window is the first window you will see when launching Phoenix Mapping. The buttons in this window are;
Create a new project
Open the selected project
Enlarge the preview of the select project
Delete the selected project
Close the Open Project window
The Toolbar in the main mapping window is designed to give the user quick and easy access to the most commonly used commands. The following is a brief outline of the functions of each button on the Toolbar and Office Screens.
Create a new project
Open an existing project
Save changes to current project
Layer wizard – create a new layer
View/Edit Program Options
Select Mode. Click on the arrow to enable the point and click selection mode to view an object's details or preselecting for activities such as editing. Click on the down arrow to be presented with other selection mode options.
Deselect or currently selected objects
Drawing Mode. Used for drawing new shapes, points and lines. When selected, a secondary drawing menu will appear.
Editing Mode. This allows you to edit any existing drawing on the map. When selected, a secondary drawing menu will appear.
Secondary drawing toolbar buttons:
Draw polygons (when on polygon layer)
Draw circles (when on a polygon layer)
Plot points by entering coordinates, angles, bearings and distances
Undo last modification
Re-do the last undo
Delete object
Revert object to original shape
Stop the drawing function
Create buffers for selected objects
Copy the selected objects to another layer
Crop selected layer
Split selected polygon
Merge selected objects
Move Labels or click the down arrow to select Move Objects
Measure tool. Click the down arrow to select to measure straight lines of single or multiple segments or polygons (areas)
Drag map. Allows you to use a dragging motion to pan across the map in any direction.
Zoom to chosen dimension. Allows you to define the area on the map to make full screen.
View full extent of the image – make image full screen
View active layer extent – make layer full screen
View selected object extent - make selected object full screen
Zoom in
Zoom out
Help system
Layer Manager
Integration view. Sets what information is displayed on the map
2D - 3D view toggle
Layers Tab:
View/edit layer properties
Change layer alignment – Allows you to modify the alignment of the selected layer in relation to other layers.
Delete all objects from the layer
Delete layer
Object Data Tab:
Create/view/edit the linking of paddocks and sub-paddocks from your paddocks and sub-paddocks setup in Livestock and Cropping. This creates the pictorial integration between Mapping and the other modules.
Add label to object
Remove label from object
Object Properties
Attach notes and images to an object
View line profile graph. The button will only appear if a line object is selected and elevation data is present.
