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Chapter 1 • Navigating the Civil 3D User Interface
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Using Panorama
Panorama is a multipurpose window that is used to show and/or modify many
different types of information. It works by displaying a tab for the information
that you or the program has called for. For example, the Events tab (also known
as the Event Viewer) will show up when Civil 3D needs to tell you something
about the drawing. In another example, if you launch the command to edit the
geometric details of an alignment, the Alignment Entities tab will appear. As
shown in Figure 1.10, while Panorama displays information for one task, it also
displays tabs for other tasks that you can access with a single click. This enables
you to multitask within the same window.
FIGURE 1.10 Panorama showing the Events and Alignment Entities tabs
To get a feel for the Panorama window, follow these steps (you should still
have
User Interface.dwg open from the previous exercise):
1. On the Home tab of the ribbon, expand the Palettes panel and click
the icon for Event Viewer.
2. Experiment with resizing, auto-hiding, and docking the Panorama
window. You’ll find that it behaves much like other dockable windows
in Civil 3D.
3. Click one of the contour lines in the drawing to display the Tin
Surface: Existing Ground ribbon tab, and then click Volumes on the
Analyze panel. Notice the Composite Volumes tab that shows up next
to the Events tab in Panorama.
4. Keep this drawing open for the next exercise.
Using the Transparent Commands Toolbar
As you may already know, civil engineers and surveyors draw things a little differ-
ently than architects or mechanical engineers. They use things such as bearings,
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