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Teledyne PDS User Manual
Teledyne PDS User Manual
Teledyne PDS User Manual
Teledyne PDS
Version 4.3.06
April 2017
4.2.26 09/09/2015 Views: Multibeam filters view, range filter text modified.
4.2.25 13/08/2015 Acquisition: Text modified WCS and IMG data logging method.
Installation: Text modified.
Installation: System requirements modified.
Using Teledyne PDS: New shortcut added.
4.2.24 17/07/2015 Vessel configuration: Text Logging – Grid Model added.
Grid Model Editor: Text ASCII Import modified.
New front page.
New Teledyne PDS logo.
Replaced PDS2000 to Teledyne PDS or PDS.
4.2.19 15/12/2014 Explorer: Is now up to date with PDS2000 version 3.9.2.0 (Charts tab
added)
Renewed Pipe Position Monitor manual added.
Processing: Text modified. GPS user defined ASCII file added.
4.2.16 02/09/2014 Removed section Views – S-57 chart layer as it is not yet released.
4.2.15 21/08/2014 BlueView manual added
4.2.14 30/07/2014 New icons toolbar Control Center, acquisition and processing changed
Views: Limited S-57 chart layer text added
Vessel configuration: Sea level properties squat speed text added
Editing: keyboard shortcuts text added
4.2.13 16/07/2014 Export: updated to PDS2000 version 3.9.1.0
Views: Amplitude detection filter described.
Editing:all,amplitude or phase point selection description added.
4.2.12 03/07/2014 Removed ‘Multibeam Video View’ description.
Vessel configuration: squat table and visualization mode text added and
modified.
Grid model editor: Port export text modified.
Explorer: text modified. The tab ‘icon images’ has become ‘camera
images’.
3 Installation 13
3.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 13
3.1.1 Requirements ............................................................................................. 13
3.1.2 Memory Improvement................................................................................. 14
3.2 Install PDS ........................................................................................................... 15
3.2.1 Start PDS Installation ................................................................................. 15
3.2.2 Repair or Remove PDS .............................................................................. 17
3.2.3 Auto start PDS ............................................................................................ 18
3.2.4 File Structure .............................................................................................. 18
3.3 Adapting Hardware .............................................................................................. 20
3.3.1 Network Card .............................................................................................. 20
3.3.2 Serial Extender Cards ................................................................................ 20
3.3.2.1 USB to serial converters ................................................................... 20
3.3.2.2 Other cards ....................................................................................... 20
3.3.3 Monitors ...................................................................................................... 21
3.4 PDS Dongle ......................................................................................................... 22
3.4.1 Update of PDS Dongle ............................................................................... 23
3.5 Installing a Remote Presentation ......................................................................... 25
3.5.1 Running a Remote Presentation ................................................................ 27
3.6 Installing and Using C-Map .................................................................................. 27
3.6.1 Install eToken Dongle Driver and C-Map ................................................... 28
3.6.2 Applying for a C-Map License .................................................................... 34
3.6.3 Updating C-Map Database ......................................................................... 40
3.6.4 Changing eToken Dongle ........................................................................... 41
3.6.5 Using the C-Map Layer in PDS .................................................................. 42
3.7 Installing and Using Tresco .................................................................................. 44
3.7.1 Install Tresco Charts and Dongle Driver .................................................... 44
3.7.2 Run SetupTrescoKernel.exe ...................................................................... 47
3.7.3 Using the Tresco Layer in PDS .................................................................. 51
3.8 Installing and Using S-57 Charts ......................................................................... 52
3.8.1 Add S-57 charts in PDS.............................................................................. 53
3.8.2 Add the S-57 chart layer in a Plan or 3D View ........................................... 55
3.8.3 S-57 Chart Layer Properties ....................................................................... 57
3.8.4 Considerations using S-57 Charts in PDS ................................................. 64
6 Coordinate System 91
6.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 91
6.2 Project Coordinate System ................................................................................... 92
6.3 Coordinate System Wizard ................................................................................... 93
6.3.1 New Coordinate System ............................................................................. 93
6.3.2 Select Coordinate System .......................................................................... 94
6.3.3 Ellipsoids ..................................................................................................... 95
6.3.4 Datum Transformation ................................................................................ 96
6.3.5 Select Datum Transformation ..................................................................... 97
6.3.6 Datum Transformation Parameters ............................................................ 98
6.3.7 Geoid Model ................................................................................................ 99
6.3.8 Unit ............................................................................................................ 102
6.3.9 Projection .................................................................................................. 103
6.3.10 Select Projection ..................................................................................... 104
6.3.11 Projection Parameters ............................................................................ 105
6.3.12 Post Correction ....................................................................................... 106
8 Guidance 169
8.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 169
8.2 Route .................................................................................................................. 170
8.3 Runlines .............................................................................................................. 170
8.4 Waypoints ........................................................................................................... 171
8.5 Design Model ...................................................................................................... 172
8.5.1 3D Design Model Editor ............................................................................ 173
8.6 Cutter Dredge ..................................................................................................... 175
8.7 Work Areas ......................................................................................................... 176
8.8 Restricted Areas ................................................................................................. 177
8.8.1 Restricted Areas Editor ............................................................................. 177
8.9 Vessel Placement ............................................................................................... 178
8.9.1 Placement Points Editor............................................................................ 179
8.10 Dredge Instruction ............................................................................................ 180
8.10.1 Dredge Instruction Editor ........................................................................ 180
8.11 Object Distance ................................................................................................ 181
8.12 Guidance Editor ................................................................................................ 183
9 Events 185
9.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 185
9.2 Events Mode ....................................................................................................... 185
9.2.1 Mode ......................................................................................................... 186
9.2.2 Conditions ................................................................................................. 186
9.2.3 Push Button .............................................................................................. 186
9.2.4 Event Definition ......................................................................................... 186
9.2.4.1 Separator Delimited ......................................................................... 188
9.2.4.2 Fixed Field ....................................................................................... 188
9.2.4.3 Field Selection ................................................................................. 189
9.3 Events Data Source ............................................................................................ 190
9.4 Events Numbering .............................................................................................. 191
11 Explorer 205
11.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 205
11.2 Tree View ......................................................................................................... 206
11.2.1 Project List Page .................................................................................... 208
11.2.1.1 General ......................................................................................... 208
11.2.1.2 Context Menu -Project List Page .................................................. 208
11.2.1.3 Context menu – Project ................................................................ 209
11.2.2 Project Tab Page .................................................................................... 210
11.2.2.1 General ......................................................................................... 210
11.2.2.2 Context Menu – Project Tab Page ................................................ 210
11.2.2.3 Context Menu – Files and Branches ............................................. 211
11.2.2.4 3D Models ..................................................................................... 212
11.2.2.5 Camera Images Databases Files.................................................. 213
11.2.2.6 Clipping Polygons ......................................................................... 213
11.2.2.7 Design Profile Templates .............................................................. 214
11.2.2.8 Grid Models ................................................................................... 215
11.2.2.9 Placement Points .......................................................................... 215
11.2.2.10 Profile Design Models ................................................................. 215
11.2.2.11 Restricted Areas ......................................................................... 216
11.2.2.12 Runlines ...................................................................................... 217
11.2.2.13 Sonar Targets ............................................................................. 217
11.2.2.14 Tide Stations ............................................................................... 218
11.2.2.15 Track Guides Routes .................................................................. 218
11.2.2.16 User Maps ................................................................................... 219
11.2.2.17 Waypoints ................................................................................... 220
11.2.2.18 Work Areas ................................................................................. 221
11.2.3 Charts Tab Page .................................................................................... 221
11.2.3.1 General ......................................................................................... 221
11.2.3.2 Context Menu Charts Tab Page ................................................... 222
11.2.3.3 Context Menu Branches and Files ................................................ 222
11.2.3.4 Drawing Exchange Format (DXF) Drawings ................................. 223
11.2.3.5 ESRI Shapes (SHP) ...................................................................... 223
11.2.3.6 MicroStation Design File (DGN) Drawing ..................................... 224
11.2.3.7 PDS1000 Electronic Charts .......................................................... 224
11.2.3.8 Tagged Image File Format (GeoTIFF) Images ............................. 224
11.2.3.9 S-57 ............................................................................................... 224
11.2.3.10 C-MAP Databases ...................................................................... 224
11.2.3.11 C-MAP Filters .............................................................................. 225
11.2.3.12 Convert S-57 to C-Map ............................................................... 225
11.2.4 Geoid Models Tab Page ......................................................................... 228
11.2.4.1 Context Menu Geoid Model Tab page .......................................... 228
11.2.5 Log File Tab Page .................................................................................. 229
11.2.5.1 General ......................................................................................... 229
11.2.5.2 Context menu Log File Tab Page ................................................. 229
11.2.5.3 Context Menu Branches and Files ................................................ 230
11.2.6 Other Tab Page ...................................................................................... 232
12 Editors 273
12.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 273
12.2 Tide Station Editor ............................................................................................ 274
12.2.1 Tide Station Editor Toolbar and Context Menu ...................................... 275
12.2.2 Using a Tide Station in Realtime ............................................................ 279
12.3 Clipping Polygon Editor .................................................................................... 287
12.4 Design Profile Template Editor ......................................................................... 288
12.5 Profile Design Model Editor .............................................................................. 289
12.5.1 Profile Design Model Editor with Runlines .............................................. 289
12.5.2 Profile Design Model Editor with a Route ............................................... 291
12.6 GeoTIFF Images Raster Editor ........................................................................ 292
12.7 Excluded Areas Editor ...................................................................................... 294
12.8 Sound Velocity Profile Editor ............................................................................ 294
12.8.1 Import an ASCII Sound Velocity File ...................................................... 296
12.8.2 Editing SVP File ...................................................................................... 298
14 Acquisition 305
14.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 305
14.2 Start Acquisition ............................................................................................... 305
14.2.1 Simulation ............................................................................................... 305
14.2.2 Realtime ................................................................................................. 305
14.3 Data Visualization ............................................................................................ 306
14.3.1 Layout ..................................................................................................... 306
14.4 Acquisition Menu Bar and Toolbar ................................................................... 308
14.4.1 Selecting Guidance ................................................................................ 314
14.4.1.1 Making Runlines or Routes Real Time ......................................... 314
14.5 Logging ............................................................................................................ 315
14.5.1 Check the Logging .................................................................................. 316
14.6 Shortcuts .......................................................................................................... 316
14.6.1 F-Keys .................................................................................................... 317
14.6.2 Attribute Actions ..................................................................................... 319
14.6.2.1 Attach to Button............................................................................. 321
14.6.3 Manual Input Actions .............................................................................. 321
14.6.4 View Attribute Actions............................................................................. 322
14.6.5 Shortcut Keys ......................................................................................... 324
14.7 Presentations ................................................................................................... 324
15 Views 327
15.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 327
15.2 3D View ............................................................................................................ 328
15.2.1 3D View – Online .................................................................................... 329
15.2.2 3D View – Online Dredge ....................................................................... 330
15.2.3 3D View – Online Water Column ............................................................ 331
15.2.3.1 Water Column Samples ................................................................ 335
15.2.3.2 Water Column Projection .............................................................. 337
15.2.3.3 Sonar Wedge ................................................................................ 342
15.2.4 3D View – Toolbar and Context Menu ................................................... 343
15.2.5 3D View – Layers ................................................................................... 345
15.2.6 3D View – Properties .............................................................................. 346
15.3 Alerts View ....................................................................................................... 346
15.3.1 Error Messages ...................................................................................... 347
15.4 Compass View ................................................................................................. 348
15.4.1 Compass – Properties ............................................................................ 348
15.5 Device Configuration Views ............................................................................. 348
15.5.1 Device Configuration – RESON-7K View ............................................... 349
15.5.1.1 RESON SeaBat 7K – Sonar Settings ........................................... 349
15.5.1.2 RESON SeaBat 7K – Sonar Gates ............................................... 352
16 Replay 483
16.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 483
16.1.1 Controlling the Replayer ......................................................................... 483
16.1.2 External Replay Settings......................................................................... 484
16.1.3 Saving Layout and Vessel Configuration ................................................ 485
16.1.4 Recomputation and Saving Results ........................................................ 485
17 Processing 487
17.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 487
17.2 Validating and Presenting Survey Results ....................................................... 487
18 Editing 489
18.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 489
23 Plot 683
23.1 Getting Started ................................................................................................. 683
23.1.1 Create a Plot Project ............................................................................... 683
23.1.2 Add Data Files ........................................................................................ 685
23.1.3 Place a Plan View ................................................................................... 685
23.1.4 Create a Plot ........................................................................................... 687
23.1.5 Place Panels ........................................................................................... 689
23.1.6 Add Layers .............................................................................................. 690
23.1.7 Print or Export a Plot ............................................................................... 690
23.2 How Plotting Works .......................................................................................... 691
23.2.1 Regeneration .......................................................................................... 691
23.2.2 Panel and Layer Order............................................................................ 692
26 Import 749
26.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 749
26.2 Import Utility ...................................................................................................... 749
26.3 Single Beam XYZ Import .................................................................................. 751
26.3.1 ASCII File Options .................................................................................. 752
26.3.2 Runline Options ...................................................................................... 752
26.3.3 File Selection .......................................................................................... 753
26.3.4 ASCII Parsing Wizards ........................................................................... 755
26.3.5 Parsing XYZ Data ................................................................................... 756
26.3.6 Parsing Date And Time ........................................................................... 758
26.3.7 Parsing Runline Data .............................................................................. 759
26.4 XTF Import ........................................................................................................ 759
26.5 S7K Import ........................................................................................................ 760
26.5.1 Offsets ..................................................................................................... 760
26.6 SZ Import .......................................................................................................... 762
26.7 Simrad EM3000 Import..................................................................................... 763
26.8 GeoSwath Import .............................................................................................. 764
26.9 BlueView Son Import ........................................................................................ 766
26.10 EdgeTech (.jsf) Import .................................................................................... 767
26.11 Marine Sonic Technology (.mst) Import ......................................................... 768
27 Export 771
27.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 771
27.1.1 Export Configuration File ........................................................................ 771
27.1.2 Export Type ............................................................................................ 772
27.2 Export Window ................................................................................................. 773
27.2.1 Excel and Comma Separated ................................................................ 773
27.2.2 Simrad EM Datagram ............................................................................. 775
27.2.3 Multibeam Points .................................................................................... 776
27.2.4 XTF ......................................................................................................... 778
27.2.5 S7K ......................................................................................................... 780
27.2.6 SDS ........................................................................................................ 780
27.2.7 SZ ........................................................................................................... 781
27.2.8 Magnetometer DAT ................................................................................ 782
27.2.9 FAU......................................................................................................... 783
27.2.10 GSF ...................................................................................................... 783
27.2.11 Backscatter points (ASCII) ................................................................... 783
27.2.12 UKOOA P1/90 ...................................................................................... 784
27.3 Exporting .......................................................................................................... 785
30 Interfacing 799
30.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 799
30.2 Interfacing Page ............................................................................................... 799
30.2.1 XSE......................................................................................................... 800
30.2.2 Socket ..................................................................................................... 801
30.2.3 Serial....................................................................................................... 802
30.2.4 RTA......................................................................................................... 802
30.2.5 RGL ........................................................................................................ 802
30.2.6 RESON Remote IO ................................................................................ 803
30.2.7 R7KI ........................................................................................................ 803
30.2.8 R7K ......................................................................................................... 804
32 Options 813
32.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 813
32.2 Language .......................................................................................................... 813
32.3 Power Management ......................................................................................... 814
32.3.1 Power Management Check..................................................................... 815
32.4 Explorer View ................................................................................................... 816
32.4.1 Show Advanced tab ................................................................................ 816
32.4.2 Show Tooltip ........................................................................................... 816
32.5 OpenGL Check ................................................................................................. 817
32.6 General Settings ............................................................................................... 817
2.1 Introduction
This chapter will give an overview of all the manuals that will be delivered
with a Teledyne PDS (PDS) version.
All these documents are accessible as PDF via the Start menu of
Windows at the location Start > Teledyne > PDS Vx.x.x.x > PDS
Documentation. The documents can also be found in the folder
‘C:\Program Files\Teledyne\PDS Vx.x.x.x\manuals’.
2.2 Overview
The manuals are listed not in order of importance but in alphabetic order.
For each manual a brief explanation will be given.
2.2.5 Boeilog
Boeilog PDS will assist in laying buoys or other markers. PDS will assist
in the navigation to and at the work location. Once on location tools are
available for the exact position of the buoy, if needed working with the DP
of the vessel.
The documentation is in Dutch.
For more information see the file Boeilog.pdf.
2.2.6 Boraciet
The Boraciet application is meant to monitor on the shore the work and
movements of the (dredging) vessel. To monitor this a GPRS link is made
between the vessel and on shore (called ‘wal server’). With this link it is
also possible to send data to the vessels. The ‘wal server’ is the central
place where the information of the different vessels comes together.
On shore the ‘wal server’ is connected by Ethernet with several PC’s
(called ‘wal clients’). On these ‘wal clients’ the activities of the vessels can
be monitored online. It is also possible to replay the activities of the
vessels on the ‘wal clients’.
The documentation is in Dutch.
For more information see the file Boraciet.pdf.
2.2.14 GapFill
With the GapFill application in the editing module it is possible to fill gaps
of the side scan sonar nadir swath with multibeam data.
It is explained how to use this editor with its views, functions and options.
For more information see the file GapFill.pdf.
2.2.17 HydroBat
The HydroBat is a multibeam system where the data collection and the
control of the HydroBat will take place in PDS.
An explanation of the setup of the HydroBat in the equipment list will be
discussed and the special views for the HydroBat in the Acquisition will be
explained.
For more information see the file PDS Setup – Hydrobat.pdf.
2.2.21 MotionSCAN
The MotionSCAN application in the PDS software is an application type
for a survey with a MotionSCAN device.
In this manual the equipment, views and operational notes are described
used for this application.
For more information see the file MotionSCAN.pdf.
2.2.38 Trencher
In PDS the application ‘Trencher’ is made for the support of a cable
trencher. The cable will be trenched with a cable trencher and in this
application the knife depth will be calculated to determine the burial depth
of the cable.
In PDS two vessels have to be setup, one is the survey vessel and one is
the trencher. The trencher will be positioned by a USBL positioning
system.
In this document will be explained which equipment on the trencher and
on the survey vessel, next to the standard equipment, have to be
selected. After the setup the calibration will be explained and some views
in the Acquisition will be discussed.
For more information see the file Trencher.pdf.
2.2.40 USBL
In this manual the USBL (Ultra Short BaseLine) as used in PDS will be
explained.
3.1 Introduction
This part of the manual describes the minimum requirements, how to
install Teledyne PDS (PDS), C-Map charts and Tresco charts on a
computer and how to configure the computer for optimum use with PDS.
3.1.1 Requirements
The supported operating systems are for 32 bit and 64 bit:
MS Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 or higher
MS Windows Vista (and SP1, SP2)
MS Windows 7 (and SP1)
MS Windows 8 (and 8.1)
MS Windows 10
However note that configuring these virtual environments for proper use
of Teledyne PDS can be cumbersome and is not by default supported by
Teledyne RESON.
Problem areas are for instance: USB shared Teledyne PDS dongles,
serial ports transport from host machine operating system to client
operating system, proper usage of display adapters (in 3D OpenGL
usage).
The system requirements for a desktop and laptop system are (check
also below notes):
Minimal requirements:
CPU: modern Quad Core Processor
Monitor: single monitor system
Graphic card with OPENGL support and 1 Gb of memory
4 Gb internal memory
1 x 500 Gb Hard disk*
* Note that Teledyne PDS can be very data intensive. This can have
severe impact on the hard disk usage. It is preferred that SSD type hard
disks are used if you are a data intensive Teledyne PDS user. The data
processing performance of Teledyne PDS will increase enormously if you
will use the SSD type hard disks
C-map is not supported for the PDS 64 bit versions. Refer to the
rd
technical bulletin Teledyne PDS 64 bit 3 party feature incompatibility.
From this new PDS version onwards PDS will only run with the new
version of the C-Map software. Click on to start with the
installation of the new C-Map software. If the user clicks on no
C-Map software will be installed and PDS will not run with C-Map
anymore. Only when the user install later on the new C-Map software
PDS will run again with C-Map.
See the chapter ‘Installing and Using C-Map’ on page 27 for a detailed
explanation of the C-Map installation.
f. Click on in the next page of the install wizard to start the PDS
installation. Click on to finish the installation. Installing PDS
will place the PDS and the Dongle software on the hard disk of the
computer.
After PDS is installed and the PDS InstallShield Wizard is started again, a
faulty installation of PDS can be repaired or the installed PDS version can
be removed from the system.
Alternatively with the command “Master.exe” –A’ PDS will start as also
the Acquisition if a valid time synchronization is available.
PDS V.x.x.x.x
Where x.x.x.x is the installed version number. This folder contains the
programs and supporting files to run PDS.
General
Contains device drivers and more supporting files.
GeoidModels
Contains the files with the geoid models (see page 99) and X, Y
and Z post corrections (see page 99) which are used in some
coordinate systems of the predefined database.
Northarrows
Contains DXF files which are used for the North Arrow in Plot (see
page 695).
For MS Windows XP the setting files of PDS are placed in ‘C:\ Documents
and Settings\All Users\Application Data\RESON\PDS’ and for MS
Figure 3-8 Device Manager window with the Moxa extender card
d. Set the Rx FIFO Trigger to 1. Check the option Set the change to all
the ports and click on .
This sets the timing for all ports to optimal, giving the shortest possible
delays.
3.3.3 Monitors
This is not a specific PDS feature. All Windows versions support multiple
It is recommended to monitors. This can be achieved by a dedicated graphics card with more
install the drivers which are
outputs or with additional adapter cards in the computer. When multiple
supplied with the graphic
card monitors are installed on the PC, PDS can use them. It is required that
the graphics card has full support for Open GL.
Select in window Found New Hardware Wizard dialog the option Yes, this
time only and click on to continue with the wizard.
Figure 3-12 The About Control Center window where the PDS dongle can be
updated
When the dongle update is available with the latest PDS installation select
the ‘All Dongles.dk4’ file. This file contains the dates for all PDS released
dongles as maintained by Teledyne RESON.
When the user has received a separate patch for his dongle then browse
to the correct folder and select the dk4 file as received from Teledyne
RESON.
Click on to start the update of the dongle. When the update is
not successful contact your local agent or Teledyne RESON B.V. and
inform them on the internal ID and the dongle s/n.
The Remote Presentation should have the same version number as the
PDS version on the main computer!!
2. If both computers are in a network and are only accessible with a user
name and a password, then the authorization to read data on the PDS
computer has to be set. Use Windows Explorer on the remote
computer to logon to the data on the PDS computer.
If this is not done an error message (error 0) will appear when the
remote presentation is started.
It is very important not to install the driver when Windows detects the
eToken driver and wants to install it.
Figure 3-22 C-Map Professional SDK Setup with installation of the eToken
dongle and the C-Map software
Figure 3-24 Welcome page of the C-Map Professional SDK Runtime Setup
wizard
When the license is for an old eToken dongle and now a new eToken
dongle is used then click always on .The new eToken dongle
does not work with the license for the old eToken dongle.
The diagonal of the main computer screen used for PDS has to be set.
This will be used to find the best display resolution. Click on
when the diagonal is not known.
Click on after the right screen diagonal is entered.
When only the C-Map software has to be installed then this dialog will
show only the C-Map software.
Click on to close the complete installation.
Figure 3-37 C-Map Chart Manager with the Professional+ database set as
default
To use C-Map with the Select the right database at the top and choose one of the license
same eToken dongle on a actions.
different computer the
same license information Click on when the user wants to read the usr file with
has to be activated again. the license information. Select the file and click on in the
‘Select a license file’ dialog to read the license code(s) from the file.
For clients who are only using the converted S-57 files select as
database ‘Software Modules’ and use always
this database does not have a Zone defined in the usr file.
because
Select the right zone with the right area and enter the license code as
given in the email or from the usr file. Click on to activate
the license for the selected zone. Repeat this for each zone and/or
area that needs a license.
j. After the licenses are activated, in the Licenses page of the C-Map
Chart Manager the selected zone(s) and area(s) are displayed with an
expiry date.
Figure 3-42 Licenses page of the C-Map Chart Manager with a license for
a zone.
k. C-Map with the right database is now installed and can be used in the
views of PDS.
a. Place the new DVD with the database in the DVD drive and click on
.
b. When the copying is finished a message appears that the database is
updated.
C-Map charts are digitized with a precision of 0.3 mm. This results in
chart accuracy on the display, which is given in the table above for the
largest scale of each scale level.
Display Detail
For the details of the C-Map chart the options are:
Full shows all the soundings, texts etc.
Standard takes most soundings away.
Base shows only the minimum amount of information on the C-Map
chart.
Show Light Info
The light information can be switched on or off.
Show Generic Text
The names of ports and areas can be switched on or off.
Show Other Text
Additional text such as names of features can be switched on or off.
Anti Cluttering
Switch override suppression (C-Map's anti-cluttering engine) on or off.
Show Chart Boundaries
The red chart boundaries in the display can be switched on or off.
Use C-Map Filters
C-Map filters are not user definable. Contact RESON B.V. in case
special requirements for C-Map filters are needed. This function
enables or disables the filters.
C-Map Filter Name
At the moment three filters are available:
- No Buoys
- No Buoys and Beacons
- No Buoys, Beacons and Piles
These filters remove the filtered items from the chart.
The option ‘Install Sentinel driver’ should be selected when the Tresco
charts are installed for the first time and no Sentinel driver is installed
yet.
The other three options are not needed for a proper installation of the
Navigis software.
Click on to continue.
e. The next page is to start the installation of the Navigis software.
The selected folder should be identical with the folder that is selected
for the Navigis software in Figure 3-51 on page 45.
Click on to continue with the installation.
Don’t select the option ‘Install Sentinel driver’ because the driver is
already installed during the installation of the Tresco Navigis software.
Click on to continue with the setup.
The Tresco kernel needs to know the width of the screen to calculate
the scale to display the charts in the correct scale on the screen.
Click on after the right screen width is entered and the
installation will be finished. Click on to finish the installation of
the kernel.
When no detailed information on the Tresco chart is displayed it is
possible that the file TE.PMT, which has to be used in conjunction with
the dongle, is not installed on the right location. Check if the file is present
on the DVD, if not contact RESON BV or Tresco about this problem. If the
file is present copy the file to the folder ‘C:\Navichart\S-57’.
Display Detail
For the details of the Tresco chart the options are:
Full shows all the soundings, texts etc.
Standard takes most soundings away.
Base shows only the minimum amount of information on the Tresco
chart.
2 When the Exchange set has successfully been loaded into PDS
it is listed in the Charts – Project Common – S-57 folder.
Step Action
1 Open the ‘Layer control’ of the plan view.
2 Click in the Layers dialog box ‘Add’ and select the ‘S-57 Chart
Layer’ followed by pressing ‘OK’.
Function Description
S-57 ENC Selected S-57 Chart database.
Folder Name S-57 Databases available in the project are listed and selectable.
Refer to section ‘Adding S-57 Charts in PDS’ for the procedure to
add new charts in PDS.
Chart Range With the ‘Chart Range’ property the range from of the View’s center
(Km) to display charts is defined. When a chart falls (for a part) within this
range it is displayed. With this setting it is possible to display more
or less charts.
IMO display
category
-OFF; Switch off level scaling. Available chart will be displayed but
when zoom in or out in the view, there will not be switched to a other
available chart.
-Overview;
Only Overview charts displayed with scaling ranging from
1;1500000 or smaller
-General;
Only General charts displayed with scaling ranging from 1:600000 –
1:1500000
-Coastal;
Only Coastal charts displayed with scales ranging from 1:150000 –
1:600000
-Approach;
Only Approach charts displayed with scales ranging from 1:50000 –
1:150000
-Harbour;
Only Harbour charts displayed with scales ranging from 1:5000 –
1:50000
-Berthing;
Only Berthing charts displayed with a scale ranging larger than
1:5000
Disabled. Enabled:
Show Chart When disabled, the Chart Extents are not displayed.
Extents
Disabled: Enabled:
Show Buoys When disabled, the Buoys and Beacons are not displayed.
and Beacons
Disabled: Enabled
Disabled: Enabled:
Show Text When disabled, information is not displayed. This does not apply for
Depth sounding information and object information.
Disabled: Enabled.
When depth coloring is used the ‘Shallow water depth’, the Safety
Depth’ and the Deep water depth should be set.
For large scale charts as for example an overview chart the coloring
in areas less than a defined shallow depth is blue and the rest white
For fine scaled charts as for example berthing charts four color
coloring is used:
Areas with water deeper than the specifies ‘Safety Depth’ but less
than the defined ‘Deep water Depth’ will color light gray.
Areas with water deeper than the specified ‘Deep Water Depth’ is
displayed in white.
Symbol The resolution of the symbol could be set in dots per inch (dpi).
resolution
(120dpi) When changed the resolution of the object is changed which result
in a more or less clearer and detailed symbol.
60dpi: 120dpi
Diagonal The diagonal size (inch) of the screen must be set correctly. A
Screen Size wrong entered diagonal size will degrade the scaling of the objects.
(in)
4.1 Introduction
Teledyne PDS (PDS) is designed with a Windows ‘Look and Feel’. On top
of that PDS has some additional features.
Docked
The view is fixed in one of the dock areas (see below).
Floating
The view is docked but movable. Floating views can be located
outside the window.
MDI Child
‘Multiple Document Interface’ child. The view behaves like any other
view in a Windows application.
As shown above, the client area has four dock areas: top, bottom, left and
right. Each dock area can have multiple views.
With the option Displays the Displays window can be opened in which
views can be added, modified or removed from the module. The option
Add Display is a quick method to add a new view to the module. Check
one of the existing views and this view will appear in the module. When a
view is unchecked this view is still available for the module but will not be
displayed in the module.
The context for the views contains commands for the view. Most of these
commands are also available through the toolbar of the view.
5.1 Introduction
The Control Center should From the Control Center every module of Teledyne PDS (PDS) can be
always be running while started. But before one of the modules is started a project, an application
PDS is used. type and a configuration have to be created or selected. The Control
Center does not start when no project is available.
5.1.1 Project
A project can be an area to be surveyed, a harbor to be made, a river that
has to be dredged to a navigable depth, etc. It may require the
employment of one or more vessels (survey vessels, dredgers, work
ships, excavators) and each vessel can have a special task in the project.
A project has the information on the method of measuring and all the
information necessary to do the measurements.
PDS stores all the details of a project in one folder.
Refer to ‘Selecting a project’ on page 263 how to select another project.
Refer to ‘New project Wizard’ on page 75 to create a new project.
Refer to ‘Configuration’ on page 72 how to make changes to the
configuration of a project.
5.1.3 Configuration
A configuration describes the way an application type is carried out. It
contains the used vessel(s), the layout used for the Acquisition and (if
present) Presentation(s), how events are used and alarms are managed.
Multiple configurations are possible for all application types.
Any object that carries sensors is defined as a vessel in PDS. Some
application types can handle multiple vessels, and each vessel can have
multiple sensors. This makes it necessary to have a set-up for each
vessel in an application type. The vessel set-up is called the Vessel
Configuration (see page 113).
A configuration is created during the new project wizard (see page 75).
From the configuration dialog a configuration is selected from an existing
project or a new configuration created by pressing the ‘New’ button.
Project 1 Project 2
Configuration Configuration
1.n x.n
Figure 5-3 Project structures
information from the vessel will be copied from the ‘Projects Common
Files’ map. The changes made in the vessel configuration will be copied
back the common information in the ‘Projects Common Files’ map.
See also the Project The common information contains the following items:
Common tab in the
Explorer (see page 249). Geometry information.
Vessel contours, vessel wireframes and 3D studio models.
Equipment setup.
These common information files are not stored in the project folder
anymore. For existing projects the files are not updated in the project
folder, but are stored in the ‘Projects Common Files’ map. For projects
created with the PDS 3.2.0.0 version or later the files are only available in
the ‘Projects Common Files’ map.
Figure 5-4 Select Project window with the option Run the New Project wizard
checked
project is selected, all relevant files from the existing project are copied
into the new project. The logdata subfolders, grid models, CUBE models,
dtm XML files, logdata file sets and sound velocity profiles files are not
copied to the new project. The new project can then be checked and
changed with the wizard.
As this is a wizard, each dialog window has that will close the
current page and will open the next one. The last page will have .
It is recommended to step through all pages of the wizard. Click on
to stop the wizard at that page without writing the required files
into the project folder. So it is advisable not to click on but to
finish the wizard even without entering data in the pages. That way a
project is made and data can be entered at a later stage.
The Project Configuration With both choices in the previous page, the next page gives the Project
can be modified with Edit > Configuration window. When a project was copied the inputs fields
Project Configuration from contain data from the old project, when an empty project was started
the menu bar or with these fields contain default values.
from the toolbar in the
Control Center. In both cases it is advised to check each possible input and the
corresponding input fields. All possible inputs with their input fields are
detailed below.
5.4.1.2 Units
The project and all computations in the project use the selected units.
These units are only for display purposes; PDS has its own internal units
for logging the data.
5.4.1.4 Formats
Enter for Log directory the required name of the folder that has to be used
as logging directory. The default name is ‘LogData’ and will be a sub-
folder of the project folder. In case a different name and/or path are
wanted, enter the name (with the complete path) of the desired folder.
The folder will be created by PDS on the given location.
Check the option ‘Use backup log directory’ when the user wants a copy
of the PDS Format log data files and / or the S7K Format log data files.
The backup log file is made simultaneous with the standard logging, so
the file size increases during logging. Click on to select or
change the log directory for the backup. The directory will be displayed in
the box. Additional in the Vessel Setup – Logging page the option ‘Enable
Backup log’ must be enabled in the PDS Format and / or the S7K Format
log data files in order to log this file(s) See page 150 and 154.
For the log file names the user can choose how the log files are called.
The first option, Automatic log file names, is the default option with the
standard PDS log file names (see example in the dialog).
The second option, User defined log file names, is the option where the
user can create a log file name with some standard items and/or with a
user text. The different items that can be selected for the log file name are
Vessel name
The name of the vessel configuration in the Vessels page of the
Configuration (see page 85). The vessel name cannot be unchecked
and will be always in the log file name.
Survey type
This is the name of the application type that is selected for the project
(see page 84).
Run line name
The name of the active runline file as selected in the Runline tab of the
Guidance page (see page 170).
Check the items that have to be in the log file name. The order of the
items in the log file name can be changed by using or .
Select the item that has to be moved and use one of the buttons to move
the item upwards or downwards.
Between the different items in the log file name a separator is needed.
Selected for the option Separator the right separator (- _ . ,).
At the bottom the option Replace all dots in the log file name will replace
the dots with a dash (or an underscore when a dash is selected as
separator. This means that all the dots, also in the name of the runline,
will be replaced.
With the log file name will be reset to the default log file setting.
In the Acquisition it is possible to change the name of the log file name. If
the option is active in the Acquisition and a new logdata file is created the
user can specify a different log file name (see page 311).
Historical data can be stored in the ‘Backup’ folder in the project. For all
the file types that are checked in the list a copy is made when a new
logging file is opened. The copy will only be made if the file is changed
after the last backup.
Check the option Keep history of files for Replayer and Editing if the
backups have to be made. The backups are used in the Replayer (see
page 483) and in the Editing (see page 489) when a log data file is
opened. The log data file will use the available files from the backup to
Figure 5-13 Set when the oldest log data files have to be deleted
than because if the number of days is too high then it is possible that the
hard disk is full before the oldest log data files are deleted. A full hard disk
will stop the system.
It is very important to backup the old log data files before one of the
options becomes valid; otherwise the log data files are lost.
5.4.1.9 Options
This page will show options that can be important to display or compute
data.
Show multibeam beams with no bottom detection
In PDS the beams that have no bottom detection get a 0 (zero) for the
beam Z. By default the zero beams will not be displayed in the views
of PDS. When the user wants to see the zero beams then he can
check this option.
Lat/Lon on Local Spheroid – Lat/Lon on Satellite Spheroid
The user can select by selecting one of these options which latitude
and longitude are displayed in PDS.
Lat and Lon mean the latitude and longitude on the local spheroid and
Sat Lat and Sat Lon on the satellite spheroid (normally WGS’84).
Auto-Show Alerts
When this checkbox is unchecked Auto-alerts will not pop up any
more.
This page will show the settings for the GPS time parameters. At the
moment only one setting is available.
st Leap Seconds
From 31 of December The leap seconds for GPS receivers with a GPS time. The leap
2016 the number of leap
seconds is 18.
seconds are used to correct the GPS time to UTC time.
The leap seconds as set here will be used through PDS.
Figure 5-17 Sonar Targets file selection and list with classifications
Select or create in this page the active sonar targets file which can be
used in the Acquisition, Presentations, Replay and Editing.
The sonar targets can be classified. The user can make his own list of
classifications which can be used to classify the sonar targets. It is always
possible to classify a sonar target with a classification that is not in the list.
For more information about the sonar targets see the Sonar Targets view
in the Chapter Views (see page 463).
Select or create in this page the active icon images file which can be used
at the moment only in the Acquisition, Presentations, and Replay.
From the list of application types, select the one that describes the project
the best. The type and number of possible sensors and computations that
can be used in PDS is set by the application type. The availability of
application types depends on the purchased options that are laid down in
the dongle.
By checking Run the configuration wizard the wizard goes over in a menu
where the configuration can be saved. When a name is given, click on
and the wizard will continue with the configuration name and the
vessels page (see below).
Is Run the configuration wizard not checked then by clicking on
the wizard will be finished and the configuration will not be saved. A new
configuration has to be made with the menu option Acquisition > New >
Configuration….
Remote
Vessels which are created on another location, that means for
instance on another ship, can be added or edited. This other ship can
be monitored by reading the data from that ship. To get a connection
with the other ship the Control Center on the remote vessel has to be
running.
Give the hostname or the IP-address of the remote vessel. The port
704 will be used to get the vessel configuration from the remote
vessel. Do not change this port number!!
During the acquisition the sensor data from the remote vessel can be
read, but because of the data load an update rate can be set. Check
the option Use limited data update rate and set the update rate (in the
example above on 5 seconds).
Click on to download the vessel configuration from the remote
vessel.
If the vessel configuration on the remote vessel is changed or the
update rate has to be changed, click on under ‘Remote’ to
download the new vessel configuration or modify the update rate.
The layouts page shows where the real time modules are displayed. The
module Control Center is by default on the local computer. The
acquisition server and presentations can be on the local computer or on
another computer in the network.
Click on to add new presentations to the list. Select one of the
modules and click on or just click on to go to the Layout
dialog.
If the layout is not running on the local computer (main PDS) but on a
remote computer, give the name of the remote computer or select with
the computer in the network.
The name of the layout can be selected. Click on to create a new
empty layout. This empty layout can be filled with views in the Acquisition
or Presentation. It is better not to use the same name for the layout in the
Acquisition and in the Presentation.
The UI (User Interface) profile is always the default. The user can defined
a UI profile where his own toolbar and ‘shortcut keys’ settings are saved.
Click on , give a new name for the profile and make the module
according the wishes of the user. A new UI profile starts always with the
default settings for the shortcuts and the toolbar.
On this page the events can be defined. Three automatic eventing modes
In the real time mode are available, conditions can be set and an event string can be defined.
manually eventing is
possible with F6.
For more detailed information about events see chapter ‘Events’ on page
185.
5.4.7 Alarms
On the alarms page real time alarms can be defined. The alarms are
related to the configuration and will be active for each vessel in the
configuration.
Vessel specific alarms can be set in the vessel configuration (see page
162).
When an alarm is added a Conditions window, similar to the one in the
Vessel Alarms on page 162, is opened. In this window the alarm can be
defined.
Click on in the alarms page to close the wizard and once more on
in the ‘Wizard is Finished’ page.
6.1 Introduction
In Teledyne PDS (PDS), a coordinate system database is available where
for the most common countries the standard coordinate systems are
predefined. It is also possible for the user to add new coordinate systems
to the database.
The active coordinate system has to be selected in the Project
Configuration (see page 78).
A new coordinate system can be created in the Project Configuration The
new coordinate systems will be stored in a separate database, where all
the user defined coordinate systems are available.
Edit a user defined coordinate system or the geoid of an predefined
coordinate system by pressing ‘Click to edit the Coordinate System’ from
the PDS Explorer Geoid Models tab page (see page 228).
In the PDS tab of the Explorer two different databases are available, the
It is not possible to modify pdsgeodatabase and the pdsusergeobase. The pdsgeodatabase is the
the predefined coordinate database with all the predefined coordinate systems and the
systems. pdsusergeobase is the database with all the user defined coordinate
systems.
In this chapter will be discussed how to select, to create and/or modify a
coordinate system through the Project Configuration. For creating and/or
modifying a coordinate system in the ‘Explorer – General’ the same
dialogs and windows will be used.
Select in the Control Center the menu item Edit > Project Configuration or
click on in the toolbar and select in the Project Configuration window
the option ‘Coordinate System’.
Figure 6-2 New Coordinate System page of the Coordinate System Wizard
Give a name for the new coordinate system and check the option Based
on existing coordinate system if an existing coordinate system has to be
used as a start for the new coordinate system.
Click on to go to the next page of the wizard.
If the option Based on existing coordinate system is checked the next
page is the Select Coordinate System page (see below) to select from the
list an existing coordinate system.
If the option is not checked the user can select a satellite and local
ellipsoid from the list in the Ellipsoids page (see page 95).
Figure 6-3 Select Coordinate System page of the Coordinate System Wizard
The base of an existing On this page the user can select one of the existing coordinate systems
coordinate system is as a base for the new coordinate system. All the coordinate systems as
always both ellipsoids. The defined in both databases (pdsgeodatabase and pdsusergeobase) are
other settings of the available in the list of coordinate systems.
system can be modified.
If an existing coordinate system is selected, click on to go to the
next page of the wizard. The next page will be the Datum Transformation
Parameters page (see page 98).
This page will be opened if the user create a new coordinate system that
is not based on an existing coordinate system.
It is not possible to create Click on to select a satellite ellipsoid and a local ellipsoid from the
a new ellipsoid. list of ellipsoids.
Figure 6-5 Select an ellipsoid from the list of available ellipsoids in PDS
On this page only the datum transformations that are possible between
the two selected ellipsoids of the new coordinate system will be available.
If one of the datum transformations is selected, click on to go to
the next page of the wizard. It will depend on the selected option in the
Datum Transformation page (see page 96) what the next page will be.
If the option Use existing datum transformation was checked the next
page will be the Geoid Model page (see page 99).
For the other options the Datum Transformation Parameters page (see
page 98) will be opened.
This page will be opened if in the Datum Transformation page (see page
96) the option New datum transformation is checked. If also the option
Based on existing datum transformation is checked, first the Select Datum
Transformation page (see page 97) is opened before the Datum
Transformation Parameters page will be opened.
Name
Specify a new name for the to be created new datum transformation.
Method.
The datum transformation convention used in PDS is the Bursa Wolf
convention.
Note:
There are two datum transformation conventions. The Position Vector
transformation convention and the Coordinate Frame transformation
convention. The difference between both conventions is the sign of the
rotation. It is easy to convert the transformation parameters from one
convention to the other, simply by changing the signs of the three
rotation values.
In this page a geoid model can be selected for the coordinate system.
The geoid model will correct the satellite ellipsoid height to a local height.
The methods available at the moment are:
.byn format
Geoid model for Natural Resources Canada in .byn format. Drag and
drop the .byn file into the PDS Explorer – Geoid Models tab page to
add it to PDS.
Belgium hBG03/xyGridLb72
The latest geoid model for Belgium.
DeMin
An old geoid model for The Netherlands.
OSGM15
The latest geoid model covering the UK and Ireland. OSGM15 is an
improvement to the OSGM02 geoid models. The horizontal
transformation grid for the UK OSTN02 is also updated to OSTN15.
The horizontal transformation polynomial for Ireland and Northern
Ireland is unchanged.
The OSGM15 geoid model for the UK can only be used in a coordinate
system with ETRS89 – GR80 and the National Grid as projection.
(This geoid model contains the National Grid coordinates)
In Ireland and Norther Ireland there are two separated OSGM15 files
based on a latitude/longitude graticules.
OSGM15_Marlin
OSGM15 file for Ireland for Marlin datum.
The geoid model contains (different as OSGM02) latitude and
longitude coordinates.
OSGM15_Belfast
OSGM15 file for Northern Ireland for Belfast datum.
The geoid model contains (different as OSGM02) latitude and
longitude coordinates.
Quasigeoid EGG97
The European Gravimetric Geoid based on all high-resolution gravity
and terrain data available in 1997.
If this option is selected, a BIN file can be selected. This BIN file is
standard not available in PDS, it has to be order. The BIN file has to
be placed in the folder Project Common Files.
Quasigeoid GCG
For Germany, the German Combined QuasiGeoid 2011.
For this method a GCG2011_NO file is needed. This file is not
supplied within the PDS package and needs to purchased externally.
For PDS the file needs to have the extension “*.bin”. When this is not
the case it needs to be renamed to GCG2011_NO.bin.
Copy the file to the PDS Projects/Projects Common Files and select at
the file selection this file.
RDNAPTRANS2004
An old geoid model for The Netherlands.
RDNAPTRANS2008
The latest geoid model for The Netherlands.
Sweden
For Sweden the following geoid models are available: SWEN01L,
SWEN08_RH2000 and SWEN08_RH70.
US State Plane
The geoid models for the United States on the NAD83 State Planes.
The geoid models for the united states can be downloaded from the
NOAA website http://vdatum.noaa.gov/download.php. Download the
file and drag and drop the downloaded ip file to the Geoid Models
page of the PDS Explorer to add the file to PDS.
Click on to go to the next page of the wizard. This next page will
be the Unit page (see below).
6.3.8 Unit
Select an unit that will be used for the projection parameters. Because
this unit is used for the projection it will become the system unit for the
project.
Click on to create a new unit type and the New Unit dialog will be
opened.
Name
Specify a clear name for the to be created unit type.
Meters per unit
Enter the number of meters per one new unit.
Name suffix
Give a suffix for the new unit type, like a ‘m’ for meters.
If the right unit is selected or create, click on to go to the next
page of the wizard. The next page will be the Projection page (see
below).
6.3.9 Projection
This page will be opened if in the Projection page (see page 103) the
option New projection is checked. If also the option Based on existing
projection is checked, first the Select Projection page (see page 104) is
opened before the Projection Parameters page will be opened.
Name
Specify a clear name for the to be created projection.
Unit
The unit that will be used cannot be changed on this page. If the unit
has to be changed click on to go back to the Unit page (see
page 102).
Method
In PDS several projection methods are available.
Cassini-Soldner
Hotine Oblique Mercator (A)
Hotine Oblique Mercator (B)
Lambert 1 Parallel
Lambert 2 Parallel
Mercator
RD (is only valid with the unit Meters)
Transverse Mercator
Stereographic
Universal Transverse Mercator (is only valid with the unit
Meters)
The number of parameters on this page will depend on the projection
method that is selected. The values of the parameters False Easting and
False Northing have to be in the unit, which is mentioned on this page.
It is possible that a position calculated on the local grid not match with the
actual X, Y and Z for that point. With a post correction this point can be
moved so it match with the actual grid coordinates. This post correction is
only applied when a calculation is done from the local ellipsoid to the local
grid or vice versa.
On this page two ways to add a post correction are possible, manual or
with a model. The manual post correction is always a fixed shift in all the
X, Y and/or Z coordinates, while with post correction with a model for
each point a different shift can be used.
The models available at the moment are:
Belgium hBG03/xyGridLb72
The latest post correction model for Belgium.
Denmark DVR90
The latest post correction model for Denmark.
HARN
The latest correction model for the United States.
If HARN or OSTN02 is In theory is HARN a correction on the local latitude and longitude and
selected, PDS will correct the not on the grid coordinates, but in PDS the only place for a post
local ellipsoid coordinates correction is on the X and Y coordinates.
before the coordinates are
projected on the grid.
OSTN02
The latest post correction model for England, Scotland and Wales.
In theory is OSTN02 a correction on the local latitude and longitude
and not on the grid coordinates, but in PDS the only place for a post
correction is on the X and Y coordinates.
Figure 6-18 Save Coordinate System page of the Coordinate System Wizard
On this page an overview is given of all the settings for the new
coordinate system.
Click on to check the new coordinate system by entering a
known point in the GeoCalculator (see page 787).
If the new coordinate system is accepted, click on to save the
coordinate system in the group as selected by the user. If one of the
settings in the overview is not right, click on to go back the
relevant page in the wizard to change the settings. It is also possible to
save the coordinate system and use the Edit option (see next section) to
change the coordinate system.
Figure 6-21 Select Coordinate System window with only the user defined
coordinate systems
This window shows the settings of the selected user defined coordinate
system. In this window it is possible to modify the settings.
From the pre-defined coordinate systems only the geoid model can be
modified. For a pre-defined coordinate system only the geoid models,
EGM models, Grid Model (Grid and Satellite coordinates) and Null Model
are available and for some systems also the local geoid model (if
available).
For different geoid models first the method or country has to be selected
before a geoid model file, if needed, can be selected. This is for instance
valid for Sweden and the US State Plane.
When a geoid model is added to a pre-defined coordinate system, the
coordinate system cannot be stored in the geodatabase. In the project the
coordinate system can be used. But when the user wants to use it in the
Geo Calculator or in other projects it is better to make an user defined
coordinate systems based on the pre-defined system and add the geoid
model.
The different parts of the above window have the same functionality as
the different pages in the coordinate system wizard (see page 93).
It is possible to select a different ellipsoid for the coordinate system. But
the consequence is then that also the datum transformation parameters
and the name has to be modified.
If the parameters of a datum transformation are changed and the name of
the datum transformation not, then when the coordinate system is saved
with the datum transformation is also changed in the coordinate
systems where the same name for the datum transformation is used.
There is a relation between the selection of the projection and the units.
Because the parameters of for instance the Easting and Northing in the
projection are specified in the unit that is selected for the coordinate
system.
The technical note ‘VDatum’ describes in detail the VDatum setup in PDS.
(See C:\Program Files\Teledyne\PDS Vx.x.x.x\manuals\Technical
Notes\...).
7.1 Introduction
Teledyne PDS (PDS) always needs a vessel configuration before the
Acquisition can be started. The vessel configuration will contain all the
settings which are necessary to do all the measurements.
Before a vessel configuration can be made a project has to be setup as
discussed in chapter ‘Starting Teledyne PDS’ on page 71.
3. With Acquisition > Configuration from the menu bar or press from
the toolbar of the Control Center the Configuration window is opened
and in the tab Vessel the existing vessel configuration can be edited.
Click on to view and/or modify the settings of the vessel
configuration.
Click on to open the Add Local Vessel window. Click on
to start the vessel wizard to create a new vessel
configuration.
4. With Acquisition > New > Vessel… from the menu bar of the Control
Center a vessel wizard will be started to create a vessel configuration.
Use and to go through the vessel configuration
wizard. The tabs are not visible.
This vessel wizard is identical with the vessel wizard that can be
started in the Vessel Selection of the New Project Wizard (see page
85).
The vessel configuration editor will be used to explain the setup of the
vessel configuration. Each page in the vessel wizard is a tab in the vessel
configuration editor. In the editor are even more tabs available then pages
in the wizard.
A new name for the vessel configuration has to be entered. The user can
choose to create a complete new vessel configuration or to use an
existing vessel configuration as template.
When the option Use existing vessel as template is checked, the user can
select from all the vessel configurations that are available in the Projects
Common Files map.
Click on to continue with the wizard. It can take a while before the
next page of the wizard will be opened. The reason is that PDS first check
if the new vessel configuration name exists or not. If the name already
exists an error message will appear and the user can enter a different
name.
The next pages of the wizard will be explained with the separate tab
pages below.
Vessel
Draught
The draught is the distance from the waterline to the deepest point
on the vessel and is always positive. It is used in computations
such as depth below keel.
Click to define a squat table. Squat is the hydrodynamic
phenomenon causing a change in vessel’s draught with respect to
vessel’s speed. The squat table defines this effect. When for
example a squat value of 0.15 m is defined in the table for a speed
of 1 m/s it means in PDS the draft will increased with 0.15m at a
vessel speed of 1m/s.
The squat table is normally empirically determined. The values
defined in the table are interpolated in PDS.
-X +Y
Port Bow
CRP
X=0
Y=0
Z=0
-Y +X
Stern Starboard
-Z
Bottom
Figure 7-8 Vessel coordinate system
See the Vessel Contour Editor manual (the file Vessel contour Editor.pdf
in the folder manuals’) for a description of the Vessel Contour editor.
Figure 7-12 Navisound Control Center to set the port(s) and check the
communication with the echo sounder
This view will be opened when in the Equipment one of the Navisound
Graphical Trace devices is selected and on or is
clicked.
7.4.3 Outputs
It is possible to output data to a different system. Select in the equipment
list the output device from the Output device group. The default settings
for the outputs can be used. If more than one sensor of the same type is
selected the output message always use the sensor as set as primary.
The user can change this by selecting the output device and click on the
Output button to open the Output Messages window.
For specific output messages when the output message is selected the
Data to trigger output message becomes available. In this box the data
item can be selected that will trigger the output message.
Select an item of the output message and the Output message element
source becomes available. In this box the source for that selected item
can be set.
Step Action
1 1. Select from the vessel configuration – equipment tab the
Output device group.
2. The ‘Create/Edit user output driver’ button will appear.
7.5 Computations
is grayed out The user selects the required computations from the left window and adds
when a computation is not these with to the list of defined computations. By default the given
possible (anymore) for the computation name will be used and the properties of the selected
chosen application type. computation will be opened.
The properties of the added computations can be opened by selecting the
computation in the defined computations list and click on to
access the properties of that computation.
Multiple conditions can be set on any data source. If one of the conditions
is ‘true’ it will lower the rank of the source, provided automatic switch is
checked in the Data Sources page.
7.7 Guidance
Guidance is a method of assisting a vessel to sail along pre-defined
tracks or towards a pre-defined location or area. The guidance methods
are:
1. Route
2. Runlines
3. Waypoints
4. Design Model
5. Cutter Dredge
6. Work Areas
7. Restricted Areas
8. Vessel Placement
9. Dredge Instruction
10. Object Distance
The number of guidance methods that is available is depending on the
selected application type.
7.8 Tools
The Tools page is skipped in the vessel configuration wizard. If the vessel
configuration is opened outside the wizard always the interval logging tab
is available.
For several applications like (Rope) Excavator, Cutter, Trailing Suction
Hopper, Maggy Survey and Multibeam Survey extra tabs are added to the
Tool page.
The different tabs in the Tools Page are:
Anchor Definition (see below)
Crane Configuration (see page 136)
Cutter (see page 138)
Dredge Logging Settings (see page 139)
Interval Logging (see page 140)
Magnometer Dialog (see page 142)
Pipe Configuration (see page 143)
Production Parameters (see page 145)
Trip Registration (see page 146)
Statistics Report
Figure 7-20 Tools page with the Anchor Definition page of the cutter dredge
application
In the Anchor Definition page the anchor definitions for the vessel
(pontoon) and the handling tugs can be specified.
Figure 7-21 Tools page with the Crane Configuration page of the excavator
application
Figure 7-22 Tools page with the Rope page of the rope excavator application
This Tools page is valid for the Rope Excavator application to setup the
crane configuration for a rope excavator with a backhoe.
On the three subpages the offsets for the boom, the rope and the tool
have to be entered. In the Acquisition the angles and/or offsets for the
boom and rope can be calibrated (see page 312).
For more information about this Tools page see the manual for the ‘Rope
Excavator’ application in the manuals folder of PDS.
This Tools page is valid for the Cutter Dredge application to setup the
cutter configuration.
For more information about the Cutter see the manual for the ‘Cutter
Dredge’ application in the manuals folder of PDS.
Figure 7-24 Tools page with the Dredge Logging Settings page of the
excavator application
This page is to setup the logging conditions for the grid model logging
with a (rope) excavator, cutter or hopper.
In the Logging page the grid model logging should be setup as explained
on page 151. Next to that setup the option Enable grid model logging
should be checked otherwise there is no grid model logging in the
Acquisition.
Figure 7-25 Tools page with the Interval Logging page of a cutter dredge
application
In the Logging page the interval logging format have to be checked before
an interval log file is created (see page 156).
Item to log
Double click on a field and the Select Data window will be opened. In
this window the item from one of the available computations can be
selected.
When an item is selected automatically the row is filled with the default
settings.
User name
Double click on a field and the text in the field can be modified.
This name will be visible in the Interval Logging view in the Acquisition.
Period
At the end of a period the actual value will be logged to the interval log
file.
By default the period is set on 00:01 (1 minute). Select the field and
the user can modify the period.
Reset
The reset is for the methods averaging and cumulating.
Yes. The calculation starts again when a new period starts.
No. The calculation continues after a new period is started.
In the Acquisition the interval logging can be monitored in the Raw Data
view and in the Interval Logging view (see page 381).
When in the Logging page the Interval Logging Format is checked (see
page 156) then the data will be logged in the file xxxx_Interval.log-
yyyymmdd.csv in the Logdata directory of the project, where xxxx is the
vessel name.
Figure 7-26 The Tools page with the Magnetometer Dialog page of the maggy
survey application
This Tools page is valid for the Maggy Survey application to setup the
offsets for a multi-channel magnetometer.
The number of channels that will setup by default will depend on the
magnetometer device driver that is selected in the Equipment.
Figure 7-27 Tools page with the Pipe Configuration page of the trailing suction
hopper application
This page is valid for the Trailing Suction Hopper application to setup the
pipe segments.
In the Pipe Configuration page the configuration for a suction tube with a
bend, an upper pipe, a lower pipe and a draghead (suction head) has to
be setup. When the trailing suction hopper has a starboard and port
suction tube two Pipe Configuration pages are available in the Tools
page.
For more information about this Tools page see the manual for the
‘Trailing Suction Hopper’ application in the manuals folder of PDS.
The pipe detection will be available for applications where the multibeam
is available.
For more information about the pipe detection see the manual Pipe
detection.pdf in the manuals folder of PDS see Pipe Detection in the Help
file.
Figure 7-29 Tools page with the Production Parameters page of the trailing
suction hopper application for two bunkers
Figure 7-30 Tools page with the Trip Registration page of the trailing suction
hopper application
With Statistics Report the user can collect data over a self-defined period
and it will calculate the mean, the standard deviation, the minimum and
the maximum of that collected data. The results will be presented in a
PDF report together with a time series graph.
The next table lists the functions of the Statistics Report.
Function Description
Items to log List with selected Data item(s).
Double click in the ‘New Item’ field
and select from the Data selection
box the required Data value to add
a new item to measure the
statistics.
7.9 Logging
How the logging is done is defined in the Logging page. The dialog sets
the file formats, manages log space and sets the log conditions. The
layout of the Logging page depends on the selected application type and
on the selected logging formats.
On top of the page it is possible to change the log directory. Select an
existing directory or enter in the box a new log directory. This is same
option as in the Log Files page of the Project Configuration (see page 79).
Figure 7-34 Log File Index in the logging page for PDS format
Index file after logging means that direct after the log file is closed an
index file of the log file is created. This will save time when the log file is
opened in for instance the Editing.
Figure 7-35 Backup log in the logging page for PDS format
Backup log becomes available when the option Use backup log directory
is checked in the Project Configuration (see page 79). Check the option
Enable Backup log to log the PDS logdata file also in the backup log
directory which is specified in the Project Configuration.
File name: Vessel name[application type]_runline name-date-time.PDS
The runline name is for a (rope) excavator application replaced by the
project name and for the dredge applications by the trip number.
This file name mentioned above is the default file name. With the option
From PDS version 3.6.0.0 onwards, the sonar image, side scan and
snippets data in the PDS log file is compressed to reduce the size of the
log files. When this PDS log file is opened in an earlier version (3.5.0.x or
older) the data of the sonar image, side scan or snippets cannot be
opened anymore!
From multibeam data all the pings will be logged in the PDS format, even
the pings that are out of order. The pings with a bad time stamp will only
be logged when they are newer than the ping before and when they meet
the data rate criteria.
Select the grid model file name. If no file exists click on and give a
new file name. Select one or more data types and enter a cell size.
The grid model is filled with data from the added device in Data for grid
model logging.
File name: Name of the grid model.DTM
The data source used for the grid model logging must be added. Press
the Add button to add the data source for the grid model logging. Press
the Del button to delete a selected data source.
For the multibeam data update mode it is possible to select for the active
grid model:
Average values.
The existing data of grid cells are averaged with new
measurements.
Replace values.
The existing data of grid cells are replaced by new
measurements.
The tolerance is the minimum difference of the Z-value with the previous
Z-value. If the difference is more than the tolerance (e.g. 0.05 m) the data
point is added to the file.
The width of a sway is defined as 100%. By setting a minimum distance
(e.g. 10%) a point at every 10% of the width of the sway is added to the
file.
File name: Vessel name[application type]_runline name-date-time.XYZ
This is the same type of menu as for the PDS Grid Model (see page 151).
File name: Name of the Grid Model.DTM
By setting the sampling rate the logging interval is defined (e.g. 30 sec).
File name: Vessel name[application type]_year_month_day.TRK
Not all the Multibeam types could be logged in XTF format as they are not
all specified.
Figure 7-41 Grid model input for backscatter grid model logging
This is the same type of menu as for the PDS Grid Model (see page 151)
but with an extra layer for the backscatter data.
The old backscatter grid models (created with the Sidescan sonar format
in the PDS versions before 3.4.0.0) can still be used for logging the side
scan sonar or snippets data). Only in these old grid models is no Z
Average available to show the data in a 3D view.
File name: Name of the Grid Model [Backscatter-Model].DTM
The information in an S7k file logged in PDS differs for an S7k file logged
by the 7KCenter. The 7k Center is using the sensor data; PDS is using
reference point data.
Check the option Reduce on nadir filter if not all the data has to be
logged. The data that is rejected by the nadir filter (see page 410) will not
be logged.
Figure 7-43 Backup log in the logging page for S7K format
Backup log becomes available when the option Use backup log directory
is checked in the Project Configuration (see page 79). Check the option
Enable Backup log to log the S7K file also in the backup log directory as
specified in the Project Configuration.
With using a PDS version 3.9.0.4 or later all RESON 7K and T series
sonars will be exported to one file with proper enumeration. The first
sonar of a type will receive enum 0 and a second sonar of the type will
receive the next enum 1 etc. The S7k file is designed for many sonars in
one file.
Record 1003 and record 1015 are using the vessel reference point. The
vessel reference point are in LAT/LON and are reverse computed from
projection coordinates. The 1003 record created by the RESON 7kCenter
uses the sensor (GPS) data in LAT/LON. (No conversions or shift to
reference position.)
The default and standard format is FAU 1 with the beam angle. There is
no difference in the file name between both formats.
File name: Date_time_1_vessel name_runline name.FAU
The number 1 mentioned the first multibeam system from the equipment
list. If more multibeam systems are logged simultaneously then the
second gets a 2, the third a 3, etc.
varies reasons. The fields that are not filled are TimeOffset,
SensorValsEdited, SwathNtPosJump, MaxNonLinearity, Major, Minor,
Autoflags, RotRectValid and BB_Tilt. All these fields will have a value 0.
The FAU format is made for UTM projections, but in PDS all different
projections will be accepted. The header for the field
Minilab[MAXLABLNG] will have normally the UTM zone and the satellite
ellipsoid mentioned, like ‘#utm32nNwgs84’ for UTM Zone 32 and
WGS’84.
For non UTM projections the field will be empty, except for the places
which are restricted. The field will look like ‘# N’.
Figure 7-45 Uncorrected or fully corrected multibeam data selection for the
GSF logging
Select Uncorrected when the raw multibeam data has to be logged in the
GSF file. Select Fully Corrected when the corrected multibeam data has
to be logged in the GSF file. The corrected multibeam data in the GSF file
is computed according the multibeam xyz computation in the multibeam
device data.
File name: Date_time_1_vessel name_runline name.GSF
The number 1 mentioned the first multibeam system from the equipment
list. If more multibeam systems are logged simultaneously then the
second gets a 2, the third a 3, etc.
Below is a short explanation of the current implementation of GSF File
Logging in PDS:
The GSF logging is based on a modified version of the GSF 2.09
library provided by SAIC.
The logger uses CF_MBXYZREL PDS data blocks as a starting point.
Only fully computed results are stored in the GSF File.
Sonar specific data is only written for sonar models: 8101, 8111, 8124,
8125, 8150 and 8160.
Multi-head sonar data is logged into two separate GSF files.
Single beam sonar’s are not supported.
in place. The checks for that system are 1% on the system disk with a
minimum of 500 MB and 100 MB on the data disk.
The logging will stop when one of these two limits is reached. One
hour, 30 minutes and 15 minutes before these limits are reached a
message will be reported.
Minimum free disk space warning
Give the amount of disk space that should be kept free at all times, in
MB.
Allowed log space warning
The maximum space to be used by PDS for logging purpose, in MB.
The log space management system is not active when the minimum free
disk space and/or the allowed log space are zero.
PDS will generate a warning signal when the limit for the minimum free
disk space or the allowed log space is reached and it will continue to log
the data.
A maximum size of the log file can be set. This means that when the file
exceeds the file size a new log file will be created.
Another option is by setting a time limit on logging in one file. If the time
limit is reached a new log file will be created.
On this page the simulation parameters can be set. The simulator is build-
in for training purposes.
Vessel position
Enter the grid position where the simulator will start.
Heading
The initial heading of the vessel.
Vru
Maximum values of the VRU simulator, Max. Heave in project units,
Max. Roll and Max. Pitch in degrees.
Depth
For each channel a depth value. Depth channel 1 is also used to
simulate a multibeam echo sounder.
Speed
Initial speed of the vessel. Depending on the chosen project units, in
knots or meters/second.
Simulate using runlines
Check Use Runlines to have the simulator running over the runlines.
Check Automatic Mode and the simulator will select the next runline
automatically.
Multibeam noise factor
Adds noise to the simulated multibeam swath, giving a more realistic
effect.
Figure 7-50 Alias page in the vessel configuration with an alias for NMEA
GGA
Aliases are used to give multiple sensors of the same type distinguished
names. E.g. when there are two GPS sensors both using the device
driver ‘Standard NMEA GGA’, these sensors will have the same name in
the program. To give those sensors aliases such as ‘GPS1’ and ‘GPS2’ it
is more clear to the user.
Aliases are used throughout PDS wherever the device name comes
forward.
The alarms that can be set in this page are vessel specific or device
specific alarms and will be valid only for the vessel that is setup in this
vessel configuration.
Check the option Enable Alarm when the alarm has to be active.
Check the option Sound Alarm when the alarm should give a sound when
the alarm becomes valid. Each Severity (Low, Intermediate or High) gives
a different sound for the alarm.
With or a Condition dialog will be opened where the
selected condition can be modified or added. In this dialog an attribute
from the equipment or computation list can be selected and a condition
with a value for this attribute can be defined.
The vessel alarm file will be placed in the PDS Explorer – Advanced tab
page – Project – Alarms branch (see page 245), but cannot be edited
through the explorer. It is only possible to modify a vessel alarm file in the
vessel configuration.
5 Click ‘Add’ and give the alarm a name. (In this example
‘alarm heading difference’.)
a. Click ‘Add’;
b. Select in the ‘User computations’, ‘Difference’;
c. Define the condition to generate an alarm with the
associated values. In this example the <> (within)
condition with minimum 1 and maximum 1. As the
heading data behaves cyclic (360 degrees around) the
minimum and maximum values could be interpreted as
negative and positive. In this example it means an alarm
is generated when the difference is less as one degree or
more as one degree.
7 Enable the alarm, define the action and the severity.
8.1 Introduction
Guidance is a method of assisting a vessel to sail along pre-defined
tracks, towards a pre-defined target or in/out pre-defined areas.
The number of guidance methods available in Teledyne PDS (PDS)
depends on the application type that is selected. At the moment the
different guidance methods shown below are available through the
different application types:
1. Route (see page 170). A route is a sequence of points connected
with lines. The lines are straight lines between tangent points, or
circle segments when a center point is given. Routes are often used
in rivers and channels, but can also be used to follow a pipe or a
cable.
2. Runlines (see page 170). Runlines are straight lines or route wing
lines which can be grouped in blocks. A number of block methods are
available.
3. Waypoints (see page 171). A waypoint is a location towards the
vessel is moving.
4. Design Model (see page 172). A selection can be made between a
3D model and a grid model as guidance for dredging.
5. Cutter Dredge (see page 175). A work route for a cutter dredger.
6. Work Areas (see page 176). A work area is an area where the work
takes place. A work area can be a rectangle or a polygon area.
7. Restricted Areas (see page 177). A restricted area is an area where
it is not allowed to come or work. A restricted area can be a polygon
or an area on both sides of a route (e.g. a pipe or a cable route).
8. Vessel Placement (see page 178). A vessel placement is a location
with a heading towards the vessel is moving.
9. Dredge Instruction (see page 180). A dredge instruction gives the
dredge area with the depths for the dredger.
10. Object Distance (see page 181). Generate alarms when distance to
selected object become in alarm range.
Each method has its own definitions and computations and can have
many guidance files. In the Acquisition the user can change from
guidance file.
When a new route is created the user can select from three different
types of route; a generic route, a pipe route or a cable route. The generic
route is the standard route with Eastings and Northings. The pipe / cable
route has next to the Eastings and Northings also a Z-value or a depth.
This way a pipe / cable route can be used to show a pipe / cable with the
right depth.
The route editor can also A route is a number of points connected by lines. The route points can be
be opened in the PDS either tangent points (TG) or center points (CP). Tangent points can be
Explorer - Project tab page connected with a straight line or with a curve.
– Track guidance routes
branch (see page 218). On the route page a route file can be selected and edited or a new file
can be created. This opens automatically the Guidance Editor. See page
183.
8.3 Runlines
The runlines guidance A runline can be a straight line or a route wing line. It is possible to have
editor can also be opened several groups of runlines in a runlines file.
in the Explorer - Project
with the Runlines option or On the runlines page a runlines file can be selected and edited or a new
by opening the guidance file can be created. This will automatically open the Guidance Editor see
editor from the PDS page 183) .
Control Center. Refer to
the Guidance Editor
manual for full details.
8.4 Waypoints
The waypoints editor can Waypoints are target points or points of interest. Around a waypoint
also be opened in the PDS tolerance circles can be drawn. In the Acquisition a wayline can be drawn
Explorer – Project tab page from the current vessel position to a waypoint, indicating distance and
– Waypoints branch (see bearing from the vessel to the waypoint.
page 220).
On the waypoints page a waypoints file can be selected and edited or a
new file can be created. This will automatically open the Guidance Editor.
See page 183
The 3D design model A design model is often used as reference for a maximum dredge depth.
editor and the grid model In PDS two different model types can be used: 3D Models or Grid Models.
editor can also be opened
in the Explorer - Project tab On the Design Model page a model type and a model file can be selected
– 3D Models branch (see or a new file can be created. This will automatically open the 3D design
page 212) or the Grid model editor (see below) or the grid model editor (see page 624).
Models branch (see page
Offset
212).
When checked, an offset perpendicular to the design model will be
applied. Only a positive offset could be applied.
Z Shift
When checked, an offset to the Z-value of the design model will be
applied. A positive or a negative Z shift could be applied.
Z lower limit
When checked, the new Z-value for the design model.
Underdredge limit
The value is an offset perpendicular to the design model and is shown
in the different Profile – Realtime Design views just as an indication
(see ‘Profile – Realtime Design Antwerpen View’ on page 452). At the
moment no alarm is set or checks are done with this limit.
Overdredge limit
Same as for the ‘Underdredge Limit’.
After the check the errors are visible in the plan view of the editor. Zoom
in to one of the errors and click on the error to open a Fix window to solve
the error. After the error is fixed, click on again to check if the error
is gone. Continue to solve all the errors. Click on or to save
the model, this is only possible when there are no errors left. As
mentioned in the info box the non-flat and overlapping areas cannot be
fixed.
If an error is fixed but the result is not what the user wants then with
the modification made to the error can be undone.
The 3D model can be exported to a 3D-DXF file. When it is not possible
to solve all the errors in the model, like the non-flat and overlapping
areas, the only option is to export the data to a DXF file and try to solve
the errors outside PDS e.g. in AutoCAD.
Right clicking on the plan view window opens a context menu with several
functions. The most of these functions are also in the toolbar.
Zoom functions ( )
Zoom In, Zoom Out, Zoom Window and Zoom Extents.
Pan ( )
Toggles the pan option on/off. When pan is active, keep the left mouse
button in and move the mouse to pan through the data.
The pan option can also be switched off by clicking on the right mouse
button.
Measure ( )
Measure a distance by clicking on one location and move the cursor to
the other location.
Save User Defaults
The settings of the 3D design model editor created by the user will be
saved.
Layer Control ( )
The background and foreground layers that are used in the 3D design
model editor.
Coverage Settings ( )
The settings of the grid model that is added to the view (see page
444.)
The Route editor can also A cutter dredger uses a work route as guidance. A work route is the same
be opened in the PDS as a route in ‘Route’ on page 170.
Explorer - Project tab page
– Track guidance routes Work route
branch (see page 218). On the cutter dredge page a (work) route file can be selected and
edited or a new file can be created. This opens automatically the route
editor (see page 170).
Work offset
An offset can be given to the work route. This offset route becomes
then the guidance route for the cutter dredger.
Swing limits
Angular swing limits
The maximum swing of the cutter to port and starboard side in
degrees.
Use also distance limits
Check this option to make it active.
The maximum distance from the cutter to the center line on port and
starboard side.
Prewarning distance end of cut
The distance from the end of cut (distance limits) from where a
warning is generated.
A work area can be a dredge or dump area, and each area has a name
that can be descriptive and shown in the plan view.
With the option Only allow In the Acquisition one or more work areas can be selected and becomes
single area selected in the the active work area(s). A line is drawn from the current vessel position to
Acquisition only one work the active work area or the center of active work areas. That line stays on
area can be selected and the vessel’s tracking point while the vessel moves, guiding the vessel
will be active.
toward the active work area.
The work areas editor can A work areas file can be selected or created with . Different work
also be opened in the PDS areas can be kept together in one work areas file in the work areas editor.
Explorer – Project tab page There is no limit to the number of areas in one file.
– Work Areas branch (see
page 221). Click on to create a new work area. Two work area types are
available:
Polygon Area
Select an existing clipping polygon from the project as work area.
Rectangular Area
Enter a name, the center coordinate, the width, the height and the
rotation of the work area.
Alternatively, work areas can be created by importing ASCII files, click on
and converts these files to work areas. The ASCII file should be a
comma separated file with the format <Name>, <Center X>, <Center Y>,
<Length>, <Width>, <Rotation>.
The placement points A vessel placement is a target location with a heading. In the Acquisition
editor can also be opened a line will be drawn from the current vessel position to a placement point,
in the Explorer - Project indicating distance and bearing from the vessel to the placement point.
with the Placement Points
option (see in the ‘Project On the vessel placement page a placement point file can be selected and
Database’ on page 215). edited or a new file can be created. This will automatically open the
placement points editor.
The dredge instruction This option is only available for one specific client.
editor can also be opened
in the Explorer - Project tab A dredge instruction is an instruction for the dredger where all related
page. data and information is defined. The dredge location will be set by
selecting a dredge polygon.
On the dredge instruction page an existing instruction can be edited or a
new one can be created. In both cases automatically the dredge
instruction editor will be opened.
On the left side of the dredge instruction editor all the information can be
added or modified. This information will be shown directly in the plan view
on the right side.
This option is available for the (rope) excavator and grab crane dredge
applications and will only work when 3D shapes of the crane are used.
Figure 8-16 Views in the Acquisition that have an alarm frame with text
9.1 Introduction
Before events can be viewed in the Messages – System Messages view
in the Acquisition, the event and the conditions to show the event have to
be defined. At the same time when an event is shown in the Messages –
System Messages view the information is logged in the PDS log file.
The Events page can be opened in two different ways:
1. Through the New Project wizard. Select File > New Project… from the
menu bar of the Control Center to open the wizard (see page 88).
2. With Acquisition > Configure from the menu bar or with on the
toolbar of the Control Center the Configuration window will be opened.
Click on the tab Events to open the Events page.
On this page the eventing interval, the conditions and the event definition
have to be set.
The option Enable eventing has to be checked if the user wants events in
the Acquisition.
When the option Follow Logging Enable is checked the event logging is
started and stopped with the PDS logging. This option overrules the
9.2.1 Mode
Select one of the three interval modes for the eventing:
Time
Set a time interval, e.g. 60 sec. Every 60 sec an event is generated.
Distance
Set a distance interval, e.g. 100 m. Every 100 m sailed an event is
generated.
Line
Set a line distance interval, e.g.100 m. Every 100 m sailed along a
runline, a route or a wayline an event is generated.
9.2.2 Conditions
Click on to define the conditions for the eventing.
In this example select for ‘Start character’ 23 for the X or 40 for the Y
and for ‘Field length’ in both cases 12 to add the two data items.
For the explanations of the other options in the fixed field see the ‘Field
Selection’ below.
Click on to select from the Select Data dialog the data item for the
relevant data source.
Set a start number for the first event number and set the number
increment to the next event numbers. If the counting of the event numbers
is decreasing, check the Count down checkbox.
10.1 Introduction
The PDS Control Center always opens when Teledyne PDS (PDS) is
started.
From the Control Center all modules of the program can be started.
Before the Control Center of PDS is started PDS will do a check on the
Each menu has menu options. The next sections describe each menu
and its menu options.
The next table lists the menu options of the System menu.
The next table lists the menu options of the Acquisition menu.
The next table lists the menu options of the Processing menu.
Menu option Description
Guidance Editor Select this menu option to open the Guidance Editor
module (see the ‘Guidance Editor’ manual from the
Help>Open Manual folder menu).
Editing Select this menu option to open the editing module
(see page 489).
Calibration Select this menu option to open the calibration
module (see the manual ‘Multibeam Calibration’ from
the Help>Open Manual folder menu).
USBL Calibration Select this menu option to open the USBL Calibration
module (see the USBL manual from the Help>Open
Manual folder menu).
GapFill Select this menu option to open the GapFill module
(see the GapFill manual from the Help>Open Manual
folder menu).
Create Model Select this menu option to open the Create Model
module (see page 615).
Grid Model Editor Select this menu option to open the Grid Model
Editor module (see page 624).
Backscatter Select this menu option to open the Backscatter
Processing Processing module.
Plot Select this submenu to open the Plot module (see
page 683).
End Area Select this menu option to open the End Area
Volumes Volumes module (see page 673).
TIN Model Viewer Select this menu option to open the TIN Model
viewer module (see page 665).
The next table lists the menu options of the Tools menu.
Menu option Description
Import Select this menu option to import selected files into
PDS (see page 749).
Export Select this menu option to export PDS files to a
selected file format (see page 771).
Simulator Select this menu option to open the PDS Simulator
application.
The PDS Simulator can generate several sensor data
streams with different protocols.
Geo Calculator Select this menu option to open the Geo Calculator
(see page 787).
The Geo Calculator is a tool for coordinate
conversions.
Batch Plot Select this menu option to open the Batch Plot (see
page 745).
The batch plot is a tool to generate a plot with grid
model data based on a plot template.
Quick Profile Plot Select this menu option to open the Quick Profile Plot
(see page 739).
The quick profile plot is a tool to generate quickly
profile plots based on a plot template.
Print Select this menu option to print the configuration. A
Configuration… dialog opens to select the configuration.
Lite View Select this menu option to open the PDS Lite View
application (see the manual ‘Lite View’ from the
Help>Open Manuals folder menu).
SonarSwath Select this menu option to open the Sonar Swath
application (see the manual ‘Sonar Swath’ from the
Help>Open Manuals folder menu).
Machine Setup Select this menu option to open the machine setup
application. With the machine setup application are
The next table lists the menu options of the Help menu.
PDS On the Web Select this menu option to open the PDS website.
From the website it is possible to download new PDS
versions and manuals.
PDS On Twitter Select this menu option to open the PDS twitter site
where the latest information of PDS is available.
View Release Select this menu option to open the release notes of
Notes PDS in the default PDF reader
Start PDS Select this menu option to start the PDS remote
Remote assistance. In the start dialog the ID of the user will
Assistsance be displayed. If the user tells his ID to the PDS
support, the PDS support can log in on the computer
of the user to see what the problem is.
10.3 Toolbar
The Control Center has the following toolbar (functions are also available
in the menubar).
The display modes are working fine for the Windows Themes
‘Windows Classic’ and ‘Windows 7 Basic’. For Night, Twilight and
Bright in the Windows Theme ‘Windows 7’ (Aero Theme) not all the
items will be supported!
Connections Window.
The connection window displays all PDS connection processes
with the local computer. This includes the Acquisition,
Presentations, Remote presentations and the Clock Sync.
11.1 Introduction
The Explorer view opens on the PDS Control Center. The Explorer is
used for:
File management.
Teledyne PDS (PDS) uses different types of data files to store the
relevant information and settings. All these data files are
accessible through the Explorer.
PDS project selection.
All projects available in the PDS project folder are listed in the
Explorer and are selectable.
Start the new PDS project wizard.
The new PDS project wizard is started from the PDS Project tab
page’s context menu.
Copy a PDS project.
It is possible to copy a backup of a project from the Projects tab
page.
Project pre-setup visualized in the Explorer 2D or 3D view. The
files are also placed in the 2D and 3D plan views Project Layer.
Background chart selection for the 2D and 3D plan views and the
editors.
The next table lists the menu options of the Project List page context
menu.
Menu option Description
New Project… Select this menu option to open the new project
wizard. With the new project wizard a new project is
created. Refer to chapter ‘The New Project Wizard’
on page 75.
Select Project Select this menu option to set or change the path
Path… (location) of the PDS projects.
Only the PDS projects on this location are listed in
the PDS Projects page.
The same applies for the Projects common files path.
By default this is on the same location as the PDS
project.
Create Project Select this menu option to create a PDS project from
From Log Data… a selected PDS log data file.
Update file Select this menu option to update for all listed PDS
Visualization info projects the GPS track files. The GPS tracks are
for all projects. showed in the globe and project view.
Recreate file Select this menu option to (re)create for all listed
Visualization info PDS projects the GPS track files. The GPS tracks
for all projects. are showed in the globe and project view.
Show details Select the show details option to show from the
projects the: date created, date modified and the
application type.
The next table lists the menu options of the project context menu.
Menu option Description
Go To Press this menu option to zoom in to the project on
the globe view.
Update file Select this menu option to update for the PDS project
Visualization info the GPS track files. The GPS tracks are showed in
the globe and project view.
Recreate file Select this menu option to (re)create for the PDS
Visualization info. project the GPS track files. The GPS tracks are
showed in the globe and project view.
11.2.2.1 General
The Project tab page shows the folder tree with all the branches
containing the settings and data files for the selected project. These files
are project related and apply only for the selected project (See Project
List tab page on page 208 to select a PDS project).
The selected files are displayed in the 2D or 3D Project view. On this way
it is quickly seen by the user how its project is set up.
The selected files are also added to the Acquisition and Presentation’s 2D
and 3D view’s project layer.
Most of the modules in PDS (e.g. the editor) read the information from the
Project tab page when the module is started. If modifications are made to
the files in the project database, the module have to be closed and started
again before the modifications are visible in the module.
The different branches of the Project Tab page are described in the next
sections. The availability of specific branches depends of the project
application type.
The next table lists the menu options of the Project tab page context
menu.
11.2.2.4 3D Models
This branch includes 3D models that can be used as a guidance in the
project (see page 172).
Right click on the ‘3D Models’ branch to open its context menu.
The next table lists the menu options of the 3D Model branch’s context
menu.
Menu option Description
New File Select this menu to create a new
3D model with the 3D Model editor.
Add Files Select this menu to add a camera
image file from a selectable
location.
Deselect All Files Select this menu to deselect all the
camera image files.
Refer to section Context Menu – Files on page 211 for a description of the
context menu for the files.
Refer to chapter 3D Design Model editor on page 173 for a description of
the 3D Design Model editor.
The next table lists the menu options of the branch context menu.
Menu option Description
Add Files Select this menu to add a camera
image file from a selectable
location.
Deselect All Files Select this menu to deselect all the
camera image files.
Refer to section Context Menu – Files on page 211 for a description of the
context menu for the files.
The only place where images can be attached to the icons are in the Plan
View – Survey Coverage and in the Plan View – Navigation. To each icon
image location one image can be attached. See for more information the
option Add Icon Image in the chapter Plan View – Toolbar and Context
Menu on page 434.
The next table lists the menu options of the branch context menu.
Menu option Description
New File Select this menu to create a new
polygon with the Clipping Polygon
Editor (see page 287).
Add Files Select this menu to add a polygon
from a selectable location.
Deselect All Files Select this menu to deselect all the
polygons.
Import from DXF Select this menu to import a dxf
drawing from a selectable location
as a polygon.
Refer to section Context Menu – Files on page 211 for a description of the
context menu for the files.
Right click on the ‘Design Profile Templates’ branch to open the branch’s
context menu.
The next table lists the menu options of the design Profile Templates
Model branch context menu.
Menu option Description
New File Select this menu to create a new
profile template with the Profile
Design Model editor(see page
Add Files Select this menu to add a profile
template from a selectable location.
Deselect All Files Select this menu to deselect all the
profile template files.
Refer to section Context Menu – Files on page 211 for a description of the
context menu for the files.
The next table lists the menu options of the Grid Model branch context
menu.
Menu option Description
New File Select this menu to create a new
grid model with the grid model
editor (see page 624).
Add Files Select this menu to add a grid
model from a selectable location.
Deselect All Files Select this menu to deselect all the
grid model files.
Refer to section Context Menu – Files on page 211 for a description of the
context menu for the files.
A Grid Model is created or edited with the Grid Model Editor. The Grid
Model Editor opens by double clicking on an existing grid model or by
selecting the option New File in the context menu of the folder.
Refer to chapter Grid Model on page 624 for a description of the Grid
Model Editor.
The next table lists the menu options of the branch context menu.
Menu Description
New File Select this menu to create a new
restricted area with the Restricted
Area editor (see pagexx).
Add Files Select this menu to add a profile
design model from a selectable
location.
Deselect All Files Select this menu to deselect all the
profile design models.
Refer to section Context Menu – Files on page 211 for a description of the
context menu for the files.
Refer to chapter Restricted Area Editor on page 177 for a description of
the Restricted Area editor.
The next table lists the menu options of the branch context menu.
Menu option Description
New File Select this menu to create a new
runline file with the guidance editor
(see page 183).
Add Files Select this menu to add a runline
file from a selectable location.
Deselect All Files Select this menu to deselect all the
runline files.
Import from ASCII Select this menu to open the ASCII
import wizard (see page 249) to
create a runline file from a ASCII
file.
Import from DXF Select this menu to create a runline
file from a DXF file . From the DXF
file only the lines that contain two
points (straight lines) can be
converted to runlines. The lines
have to be of the line type ‘Line’
One runlines file is generated which
contains all the lines from the DXF
file.
Refer to section Context Menu – Files and Branches on page 211 for a
description of the context menu for the files.
Refer to chapter Guidance on page 183 or to the Guidance Editor manual
for a description of the Guidance Editor.
The next table lists the menu options of the branch context menu.
The next table lists the menu options of the branch context menu.
Menu option Description
New File Select this menu to create a new
track guides route file with the
guidance editor (see page 183).
Add Files Select this menu to add a track
guides route file from a selectable
location.
Deselect All Files Select this menu to deselect all the
track guides route files.
Import from ASCII Select this menu to open the ASCII
import wizard (see page 249 or the
Guidance manual) to create a track
guides route file from a ASCII file.
Import from DXF Select this menu to create a tack
guides route file from a DXF file .
From the DXF file only the polylines
can be converted to track guidance
routes. For each polyline a separate
track guidance route will be
generated (see also the Guidance
manual).
Import from GPX… Select this menu to create a tack
guides route file from a GPX file
(see the guidance manual).
Refer to section Context Menu – Files and Branches on page 211 for a
description of the context menu for the files.
Refer to chapter Guidance on page 183 or to the Guidance Editor manual
for a description of the Guidance Editor.
The next table lists the menu options of the branch context menu.
Menu option Description
New File Select this menu to create a new
11.2.2.17 Waypoints
Refer to the Guidance manual from the Help>Open manuals menu for
more information about track guides route files and the Guidance Editor.
The branch ‘Waypoints’ includes all created waypoints that can be used
as a guidance in the project (see page 171).
Right click on the ‘Waypoints’ branch to open the branch’s context menu.
The next table describes the menu options of the branch context menu.
The next table lists the menu options of the branch context menu.
Menu option Description
New File Select this menu to create a new
work area from the work area dialog
window.
Add Files Select this menu to add a work area
from a selectable location.
Deselect All Files Select this menu to deselect all the
work areas.
Refer to section Context Menu – Files on page 211 for a description of the
context menu for the files.
The Charts tab page shows all available background charts for PDS. The
Charts Database is divided in a project common and project branch. The
project branch contains charts, converted in a project specified projection.
The project common branch contains charts, which are project
independent.
The selected charts are showed in the 2D or 3D Project view. On this way
the user quickly see what chart is used in its project.
The next table lists the menu options of the charts tab page context
menu.
Menu option Description
Add Files Add a file to the selected tab page (files can also
be dragged into the explorer and will be placed
automatically in the correct folder).
Expand all Folder Expand all folders of the selected tab page.
Collapse all folder Collapse all folders of the selected tab page.
Deselect all files Deselect all selected files of the selected tab
page.
Show details Show the file sizes and the date a file is
modified.
The next table lists the (branch depended) menu options of the context
menu.
Menu option Description
New File Select this menu to create a new file
in the folder.
Add Files Select this menu to add a file from a
selectable location to the folder.
Deselect All Files Deselect all the files of the selected
The different branches (file groups) of the Project Tab page are described
in the next sections.
Figure 11-27 File group context menu of the Tagged Image File Format
(GeoTIFF) Images
Import From BSB Charts is an extra option in the file group context
menu of the Tagged Image File Format (GeoTIFF) Images. A BSB Chart
with the extension KAP can be imported and is converted to a GeoTIFF
image.
Refer to chapter Editors on page 292 for a description of the Raster
Editor.
11.2.3.9 S-57
This branch includes all the imported S-57 charts. Charts could be
dragged and dropped into the Charts tab. The files are automatically
placed in the correct folder. Zipped folders are automatically unzipped by
PDS. Refer to section ‘Installing and using S-57 Charts’ on page 52 for a
full description of S-57 Charts in PDS.
The file context menu has only two options, which are not in the standard
context menu:
Set as default database – With this option the selected database can be
set as default, which means that the selected database will be used in the
C-Map layers in PDS. It is also possible with the Chart Manager from C-
Map to set a default database.
Unregister database – The selected database will be unregistered from
the available databases in the Chart Manager.
Processing
Information will be displayed for each converted file.
For each file conversion a log file is generated with the conversion
information, warnings and errors. With this button the list with log files
becomes available.
This tab page contains the Geoid models loaded by the user. In case a
geoid model is missing for a selected datum transformation, a message
window opens. The message window states the geoid file is missing and
refers to a website to download the geoid file. This geoid file must be
dragged and dropped to the Geoid models tab page. Zip files (*.zip) are
extracted automatically.
Select ‘Click to edit the Coordinate System’ to edit a coordinate system.
From predefined coordinate systems, only the geoid model may be
modified. The user defined coordinate systems may be modified
completely. Refer to ‘Edit Coorinate System’ on page 108.
The next table lists the menu options of the Geoid Model tab page context
menu.
This tab page shows the logging directory, as specified in the project
configuration (see page 79), with the different logging files.
Only the file types logged in the selected project are listed in the Log Files
tab page.
Most of the logging files are identical with the file formats in the logging
page of the vessel configuration (see page 146). The PDS Grid Model,
the Production Format and the Backscatter Grid Model are not logged in
the logging directory, they are logged as grid models in the project tab
page. The DXF format will be logged in the Advanced tab page - Project
folder.
In the log data tab page is also the ‘Event Log Data’ available. In the
‘Event Log Data’ the activities per view or editor are logged in a file per
day. The information about when the view or editor is opened, closed and
what actions are done in the view or editor will be logged in these files.
The standard PDS logdata files are available in the folder PDS Log Data
and are listed per vessel. With the user defined log file names it can be
that it is not possible anymore to read information from the log file name.
If the user moves the mouse over a PDS logdata file a tool tip will be
opened with the relevant information of the PDS logdata file.
Next to the information that can be available in the file name, two extra
items are available: PDS version and File version. The different file
versions are:
File version PDS version Reason modification
1.0 Before 3.4.0.0 Original
2.0 3.4.x.x & 3.5.x.x User defined log file names
2.1 ≥ 3.6.0.0. Compression of side scan, snippets
and sonar image data
The next table lists the menu options of the Log Files tab page context
menu.
Menu option Description
Add Files Add a file to the selected tab page (files can also
be dragged into the explorer and will be placed
automatically in the correct folder).
Expand all Folder Expand all folders of the selected tab page.
Collapse all folder Collapse all folders of the selected tab page.
Deselect all files Deselect all selected files of the selected tab
page.
Show details Show the file sizes and the date a file is
modified.
Properties Show the file properties of the project file.
The next table lists the (folder depended) menu options of the context
menu.
Right click on a file from the Log files folder to open the context menu of
the file.
The next table lists the (file depended) contents of the file context menu.
The next table lists the menu options of the Other tab page context menu.
Menu option Description
Add Files Add a file to the selected tab page (files can also
be dragged into the explorer and are placed
automatically in the correct folder).
Copy Project Copy the project to a different location on the
pc.(only available from the project or Advanced
tab)
Expand all Folder Expand all folders of the selected tab page.
Collapse all folder Collapse all folders of the selected tab page.
Show details Show the file sizes and the date a file is
modified.
Properties Show the file properties of the project file.
The next table lists the menu option of the (branch) context menu.
Menu option Description
Right click on a file from the Other tab folder(s) to open the file context
menu. It depends of the selected file which menu options of the context
menu are available.
The next table lists the (file depended) menu options of the (file) context
menu.
The different branches (file groups) of the Project Tab page are described
in the next sections. Right click on the branch to open the branch’s
context menu. From the branch context menu it is possible to add a file. It
is also possible to drag and drop files to the Other tab. Files will be placed
in the correct folder automatically.
11.2.6.3 Charts
BSB Charts (KAP)
The raster (navigational) charts in BSB file format. The extension for the
BSB charts is KAP.
Export to GeoTIFF is an extra option in the file context menu of the BSB
Charts.
11.2.6.4 Multimedia
This branch lists the multimedia files as generated or used in PDS:
In the Plan View – Survey Coverage and in the Plan View – Navigation it
is possible to add an icon image. To each icon image location one image
can be attached, BMP or JPG image. See for more information the option
Add Icon Image in the chapter Plan View – Toolbar and Context Menu on
page 434.
The Multimedia folder includes three file type branches:
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Files
The AVI files as recorded in the Acquisition.
Bitmap (BMP) Images
The BMP files that are generated when a snapshot is made from a view.
Joint Photographic Group (JPG) Images
The images that are generated when a snapshot is made from a view.
Also the JPG images can be used in the plotting.
11.2.6.5 Project
This branch includes the following sub-branches:
Color Tables
The color tables that can be used for the grid models, the 3D
views, in the plotting, etc.
Color tables are used to show measured values in different
colors in the various models and views.
The color table generator can be opened by double clicking on
an existing color table, by selecting the option New File in the
context menu of the file group ‘Color Tables’ in the Explorer and
by double clicking on the color table on the right side in the
views.
The color table of the bottom classification, [bottom-type], cannot
be opened in the color table generator. This type cannot be
generated, only the color and the label can be modified (see
page 239).
The dredge differential color table has a special color table
generator to set the colors for the under- and overdredge limits
(see page 239).
Color Table Generator
Add the values for the maximum and minimum range, select the
number of colors or the step size and click on to create a
color table. With a color table can be added to the
existing color table.
If the option is selected the generator will use the whole color
spectrum to generates the colors. It will start with the selected
color for the maximum value and will stop with the color of the
minimum value. With the option only the two selected colors
will be used to generate the color table. The color starts with the
selected color for the maximum value and will stop with the color
of the minimum value and for the intermediate values the colors
will run into one another.
The items in the color table generator are:
Name
This is the name of the color table.
When the Color Table generator is opened in a view or editor this
option becomes active and the user can select a different color
table.
Generate range
Maximum
Select a color for the maximum value and add a
maximum value for the color table. All the values above
the maximum value get the same color as the maximum
value.
Minimum
Select a color for the minimum value and add a minimum
value for the color table. The minimum value color will be
used for all the values below the minimum value.
Number of colors
Add a number and the Color Table generator will automatically
calculates the step size.
In this color table only the colors and the text of the labels
can be modified. Click on if it is needed to reset the
colors and text to the default settings.
Double click on one of the colors and the Color Table Entry
dialog will be opened.
Figure 11-52 Color Table Entry for the bottom classification color
table
It is not possible to modify the range and the steps for this
type of color table.
11.2.6.6 Report
This branch shows the reports files as generated in PDS. The branch
includes three sub-branches:
Comma Separated Values (CSV) Files
The CSV files that are generated in PDS.
Portable Document File (PDF) Files
The PDF files from the reports that are saved in the PDS Reporter.
TPE Report data file
Contains the text file with TPE (Total Propagation Error) results that is
generated when the Editor’s ‘Tools>Generate TPE results file’ have
been run.
The next table lists the menu options of the Advanced tab page context
menu.
Menu option Description
Add Files Add a file to the selected tab page (files can also
be dragged into the explorer and are placed
automatically in the correct folder).
Copy Project Copy the project to a different location on the
pc.(only available from the project or Advanced
tab)
Collapse all folder Collapse all folders of the selected tab page.
Show details Show the file sizes and the date a file is
modified.
Properties Show the file properties of the project file.
The next table lists the menu option of the (branch) context menu.
Menu option Description
New File Select this menu to create a new file
in the folder.
Add Files Select this menu to add a file from a
selectable location to the folder.
Right click on a file to open the file context menu.
The next table lists the (file depended) menu options of the (file) context
menu.
The different branches (file groups) of the Advanced Tab page are
described in the next sections. Right click on the branch to open the
branch’s context menu. From the folder context menu it is possible to
create a new or add a file. It is also possible to drag and drop files to the
Advanced tab. Files will be placed in the correct branch automatically.
11.2.7.5 System
This branch includes the general information for PDS. This general
information is not project related and can be used by all the projects.
Most of the modules in PDS (e.g. the Editor or Realtime) read the
information from the System branch when the module is started. If
modifications are made to the files in this branch, the module have to be
closed and started again before the modifications are visible in the
module.
The different sub-branches of the System branch will be mentioned
below. The branches which are not discussed in other chapters of the
manual will have a detailed explanation.
Application Types
The different applications which are possible with PDS.
The use of an application type is set in the dongle, so it is not
advisable to setup a project with a different application type then the
type(s) that is/are set in the dongle.
Color Maps
The four different display modes (light conditions) which are available
in the Control Center, the Acquisition and the Presentation).
Coordinate System Databases
A new coordinate system The different databases for the coordinate systems. The
that is created through pdsgeodatabase is the database with the coordinate systems as given
New File, will be stored in by PDS and the pdsusergeobase is the database with the coordinate
the pdsusergeobase. systems made by the user. see page 91 for more information about
the coordinate system database.
Devices
The devices which are available in the Equipment page (see page
121).
Display Support Files
The files with setup information for different modules in PDS.
Dredge Status Configurations
The configuration files with dredge settings special made for Boraciet.
In these configuration files are defined which button are available in
the Manual Input – Dredge Status view (see page 383) and how the
flow will be displayed in the Dredge – SCADA view (see page 369).
These configuration files are only available for Boraciet application
types.
Formats
The formats as defined in the project configuration (see page 78).
PDS Bitmap (BMP) Images
The BMP files as used in the views in PDS.
11.2.7.6 Project
This folder includes the advanced project branches.
The number of visible The files from the branches are project related and can therefore only be
folders depends on the used in the selected project.
dongle settings and the
application type. Most of the modules in PDS (e.g. Realtime and the Editor) read the
information from the project branch when the module is started. If
modifications are made to the files in the project folder then the module
have to be closed and started again before the modifications are visible in
the module.
A contour line can be added to the list on the left side. A Contour
Properties window will be opened, where the settings for the line
can be set.
Add a value for the level and select a color for the contour line.
For the line style three options are available; a continuous, a
dashed or dotted line.
Give a line width for the contour line.
If a label with the depth value has to be plotted, check the
option Show labels.
Crane Configurations
The crane configuration file with the configurations for the boom, stick and
tool of the (rope) excavators as they are used in the Tools page of the
vessel configuration (see page 136).
The file contains also the pipe configurations for the suction pipes of the
trailing suction hoppers as they are used in the Tools page of the vessel
configuration (see page 143).
Draught Tables
The draught tables that can be used in the production parameters for a
trailing suction hopper (see page 145). Also the bending table and the
ballast table is incorporated in the draught table.
Events
The available events in PDS (see page 185).
The events can also be edited in the Events page in the Configuration
(see page 88).
Export Configuration
The export configuration files as created in the Export Utility (see page
771).
Hopper Tables
The hopper tables that can be used in the production parameters for a
trailing suction hopper (see page 145).
Import Configuration
The import configuration files as created in the Import Utility (see page
749).
Numerics Pages
These are the numeric pages that are created in the Numerics – Standard
view of the Acquisition and Presentation (see page 416).
SketchUP Models
SketchUp 3D models made in SketchUp. These models can be used as
3D vessel contours.
Vessel Contours
The contours that are drawn in the vessel contour editor (see page 119).
Vessel Setups
The part of the vessel configuration with the geometry and the equipment
setup.
Wireframe (DXF) Drawings
The DXF files that are used as wireframes for the vessels and cranes.
When the PDS Projects tab page is selected then the globe view is
showed instead of the 2D or 3D project view.
The 2D Project view shows the added data items from the tree view’s
Project tab and Chart tab in 2D.
11.3.2.1 Toolbar
The 2D view has the following toolbar.
Zoom in. zoom out It is also possible to zoom by using the scroll wheel.
11.3.3.1 Toolbar
The 3D Project view has the following toolbar.
Symbol Description
PDS Project (From the PDS Project tab page list)
Hoover the mouse on the placemark to see the
Green project details.
placemark
Right click on the symbol to select the project.
Teledyne office.
Teledyne flag Hoover the mouse on the symbol to see the office
name.
Right click on the office symbol to see the office
details..
Selected PDS Project.
Hoover the mouse on the placemark to see the
Red placemark project details.
Zoom in. zoom out It is also possible to zoom by using the scroll wheel.
Press this button to adjust the view such that all the
data added to the view is showed.
Zoom extents
Press this button to toggle on or off the locator
functionality. When the locator is turned on and
Show locator data is added to the view then the location is
showed by a locator.
Press this button to toggle on or off the project
extents. The project extents are indicated with a
Show project purple colored box in the globe.
Extents
Press this button to toggle on or off the MGRS grid
in the globe.
Show MGRS grid
Step Action
1 Open the Project List page.
2 Right click on the project root folder to open the context menu.
3 Select from the menu options Select Project Path…
Step Action
1 The PDS explorer distinguish different tab pages which
includes different branches (nodes) to place files.
The Project tab page contains the settings and data which
apply for the selected project only and are added to the
project layer in the views of the Realtime and Editing
modules.
Be aware project files are located in the project, other and
advanced tab page.
See section tree view for a description of the tab pages and
the applied branches.
2 Open the correct tab page containing the correct branch of
the corresponding file type.
3 Drag and drop a file in the Explorer. The file is placed
automatically in the correct branch.
In the next figure a grid model is dragged into the Project tab
page.
The added data is also available in the project layer of the 2D plan view
survey coverage or other 2D and 3D view.
Step Action
1 Press the toolbar locator button to enable the locator.
The menu option Go to from the Project context menu is not available
when the project does not contain GPS track files.
The next table lists the steps to create GPS track files in a project.
Step Action
1 Right click on the project to open the context menu.
Step Action
1 Select from the Log Files tab page the PDS log files. Select the
log files. (Use the Project view and the GPS track files to select
the required files.)
Select the menu option Create log Data File Set for selected
files.
3 The Log Data File Sets dialog opens (see next figure).
a. Enter a name for the file set.
b. Press the Save button.
12.1 Introduction
Editors are used to edit or create data files. Each data type has its own
editor.
This chapter describes the :
Tide station Editor (see page 274)
Clipping Polygon Editor (see page 287)
Design Profile Template Editor (see page 288)
Profile Design model Editor (see page 289)
GeoTIFF Images Raster Editor (see page 292)
Sound Velocity Profile Editor (see page 294)
The next editors are described in a separate chapter of this manual:
Guidance Editor (see page 169
Grid Model Editor (see page 624)
Create Model Editor (see page 615)
Before the tide station can be used, the tide station has to be setup. Click
on to setup the information for the tide station.
If more than one tide station will be used the location (Easting and
Northing) has to be entered. The ‘Station ID’ is only relevant if multiple
tide gauges are used with a tide gauge driver that supports multiple tide
gauges. With the ID, PDS can relate the tide data from the incoming
message to the right tide station.
The gaps between two tide values in the predicted tide data will be
interpolated as long the gap between two tide values in the predicted tide
data is smaller then the specified maximum gap. The value for the
maximum gap has to be entered in seconds.
In the table new entries can be made at the bottom of the table. After
added an entry the tidal data will be order according the date and time.
By double clicking on a cell in the date column the date can be
modified. The cell will change to and the date can be
change with the arrows on the right or manually. Also by double on the
cell in the time column the time can be modified. The data in the tide
column can be modified when the cell is selected.
The time can be entered as hours (hh), hours minutes (hh:mm) or as
hours minutes seconds (hh:mm:ss). Below is displayed what can be
entered in the cell of the time column and what the time will be in the
column.
Entered value Displayed time
1 00:01:00
12 00:12:00
123 01:23:00
1234 12:34:00
12345 12:34:05
123456 12:34:56
Please read the attention in the dialog, the time used in the tide station
file is always the local time.
Enter the date for which a tide values have to be added. Enter a start
time, end time and an interval (increment). Click on to accept
the settings. In the table the time is already filled in according the
start/end time and increment from the dialog. Only the tide values have
to be entered manually.
With one or more rows in the table can be deleted. Use the
Ctrl and Shift key to select more than one row. It is also possible to
drag with the mouse over the rows to select the rows that have to be
deleted.
Import Tide Values ( )
Import tide data from ASCII files.
Select the long date/time format and give the order of the data by
selecting the date, time and tide with the separator between the data
fields. For the date and time a format and a separator have to be
selected. If everything is set, click on to import the ASCII data
and the data will be displayed in the editor. In the group ‘Tide Values’
of the Explorer one or more PDS tide files are added with the name of
the station, the year and the month. PDS will create for each tide
station a separate PDS tide file per month.
The following separators are supported:
When in a file the GPS has Import PDS Log Tide Values ( )
been in RTK mode for at Import tide from PDS data files. PDS will find all PDS data files in the
least one minute, and over
current project from all log data folders. Make a selection of the PDS
20 valid real time Z values
are available in that files to extract tide data from. Next select the device that has tide
minute, then the tide list is values, e.g. the GPS RTK positioning system.
appended with one mean
tide over the minute. Generate Report ( )
Generation of a tide report. When the option View report is checked
the report is opened in the PDS Reporter where it can be saved with
an user defined name. If not checked the report will be saved as a
PDF file with a default filename in the ‘Reports’ branch of the PDS
Explorer’s ‘Other’ tab page.
Enter a start and an end date and when View report is checked, the
report is opened automatically after generation. The width and height
of the images (graphs) can be set in the appropriate windows.
Channel Properties
The Properties window for the active tide station data will be opened.
Properties
The Properties window for the Tide Station editor will be opened.
Step 3.
Select the tide station for the associated tide gauge device.
Double click at the device.
Step 4.
Create an Advanced Tide computation.
Click ‘Advanced’ in the ‘vessel configuration>Computations’.
Select (by the arrow keys) the created advanced computation as the
primary data source.
The standard tide computation should not be used as primary
computation as this computation do not include tide station offsets and
cannot be used in tide stations along route and multiple tide station
modes.
added in the upper right corner of the editor. Click on to select the
coordinate type, grid or geographical coordinates. Click on to
insert a point above the selected point in the table and click on to
delete the selected point in the table.
Create a new template. Give a name for the new template and add the
offsets and heights.
The selected template can be edit. The Add to Design Model window
will be opened (see above).
Before a design profile template can be added the right track guidance
route has to be selected. After that a template can be added with
. An Add to Design Model window will be opened where the
template can be selected.
The selected template can be edit. The Add to Design Model window
will be opened (see above).
The only way new files can be created is through the option New File in
the Explorer. After a filename is given the user can import a TIFF or a
JPG file to create a GeoTIFF file.
In the Raster Editor are two methods available to create from the
imported file a GeoTIFF file.
Tiepoint/Scale Mode
If one of the corners of the image is known in local grid coordinates
enter the pixel X and Y and the grid coordinates directly in the left
pane.
If not, select one location in the image that is known in local grid
coordinates. Use the zoom in and zoom window functions to get a
clear picture of the location, double click with the mouse on the
location and enter the right grid coordinates for that location.
Figure 12-15 Enter the local grid coordinates for the selected location
After that enter a scale X and scale Y in m/pixel to define the size of
the image.
Calibration Point Mode
For this mode two points have to be known in the image with local grid
coordinates. Enter the grid coordinates directly in the left pane or
select the option Calibration Point 1, double click with the mouse on
the known location in the image and enter the grid coordinates as
shown above. Repeat this for Calibration Point 2.
Click on to add a new exclude area to the list. Check the option
Polygon or Route and select the right clipping polygon or route with a
tolerance. The clipping polygon or route should exist in the project.
When a new sound velocity profile is created the editor will be empty. The
table of the profile can be filled manually or an ASCII file with sound
velocity data can be imported with the option . Before this button
is opened to select the type of import the user has to select which part of
the data has to be imported; the upcast, the downcast or both.
The units for the four columns are not depending on the settings in the
Project Configuration (see page 76). The depth is always in meters, the
velocity is in m/s, the temperature is in °C and the salinity is in parts per
ton (ppt).
To add a SVP value to the table, fill in a depth value on the empty place
at the bottom of the depth column. When the next column is selected the
depth values will be automatically sorted.
A depth value can be deleted by selecting one of the values in a row and
click on . The whole row will be removed from the table. With
the Ctrl-key multiple values can be selected and with multiple
rows can be deleted.
If the data density is too dense, a reduction of the data is possible with
Step Action
1 Open the Other tab page of the PDS explorer and Right click at
the ‘Sound Velocity Profiles’ branch.
13.1 Introduction
The Configuration dialog opens when from the menu bar the menu
Acquisition>Configuration is selected or the Configuration toolbar button
is pressed.
14.1 Introduction
The Acquisition in Teledyne PDS (PDS) takes care of reading the sensor
data, doing the necessary computations, and data logging. The data and
the computations are visible through a number of views, which can be
used to get information over the processes and to control the survey.
Some other views are designed to guide the vessel.
The Acquisition can be started in a simulation mode and in a realtime
mode. The simulation mode can be used to setup in the office the
different layouts for the survey and the realtime mode is the online mode
where the actual survey can be monitored and logged.
14.2.1 Simulation
When the equipment is not yet connected to the PDS computer the
Acquisition in simulation mode can be used to setup the different layouts
for the survey. The Acquisition in simulation mode can be opened from
the Control Center of PDS with:
from the toolbar.
Acquisition > Start Simulate from the menu bar.
The Acquisition in simulation mode can be stopped by selecting one of
the above mentioned actions again or by closing the Acquisition window.
14.2.2 Realtime
The Acquisition in the realtime mode can be started when the project and
a vessel configuration is created. The Acquisition in the realtime mode
can be opened from the Control Center of PDS with:
from the toolbar.
Acquisition > Start Realtime from the menu bar.
The Acquisition can be stopped by selecting one of the above mentioned
actions again or by closing the Acquisition window.
14.3.1 Layout
When the Acquisition is started for the first time, it will have only one view,
the Messages – System Messages view (see page 386).
In the Displays window the necessary views can be added to the layout.
There are several ways to open this window:
Select View > Displays from the menu bar.
Click on in the toolbar.
Select Displays in the context menu.
In the Displays window the views can be checked on or off. This means
that the checked views will be displayed on the screen. The views that are
checked off are not removed from the layout file. It only means that these
views are not shown on the screen. A view can be removed from the
layout file by using in the Displays window.
There are also some fast methods to add views to the layout in the
Acquisition.
Select View > Add Display… from the menu bar.
Click on in the toolbar.
Select Add Display in the context menu.
After all the wanted views are selected and placed on the right place in
the Acquisition window, with or without docking, the layout can be stored.
Use File > Save Layout As… from the menu bar to save the new layout.
To open another layout use File > Open Layout… from the menu bar and
select one of the created layouts.
With File > Save Layout As Preset the layout can also be saved as a
preset to one of the four layouts.
results in that for instance the 3D Views and Sonar Views are
empty when the AVI is replayed.
Edit:
Edit > Events ( )
The event page of the configuration will be opened to check or modify
the events (see page 185).
Edit > Alarms ( )
The Alarms window will be opened to add a new alarm for the Status –
Alarms view (see page 477). The alarms in this dialog are related to
the configuration and not to the vessel configuration. These type of
alarms can also be added in the Configuration (see page 88).
Edit > Use Single Thread For All Comps.
If this option is checked each computation in the Acquisition will be run
Select the location on the bucket from where the measurement has to
start (for example the middle of the bucket, see above), click on
and in the Measure dialog the information under ‘From’ is entered.
In a plan view (see page 424) an other runline can be selected by clicking
on an other line. That line should be one of the lines in the runline file that
is selected in the layer Active Runlines. The button in the plan view
toolbar should be on before it is possible to click on a runline in the plan
view.
14.5 Logging
There are five logging methods:
The logging formats and 1. Logging of RAW data in the predefined formats. (off), (on) or
the logging filenames are (conditional logging).
selected in the Logging
page (see page 146). In the Acquisition the data logging can be switched on and off with:
F4 key on the keyboard.
from the toolbar.
(Un)check Logging > Enable Data Logging from the menu bar.
Click on or on (or ) in the frame indicator in the right
bottom of the Acquisition view to start or stop the data logging.
Switching from log file can be done with:
from the toolbar.
Select Logging > Switch Log File from the menu bar.
2. Logging of events in an event log file. (off) or (on).
The event logging can be switched on and off with:
from the toolbar.
(Un)check Logging > Enable Eventing from the menu bar.
Click on or on in the frame indicator in the right bottom of
the Acquisition view to start or stop the event logging.
3. Logging of system messages to text files. (off) or (on).
The message logging can be switched on and off with:
from the toolbar.
(Un)check Logging > Enable Message Logging from the menu bar.
Click on or on in the frame indicator in the right bottom of
the Acquisition view to start or stop the message logging.
4. Logging of Water Column data in the logfile(s). (off) or (on).
(This logging method is only available when a water column data
device is selected in the project equipment list.)
The RAW data logging must be switched on prior the Water Column
data logging can be switch on or off with:
from the toolbar.
(Un)check Logging>Enable WCS logging from the menu bar.
Click or on in the frame indicator in the right bottom
of the Acquisition view to start or stop the water column
logging.
5. Logging of Image data in the logfile(s). (off) (on).
(This logging method is only available when an image data device is
selected in the project equipment list.)
14.6 Shortcuts
In the Acquisition default keyboard shortcuts are defined. The user can
change or add new shortcuts that can be used in the Acquisition. Select
from the toolbar of the Acquisition to get an overview of the existing
defined keyboard shortcuts.
As shown in the overview above PDS has shortcuts under the F-keys on
the keyboard (see below) and shortcuts with a combination of several
keys (see page 324).
The Customize window can be opened with Tools > Customize from the
menu bar or with from the toolbar.
Select the option User Toolbar if the user wants to display the F-keys as a
part of the toolbar ( ).
14.6.1 F-Keys
There are two methods to attach an action to a F-key, through the Button
Properties window and through the ‘Attach to Button’ option.
The Button Properties window can be open in the Commands page of the
Customize window.
Select the category User Buttons and the F-keys will be displayed on the
right side in the page. If the selected F-key has already a shortcut it will
be displayed at the bottom under ‘Description’. With the selected F-
key can be modified in the Button Properties window.
In the Button Properties window two pages are available, the Default and
the Custom page. In the Default page the actions as defined by PDS are
available. These default actions are already assigned to one of the F-
keys. In the Custom page all the actions are available which are added by
the user.
With an action from the list of available actions can be added to the
list of selected actions. It is possible to select more actions for one F-key.
With an action can be removed from the list of selected actions.
If more than one action is added to the list of selected actions, the order
of the actions can be modified by using or . With the list
of selected actions can be removed. For the actions in the list of selected
actions the description and the tool tip for that action can be modified by
the user.
If the actions are selected close the Button Properties window with
to accept the new actions for the F-key.
In the Custom page the user can add a new action to the list of available
actions. Select the right action group and click on . It depends on
the selected action group what the next steps will be.
The actions for the shortcuts are divided in different groups.
Attribute Actions
These actions have direct access to one of the attributes in the
properties of the equipment and the related computations (see page
319).
Handler Actions
These actions are the same as the options in the menu bar or in the
toolbar of the Acquisition. Only available in the Default page and the
user cannot add new handler actions to the list.
Manual Input Actions
These actions are the actions for the manual input devices which are
accessible in the Acquisition (see page 321).
View Attribute Actions
These actions have direct access to one of the attributes in the layer
Select the device or the related computation on the left side and the
properties will appear on the right side. Select one of the attributes in the
properties and click on . The selected attribute action can be
attached to the F-key in the Button Properties window as discussed on
page 317.
In the Acquisition are for the ‘Attach to Button’ option two ways possible to
open the properties of the equipment, through the Raw Data view and
through the Select Data window.
In the Raw Data view double click on an item in the tree and the related
properties window will be opened. Select in this properties window the
attribute for the F-key, click on and the Attach to Button window
will be opened (see below).
The Select Data window can be opened with in the toolbar or with Edit
> Equipment in the menu bar of the Acquisition.
With double clicking on one of the items in the Select Data window the
related properties window will be opened. Select in this properties window
the attribute for the F-key, click on and the Attach to Button
window will be opened (see below).
Select the attribute of the device data that can be used fore the manual
input. and click on .
Attach this manual input action to a F-key in the Button Properties window
as discussed on page 317.
Click on and select in the Select Layer window the layer from
which an attribute has to be selected.
Figure 14-20 Select Layer window to select the layer in the view
Figure 14-21 Select View Attribute window to select an attribute in the view
Add an attribute from the layer properties by opening the Layers window
of the view in the Acquisition through the option Layer Control in the
context menu or with in the toolbar of the view. Select in this window
the layer from which an attribute has to be selected. Open this layer by
double clicking or by clicking on . Select in the Properties window
of the selected layer the attribute for the F-key and click on . The
Attach to Button window will be opened to attach the attribute to the right
F-key (see page 321).
Select one of the macro’s from the list and click on and a window to
enter a new shortcut key will be opened.
14.7 Presentations
A Presentation can have the same views as the Acquisition, but it gets the
information from the Acquisition. In other words, a Presentation is
connected to the Acquisition and send requests to the Acquisition to send
data for showing in the views.
That is the reason a Presentation cannot control data logging and further
system settings. The only selections that can be done in a Presentation is
selecting the active runline, selecting the active waypoint, create a new
waypoint and the Man Over Board option.
15.1 Introduction
To show all the survey information in the Acquisition and in the
Presentation(s) several views can be used. These views together are
called a layout.
There are two ways to create a layout and to add the views to that layout.
See ‘Data Visualization’ on page 306 to add a view to the layout.
In the Acquisition or Presentation with File > New Layout… from the
menu bar.
By changing an existing layout in the Acquisition or Presentation. Save
the changed layout with File > Save Layout As... from the menu bar.
In this chapter all the possible views for the Acquisition and the
Presentation will be discussed in alphabetical order. It will depend on the
application type if a view is available in the Acquisition and in the
Presentation.
At the moment following views are available in the Acquisition and in the
Presentation:
1. 3D Views (see below)
2. Alerts View (see page 346)
3. Compass View (see page 348)
4. Device Configuration Views (see page 348)
5. Dredge Views (see page 365)
6. Dredge Status View (see page 369)
7. Echosounder Graphical Trace View (see page 370)
8. Helmsman View (see page 378)
9. Icon Image View (see page 380)
10. Interval Logging View (see page 381)
11. Laser Scan Control View (see page 381)
12. Manual Input View (see page 383)
13. Messages Views (see page 384)
14. Multibeam QC Views (see page 386)
15. Numerics View (see page 416)
16. Obstacle Avoidance (see page 421)
17. Output Control View (see page 421)
15.2 3D View
In the Acquisition are two 3D Views available.
3D View – Online (see below)
3D View – Online Dredge (see page 330)
3D View – Online Water Column (see page 331)
The views are nearly identical, the only difference is that the 3D View –
Online Dredge has as default a dredge layer instead of a vessel layer and
the 3D View – Online water Column has next to the vessel layer 2 extra
layers, water column data and sonar wedge.
In the 3D View the standard 3D view navigation can be used (see page
68).
Figure 15-1 3D View – Online with multibeam and laser scan data
Figure 15-2 3D View – Online Dredge with a cutter dredger and an updated
active grid model
Click from the Toolbar at the Water Column button to access the Water
Column properties.
A dialog menu will be displayed. In this display the properties are set for:
Water Column Samples;
Water Column Projection;
Sonar Wedge.
Visualization
Function Description
Select the Checkbox to show the Water
Column Samples layer.
Small window:
Visualization
Function Description
Tick the checkbox to enable the Water
Column projection layer.
(Note that the layer is an image.)
Sonar palette. Select from the drop down menu the sonar
palette color.
Selected Sector
Detections of the selected sector will be
displayed in the water column projection
layer.
Sector ‘All’:
Sector ‘Right’:
Sector ‘Left’:
Show only valid beams. Tick the checkbox to show only the valid
beams in the water Column projection.
Show bottom detection line. Tick this checkbox to enable the bottom
detection line. (Note the top of objects will
be detected by this line.)
Visualization
Function Description
Tick this checkbox to enable the Sonar
Wedge layer.
Sonar palette. Select from the drop down menu the sonar
palette color.
When the cursor comes close to the arrows of the measure line, the
line is highlighted and the cursor is changes in a ‘hand’. Grab the
arrow to move the end of the measure line.
When the cursor is away from the arrows of the measure line, the line
is dimmed and cannot be moved. Click on a new position and keep the
left mouse button pressed to draw a new measure line.
Click on the right mouse button to stop the measure option.
Show Grid Layer ( )
When the show grid layer button is selected, the coordinate axis
system is shown in the center of the view.
Color Table Layer ( )
When the color table layer button is selected, the color table is
displayed on the right side in the view. This is only valid when in the
Properties a color table is selected (see page 346).
Save Snapsahot ( )
Select the save snapshot button to save n image of the 3D View as a
JPG or BMP file.
Create Sonar Target ( )
Draw a box around an area in the active grid model and this area is
saved as a sonar target.
The symbol for the sonar target is defined in the Active Sonar Targets
Layer which is created when the first sonar target is selected.
When the sonar Target symbol is drawn in the view a context menu
becomes available for that sonar target. A right mouse click on or in
the symbol gives some extra options. For more information see page
437.
Layer Control ( )
The Layers window of the view will be opened (see below). In this
window only the used layers will be displayed; layers can be added,
modified or removed.
Coverage Settings ( )
If a grid model is added to the view then the available data types of the
grid model with their color table will be displayed in the Coverage
Settings view. Select the data type and its color table for the display of
the grid model.
The transparency of the grid model can be defined, where 0 is no
transparency and 100 complete transparency.
The resolution of the grid model can be set in 5 steps from Very Low to
Very High. This means that when the grid model is zoomed out and
the resolution is Very High more detail of the grid model is shown than
The alarms can also be The alarms and timeouts are displayed in the Acquisition with the Alerts
displayed in the Acquisition view. In this view all active alarms and active timeouts are displayed with
and Presentation with the an indication if they are accepted. There is an option in the view to set the
Status – Alarms view (see view as a pop-up view with the option that the view will pop up when an
page 477). alarm is created. Click on in the top left side of the view and checked
the option ‘Auto-Show Alerts’ and the view will act as a pop-up view.
This view will stay on the screen until the user click on or
. With View > Alerts from the menu bar or by clicking on the alarm
Figure 15-12 Compass view with True Heading, CMG and Waypoint heading
In the Compass view the true heading will be displayed with the CMG
(course made good). It is possible through the properties in the context
menu to display the guidance heading (route or waypoint) as an extra
heading (see below).
In this page the Frequency, Range, Power, Max. ping rate, Gain, Pulse
Length, Pulse Type and Gates can be set. It will depend on the RESON
SeaBat 7K type (f.i. 7101, 7125) what the values for each setting will be.
The different sonar settings are:
Frequency
The used frequency for the sonar will be displayed. If more
frequencies are possible for the used sonar then the user can select a
different frequency and the sonar will switch from frequency
automatically.
Range
The range setting determines how far the sonar will ‘see’.
Power
To increase or decrease the amount of power (acoustic energy)
transmitted into the water.
Range
Press the button to switch on/off the Range gate.
Range gates are showed in the Wedge view if enabled. Drag the
gates to change the minimum and maximum gate. The gates
are also set in the Sonar gates page (see page 352).
Adaptive
Press the button to switch on/off the Adaptive gate.
Adaptive gates are showed in the Wedge view if enabled. Drag
the gates to change the minimum and maximum gate. The gates
are also set in the Sonar gates page (see page 352).
Function Description
Depth gate Tick the checkbox to enable the depth
gate.
The depth gate will use the minimum
and maximum depth values as
entered. Only the bottom returns
which are within these depth limits will
be used in the bottom detection
process. Additional a depth gate tilt
value can be set. Use the slider to
rotate the depth gate to match with
the tilt of the seafloor.
In this page the Absorption, Spreading and the Sound Velocity can be set.
The different physics settings in the Ocean Menu are:
Absorption
The absorption is the amount of loss expected through the ambient
water medium.
Spreading
The spreading is the amount of cylindrical and spherical spreading
With this data recording page the recording in the related 7K Center can
be started and stopped.
It is not necessary to have this view open to get an active synchronization
with the PDS logging. With the attribute Sync Sonar Data Recording with
PDS in the device driver of the Device Configuration – RESON SeaBat
7K the synchronization can be enabled or disabled.
Recording Control
With and the user can manually start and stop the data
recording (=logging) in the 7K Center.
If the option Synchronize with PDS logging is checked both buttons are
inactive. Now when the logging is started in PDS then automatically the
data recording will start in the 7K Center. If the logging is stopped in PDS
also the data recording in the 7K Center will stop.
When the 7K logging is started with the default log file name will
be used, when the option Synchronize with PDS logging is checked the
log file name will be the default file name with ‘PDS’ added (as shown in
the figure above).
In this page the sonar steering settings are set to steer the beams
automatically for an optimal route or pipe sonar coverage.
The following table lists the sonar steering settings:
Function Description
Enable route Steering Tick the checkbox to enable the route
steering. The beams are now steered
for an optimal route coverage.
Route Steering
Steering mode
With horizontal steering the swath will be steered. With flex mode the
angle of the center beams of the flex mode will be steered.
In this page the Absorption and the Sound Velocity can be set.
The different physics settings in the Ocean Menu are:
Absorption
The absorption is the amount of loss expected through the ambient
water medium.
Sound velocity
The sound velocity is an external measured speed of sound through
the local water. See also Override sound velocity.
Override sound velocity
The sound velocity will normally be read from the sound velocity
sensor and therefore cannot be set in this page when the option
Override sound velocity is unchecked. Check this option and the slider
for the Sound Velocity becomes available. The user can now manually
set the sound velocity value and will overrule the data from the sensor.
The Sonar Control settings are only available when the communication
with the sonar is established.
The next table lists the functions of the Pan and tilt ROS Positioners
Control view.
Function Description
Tilt and Pan indicators The green spot indicates the current
position of the pan and tilt position
of the pan and tilt unit (not the
sonar).
The Dredge – Bars Horizontal view will display attributes from the
computations as a bar with the actual value.
A bar can be added to the view by opening the Layer Control in the
context menu of the view. Add an Up=Down Indicator Layer and select as
‘Source Item’ an attribute from the one of the computations.
The Dredge – Bars Vertical view will display attributes from the
computations as a bar with the actual value.
A bar can be added to the view by opening the Layer Control in the
context menu of the view. Add an Up=Down Indicator Layer and select as
‘Source Item’ an attribute from the one of the computations.
Figure 15-31 Dredge – Flow/Concentration Meter view for two suction tubes
Figure 15-32 Dredge – Load and Draught view with the Load page
By default are in the time series view the load, the hopper volume, the
TDS and the dredge status selected. In the numerics part of the view are
four pages by default defined; Hopper Sensor, Draught Sensor, Load and
TDS. In the view a context menu is available to setup the view or to add
extra items to the view.
It will depend on the settings in the dongle which pages are available and
which computations will be computed to display the data in the view.
See the application manual for the Trailing Suction Hopper for more
information about this view.
The Dredge – SCADA view In the Dredge – SCADA views the dredging processes can be displayed.
is at the moment special The view shows (the position of) the control valves, the pumps and the
made for Boraciet. piping. It is also possible to show the flow directions from the suction head
to the hopper.
When this view is opened the first time it will be empty. In the properties
of the view a filename representing a scada view with the data source has
to be selected (see below).
Figure 15-34 Dredge Status view with Sailing full as dredge status
The Dredge Status view is not a standard view which can be added
through the Displays window or the Add Display option in the context
menu of the Acquisition.
Select the option Tools > Equipment Control in the menu bar of the
Acquisition to add the Dredge Status view. Select the view in the Add
Equipment control display(s) window and click on to add the view
to the Acquisition. After the view is added the window can be closed.
Save Snapshot ( )
A snapshot of all the data from the start to the present time will be
stored in a temporary file, called ‘snapshot.log’. Click on in the
Information dialog and a Print window will be opened where the data
can be selected that has to be printed.
Use the slider to scroll through the data and set a start and end marker
in the window to select only a part of the data that has to be printed.
Click on to change to channel 3 & 4 (RT2), and vice versa.
In this page the port settings for Channel 1 &2 (Port 1) and, if applicable,
for channel 3 & 4 (Port 2) can be set.
In this page the graphics colors for the echo trace can be set.
There are 4 user defined possibilities for the color settings and one
default for the gray scale palette.
Graphic Level 1 is the background color; Graphic Level 8 has the highest
voltage level (strongest echo return) and Graphic Level 2 the lowest.
Click on to select for a graphic level a different color from the color
palette.
In the page of the settings nearly all the sounding related commands are
available. The most used commands are also available as buttons at the
bottom of the view.
The most important settings are:
Draft
The draft of the echo sounder transducer can be set. The draft is the
depth of the transducer below the water level. The draft is added to the
measured depth to get the total depth.
If the draft is entered here, the draft should also be entered in the
properties of the echosounder device in the equipment.
Frequency
The frequency of the transducer can be set.
Range
The range of the transducer can be set. The value should be more
then the actual depth below the transducer. The bigger the range the
slower the update rate of the data in the view will be.
In this page the settings for the paper or screen can be set.
Paper Range
The range (depth) as displayed on the paper or screen can be set.
The size of one pixel of the graphical trace is depending on the paper
range; the range is divided in 200 samples to present the graphical
trace.
At the moment PDS supports only the 200 samples as the
presentation for the graphical trace.
Paper Offset
An offset on the paper of screen can be set. The offset will shift the
paper range down so the echo sounder data can be displayed more in
the middle of the paper.
In this page all the settings that are not placed in the other pages can be
modified.
If a heave sensor is connected to the echo sounder check the option Use
Heave and fill in the port settings for the heave.
A Helmsman needs to know the position of the vessel in relation with the
current line. This can be a runline, a route or a wayline. With the
Helmsman view the offtrack, different headings and different distances
can be displayed.
At the top of the view an offtrack indicator is displayed with a user
selectable scale. The offtrack limit, as specified in the runlines page of the
Guidance (see page 170), will be shown as triangles.
The offtrack lines in green and red are always displayed at an interval of 5
system units (for example 5 meter or 5 feet). The offtrack limit, if
specified, will be displayed as light blue lines.
On the bottom line of the view from left to right: vessel heading, line
heading, current line, heading to steer to next point of the line and
distance to next point on the line. The next point can be the end point of
the line, if it a straight line, or it can be the next tangent point in a route.
On the right side the bar graph (here in black) gives the distance traveled
form the start of the line. The actual value for the distance traveled is
displayed at the bottom next to the bar graph. At the top next to the bar
graph is displayed the distance to go to the end of the line.
Save Snapshot ( )
The picture of the view can be saved as a JPG or BMP file.
The Icon Image view is a view that will be created for each icon image
that is selected in the Plan View. The view shows the image with as extra
an icon image info table.
In the caption of the Icon Image view is visible in which icon images file
the image is stored. In the example above the icon images file is ‘test’ and
it is the first image in the file.
The Icon Image view can be opened from the Plan View – Survey
Coverage or Plan View – Navigation. Double click on an icon and the
image with the info table will be opened.
Only the Description in the icon image info table as displayed below the
view can be modified by the user. The other item are generated when the
icon image is created. Click on the field right of the item Description and
enter some text. After the description is modified click on to save
the modification to the icon images file. The name of the icon images file
can be set in the Project Configuration (see page 83).
To delete an icon from the Plan View and form the icon images file, open
the context menu of the Icon (right mouse click on the icon) and select the
option Delete Icon Image.
All collected icon images will be saved in the selected icon images file,
which is available in the ‘Camera Image Databases Files’ branch of the
PDS Explorer – Project tab page (see page 213). The corresponding
BMP and/or JPG files are also stored in the Camera Images branch of the
PDS Explorer Advanced tab page (see page 244).
Figure 15-47 Interval Logging view with 2 items with the sampling method
The Interval Logging view displays the items as specified in the Interval
Logging page for a cutter dredge application (see page 140).
Figure 15-48 Laser Scan Control View for the MDL laser scan
Figure 15-49 Laser Scan Control View for the Riegl Z Series laser scan
The values in the control view will be populated with values obtained from
the laser scan.
Select for Frame Motion the option Continuous to get a proper working
with PDS.
Figure 15-50 Manual Input – Dredge Status view with all the dredge statuses
and delays
When the Manual Input – Dredge Status view is opened the first time it
will be empty. In the properties the configuration file for the right vessel
can be selected.
At the moment the order of In the view several dredge statuses can be selected during the dredge
the dredge statuses is operation. Not all the dredge statuses will be displayed at the same time
fixed according the as it is displayed in the example above. Only the dredge statuses that can
instructions of Boraciet. be possible as next status are displayed in the view. If it is necessary,
with the Undo (Ongedaan maken) button it is always possible to go back
several dredge statuses. The OK button is only visible when a trip can be
finished. After the user clicked on the OK button the next trip will be
started.
Next to the dredge statuses several delays (Verlet) types can be switch
on or off. There is no delay when the delay button is white and the delay
is active when the button is red. An active delay can continue over several
dredge statuses and will be finished automatically when the OK button is
selected.
In the main page the available sonar systems are displayed, normally it
will be only one as displayed above. Double click on the sonar name and
for the RESON HydroBat the Event page will be opened and for the
RESON SeaBat 7K the BITE page will be opened.
In the Event page the events (messages) from the sonar system will be
displayed.
In the BITE page the BITE messages from the RESON SeaBat 7K
system will be displayed.
This page is not available for the RESON HydroBat.
In the Messages – I/O Port view the incoming and/or outgoing data can
be displayed.
Select in the Properties window (available through the context menu) for
the item ‘I/O Port Selection’ an I/O port and in the view the incoming
and/or outgoing data on that port will be displayed.
Also the font and the color for the different types of text can be modified in
the properties.
Figure 15-56 Multibeam QC- 3D Seafloor view with the raw data in the
display mode Quality
Depth Dots
The multibeam data is displayed as dots. It is possible to show the
colors as the colors of the selected color table.
Figure 15-64 Multibeam QC – Backscatter Signal Strength Profile view with the
multibeam xyz computation and all four the multipings
Figure 15-65 Multibeam QC – Raw Profile view with the raw data in the
color mode Quality
Figure 15-66 Multibeam QC – Raw Profile view with the multibeam xyz
computation in the color mode Quality
Figure 15-67 Multibeam QC – Raw Profile view with one ping in the color
mode Detection Process
Sequence number
The RESON SeaBat 7K systems can be setup to output multipings.
This means that there are four different pings after each other and they
can be displayed in four different colors in the view.
When there are no multipings in the multibeam data, the data will be
displayed in black.
Figure 15-68 Multibeam QC – Raw Profile view with multipings in the color
mode Sequence number
Figure 15-69 Multibeam QC – Raw Profile + Total Propagation Errors view with
the color mode Quality and the vertical and horizontal TPE’s
The online TPE is always calculated using the CUBE implementation;
horizontal error without the fore-aft beamwidth error of the multibeam.
Figure 15-70 Multibeam QC – Total Propagation Errors view with the vertical
and horizontal TPE’s and IHO errors
The online TPE is always calculated using the CUBE implementation;
horizontal error without the fore-aft beamwidth error of the multibeam.
Total vertical
Total heave error Range error Angle error Pitch error Beamwidth error
reduction error
Angle measured
error:
Beam across
width error
(Amplitude/Phase)
Total GPS error Range error Heading error Angle error Pitch error Beamwidth error
GPS horizontal
error SV profile error +
Heading sensor Error due to Along
Range Angle error over Total pitch error
error over beam beamwidth over
measurement beam range over depth
range beam range
error
Total Latency
error
Figure 15-73 Multibeam QC – Vertical Waterfall view with the multibeam data
item Quality
The filters are active when the filters are displayed in the window and the
checkmark ( ) is set. With , a not displayed filter can be added to
the list. Uncheck a displayed filter and it will be not active anymore.
Click on to see if the filter settings work accordingly. Click on
to accept the filter settings and to close the window. When the
window is closed the unchecked filters will be removed from the list of
active filters. When the Multibeam Filters view is opened again the
unchecked filters will not be displayed anymore and can be added again
with . When a filter is added again it will remember the last used
settings.
All the available filters for the Multibeam Filters view are:
Beam reject filter
The selected beams will be rejected.
The quality settings are the same for all the RESON multibeam
systems.
Quality 1 = Poor colinearity and Good brightness.
Quality 2 = Good colinearity and Poor brightness.
Quality 3 = Good colinearity and Good brightness.
Shallowest (first) = Only first (multi detect) detection data.
Select the % of Nadir checkbox to set the range filter with reference to
the measured nadir depth. Beams are rejected outside the entered Min
and max percentage. (E.g. a percentage of 180 means all beams with
a range higher as 1.8 X the nadir depth are rejected.)
The minimum and maximum depth relative to sea level. See Figure
15-82 on page 408.
Angle Nadir filter
Reject the beams outside the nadir angles.
The port and starboard angle from the nadir. See Figure 15-85 on
page 410.
The angle can be defined as the angle to the detection point or as the
angle as received at the transducer (see Figure 15-86 and Figure
15-87 on page 410).
Distance Nadir filter
Reject the beams where the distance from the nadir exceeds the given
distance limits.
The port and starboard distance from the nadir. See Figure 15-88 on
page 411.
Slope filter
Reject the beams where the slope angle exceeds the given slope
angle.
The maximum acceptable slope angle. See Figure 15-83 on page 409.
Intersect filter
Reject the beams where the intersection angle is smaller then the
given intersection angle.
The window size options are 3x3, 5x5 and 7x7 beams. See Figure
15-89 on page 411.
The strictness is from 1 (low) to 9 (high), where a setting of 1 has less
influence then a strictness of 9.
Smart filter
Reject the beams that are outside the filter band created with the
smart filter settings. It only available when an interferometry device is
used.
The size + border are the number of beams that will be used for the
filter. See Figure 15-84 on page 409.
IHO error filter
Reject the beams with higher IHO errors then the selected IHO error
filter.
The IHO orders are the special order, the order 1 to 3 and NL Norm A.
See for an explanation on page 412.
Custom error filter
Reject the beams with a higher vertical TPE as specified.
The user can enter a maximum vertical total propagation error. See for
an explanation on page 395.
Amplitude Detection Filter
Reject amplitude detections after a specified number of phase
detections in a ping. See page 415 for more details.
MD Sub Bottom
The MD sub bottom filter only applies for multi detect data. Data is
rejected below the primary detection.
MD Intensity
The MD intensity filter only applies for multi-detect data. Data with the
intensity below a specific threshold is rejected. The initial threshold is
set by the Multibeam Area editing – intensity level slider of the Multi
Detect Visualization page.
With the option Swath reject a full sway will be rejected when the
percentage of rejected beams is more than the given percentage.
There are three methods to use sound velocity information in the
multibeam computation; No SV Profile, SV Profile File and SVP Sensor.
The sonar requires a speed of sound near the head for beamforming. A
speed of sound sensor near the head is the best solution. The used
surface speed of sound is always known (setting in multibeam system).
When in PDS sound velocity profile data is used, the option ‘Use surface
speed of sound as firtst entry in the table’ becomes available.
Figure 15-80 ‘Use surface speed of sound as first entry in table’ option
With the now available surface speed of sound as first entry in the table
the refraction correction will be done correctly.
Do not select the ‘Use surface speed of sound as first entry of table’
option when the total profile changes with the surface speed of sound.
In other words it depends on the environment if the option needs to be
enables or not.
logged in the raw data file and not in cleaned data files. Changing the
filter settings in the Editing (see page 560) can bring back some of the
rejected beams.
Min.Depth
filter
Max. Depth
filter
Range
Filters Nadir
Depth
Filters
For the depth filter the points outside the depth limits will be rejected. The
depth filter limits are set relative to the waterline.
For the range filter the points outside the range limits will be rejected. The
range filter limits are set relative to the sonar head.
Intersection
Angle Nadir
Slope Angle
Figure 15-83 Intersection and Slope filters
The intersection filter checks the enclosed angle of 3 data points against
the given minimum angle. A smaller angle then the intersection angle will
reject the middle data point of the 3 data points.
The slope filter checks the angle between two adjacent points and the
plane against the given maximum angle. When the angle is larger than
the maximum angle, the beam will be rejected.
1 2 3 S 5 6 7 C
X
The flying object filter will reject each beam that is too high in relation to
the sea bottom.
In the figure above the size is 4 and the border is 3. This means 4 beams
from point A to the center (point C) gives point S and then 3 beams to
both sides. This will give 7 beams to check against point A. The flying
object filter will reject point A if one of the 7 beams is further away in X
direction from the center beam (point C) then point A. In this example is
point 1 and 2 further away than point A, so point A will be rejected.
Port Starboard
Angle Nadir Angle
The angle nadir filter checks if each beam is inside the port or starboard
angle and the nadir. Points outside the angle will be rejected.
Incidence Angle
Angle to
detection point
The incidence angle is the angle between the nadir and the received
angle at the transducer head. This is the angle on which the data is
received in the transducer head.
The angle to detection point is the angle between the nadir and the line
between the detection point on the seafloor and the transducer head. The
detection point is the point where the beam with ray-bending will hit the
seafloor.
Port Starboard
Distance Distance
Figure 15-88 Port and Starboard Distance Nadir filter
The distance nadir filter checks if each beam is inside the port or
starboard distance and the nadir. Points further away from the nadir then
the limits will be rejected.
depth
A statistic filter checks each data point in a multibeam sway against its
surrounding data points.
Each point is surrounded by a window of points, depending on the
selection either 3x3, 5x5 or 7x7 points. The window will give 9, 25 or 49
observed depths. These values will be sorted and from the sorted points
the median value is taken. This median is used as a robust estimate for
the point under test. In case the point under test differs more than 3%
from the median value than the point is rejected immediately.
The point that passed the first test will be tested further. From the sorted
depths two quartile values are taken, at .25 and .75 from the number of
observations. The difference of those two points will be used in an
integration routine together with 9 previous (approved) differences. (10%
of each depth is taken). The result of this routine is a variation value.
The difference of the found median value and the absolute value of the
point under test are compared with a value set by the variation value and
a user definable ‘Strictness’. A strictness of 1 takes the variation value
It is advisable to use next to the smart filter a statistic filter (see page 411)
to remove the major spikes.
The most common settings for the smart filter parameters are:
Reliable sector - between 8° and 40° from the nadir.
Used to calculate the mean depth.
Depth to width ratio – between 4 and 6.
Maximum used width based on the mean depth.
Number of averaging clips – between 10 and 50.
For specific types of seabed different values are advised.
For a sandy-flat area between 10 and 15.
For a seabed with a slope between 15 and 35.
For a seabed with ripples between 20 and 50.
Nadir area – use the default value of 10%.
Defines the unreliable nadir area.
Vertical tolerance inside reliable – between 0.03 and 0.10m.
Vertical tolerance outside reliable – between 0.05 and 0.15m.
The item Reliable sector is the reliable angle sector which is the sector
between the nadir and the reliable angle. All beams inside this sector
should be used to determine the average sway depth (ASD). In the
example above with a reliable angle sector of 30° ASD is about
10.25m.
With the ASD and the item depth to width ratio the maximum sway
width (MSW) can be calculated. In the example the maximum sway
width will be ‘depth to width ratio’ x ASD = 4 x 10.25 = 41m.
Starting from the nadir beam, all the beams farther away than the
MSW should be excluded from the computation. So all the beams in
the Outer area will be excluded.
The area that is left (this is the MSW) can be divided in three other
areas; Nadir area, Reliable area and Unreliable area. A very common
distribution for the MSW is 10% for the Nadir area, 60% for the
Reliable area and 30% for the Unreliable area. The Nadir area is a
parameter of the smart filter. At the moment the distribution as
mentioned above will be used in the smart filter.
Around the average depths a vertical tolerance can be defined. For the
Reliable area the tolerance can be set with the item Vertical tolerance
inside reliable and for the Unreliable area with the item Vertical tolerance
outside reliable.
With these two tolerances an offset from the average depths can be set.
The area between the two tolerances (above and below the average
depth) is the valid area. All the beams outside the tolerance areas will be
rejected by the smart filter.
A Numerics – Standard view can be filled with the information that the
user wants to see. Each view can have several pages and each page can
have a descriptive name. On the left hand side of the view are the names
The page can also be filled by using the ‘Drag & Drop’ method from the
Raw Data view (see page 461).
Figure 15-98 Configuration window for the Numerics – Standard view shown
above
Step Action
1 It is assumed in this example more depth sensor devices are
available and added in the vessel configuration with the
correct offsets.
Set the alarm and select which actions should be taken when an alarm
occurs. The action Blink Numerics item will start flickering the field of the
item in the Numerics view.
When the alarm is set it can be disabled again with the context menu
option Edit alarm. The same dialog as above will open and just uncheck
the option Enable Alarm.
After the alarm is disabled it can be removed with the context menu
option Remove alarm. It is also possible to leave the alarm linked to the
item and with Edit alarm the alarm can be edited and enabled again.
When this alarm is set and the same item is set in the Numerics Layer of
the plan view, the item in the plan view will start flickering when the alarm
occurs.
The Numerics – Sonar Targets view is a view with a table where the
information about the created sonar targets is displayed.
The displayed sonar targets are stored in the sonar targets file as created
or selected in the Project Configuration (see page 83). The sonar targets
file name is displayed in the caption of the view; ‘Sonar Targets 4’ in the
example above.
Double click on a sonar target will open the Sonar Targets View with the
GeoTIFF image and the information which can be modified (see page
463).
The user can select in the Properties which columns have to be displayed
in the view. The Properties can be opened through the context menu.
In the context menu next to the Properties two other options are available;
delete the selected sonar target or delete all sonar targets. The delete
implement that the sonar target(s) will be deleted in the views and from
the active sonar targets file. Along with the sonar target(s) the
corresponding GeoTIFF file(s) of the image of the sonar target(s) will be
deleted.
For more information about the sonar targets see the Sonar Targets view
on page 463.
Figure 15-101 Output Control view for the RESON SeaBat 8125
Before one of these views can be selected, the output control has to be
added to the equipment list in the Equipment page (see page 121).
Select the option Tools > Equipment Control in the menu bar of the
Acquisition to add the Output Control view. Select the right output control
in the Add Equipment control display(s) window and click on to
add the view to the Acquisition. After the Output Control view is added the
window can be closed. From now on the view is available in the Displays
window where it has to same functionality as all other views.
Every change of one of the slides is send directly to the control unit of the
multibeam system. Use for the range and depth filter to send the
filter settings to the control unit. With all the
settings will be send to the control unit to setup the multibeam system.
A context menu and a properties window are not available for an Output
Control view.
Figure 15-102 Pipe Lay – Pipe Angle view with the J-Lay tower, the criteria and
the pipe.
Figure 15-103 Pipe Lay – Pipe Position view with both multibeam systems and
the detected pipe for the Pipe Position Monitor application
The view for the application ‘Pipe Position Monitor J-Lay’ is completely
different. The view shows a plan view of the vessel with the J-Lay tower,
the overbend and sagbend criteria, the used beams and the computed
pipe.
Figure 15-104 Pipe Lay – Pipe Position view with both multibeam systems and
the detected pipe for the Pipe Position Monitor J-Lay application
Figure 15-105 Pipe Lay – Sonar Video view with the pipe position for the Pipe
Position Monitor application
The view will be different for both application types, for the application
‘Pipe Position Monitor’ the display is from a RESON SeaBat 6012, while
for the application ‘Pipe Position Monitor J-Lay’ the display is from the
RESON SeaBat 8125.
In this view a plan view with 3 panes (bars) are displayed. The panes can
be used to display values that are useful for the survey, like the distance
to a waypoint or the offtrack.
Use the context menu in the panes to open the Layer Control to select in
the Up Down Indicator Layer the Source Item that have to be displayed.
In the pane any value available can be monitored. Default only one item is
displayed. It is possible to have more than one item displayed, just add for
each extra item an extra up-down indicator layer to the pane.
In this view the grid model, the 3D model, the dredge polygon, the
At the moment the dredge
disposal area and the historical tracks from the dredge instruction will be
instruction as a guidance is displayed.
only available for Boraciet, The Plan View – Dredge Instruction shows the location where the dredge
so also this Plan View can activity has to take place. In this view nothing has to be added, because
only be used for Boraciet.
all the relevant information is already loaded and displayed through the
dredge instruction.
When the vessel received a dredge instruction it can be selected in the
guidance as the new dredge instruction. Select from the menu bar in the
Acquisition the option Guidance > Guidance Settings or select from
the toolbar to open the Guidance window to select a new dredge
instruction.
A quick way to select a new dredge instruction is with the option
Guidance > Select Dredge Instruction… from the menu bar or with
from the toolbar in the Acquisition. A preview window will be opened
where all the available dredge instructions can be viewed and the new
dredge instruction can be selected.
Figure 15-108 Plan View – Dynamic Positioning with a bull’s eye and a waypoint
Figure 15-109 Plan View – General Dredge Operation with an updated grid
model
The Plan View – General Dredge Operation can be used for general
dredge operations where the active grid model will be updated
immediately after the bottom is dredged.
This view can be used in the Acquisition in conjunction with one or two
Profile – Realtime Design views (see page 451) to get a complete
monitoring of the dredge activity.
The Plan View – Navigation can be used for the navigation of the vessel.
For the background several options like S57 charts,C-Map or a DXF chart
can be used. All the options to navigate the vessel, like the different
guidance options, are available in this plan view. It is possible to show
survey data (e.g. Grid model) in this plan view as a background layer.
With the view can be used as a Plan View – Dynamic Positioning (see
page 427).
The information from the C-Map background is available with the two
extra buttons ( and ). This option makes this plan view very useful
for a buoy laying vessel.
In the Plan View – Navigation an image layer of the wedge of a forward
looking sonar can be added. In this wedge sonar targets can be selected.
The Plan View - Production can be used to show the production with a
production grid model. This production grid model is the grid model that is
selected in the Logging page of the vessel configuration with the file
format ‘Production Format’ (see page 146).
The display and the options of the view are similar to the Plan View –
Survey Coverage (see below).
Figure 15-112 Plan View – Survey Coverage with an active grid model
The Plan View – Survey Coverage can be used to show the update of the
grid model. This grid model is the grid model that is selected in the
Logging page of the vessel configuration for the file format ‘PDS Grid
Model’ (see page 146).
In this plan view the coverage of the survey can be shown, not only for a
multibeam survey but also for a single beam survey.
The Plan View – Survey Coverage can be used to display the sonar
targets as created in this view or in the Sonar Views.
The Plan View – Survey Coverage and Edit shows the update of the Grid
model as also in the Plan View – Survey Coverage, but now also this grid
model could be edited at the same time.
The left pane of the view contains the created grid model name as
selected in logging page, an Info, an Edit and a Filter tab.
Figure 15-114 Top of left pane with grid model name and tabs
The tabs contain the same functionality as applicable in the Grid Model
Editor. Refer to the Grid Model Editor on page 623 for a description of
these tabs.
Pan ( )
Toggles the pan option on/off. When pan is active, keep the left mouse
button in and move the mouse to pan through the data.
The pan option can also be switched off by clicking on the right mouse
button.
Redraw
Redraw the plan view.
Measure ( )
To measure a distance and a bearing in the plan view. On the first use
the measure starts at the vessel’s tracking point. With a mouse click
the start of the measurement can be at any location in the view. The
measure window shows start and end coordinates as well as distance
and bearing between the two locations.
Figure 15-120 Context menu in the Edit Mode and without user maps
Click on the active route or clipping polygon and the route or clipping
polygon can be edited. The way of editing the route or clipping polygon
will be identical as editing an object of the user maps (see below).
Before the user maps object can be viewed, added and/or edited, the
User Map Layer has to be added in the Layers window. If a file with user
maps objects exists, it can be selected in the properties of the layer.
Figure 15-121 Context menu in the Edit Mode with the user maps options
After one of the user maps options is selected the cursor will change in a
cross. With the cross the location(s) for the user map object can be set in
the view. The way the different objects can be drawn will be explained
below.
Line
Click with the left mouse button on the locations for the line. Click on
the right mouse button to accept and finish the drawing of the line.
Rectangle
A rectangle can be drawn by selecting two opposite corners of the
rectangle with the left mouse button.
Polygon
Click with the left mouse button on the locations for the polygon. Click
on the right mouse button to accept and finish the drawing of the
polygon.
Circle
The circle can be drawn by selecting the center point and a point on
the circle with the left mouse button.
Figure 15-122 Select a symbol from the list in the Select User Symbol
window
The user maps objects, the routes or the clipping polygons can be edited
by double clicking with the left mouse button on the object. The object
becomes active and the cursor change in .
The active object can be moved by selecting the object and keep the left
mouse button down. Move the object to the new location and release the
left mouse button.
This option is not possible The other option with the edit mode is modifying the objects by moving
for the user maps objects one or more points. Select one of the points of the object and keep the left
Text and Symbol. mouse button down. Move the point to the new location and release the
left mouse button. After editing the object the context menu gives the
following options.
Redo
Only available after an Undo and this option will reverse the last undo
action.
Undo
Reverse the last action.
Insert Point
Insert on the cursor location a point to the object. This is only available
With new layers from the Add Layer window can be added to the
list of used layers in the plan view.
The layers are the items that are shown in the plan view, e.g. Run Lines,
Grid Model and Color Table. In the window the layers can be switched on
or off by checking or unchecking the specific entry of the layer.
Click on or double click on the selected entry to open the
properties of the selected entry. The properties are different for each layer
and the attributes in the properties can be for example file selections, line
styles, colors and computation selection.
The layer order can be changed by using and . The layer on top of
the layer window will be drawn first. The layers lower in the list will be
drawn on top of the layers that are above it in the list. If some information
in a layer is important and have to be shown in the plan view, move that
layer as far down as possible with the down arrow.
The entries in the ‘Active’ layers cannot be removed by the user. Most of
these active layers are linked to the selection in the Logging page (see
page 146) or the Guidance page (see page 169) of the vessel
In the Properties window the ‘Follow Vessel’ mode and the Off-Center
option can be defined. These options are not available in the Plan View –
Dynamic Positioning view.
It is also possible to enter manually a fixed skew value for the orientation
of the plan view.
Below the relevant items in the properties will be explained.
Follow Vessel
The ‘Follow Vessel’ mode can be switched on and off.
Position Source
Any position source or position computation can be selected as
‘tracking point’ on the vessel for the follow vessel mode.
Follow Mode
The follow mode is by default Relative Motion; the vessel is always
displayed in the center of the view. Another option for the follow
mode is True Motion; the vessel will not stay in the center but the
view will update when the vessel is nearly leaving the view.
Vessel Radius
Vessel radius is the minimum distance from the vessel to the
edge of the view.
When the vessel comes in the minimum distance from the edge
of the view and with the follow mode on True Motion, the view
will be updated and the vessel will be placed in the center of the
view.
The vessel radius can also be used in combination with the off-
center (see below).
Off-Center
When the follow mode is set on Relative Motion the vessel can be
displayed out of the center of the view.
This option can be used when the user wants to look forwards for
Figure 15-127 Plan View with an off-center of -100% (left) and +100%
(right) with a vessel radius of 10
Orientation Mode
One of the three modes can be selected; North Up, Heading Up or
Fixed Skew (see page 436).
Fixed Skew value
A skew for the plan view can be entered. This is only valid when
the orientation mode is set on Fixed Skew.
Next to the view properties, all the attributes of the selected layers of the
Layer Control are available.
The following table lists the parameters of the coverage settings dialog
box.
Function Description
Grid model Tick the ‘grid model’ radio button to
display the active grid model and select
the required color table for the z values,
hit count and/or Z standard deviation.
(When the data type is available in the
grid model.)
PDS will automatically generate a color
table when the data type is selected
through the grid model color mode (
). But it is also possible to select a
different color table from the drop down
list.
Position Selection
Next to the manual input a standard positioning system should be
selected in the Equipment list. The standard positioning system should
be the primary positioning system and the manual input the secondary.
Positioning system Geogs(1)
As positioning system the primary positioning system will be used.
Average Positioning system
To make the unstable primary position more stable an average of
the primary position can be used.
Enter the period over which the average has to be calculated.
Manual Position
As positioning system the manual position as given in this view will
be used. Before the manual input can be used, a manual position
has to be set.
Height Selection
Next to the height from the position system a depth sensor on the tool
or the height of the grid model can be used.
Manual Position Reference Point
There are two different ways to set a manual position.
The first method is that for the Easting, Northing and Height manually
a value can be entered.
For the second method the position selection should be set on
Positioning system Geogs(1). Click on the button Set from Position to
set the actual primary position as manual position.
Manual Position From Tool
Select which position on the tool should be used by selecting one of
the location on the tool.
The position can be set entered manually with the button Enter
Position or can be selected.
Figure 15-130 Profile – Grid Model view derived from the ‘Draw Profile’ option in
the plan view
The Profile – Grid Model view shows a profile over a route or runline. The
profile can be from a grid model or from a design model.
The profile view is not an active view; the data will not be updated.
Therefore it will only be used in combination with the option Draw Profile
from the context menu of the Plan View – Survey Coverage, the Plan
View – Production or the Plan View – General Dredge Operation (see
page 435).
If the view is closed it will disappear from the list in the Displays window.
If the Profile – Grid Model view is added to the Acquisition through the
Displays window or with Add Display in the context menu, it will stay
empty.
Figure 15-131 Profile – Multibeam view with an active grid model profile
The Profile – Multibeam view can be used to compare the multibeam data
or the scanning profiler data online with a (active) 3D design model profile
or a (active) grid model profile.
When this profile view is created the active grid model profile layer and
active design model profile layer are already set. The active grid model
profile can be compared with the (active) design model profile if the
quality of the multibeam data is not so good.
Spike filter
The spike filter checks:
o the enclosed angle of 3 consecutive depth readings
against the given minimum angle
o the depth difference between the middle depth reading
and the other two depth readings against the given
minimum spike height.
PDS rejects the middle depth reading if the depth difference is
bigger than the set spike height and the intersection angle is
smaller than the set angle.
Gate filter
PDS rejects the depth reading if it deviates more than the gate
value from the previous depth reading.
The depths rejected by the filters will have a different color in the profile
view. The rejected depths are always logged in the raw data files, but not
in the cleaned data files.
Figure 15-136 Profile – Realtime Design view with a right view of a suction
hopper and the design difference as up/down indicator
The Profile – Realtime Design view can be used for a dredge application
to show the vessel with a drag head and the grid model and/or design
model. The view can be from the left, the right, the front or the back side
of the vessel.
The profile view can also be used in the (rope) excavator application to
show the (rope) excavator with grab or bucket and the grid model and/or
design model.
In the up/down indicator pane any value available can be monitored.
Default only one item is displayed. It is possible to have more than one
item displayed, just add for each extra item an extra up-down indicator
layer to the up/down indicator pane.
Figure 15-137 Profile – Realtime Design view with a left and a back view for an
excavator
Figure 15-138 Profile – Realtime Design 3 Bars view with a design model
The Profile – Realtime Design 3 Bars view can be used if more than one
indicator is needed in the profile view. In this example the left and right
indicator display the height of the left and right side of the structure above
the design model. The bottom indicator displays the difference between
the two other indicators.
If in a Profile – Realtime Design view two indicators are necessary, for
instance the absolute depth and the height above the design model, then
this profile view can be used. The bottom indicator can be slide away from
the view if necessary.
In the up/down indicator pane any value available can be monitored.
Default only one item is displayed. It is possible to have more than one
item displayed, just add for each extra item an extra up-down indicator
layer to the up/down indicator pane.
Figure 15-139 Profile – Realtime Design Antwerpen with an active grid model, an
active design model, dredge limits and level contacts
Default only one item is displayed. It is possible to have more than one
item displayed, just add for each extra item an extra up-down indicator
layer to the up/down indicator pane.
Figure 15-140 Profile – Realtime Design Cutter view with a grid model and a
design model
Default only one item is displayed. It is possible to have more than one
item displayed, just add for each extra item an extra up-down indicator
layer to the up/down indicator pane.
Figure 15-141 Profile – Realtime Design Pipe view with a top and side view of
the trailing suction hopper with a drag head
The Profile – Realtime Design Pipe view can be used for a trailing suction
hopper application to show the vessel with a drag head in a top and in a
side view.
The top view is a basic plan view where the relation between the heading
of the drag head and the suction hopper can be displayed.
The side view is identical with the Profile – Realtime Design view (see
page 451).
In the up/down indicator pane any value available can be monitored.
Default only one item is displayed. It is possible to have more than one
item displayed, just add for each extra item an extra up-down indicator
layer to the up/down indicator pane.
Figure 15-142 Profile – Realtime Design Pipe Vertical view with a top and side
view of the trailing suction hopper with a drag head
The Profile – Realtime Design Pipe Vertical view can be used for a trailing
suction hopper application to show the vessel with a drag head in a top
and in a side view and is identical with the Profile – Realtime Design Pipe
view (see above).
The top view is a basic plan view where the relation between the heading
of the drag head and the suction hopper can be displayed.
The side view is identical with the Profile – Realtime Design view (see
page 451).
In the up/down indicator pane any value available can be monitored.
Default only one item is displayed. It is possible to have more than one
item displayed, just add for each extra item an extra up-down indicator
layer to the up/down indicator pane.
Figure 15-143 Profile – Sound Velocity view of the active sound velocity profile
The Profile – Sound Velocity view is not an active view; it will not update
the sound velocity profile in the Acquisition. It shows the selected sound
velocity profile that is used to correct the depth readings of the multibeam.
The three of the four Profile – Realtime Design views have the same
Properties window, only the Profile – Realtime Design Cutter view has
Bars view and the Profile – Realtime Design Antwerpen view the
position source has to be Drag-head Absolute Position.
For the Profile – Realtime Design Cutter view the position source has
to be Cutter Absolute Position Computation.
For the Profile – Multibeam view the position source has to be
Multibeam xyz computation.
Attach To
The position source can be attached to the Dredge Point or the Sensor
Reference Point.
Vertical Auto Ranging
If Enabled, a vertical zoom extents will be active.
Scale Mode
The display of the profile view has different scaling options; Fixed
Aspect Ratio, Fixed Vertically, Fixed Horizontally and Scale Freely.
Aspect Ratio
The ratio between the horizontal and vertical scale used in the profile
view.
Next to the view properties, all the attributes of the selected layers of the
Layer Control are available.
The Raw Data view has in the left pane the tree with all the sensors, the
computations and the data sources. In the right pane the data of the
selected item as it is received from the sensor or is calculated in the
computation.
The status of the data items is indicated by a symbol. The following table
lists the used symbols:
Symbol Description
If there are no problems with the data all the items have the
sign . If the connection is lost the last data will still be
Data ok
shown in the view, but the sign before ‘Data Buffer’ will
change to . Also the Alerts view (see page 346) will
appear on the screen with the alarm messages
If some of the data items have the sign then that data is
not received or cannot be calculated.
No data
Only possible when the Double click on a data item on the left hand side will open the Properties
logging is switched off window of that data item. This Properties window is the same window as
in the Equipment page or Computation page of the vessel configuration.
15.22.1 Statistics
When right clicked at the right hand side a context menu with the options
Properties and Statistics will appear.
With the option Statistics the user can collect data over a self-defined
period and it will calculate the mean, the standard deviation, the minimum
and the maximum of that collected data.
Figure 15-149 Data item ‘GPS mode’ can be moved with the ‘Drag & Drop’
method
There will be three ways to enter a reference point for the Scatterplot
view:
1. The reference point can be entered manually in the fields ‘Ref. x’, ‘Ref.
y’ and ‘Ref. z’.
2. Click on to select the current position as the reference point.
3. With a double click on one of the available waypoints in the list the
selected waypoint becomes the reference point.
With ‘Tolerance 1’ and Tolerance 2’ tolerance circles will be drawn around
the reference point. They become visible as red circles in the bull’s eye
display.
The left side of the Scatterplot view has the following fields:
Reference x, y, z
The entered reference position.
Current x, y, z
The currently computed position.
Diff x, y
The difference between the reference position and the current position.
Average x, y, z
The average of the computed position.
DRMS
The Distance Root Mean Square value of the computed position. This
value is the radius of a circle into which the position will fall with a 68%
probability. Only useful for a stationary position.
Average diff x, y, z
The average of the difference between the reference position and the
computed position.
Sample no.
The number of current samples. If the option Limit is checked and a
value is entered the number of samples will stop when this limit value
is reached.
Bull’s eye
If checked, the bull’s eye circle will be displayed in the right top
display. The interval and number of circles depends on the scale in the
display.
Tolerance circles
If checked, the tolerance circles in red will be displayed in the right top
display.
DRMS circle
If checked, the DRMS circle as a dashed line will be displayed in the
right top display.
Figure 15-152 Three Sonar Targets views with sonar targets created in three
different views
All collected sonar targets will be saved in the selected sonar targets file,
which is available in the Sonar Targets Database of the Explorer (see
page 217). The corresponding GeoTIFF files are also stored in the Sonar
At the moment a set of sonar targets consist of one or more sonar targets
files and all the corresponding GeoTIFF files. Don’t forget to copy the
GeoTIFF files when a copy is made of the sonar targets. When no
GeoTIFF files are available no picture is available anymore.
Measure ( )
To measure a distance and a bearing in the plan view. On the first use
the measure starts at the vessel’s tracking point. With a mouse click
the start of the measurement can be at any location in the view. The
measure window shows start and end coordinates as well as distance
and bearing between the two locations.
Figure 15-155 Sonar – Wedge view with depth gate and beam selected
When zoomed in, press the left mouse button when the cursor is inside
the view and the cursor will change to a small hand. With the left mouse
button still pressed it is possible to pan through the view.
Figure 15-156 Zoomed in the first Sonar - Wedge view indicated by an outline in
the other Sonar Wedge view
Sonar settings are displayed in the top left side of the view when the Info
Layer is enabled and the Sonar Configuration device is added in the
equipment list.
This view is only available when in the Equipment list the right sonar
image device is selected.
The view is available for the forward looking RESON SeaBat 7K systems
and BlueView systems.
Press the left mouse button when the cursor is inside the view and the
cursor will change to a small hand. When the left mouse button is still
pressed it is possible to pan through the view.
When a second Sonar - Wedge view is opened and the user zooms in on
the data then the outlines of this view will be visible in the first Sonar -
Wedge view.
Sonar settings are displayed in the top left side of the view when the Info
Layer is enabled and the Sonar Configuration device is added in the
equipment list.
The Sonar - Snippets view has a side pane to set the properties for the
color palette, auto contrast, auto brightness and to make a selection of
the snippets computation. Press to hide or show the side pane.
For information about the toolbar and context menu of the Sonar –
Snippets view see below Sonar – Toolbar and Context Menu.
The image resolution is set automatically depending on the view size.
Hide pane
hide or show the side pane.
The + and – key of the Zoom In, Zoom Out ( , )
numerics keyboard can Zoom in and out in the view.
also be used for the Zoom
In and Zoom Out. Brightness ( , )
Increase (lighter) and Decrease (darker) the Threshold.
Contrast ( , )
Increase and Decrease the Gain.
TVG ( , )
Increase and Decrease the TVG (see page 475).
Select Fixed Range ( )
Set the range mode to fixed range. The range is set in the layer
properties (see page 476).
Auto Scaling ( )
Toggles between Auto Scaling Off (Out) and On (In) (see page 475).
Lambert’s Law Corrected ( )
Toggles between a Lambert’s Law correction Off (Out) and On (In)
(see page 475).
Ping Selection ( )
Select one of the four pings or all the pings to be displayed in the view.
Lines/Dots ( )
Toggles between Dot view (Out) and Line view (In).
Speed Correction ( )
Toggles between Speed Correction Off (Out) and On (In) (see page
475).
Invert Colors ( )
Toggles between a black background (Out) and a white background
(In).
Slant Range Correction ( )
Toggles between Slant Range Correction Off (Out) and On (In) (see
page 475).
Save Snapshot ( )
Save the display as a JPG or BMP file.
Create Sonar Target ( )
Draw a box around an area in the view that has to be saved as a sonar
target.
The symbol for the sonar target can be defined in the Active Sonar
Targets Layer which will be created when the first sonar target is
selected.
When the sonar Target symbol is drawn in the view a context menu
becomes available for that sonar target. With a right mouse click on or
in the symbol gives some extra options. See ‘Sonar Targets Options in
Sonar Views’ on page 476.
See the Sonar Targets view on page 463 for more information.
15.25.4.1 TVG
The Time Varied Gain applies a variable gain to the sonar data. The TVG
can make the color difference smaller or bigger between the data near to
the sonar and the data further away.
For example: If is out, increasing the TVG makes the data further
away lighter than the data near the sonar.
The Status – Alarms view will show the alarms which are set by the user
in the configuration (see page 88) and/or in the vessel configuration (see
page 162). All the conditions in the alarm files are shown and the alarm
can be on ( / ), off ( ) or disabled ( ).
The Alarms dialog can be opened with Edit > Alarms from the menu bar
or with from the toolbar. Through this way only the existing alarms in
the configuration can be changed or new ones can be added to the
configuration.
With a double click on one of the alarms in the view directly the
Conditions window can be opened. Through this way also the alarms in
the vessel configuration are accessible.
The Alarms dialog and the Condition window are identical with the dialog
and window as explained in the Vessel Alarms on page 162.
Figure 15-165 Status – Equipment view with no data for some equipment
The Status – Equipment view displays the status of all sensors or outputs
created in the Equipment page of the vessel configuration. The view will
be red when at least one of the sensors has no data input ( or ). The
reason will be displayed in the ‘Input’ or ‘Output’ column, ‘Timeout’ or ‘---’
(no data). If all the sensors are working properly, all the data is received in
the system and have in front of the sensors, the view will be green.
This is only when the user has set the status color in the context menu.
The Status – Logging view displays the information about the data logging
such as file name, file size and logging rate. The view will be green when
logging is on and it will be red when the logging is switch off. If logging is
on and conditions are checked in the Logging page (see page 159) the
view becomes yellow if the condition is not true and the logging will be
suspended. This is only when the user has set the status color in the
context menu.
If the view is green it is obvious which file is logged and in which directory.
A Tide Manual Input view is not a standard view which can be added
through the Displays window or the Add Display option in the context
On the right side in the view the actual value of the data channel is
displayed with below the value the text ‘1/div’. This means that the
distance between two horizontal lines in the graph is 1 unit of the data
item. On the bottom the total length of the X-axis is displayed in hours,
minutes and seconds.
When this view is selected for the first time in the Acquisition by default
one channel is already added to the view.
A data channel can also be added by using the ‘Drag & Drop’ method
from the Raw Data view( see page 461).
16.1 Introduction
Data recorded in the PDS logging format can be replayed in this module.
By changing the vessel configuration before a replay is started, the data
will be recomputed with the new vessel configuration settings. Replayed
data can be recorded again into new log data files. To distinguish
replayed log data from the original files, the replayed file gets an ‘R’ and
the date and time of the replay in the file name.
The three options to start the replay from the Control Center are:
Select Acquisition > Start Replay from the menu bar.
Click on in the toolbar.
If the Replayer is open it is also possible to change the file set selection.
For a project with more vessels, instead of a file set bar, a vessel bar can
be displayed. Select from the menu bar the option View > Vessel Bar to
get the vessel bar in the toolbar. With the option View > File Set Bar the
above displayed toolbar comes back.
When a logdata files are loaded in the Replayer, automatically the layout
used in the first logdata file will be opened.
When no external layout is used, the option Keep same layout when
playing files should be checked to use only one layout during the replay of
the log data files.
17.1 Introduction
The goal of a survey usually is a presentation of the results in the form of
tables, charts and files. Before the presentation is finalized the data is
normally checked for anomalies, outliers and measuring faults.
Sometimes it is also necessary to correct a survey for influences that
could not be measured in real time, e.g. tides.
18.1 Introduction
In the Editing, the user can check the data for outliers, anomalies and
measuring faults. If necessary, it is possible to remove or correct the data.
Each view is an editor and each editor takes its data from the PDS data
files. The data can be edited in the data files (see page 513 for an
explanation) and the corrected data is directly available after editing.
In contrast with other programs, a separate processed data file or
database is not been made. Indexing and caching takes place in the PDS
data files. That means that the file size increases significantly. The
advantage lies primarily in having both original (raw) and processed data
in one file. This allows the user to revert to original data when needed.
Please note that only the data from PDS data files can be edited with
these editors.
Select Processing > Editing from the menu bar or click on in the
toolbar of the Control Center to start the Editing.
Check the files to edit and click on . If the files are opened for the
first time, an index and cache will be created. This may take some time;
progress will be shown in the Progress dialog.
Figure 18-5 Displays window to add, to switch on/off or to remove views in the
Editing
In the Displays window, the editors can be checked on or off. This means
that only the checked editors will be displayed on the screen. The editors
that are checked off are not removed; it only means that these editors are
not shown on the screen. An editor can be removed by using in
the Displays window.
After all the wanted editors are selected and moved to the right location in
the Editing the layout can be stored. Select File > Save Layout As… from
the menu bar to save the new layout. To open another layout use File >
Open Layout… from the menu bar and select one of the created layouts.
18.2.4.1 Jumping
Click on or and the red indicator (red stripe) in the data bar will
jump to the previous or next file in the file set. A click in the data bar
brings the red indicator to a specific record in the file. Cursors or locators
in all open editors will go exactly to that point.
The Find window can also The Find window ( ) has, depending on the active editor, a maximum of
be opened with Edit > Find three find detectors; high value, low value and spike. In the Position
from the menu bar.
Editing and in the Line-Based Editing the spike detector checks the angle
and the amplitude. In the Time-Based Editing, the spike detector checks
the deviation and the deviation per second.
Click on to add the values for the selected detector. The detector
can be activated by checking the checkbox before the detector. All the
detectors will be active in the current data file or in the entire file set. Click
on or to search for the exceptional data points.
When an anomaly is found, one of the two actions, Delete or Interpolate,
is possible. Click on to activate the selected action.
The last Vessel in the list is the active vessel configuration. Select a
different vessel configuration and click on to accept. Then this
Figure 18-11 Vessel Selection Dialog with an invalid active vessel configuration
The method to fix this problem is to use the Repair File option (see page
511).
Figure 18-12 Dialog when active vessel configuration is different from the other
vessel configurations
In the list above it is possible that not all files from the File Set are
displayed. The settings of the missing files are identical with the leading
(active) vessel configuration.
Click on to apply the settings of the leading (active) vessel
configuration to the listed vessel configurations in the File Set.
Select a computation mode and one or more tide stations. For multiple
tide stations along a route select at ‘Selected route’ the appropriate route.
Click on and the tide data is applied to the logdata files in the file
set. If there are problems with applying the tide data, a data error window
appears. This window shows the cause of the data error(s) and to which
data files no tide data is applied.
There are several methods to check if the tide data is applied correctly to
the file set.
Check the height method used in the reference point computation.
Select Tools > Edit Vessel from the editing menu. On the tab
Equipment select under the positioning system the computation ‘
Reference Point Computation’ and click on to open this
computation. The item ‘Height Source’ should show Tide and the item
‘Tidal Data Source’ should point to the tide computation.
Open in the Time-Based Editing – Standard view (see page 611) from
‘ Reduced depths’ the data channels ‘Depth ref. Sealevel’ and
‘Depth ref. Chart Datum’. Overlay the two graphs in the editor and the
difference between the two data channels should be the applied tide.
It is also possible to view the applied tide data in the editor. Select
from the ‘ Reference Point Computation’ the data channel ‘Applied
Tide’.
Open the Tide Station – Viewer (see page 609). This viewer shows the
applied tide data for the selected file set.
Select in the data source selection page the data source that have to be
switched. Below the list of data sources one of the two options have to be
selected.
Select option Set for whole file when the data source switch has to be
applied to the active logdata file. Click on to select the order in the
data groups.
Figure 18-17 Data groups page of the Data Source Switch Wizard
Select in the data groups page the order of the computations. Click on
to apply the first computation from the list as the primary data
source to the active logdata file.
When in the data source selection page the option Advanced editing is
selected, it is possible for the user to set his own data source switches on
Figure 18-18 Data elements page of the Data Source Switch Wizard
Select in the data elements page the item that has to be opened in the
Data Source Switching view. In the view a channel is created for each
data group of the selected data source. Next to these channels, also an
extra channel is created with the data source switch. At the bottom of the
view the primary data is displayed; this is the data from the primary parts
of the different data groups. See for an explanation of the Data Source
Switching view on page 526.
Click on this button to create a new empty cable route; the as laid
cable route. This file will be automatically selected as the as laid cable
route in the above option.
Cable diameter
The cable diameter will be used to calculate the depth of the cable.
Sample interval
The interval along the cable route where the cable will be generated.
Average length
Over the average length on the sample interval location one position
and depth will be calculated and added to the as laid cable route.
Cable burial method
This is the method that is used or will be used to detect the burial
depth of the cable. In the ‘ Dredge Absolute Plough Knife’ of the
Dredge Positioning System the depth can be calculated from the
Position or from a Model.
Realtime selected is the method (Position or Model) that is selected
during the Acquisition.
Reject detection exceeding offtrack to a planned route
Check this option when the detection has to be rejected if the offtrack
to the planned route is more than the entered Maximum offtrack.
Click on this button if only from the selected file the cable has to be
generated.
Click on this button if from all the files in the selected file set the cable
has to be generated.
Report Style
At the moment only one report style for the statistics report is
available.
Show Report
If this option is checked then the report will be displayed in the PDS
Reporter.
Import POSPac
A POS MV can be used together with PDS to acquire position,
heading, roll, pitch, and heave data. This device can also log its
own raw output data, which contains more information like
velocity, acceleration, and angular rate.
The POSPac software can process the raw data to improve the
POS MV data. The output files are called SBET (Smoothed Best
Estimate of Trajectory) files. It will be possible to import the
POSPac SBET files in PDS, and replace the position, attitude
and/or heading device data in the PDS logdata files with the
improved data.
The SBET file is (in general) used with an associated post-
processed solution accuracy file (SMRMSG file). This file
contains error RMS values for all solution components.
It is very important that the PTS files contain UTC time (not
GPS time).
Select Tools > Import Post-Processed GPS Data > TerraPos…
from the menu bar to open the Open dialog to select the PTS
file(s) for the import. This dialog will only open when PDS
logdata files are loaded in the Editing. It is possible to select
one or more PTS files in the dialog.
All dependent computations will be recached when necessary. It
is always possible to revert to the original data by using the
Revert to Original option ( ).
To see the impact of the changes in the dialog it is advisable to have the
Multibeam Area Editing – Standard view open.
Device
Select for which multibeam or laser scan device the calibration values
have to be displayed.
Click on this button to get for the roll, pitch and yaw the original values,
as stored in the files.
Roll, Pitch and Yaw
Move the sliders to change the values. The changes will be directly
visible in the Multibeam Area Editing – Standard view.
With these changes, the user can see if the actual values are valid for
the data set.
Calibration setting
When the values for the roll, pitch and yaw are set then it is possible to
apply these to a data set; to log data files, to a file set or to the vessel
configuration. For each option, a dialog will be opened to select the
right data set or vessel configuration.
Click on to close the quick calibration dialog.
If more than one multibeam is available in the view select the multibeam
for which the TPE results has to be computed.
For the error model two options are available:
CUBE implementation; horizontal error without the fore-aft
beamwidth error
CHS implementation; horizontal error with the fore-aft beamwidth
error
Check the option Use Multibeam Uncertainty when the real-time
uncertainty values have to be used. Uncheck the option when the range
error has to be computed.
Click on to generate the TPE text file. The text file is saved
in the project folder and can be found as text (TXT) file in the Explorer. In
the filename is composed from the ping number, date and time of
generation.
The text file can be opened with the special created Excel sheet that is
available in the PDS folder and is called ‘TPEview.xslm’. When the sheet
is opened click on the button, select the right text file and the table and
graph are automatically generated. Below an example of a table and
graph.
Click on to recache all the data files of the file set or click on
to recache only the selected data file. Click on if it is
not necessary to recache the data file(s).
Click on to revert to the original data only for the selected data
file or click on to revert to original data for all the data files in the
file set. Click on if it is not necessary to revert to the original
data.
Click on if the repair has to be done only for the active logdata
file or click on if the repair has to be done for all the files of the
file set. Click on if no repair has to be done.
points only.( )
Set the Editing in delete mode ( ) and the deleting of the multibeam
data can be started. The cursor in the multibeam editor will change to
.
There are several ways to delete one or more points in the multibeam
editor.
Delete one point by clicking on the beam with the cursor in
combination with the Ctrl key.
Delete more points by placing the cursor on the right location. Keep
the left mouse button pressed in combination with the Ctrl key and
move the cursor over the multibeam data. It looks like erasing the
data.
A different method to delete more points is by drawing a polygon
around the points that have to be deleted. All the data that is visible in
the polygon will be deleted. The polygon can be a polygon with line
segments or it can be a free drawn polygon.
With the undelete mode ( ) the data that should not be deleted can
be undeleted. Draw a polygon around the area where the points have
to be undeleted.
A different option is to use the undo ( ) when too much or the wrong
points are deleted.
In the 3D View the standard 3D view navigation can be used (see page
68).
The editing of the multibeam data in the 3D Box view is similar as the
editing in the other 3D views (see page 513).
The data in the 3D Box view will not be updated when in the Multibeam
Area Editing – Standard view a new grid model or CUBE model is added.
When the 3D Box view is closed in the Editing it will not be available
anymore as a view in the Displays window (see page 492).
again without unfiltering the data.
This option will make all selected data valid again, except the manual
rejected data. Draw a polygon around the data that have to be valid
again and all the data becomes valid. The data can be recognized by
its own filter color (Ignore Filters).
Clear Ignore Filters ( )
The ignore filters setting will be undone. Select the data by drawing a
polygon, which have to be bigger than the ignore filters area, and all
the selected data gets their own filter setting back.
Multibeam – Export Multibeam Points To ASCII…
The XYZ of the multibeam data as displayed in the view will be
exported to a file with extension ASC.
18.5 3D View
The 3D View – Standard is only a viewer, it is not an editor. Next to the
multibeam data from the file set, it can show a grid model or a 3D design
model in 3D with some extra information.
equipment list and the first multibeam is uncheck then no multibeam data
will be displayed in the view. Open with the Layers window, add a
Multibeam Layer and select in the properties of the layer for the
‘Multibeam Data and Position Source’ the ‘Multibeam xyz computation’ of
the active multibeam system.
If no color table is available or selected, PDS automatically generates a
color table based on the depth values in the data.
The multibeam areas that are covered by the edit circle will be displayed
in high-resolution, all other data is shown in low-resolution with the right
colors.
Show Spotlight ( )
The light intension does Toggles the spotlight window on/off. It is also possible to toggle with
not work on the multibeam the key ‘o’.
data. With the spotlight window, the light intension and light source location
in the viewer can be modified.
Click on the yellow ball and move it around in the circle. How further
away from the center how less intense the light will be. The location of
the yellow ball in the circle gives the location of the light source.
Save Snapshot
The display of the view can be saved as a JPG or BMP file.
Grid Axis Layer ( )
Toggles the cross on/off.
Show Color Table ( )
Toggles the display of the color table on/off.
Multibeam Layer ( )
The multibeam data can be switched on/off in the view. If the button is
active, extra buttons will be added to the toolbar.
Beam Color Mode ( )
The multibeam data can be show in different color modes to help to
analyze the data. See page 523 for more information about the beam
color mode.
Background Color
The background color of the view.
Color Table Name
Select a color table and all the relevant layers in the view will use it.
Follow Vessel
If the follow vessel mode is Enabled the view will follow the others
editors in the Editing.
Scale Factor
The scale factor of the Z-axis. Scale factor > 1 will enlarge the data in
the Z direction.
All other options in the Properties are similar with the options in the
toolbar and in the context menu (see page 520).
After the properties, the selected layers in the Layer Control are available
in the Properties window. It is not necessary to open the Layer Control to
modify something in one of the layers.
This layer has to be added to the Layers window before the multibeam
data can be shown in the view. Before any data can be displayed, the
‘Multibeam Data and Position Source’ has to be selected.
In the Layers window only the used layers will be shown, any new layer
has to be added to the list in the window. The layers that can be added to
the layer control are:
This editor cannot be created through the standard editor selection in the
Editing (see page 492). This editor can only be opened with the option
Tools > Data Source Switching… from the menu bar of the Editing. After it
is created, it will be available in the Displays of the Editing. See the
chapter Data Source Switch on page 499 how to setup the Data Source
Switching editor.
Select the data group that has to become the primary data source and
use to move the selected data group to the top. Click on and
the data source switch will be inserted on the selected location. If the data
of the different data groups is different than in the lowest channel the data
will be changed from the selected location onwards.
On the location where a data source switch is inserted a cross will be
visible in the data. The size of the cross can be modified in the channel
properties of the data source switching channels by changing the value
for the dot size.
The data shown in this view is limited to the items that are defined in the
Dekdienst Channel Manager ( ). With the user can decide to
show the selected data item only in the graph (grafiek), only in the text
(tekst) at the bottom or in both.
Figure 18-47 Dekdienst Channel Manager with the items for the Dekdienst view
Figure 18-48 Line-Based Editing – Standard, with two stacked data channels
The Line-Based Editing – Standard view can also show data from a
second file set with the restriction that the data was surveyed over the
same runline. This data is only for comparison and cannot be edited.
Select the ‘Properties’ in the context menu and give a name for the
second file set.
To show this data select the ‘Channel Properties’ in the context menu and
enabled the option Enable under the name ‘BkgndLineDL’. This has to be
done for the each view (= channel) in the editor.
Figure 18-49 Properties (left) and Channel Properties (right) to select and
enable a second file set
Figure 18-51 Line-Based Editing – Standard; with second file set and a profile
of a grid model
Figure 18-52 Line-Based Editing – Multiline, with three surveys over the same
runline
Zoom Window ( )
With dragging a window in the active channel a part of the channel can
be zoomed in.
Zoom Extents ( )
Show all the data for all the channels.
Selector ( )
Toggles the ‘Selector’ on/off.
Channel Partition
If more then one line with offtrack data or selected data is displayed it
Figure 18-53 Messages – System Messages view with information for the
Editing
The Multiple Area Editing – Standard view will by default always display
multibeam(1) when it is opened for the first time. This is the first
multibeam system in the Equipment list. When multiple multibeam
systems are selected in the equipment list and the first multibeam is
unchecked then no multibeam data will be displayed in the view. For the
CUBE and Grid Model control open with the Layers window, add a
Multibeam Layer and select in the properties of the layer for the
‘Multibeam Data and Position Source’ the ‘Multibeam xyz computation’ of
the active multibeam system. For the Multibeam Filter and Multibeam
Calibration a different multibeam system can be selected.
In the Multibeam Area Editing – Standard view are the following modes
available:
CUBE Model mode (see below)
Grid Model mode (see page 545)
Multibeam Filter mode (see page 560)
Multi-Detect(see page 569).
Multibeam Calibration mode (see page 577)
Pipe Detection mode (see page 578)
Water Column Samples (see page 578)
Sound Velocity mode (see page 579)
Select a mode by pressing from the left pane the corresponding button.
The multi detect mode is only available when the dataset consists of a file
including multi detect data.
CUBE model will be opened. When the file set is identical with a CUBE
model that is generated before no new CUBE model has to be generated.
Just click on in the toolbar of the view and the existing CUBE model
will be displayed.
Figure 18-56 Multibeam Area Editing – Standard view with a CUBE model and
multibeam data both in depth color mode
18.10.2.1 CUBE
In the traditional multibeam echo sounders processing method all
measured data points are treated with the same accuracy. However, in
reality each data point has a different accuracy. The question is then how
can the different accuracies of the data points be determined, how can
the possible errors be measured, what is the impact of the errors on the
measured depths and what is then the true depth of the measured data
points.
CUBE (© 2003 University The CUBE technology (© 2003 University of New Hampshire) will give an
of New Hampshire) stands answer to these questions. The CUBE method use statistical redundancy
for Combined Uncertainty to compute the most likely measured depths (a hypothesis) from the
and Bathymetry Estimator. multibeam data with the use of all the information that is available.
The first step in the CUBE algorithm is to compute the vertical and
horizontal errors of all the soundings in the measurement by the forward
error propagation method. These errors are already calculated during the
survey and can be displayed in the Multibeam QC – Total Propagation
Errors view in the Acquisition (see page 395).
The second step is to estimate the best surface. Each sounding has a
depth estimation and the CUBE algorithm will keep all previous depth
Figure 18-57 Create page for a CUBE model in the Multibeam Area Editing –
Standard view
In the Create page for the CUBE model in the Multibeam Area Editing –
Standard view the cell size for the CUBE model can be defined and areas
likes wrecks or along a route can be excluded from the creation of the
model.
Cell size
Default an automatic setting of 10% of the depth of the multibeam data
is used as the cell size. It is also possible to enter a cell size, where
the user has to realize that the smaller the cell size the longer it will
take to generate the CUBE model.
If the density of the multibeam data is high, a small cell size can be
entered. However if the cell size is too small, gaps in the CUBE model
will appear.
If the cell size is too big, it is possible that the CUBE model is not
presenting the right model. This is due to the relation between the IHO
order and the cell size to determine what the best surface is for the
CUBE model.
IHO Order
The IHO order will be used to filter the data that is used for the
creation of the CUBE model. If the vertical and horizontal total
propagation error of a beam is bigger than the IHO error then the
beam will not be used for the CUBE model. See for an explanation of
the IHO order on page 412, for the vertical TPE on page 395 and for
the horizontal TPE on page 396.
Figure 18-58 Info page for a CUBE model in the Multibeam Area Editing –
Standard view
In the Info page for a CUBE model in the Multibeam Area Editing –
Standard view the information of the CUBE model and one selected cell
of the model are presented.
Model
The cell size and the number of hypotheses of the CUBE model is
given.
Current surface
The current surface as presented in the view will be displayed, in the
Figure 18-59 Edit page for a CUBE model in the Multibeam Area Editing –
Standard view with one of the edit modes selected
In the Edit page cells can be removed from the main surface or data from
It is always possible to other hypotheses can be select for the main surface.
rotate and shift the view
The cells can be selected by drawing a polygon around the cells or by
using the mouse wheel as
a button. selecting one cell with the Ctrl key and a mouse click.
When one of the edit modes is selected, the Edit tab will have a red box
to indicate that one of the edit options is active (as shown in the example
above). Even when the user switches to a different page in the editor it is
still clear that one of the edit modes is active.
The edit mode can be switched off by selecting the edit mode None or
click with the right mouse button in the view.
Figure 18-60 Filter page for a CUBE model in the Multibeam Area Editing –
Standard view
the CUBE model. The filters only work on the CUBE model that is
displayed in the view. The main criterion is the vertical distance between
the multibeam data and the CUBE model.
Filter
Select one or more of the following options to reject points.
Distance from CUBE surface exceeds the standard deviation
A beam will be rejected when the vertical distance between the Z of
the beam and the CUBE surface is larger than the standard
deviation of the CUBE model cell multiplied with 1.0, 2.0 or 3.0.
Distance from CUBE surface exceeds uncertainty
A beam will be rejected when the vertical distance between the Z of
the beam and the CUBE surface is larger than the uncertainty of
the CUBE model cell multiplied with the factor as is entered here.
Distance from CUBE surface exceeds
A beam will be rejected when the vertical distance between the Z of
the beam and the CUBE surface is larger than the value as is
entered here.
Don’t filter problem areas
The beams which are related to a CUBE model cell with a strength
> 0 will not be filtered.
Click on to start the filtering of the multibeam data.
Unfilter
Click on to add all the beams, which were rejected by the
CUBE/grid model filter, back to the multibeam data.
Instead of unfiltering all the beams, it is possible to select manually
the beams that have to be unfiltered. Check the option Enable
selection mode and select with the mouse the beams that have to
be unfiltered.
Figure 18-61 Export page for a CUBE model in the Multibeam Area Editing –
Standard view
Figure 18-62 Sync page for a CUBE model in the Multibeam Area Editing –
Standard view
The CUBE synchronization will update the CUBE model after deleting or
undeleting multibeam data in the view.
When the option Auto sync CUBE model is checked, the CUBE model is
automatically updated only after each delete or undelete operation in the
Multibeam Area Editing – Standard view.
When multibeam data is deleted with the delete mode ( ) or undeleted
with the undelete mode ( ) and the option is unchecked then the button
becomes active. Also in the tab of the Sync page, a red box
will appear to show that the multibeam data is modified (see above). Now
the CUBE model can be synchronized with the multibeam data by clicking
on . The red box stays in the Sync tab until the CUBE model is
synchronized, even when the user switch over to a different page.
If the option Auto sync CUBE model is unchecked and the Multibeam
Area Editing – Standard view or the Editing is closed or a different file set
is opened, then a prompt will be shown to ask the user if he wants to
update (synchronize) the CUBE model with the modified multibeam data.
Figure 18-64 Create page for a grid model in the Multibeam Area Editing –
Standard view
When the cell size is set and the cell data is selected click on
to create the grid model from the multibeam data as loaded
in the view.
When the grid model is created, the name of the grid model will be
displayed above the tabs in the left pane.
Figure 18-65 Info page for a grid model in the Multibeam Area Editing –
Standard view
In the info page the information of the grid model and of the selected cell
is displayed. Also a report of the grid model can be generated.
Grid model
The cell size and the available statistical information of the grid model
will be displayed.
Cell size
The size of the cells in the grid model.
Used cells
The total number of cells used in the grid model.
Used area
The total used area, i.e. the number of used cells multiplied by the
cell size.
Edit cell
The cell information of a selected grid model cell. The cell can be
selected by double clicking on the cell. When the cell is selected it is
possible to edit the values.
Click on to clear all the values in the selected cell.
Select a data type and the value can be modified, click on to
set the new value.
Figure 18-67 Edit page for a grid model in the Multibeam Area Editing –
Standard view
In the Edit page the data of the grid model can be edited. Cells can be
deleted and interpolated if necessary.
None
The Edit mode is switched off.
Delete
The selected cells of the grid model will be deleted.
There are three methods to delete one or more cells:
1. Delete one point by clicking on the cell with the cursor in
combination with the Ctrl key.
2. Delete more cells by placing the cursor on the right location. Keep
the left mouse button pressed in combination with the Ctrl key and
move the cursor over the grid model data. It looks like erasing the
data.
3. A different method to delete more cells is by drawing a polygon
around the points that have to be deleted. All the data that is
present inside the polygon will be deleted. The polygon can be a
polygon with line segments or it can be a free drawn polygon
(lasso).
Interpolate circular
Interpolate the gaps in the grid model with the circular interpolation. In
this interpolation all the Z data types (the Z Average, the Z Maximum
and Z Minimum, if available in the grid model) will be interpolated.
Draw with the mouse a lasso / clipping polygon and the gaps in the
lasso / polygon will be interpolated immediately.
Figure 18-68 Filter page to remove spikes in the grid model in the mUltibeam
Area Editing – Standard view
In the Filter page the settings can be set to find and remove spikes in the
grid model and the removed cells will be interpolated with a circular
interpolation.
Ignore Area Options
Select clipping polygons which cover areas of the gird model that
ignored when PDS is searching for spikes. This can be used to ignore
wrecks from the spike detection.
Preview Options
Check the option Show Preview when the found spikes will be shown
in the grid model. If unchecked the found spikes will immediately be
removed so no visual check can be done.
Figure 18-69 Spikes previews in Red on Green (left) and in User color
Filter Options
Evaluation area size
Select an evaluation area size; for each type of area a different size
for the despiking is needed. For each area a mean is calculated
and with the threshold a spike can be detected in the area.
Threshold
The threshold is a kind of standard deviation for each area.
For an irregular area a small threshold (f.i.0.5) will give more spikes
than a threshold of 5. How bigger the threshold the more
irregularity is accepted as no spike.
Selection area
The despiking can be done for the complete grid model with the
options Entire Model’. The spikes are found after on
is clicked.
With Select area select an area of the grid model by drawing a
lasso around the area with spikes. The spikes are found when the
lasso is drawn.
or
The ‘Find Spikes’ button is only active when as selection area the
entire model is selected.
Click on the button to find the spikes in the grid model.
The ‘Find & Remove Spikes’ button is only available when the option
Show Preview is unchecked; the detected spikes will be removed
immediately after they are detected.
When Show Preview is checked the spikes become visible in the view.
Click on the button to remove the spikes. The spikes will be replaced
by interpolated data from the cells around the spike(s).
Figure 18-70 Beam Filter page for a grid model in the Multibeam Area Editing –
Standard view
In the Beam Filter page the settings can be set to filter the multibeam data
with a grid model. The main criterion is the vertical distance between the
multibeam data and the grid model.
Filter
Distance from grid model exceeds standard deviation
A beam will be rejected when the vertical distance between the Z of
the beam and the grid model is larger than the standard deviation
of the grid model cell multiplied with the factor as is entered here.
Separate values can be entered for above and below the grid
model.
Distance from grid surface exceeds
A beam will be rejected when the vertical distance between the Z of
the beam and the grid model surface is larger than the value as is
entered here.
Separate values can be entered for above and below the grid
model.
Both conditions are met
A beam will be rejected when it is rejected in both the above-
The filtered data will be visible in the view with the color of the
CUBE/grid model filter, if the Beam Color Mode is set on Filter.
Unfilter
Click on to add all the beams, which are rejected by the
CUBE/grid model filter, back to the multibeam data.
Instead of unfiltering all the beams, it is possible to select manually
the beams that have to be unfiltered. Check the option Enable
selection mode and select with the mouse the beams that have to
be unfiltered.
Figure 18-71 Export page for a grid model in the Multibeam Area Editing –
Standard view
The mean beam Z deviation of all the beams relative to the grid model
can be exported to a CSV file. For each beam the mean beam Z deviation
for the four multipings (if available), the single ping and the beam angle
will be exported. Click on to start the export.
Refer to the S44 IHO standards for hydrographic surveys and the S57
IHO transfer standard for digital hydrographic data.
IHO S44 Description
standard
S44 Special This is the most rigorous of the orders and its use is
Order intended only for those areas where under-keel
clearance is critical.
S44 Order 1a This order is intended for those areas where the
sea is sufficiently shallow to allow natural or man-
made features on the seabed to be a concern to the
type of surface shipping expected to transit the area
but where the under-keel clearance is less critical
than for Special Order above.
S44 Order 1b This order is intended for areas shallower than 100
metres where a general depiction of the seabed is
considered adequate for the type of surface
shipping expected to transit the area.
S44 Order 2 This is the least stringent order and is intended for
those areas where the depth of water is such that a
general depiction of the seabed is considered
adequate.
S44 User Def. S44 order defined by the user.
ZOC Description
S57 A1 Depth accuracy of bathymetry 0.5m+1%d
Full area search undertaken. Significant seafloor
features detected and depths measured.
S57 A2 Depth accuracy of 1m+2%d
Full area search undertaken. Significant seafloor
features detected4 and depths measured.
S57 B Depth accuracy of 1m+2%d
Full seafloor coverage not achieved; uncharted
features, hazardous to surface navigation are not
expected but may exist.
S57 C Depth accuracy of 2m+5%d
Full seafloor coverage not achieved, depth
anomalies may be expected.
S57 User Def. Depth accuracy specified by user.
Press the ‘Add’ button to add the selected IHO standard for
the report. Up to four standards may be added.
If a user defined standard is selected, the user must enter parameters
a and b.
a = Represents that portion of the uncertainty that does not vary with
depth.
b = Coefficient which represents that portion of the uncertainty that
varies with depth.
6. Select the beam grouping mode and the range of the selected
grouping mode.
Figure 18-83 Sync page for a grid model in the Multibeam Area Editing –
Standard view
The grid model synchronization will update the grid model after deleting or
undeleting multibeam data in the view.
When the option Auto sync grid model is checked, the grid model is
automatically updated only after each delete or undelete operation in the
Multibeam Area Editing – Standard view.
When multibeam data is deleted with the delete mode ( ) or undeleted
with the undelete mode ( ) and the option Auto sync grid model is
unchecked then the button becomes active. Also in the tab of
the Sync page, a red box will appear to show that the multibeam data is
modified (see above). Now the grid model can be synchronized with the
multibeam data by clicking on . The red box stays in the Sync
tab until the grid model is synchronized, even when the user switch over
to a different page.
If the option Auto sync grid model is unchecked and the Multibeam Area
18.10.4.1 Filter
The Filter page shows the filter settings for the current location of the data
file. See page 403 for the working and actions of the multibeam filters.
Filter set 1
Area 1
Intensity Filter
Data quality Filter
Filter set 2
Area 2
Area 3
Intensity Filter
The area filters are generally used for multibeam multi detect data.
Function Description
Area Filter set Select from the drop down list an area
filter set or press the New button to
create a new one.
Apply / remove area filters. Press the Apply selected area filters to
apply the added filters of the area
filtering.
Press the Remove selected area filtering
button to undo the filtering.
Step Action
1 Press New to create a new area filter set.
3 Select a polygon from the drop down list or press the Draw
polygon button to draw a polygon in the 3D view. Right click in the
3D view to save the drawn polygon.
Figure 18-90 Top model: Standard bottom detection. Bottom model :multi
detect detection.
The Multi Detect mode is available when at least one file of the file set
that is loaded in the Editor contains multi detect data. Otherwise, the Multi
Detect mode button in the left pane is disabled.
When the multi detect mode is selected automatically the color mode in
the 3D multibeam edit view is changed to the multi detect color mode.
Two different detection orders are created by the RESON sonar’s multi
detect algorithm:
Detections by (intensity) priority order.
(Primary and non-primary detections) The primary detection is not
necessary the first detection it could also be the second up to the
fifth detection.
Detections by range order (range of the detection).
The first, second, up to the fifth detection.
Up to five (or less) detections are available.
(See Figure 18-93.)
From the multi detect pane the multi detect data and visualization is
controlled.
The Multi Detect pane has one page:
Visualization
Function Description
Show detections The multi detect visualization is set from four buttons
(Data of file remains unchanged.):
Only valid detections
Press this button to show all valid
detections. Filtered detections are hidden.
(Disable any applied filters from the filter tab
to see all data.)
Primary detections
Press this button to show only valid and
filtered primary detections.
See the next picture; in the right picture, the
non-primary detections (light blue colored)
are now hidden.
Other detections
Press this button to show all other valid and
filtered detections that are not primary or
first.
See the right picture all detections except
the primary and the first are now shown.
Sub bottom Tick the Hide sub bottom detection checkbox to hide
the detections below (in range) the primary
detection.
See the next figure. Sub bottom detections are
hidden when the checkbox is ticked.
Add visualization filters to Press the ‘Add/Update selected filters’ button to add
filter page. the created filters of the Visualization page to the
Filter page of the multibeam area editing view.
The added filters to the filter page are only applied
to the dataset when the ‘Apply’ button on the filter
page is pressed.
In the next figure the Sub bottom and Intensity filter
as used in the Visualization page are added to the
Filter page.
3. The filters are listed. Press the Apply button to apply the filters to file
set.
Figure 18-98 Calibration mode with a Multibeam Area Editing – Standard view
and the three Profile views
Figure 18-99 Pipe Detection mode in the Multibeam Area Editing – Standard
view with a detected pipe and a Profile view
See for a detailed explanation of the pipe detection the manual Pipe
Detection (the file Pipe Detection.pdf in the folder ‘manuals) .
Refer to the chapter 3D View - Online Water Column on page 331 for a
description of the properties menus.
When the view is opened, in the data of the Multibeam Area Editing –
Standard view a profile is drawn on the current record location. In the
Multibeam Area Editing – Standard view the profile can be modified if
needed. A new profile can be drawn with from the toolbar of the Svp
Edit Profile view.
Next to the current sound velocity profile, a second sound velocity profile
can be selected with the option that it can be edited. Both sound velocity
profiles will be displayed on the left side in the view. In the sound velocity
profile view on the left side, the small boxes can be selected and dragged
around in the view to modify the sound velocity profile.
In the left pane in the view some actions/options can be selected.
Edit file name
Select a sound velocity profile that has to be edited. This can be the
same sound velocity profile as the current sound velocity profile or it
can be a different sound velocity profile.
The selected sound velocity profile is displayed in red with small boxes
which can be moved.
The selected sound velocity profile will be directly assigned to the data
shown in the profile. The user can see immediately what the influence
is of the sound velocity profile on the multibeam data.
Use Surface Sv
Select this option when the surface sound velocity has to be used in
the editable sound velocity profile.
The location of the surface sound velocity is displayed as a white dot
in the sound velocity profile.
Preview Mode
Each modification of the sound velocity profile will update the
The editable sound velocity profile can be saved and a new filter
position will be added with the new sound velocity profile.
The editable sound velocity profile can be saved and the current
filter position will be updated with the new sound velocity profile.
Show Spotlight ( )
Toggles the spotlight window on/off. It is also possible to toggle with
the key ‘o’.
The light intension does
not work on the multibeam
With the spotlight window, the light intension and light source location
data. in the viewer can be modified.
Click on the yellow ball and move it around in the circle. How further
away from the center how less intense the light will be. The location of
the yellow ball in the circle gives the location of the light source.
Pan ( )
Keep the left mouse button pressed to pan through the data in the
view.
Measure ( )
A distance can be measured in the view. Click on a point in the view
Figure 18-103 CUBE model with the main surface strength as color mode
Hit Count
The CUBE model is displayed with the colors that will present the
number of hit counts per cell, with green for a hit count of 1 to red
for the maximum number of hit counts in the CUBE model.
Figure 18-105 CUBE model with the hit count as color mode
Figure 18-107 Hypothesis 1 surface of the CUBE model with the selected
data in main surface as color mode
CUBE Surface ( )
Different surfaces can be selected:
Main
The best surface as calculated in the CUBE model.
Figure 18-108 Laser scan data with the color mode Laser Color
Laser Intensity
In the laser scan data the intensity of the laser scan data is logged.
This intensity can be used as color mode to display the laser scan
data in a grey scale.
With the items Start Brightness Ramp (SBR) and Brightness Ramp
Range (BRR) in the Properties of the view the brightness of the
intensity can be defined.
From 0 – SBR:
The data is displayed with the intensity as received from the
laser scan.
From SBR – (BRR+SBR):
The data is displayed with the intensity as received from the
laser scan plus an extra intensity value started at SBR with 0
and ends at BRR+SBR with 1. Between SBR and BRR+SBR it
will be linear interpolated. This means that the data further away
gets an extra intensity to make that data more clear in the view.
Figure 18-109 Laser scan data with the color mode Laser Intensity with
BSR=50 and BRR=50
Figure 18-111 Laser scan data with the color mode Laser Color +
Intensity
Figure 18-112 Laser scan data with the Beam Color Mode Depth
again without unfiltering the data.
This option will make all selected data valid again, except the manual
rejected data. Draw a polygon around the data that have to be valid
again and all the data becomes valid. The data can be recognized by
its own filter color (Ignore Filters).
Clear Ignore Filters ( )
The ignore filters setting will be undone. Select the data by drawing a
polygon, which have to be bigger then the ignore filters area, and all
the selected data gets their own filter setting back.
Create Sonar Target ( )
When there are sonar targets Draw a box around an area in the sonar view that has to be saved as a
available, they will be sonar target.
displayed in the editor. To add The symbol for the sonar target can be defined in the Active Sonar
sonar targets a grid model has Targets Layer, which will be created when the first sonar target is
to be added to the view. selected.
When the sonar Target symbol is drawn in the editor, a context menu
becomes available for that sonar target. With a right mouse click on or
in the symbol gives some extra options. See ‘Sonar Targets Options in
Plan Views’ on page 437.
See the Sonar Targets view on page 607 for more information.
Delete All Sonar Targets
All the sonar targets from the active sonar targets file will be deleted in
the editor, in other views and from the active sonar targets file. Along
with the sonar targets the corresponding GeoTIFF files of the images
of the sonar targets will be deleted.
Layer Control ( )
Opens the Layers window where layers can be added, edited or
removed. Only the used layers will be shown in the Layers window.
Properties ( )
Opens the Properties window of the view where next to for instance
the color table and the scale factor several option from the toolbar
and/or context menu are accessible.
Next to the view properties, all the attributes of the selected layers of
the Layer Control are available.
The ping as displayed in the Ping view is only motion compensated and
not geo-referenced.
The ping that is displayed in the Ping view will be highlighted in the
Multibeam Area Editing – Standard view.
With the option 2D Side Front ( ) the standard 2D Ping view (Front
view) as shown above can be changed to a 2D Side view.
When more pings are selected in the Ping view, then also more pings will
be highlighted in the Multibeam Area Editing – Standard view (see below).
Figure 18-117 Multibeam Area Editing – Standard view with 250 highlighted
pings which are displayed in the Ping view
The editing in the Ping view is similar as the editing in the other 3D views
(see page 513).
again without unfiltering the data.
This option will make all selected data valid again, except the manual
rejected data. Draw a polygon around the data that have to be valid
again and all the data becomes valid. The data can be recognized by
its own filter color (Ignore Filters).
Clear Ignore Filters ( )
The ignore filters setting will be undone. Select the data by drawing a
polygon, which have to be bigger than the ignore filters area, and all
the selected data gets their own filter setting back.
Export Multibeam Points To ASCII…
The XYZ of the multibeam data as displayed in the view will be
exported to a file with extension ASC .
Layer Control ( )
Opens the Layers window where layers can be added, edited or
removed. Only the used layers will be shown in the Layers window.
Properties ( )
Opens the Properties window of the view where next to for instance
the color table and the scale factor several option from the toolbar
and/or context menu are accessible.
Next to the view properties, all the attributes of the selected layers of
the Layer Control are available.
File Color
The tracks are colored with the color as is given in the databar.
Show Color Table ( )
Toggles the display of the color table on the right side in the view
on/on/off.
Grid Model Color Mode ( )
In the view different Grid model color modes can be displayed:
if available the Z Average, Hit Count, Z Standard Deviation, Z
Minimum (Deepest), Z Maximum (Highest) and Time.
Coverage Settings ( )
The settings of the grid model in the editor (see page 444).
Layer Control ( )
Overview of all used background and foreground layers. Also new
layers can be added to the list.
Properties ( )
The properties of the editor.
A better method to fill the gaps in the position is by using the edit option
Fill Gap from the context menu in the Position Editor as is explained on
page 514.
The editing in the Profile view is similar as the editing in the other 3D
views (see page 513).
The data in the Profile view will not be updated when in the Multibeam
Area Editing – Standard view a new grid model or CUBE model is added.
When the Profile view is closed in the Editing it will not be available
anymore as a view in the Displays window (see page 492).
again without unfiltering the data.
This option will make all selected data valid again, except the manual
rejected data. Draw a polygon around the data that have to be valid
again and all the data becomes valid. The data can be recognized by
its own filter color (Ignore Filters).
Clear Ignore Filters ( )
The ignore filters setting will be undone. Select the data by drawing a
polygon, which have to be bigger than the ignore filters area, and all
the selected data gets their own filter setting back.
Export Multibeam Points To ASCII…
The XYZ of the multibeam data as displayed in the view will be
exported to a file with extension ASC.
18.15 Sonar
At the moment the Sonar is not an editor it is only a viewer for side scan
sonar data or for snippets data. For both types of data, a separate viewer
is available; the Sonar – Sidescan view and the Sonar – Snippets view.
In both viewers, the data is moved to the left or right with the left or right
arrow key on the keyboard. Next to the zoom buttons ( and ) the
keys ‘+’ and ‘-’ on the numerics keyboard can be used to zoom in and out
in the view.
Alternatively, scroll Up and Down in the View with the mouse wheel. Hold
the ‘Shift’ key and use the mouse wheel to zoom in or out.
decide when the recache of the side scan sonar or snippets data is
started. Click on to start the recache.
The + and – key of the Zoom In, Zoom Out ( , )
numerics keyboard can Zoom in and out in the view.
also be used for the Zoom
In and Zoom Out. Brightness ( , )
Increase (lighter) and Decrease (darker) the Threshold.
Ping Selection ( )
Select one of the four pings or all the pings to be displayed in the view.
Lines/Dots ( )
Toggles between Dot view (Out) and Line view (In).
Speed Correction ( )
Toggles between Speed Correction Off (Out) and On (In) (see page
475).
Invert Colors ( )
Toggles between a black background (Out) and a white background
(In).
Click on to activate the Slant Range Correction ( )
changes caused by the Toggles between Slant Range Correction Off (Out) and On (In) (see
slant range correction page 475).
on/off.
Save Snapshot ( )
Save the display as a JPG or BMP file.
Create Sonar Target ( )
Draw a box around an area in the sonar view that has to be saved as a
sonar target.
The symbol for the sonar target can be defined in the Active Sonar
Targets Layer which will be created when the first sonar target is
selected.
When the sonar Target symbol is drawn in the view a context menu
becomes available for that sonar target. With a right mouse click on or
in the symbol gives some extra options. See ‘Sonar Targets Options in
Sonar Views’ on page 476.
See the Sonar Targets view below for more information.
Delete All Sonar Targets
All the sonar targets from the active sonar targets file will be deleted in
the views and from the active sonar targets file. Along with the sonar
targets the corresponding GeoTIFF files of the images of the sonar
targets will be deleted.
Layer Control ( )
Opens the Layers window where layers can be added, edited or
removed. At the moment only the Active Sonar Targets Layer is
available in the Layers window.
Properties ( )
The above-mentioned settings in the view.
The color palette can be set on rust or gray.
Figure 18-123 Three Sonar Targets views with sonar targets created in three
different views
files and all the corresponding GeoTIFF files. Don’t forget to copy the
GeoTIFF files when a copy is made of the sonar targets. When no
GeoTIFF files are available no picture is available anymore.
Measure ( )
To measure a distance and a bearing in the plan view. On the first use
the measure starts at the vessel’s tracking point. With a mouse click
the start of the measurement can be at any location in the view. The
measure window shows start and end coordinates as well as distance
and bearing between the two locations.
The Tide Station – Viewer shows only the tide data that is used for the
data in the selected file set. If there is no tide data applied to the data in
the Editing this viewer will be empty.
It is possible to modify the tide data in the viewer, but the tide data will not
be treated as PDS log data like all the other data in the Editing. Any
modification made in the viewer will modify the tide values files in the
Explorer (see page 248), but not the data in the other editors. If tide data
is modified in the viewer or in the editor, use the option Tools > Apply Tide
to update the other data in the Editing.
Various sensor values are relevant against a time scale. For example,
data from a VRU shown in time shows where the VRU went wrong. When
at the same time a Position Editing – Standard view is viewed, it can be
shown where the wrong VRU data is located. This may help analyzing
data from the viewed sensors.
All data is logged in a time sequence. However, it is not always useful to
show logged data in time; for example, a shallow depth recording when
viewed in time indicates there was a shallow depth at some time during
the survey but not where the shoal is located.
In this view, the echo sounder channel data with its graphical trace
information can be displayed.
When no color table is available for the graphical trace a default color
table will be generated when the channel data is loaded in the view. In the
Channel Properties in the context menu of the view a different color table
can be selected if necessary.
With the Add Echogram ( ) option only the echo sounder channels can
be selected and added to the Time-Based Editing.
The echo sounder data can be edited with a special option in the toolbar,
called digitizing ( ). See page 614 for an explanation of the digitizing.
Zoom Window ( )
With dragging a window in the active channel a part of the channel can
be zoomed in.
Zoom Extents ( )
Show all the data for all the channels.
Selector ( )
Toggles the ‘Selector’ on/off.
Channel Partition ( )
If more than one line with data is displayed it is possible to display all
the data in one view (Overlayed) or each data line in a separate view
(Stacked).
Set Y Scale
For the view in the editor, the y-axis can be defined. Set in the Set Y
Scale dialog the high and low values for the y-axis.
19.1 Introduction
Create Model can be used to make a grid model or a TIN model from
different types of data files.
The Create Model can be started with Processing > Create Model from
the menu bar or with from the toolbar of the Control Center.
After reading the data files with an optional preview function the data can
be shown in a view. All the data or data inside a clipping polygon can be
converted into a grid model or a TIN model.
Additional parameters
If necessary a scale factor for the Z-value can be entered.
Coordinate type
Select the coordinate type used in the ASCII file.
Coordinate transformation
If the coordinate type is ‘Geographic’ a coordinate datum
transformation has to be selected. Only the datum transformation
which are compatible with the project coordinate system will be
displayed. This means that the local ellipsoid should be the same as in
the project coordinate system.
Figure 19-6 Grid model data type selection for the Grid Model
Select one of the available data types in the selected Grid Model for the
import of the grid model data.
Only from the first valid Select the sensor computation of the sensor that has to be imported.
logfile in the file set the Multiple selections can be made with the Ctrl-key.
computations will be
extracted and displayed as If the multibeam xyz computation of a RESON SeaBat 7K is selected two
option!! extra options will appears at the bottom of the data selection. From the
bathymetry data the Bathymetric data or the Backscatter data can be
used to create the model.
19.2.3 Preview
When all the data files are selected and the additional information for
each data file is entered the wizard can be closed by clicking on .
All the selected data will be loaded into the computer memory.
When Show preview is checked the loaded data will be shown in the
view. A coarse grid model is used as default to show the data.
20.1 Introduction
A grid model is a digital representation of the earth’s surface. These kinds
of models are also called DTM’s or Digital Terrain Models. These models
are usually created with survey data; however other 3D data can also be
used. A model consists of a number of cells where each cell can contain
one or more data types. The cells of a grid model are always a square
with the sides parallel to the projection grid.
Teledyne PDS (PDS) uses grid models on various locations. In the
Acquisition a covered area is shown through a grid model. Off-line a
number of operations with a grid model are possible. Some of these
possibilities are listed below.
In the Acquisition and Presentation, coverage charts for various
sensors.
Quality control for sensor values.
Interpolation of measured values over non reachable areas.
Volume computations.
Expand or update existing models with new survey data.
Import and export of ASCII files.
Correcting measurements.
Visualization of measurements, in colors.
Comparing grid models and creating differential models.
Extracting profiles.
In the grid model editor next to the standard grid model a geoid model
grid model can be generated. This geoid model can be used in the
coordinate system to correct the satellite ellipsoid heights to the correct
local heights (see page 99). Two different geoid model grid models can
be generated, one with the satellite ellipsoid coordinates and one with the
grid projection coordinates. See the Import page on page 644 to create a
geoid model grid model.
Maximum on the right location and not in the center of the cell. When
contours are generated with the Z Minimum or Z Maximum also the right
location is used and not the center of the cell. These locations are not
visible for the user and are only used internally in the grid model.
Grid models from PDS version 3.6.0.6 or earlier can still be used but the Z
Minimum and Z Maximum will have no offset.
The new grid models can be used in earlier versions but the offset for the
Z Minimum and Z maximum will not work.
The grid model editor can be started with Processing > Grid Model Editor
from the menu bar or with from the toolbar of the Control Center.
With the grid model editor grid models can be created and edited. A
number of actions are available for model computations and editing.
Multiple models can be open in the editor simultaneously, but only one
model is active and editable. The models are managed in a Displays
window which can be opened with View > Displays. Close a model by
closing the window or with File > Close. It will only remove it from the
display, but the model is still available in the Displays window with its own
too big. Each time when with from the toolbar in the Control Center
the grid model editor is opened all the grid models in the Displays window
will be opened. This can result in the fact that the grid model editor cannot
When the grid model editor
is opened from the
open or opens very slow. So remove the not used grid models from the
Explorer only the selected list in the Displays window. Better is to use the combo box in the top left
grid model will be opened. of the grid model editor to open one of the other available grid models.
With (2D) and (3D) in the toolbar of the grid model editor the view
of the active model can be set in 2D or 3D. In the 3D View the standard
3D view navigation can be used (see page 68).
There are different ways to create a grid model; during on-line logging,
with the option ‘Create Model’ (see chapter ‘Create Model’ on page 615
for more information) or with the create or import option in the grid model
editor.
Click on the yellow ball and move it around in the circle. How further
away from the center how less intense the light will be. The location of
the yellow ball in the circle gives the location of the light source.
Pan ( )
Toggles the pan option on/off. When pan is active, keep the left mouse
button in and move the mouse to pan through the data.
Measure ( )
Measure a distance between a selected point and the cursor.
20.3 Actions
The different actions on the grid model data are grouped and located
under one of the tabs in the left pane.
Create (see below)
Info (see page 632)
Edit (see page 633)
Filter (see page 637)
Update (see page 639)
Export (see page 640)
Import (see page 643)
Operations (see page 645)
Interpolate (see page 654)
By selecting an existing grid model in the combo box above the Create
tab the other tabs become available again.
NOTE: The Total Vert Uncertainty (TVU) average and Total Hor
Uncertainty (THU) average are identical to the online computed TPE
vertical and TPE Horizontal. These values are displayed online in the
‘Multibeam QC – Raw profile+Total Propagation Error’ view, or offline
from the TPE report generated from the Processing Tools>Generate TPE
Results file. The grid model shows the average TVU and THU per cell.
The online TPU is always calculated using the CUBE implementation;
horizontal error without the fore-aft beamwidth error of the multibeam. The
grid model shows the online TPU.
In the next example one beam of a ping is displayed in a TVU average
cell. The values are identical with the TPE report and the online value.
See Figure 20-4.
Grid model
It shows the cell size and the statistical information of the grid model.
Cell size
The cell size of the grid model.
Used cells
Total number of cells in use.
Used area
Number of used cells multiplies by the surface of a cell gives the
total used area.
Empty area
Area of cells without data. This are the empty cells in the grid
model rectangular around the data.
Z min (deepest)
Deepest found value of the data type ‘Z Average’.
Z max (highest)
Highest found value of the data type ‘Z Average’.
Z average
It is ∑ (Hit count x Z average) / Total hit count.
In the Edit page, options are available to delete and interpolate one or
more cells in the grid model.
In Edit mode in the 3D mode for editing the left mouse button has to be
used and for moving around in the view the mouse wheel can be used.
See also the navigation in 3D views on page 68.
None
The Edit mode is switched off.
Delete
The selected cells of the grid model will be deleted.
There are three methods to delete one or more cells:
4. Delete one point by clicking on the cell with the cursor in
combination with the Ctrl key.
5. Delete more cells by placing the cursor on the right location. Keep
the left mouse button pressed in combination with the Ctrl key and
move the cursor over the grid model data. It looks like erasing the
data.
6. A different method to delete more cells is by drawing a polygon
around the points that have to be deleted. All the data that is
present inside the polygon will be deleted. The polygon can be a
polygon with line segments or it can be a free drawn polygon
(lasso).
Interpolate circular
Interpolate the gaps in the grid model with the circular interpolation. In
this interpolation all the Z data types (the Z Average, the Z Maximum
and Z Minimum, if available in the grid model) will be interpolated.
Draw with the mouse a lasso / clipping polygon and the gaps in the
lasso / polygon will be interpolated immediately.
Max gap
The maximum gap in the grid model for which the interpolation is
Click on a data value field to edit the value. Click to set the
new value. Click to clear/delete the data in the cell.
Make Empty
By selecting a grid model filter all data types in a cell can be made
empty.
With a new grid model filter can be made. The grid model
filter editor will be opened (see below). With the selected grid
model filter can be modified in the grid model filter editor.
In the grid model filter editor two criteria can be defined for the grid
model filter. Both criteria must be valid to clear a cell. Select None for
a criterion to make it ‘not used’.
Clipping polygon
Select a clipping polygon, and set the condition to either Inside or
Outside.
The criterion that a grid cell is inside or outside the clipping
polygon is when the center point of the grid cell is inside or
outside.
Data type
Select the data type, a condition operand and a comparing
value. The operand can be > (bigger) or <= (smaller or equal).
Click on to make the cells empty which match with the criteria in
the filter. When the user confirm the process, it is not reversible!!
With the undo and redo functions ( and ) above the left pane of the
grid model editor the deleted data can be undone and redone if
necessary.
When one of the edit options is selected the Edit tab gets a red box as
identification ( ) that the editor is in edit mode. When switch
over to a different tab the edit mode is not active anymore, but the edit
status is stored. Switch back to the edit tab the red box is displayed again
and the edit status is recovered.
Switch the edit mode off by clicking with the right mouse button in the
view, the cursor will change back to an arrow. Off course the edit mode
can also be switched off in the 3D Edit page by selecting None.
Filter Options
Evaluation area size
Select an evaluation area size; for each type of area a different size
for the despiking is needed. For each area a mean is calculated
and with the threshold a spike can be detected in the area.
Threshold
The threshold is a kind of standard deviation for each area.
For an irregular area a small threshold (f.i.0.5) will give more spikes
than a threshold of 5. How bigger the threshold the more
irregularity is accepted as no spike.
Selection area
The despiking can be done for the complete grid model with the
options Entire Model’. The spikes are found after on
is clicked.
With Select area select an area of the grid model by drawing a
lasso around the area with spikes. The spikes are found when the
lasso is drawn.
or
The ‘Find Spikes’ button is only active when as selection area the
entire model is selected, or when in a selected area the threshold is
changed.
Click on the button to find the spikes in the grid model.
The ‘Find & Remove Spikes’ button is only available when the option
Show Preview is unchecked; the detected spikes will be removed
immediately after they are detected.
When Show Preview is checked the spikes become visible in the view.
Click on the button to remove the spikes. The spikes will be replaced
by interpolated data from the cells around the spike(s).
Figure 20-11 Data type and clipping polygon selection for the interpolation
Clipping polygon
A clipping polygon is not required. If a clipping polygon is not available
it should be made first, this can be done with the option Draw Polygon
in the context menu.
The grid model will be updated with new data from a different grid model.
If a clipping polygon is selected the update will take place inside the
polygon. The result of the update depends on the method:
Replace
The old data will be replaced with new data. This is only in the cells
where new data is available.
Combine
The values of the data types are combined. A new ‘Z Average’ is
computed with the updated ‘Hit Count’, which is the sum of the old and
new hit count. The data type ‘Time’ will be the latest time.
Minimum Z average
The existing ‘Z Average’ is replaced with the deepest ‘Z Average’ of
the two grid models.
Maximum Z average
The existing ‘Z Average’ is replaced with the highest ‘Z Average’ of the
two grid models.
Add Z
The ‘Z Average’ is added to the existing ‘Z Average’.
The data in the grid model will be replaced with the data from the 3D
model. This update is only in the cells where data from the 3D model is
available. If a clipping polygon is selected the update will take place only
inside the polygon.
Click on to start the update of the grid model.
Figure 20-14 Data type and clipping polygon selection in the Export page
Data type
Select one of the available data types for the export.
Clipping polygon
A clipping polygon is not required. If a clipping polygon is not available
it should be made first, this can be done with the option Draw Polygon
in the context menu.
This function exports the grid model data to an ESRI text file. The ESRI
format needs a rectangle parallel to the X and Y grid. If no clipping
polygon is selected PDS will generate a rectangle around the data. If a
clipping polygon is selected PDS will generate a rectangle around the
polygon.
Each cell in the rectangle will give a Z-value, where for the filled cells the
selected data type will be used and for the empty cells a ‘No data value’
can be specified. The cells outside a selected clipping polygon will be
treated as empty cells. The number of decimals for every Z-value can be
specified.
Click on to start the export of the grid model data.
This function exports the grid model data to a KML or a KMZ file. Both
these files can be opened in an OpenGIS system, i.e Google Earth (see
also page 240 in the ‘Project’ branch in the ‘Other’ tab page of the
Explorer).
The KML file contains the X and Y which are converted to WGS’84
coordinates. The conversion is from grid coordinates to the WGS’84
coordinates and is done according the project coordinate system. The Z
value is the value of the selected data type. The KML file gives a point
cloud with Z values.
The KMZ file contains a compressed GeoTIFF file of the grid model.
If a clipping polygon is selected the export is only from the data inside the
polygon.
Click on to export the X,Y and Z to a KML file and click on
to export the image of the grid model to a KMZ file.
The data from a standard grid model, a side scan model or a snippets
model can be exported to a compressed GeoTIFF file. The GeoTIFF file
is compressed with the LZW compression. The sun illumination setting
will be used to generate the GeoTIFF.
This file can be draped over a grid model in the 3D views of PDS by
adding a 3D Draping Layer to that view.
Check the option View in 3D, select a grid model that will be used for the
draping and after the grid model is exported the 3D grid model editor will
open with the selected grid model and the GeoTIFF file draped over it.
Select one of the available data types from the grid model. This data type
will be displayed in the GeoTIFF file.
Click on to start the export of the grid model data.
An ASCII file will be generated containing the cells of the grid model
which are different from the cells of the selected original grid model. If
only a part of the grid model has to be generated a clipping polygon can
be used.
The ASCII file will contain XYZ data of the following cells.
Cells with data that is not present in the original grid model.
Cells with a different value than the value in the original grid model.
Empty cells which have a value in the original grid model. Instead of a
Z value a code is generated.
This update package can be imported in the Acquisition to update the
active grid model. This can be done with Tools > Import Grid Model
Update… (see 313).
Click on to start the update of the grid model.
Set the Z scale factor when applicable and select the coordinate
type. Press the ASCII Import button to import the ASCII file using
the ASCII import wizard. Refer to the ‘ASCII import Configuration
branchh’ of the PDS Explorer’s ‘Advanced’ tab page’s ‘Project
Common’ branch on page 249; for a description of the ASCII import
wizard.
Geoide Grid Model
If the grid model in the editor is a geoid model grid model, geoidal
data can be imported through an ASCII file. The import data in the
geoid model grid model should be an ASCII file with longitude,
latitude and geoidal separation (satellite coordinates) or with
easting, northing and geoidal separation (grid coordinates).
Geoid model grid model (satellite coordinates):
For the geoid model grid model (satellite coordinates) the ASCII file
If the geoid model grid should contain for the X and Y the longitude and latitude in WGS’84
model (satellite coordinates) coordinates and for the Z the geoidal separation.
is created, the cell size The longitude and latitude are in degrees and decimal degrees.
should be defined in The X and Y in the grid model are in degrees and not in meters.
degrees (for example 0.01 Press the ASCII Import wizard button to retrieve the data from the
or 0.001). file. It is possible to define the data separators and column names
with the ASCII import wizard. (See page 249.)
Geoid model grid model (grid coordinates):
For the geoid model grid model (grid coordinates) the ASCII file
should contain for the X and Y the easting and northing in
projection coordinates and for the Z the geoidal separation. The
Apply a correction to a grid model means that the existing data types (‘Z
Average’, ‘Z Minimum’ and ‘Z Maximum’) are corrected following the
equation:
New value data type = (Old value data type) x (Factor) + (Offset)
Change the depths to heights or vice versa by setting the factor to ‘-1’ and
the offset to ‘0’.
Click on to apply the Z correction to the grid model.
For all the cells inside the clipping polygon the values of the selected
data type will be set to the value as entered.
For all the cells inside the clipping polygon the values of the selected
data type will be deleted.
This option is to create a grid model with a difference cell size from the
active grid model by resampling the data in the grid model.
The resampling will be done for all the data types available in the active
grid model. Select a clipping polygon if only from a part of the grid model
a new grid model with a different cell size has to be created.
Click on , select an existing grid model or give a new name for
the resampled grid model and the model will be created.
This option is to create a difference model from the active model and a
reference model by the following equation:
Difference model= (Active model) – (Fixed level)
or
Difference model= (Active model) – [(Reference model) + (Offset)]
Select the data type for which a difference model has to be calculated and
select a clipping polygon if only from a part of the grid model a difference
model has to be created.
Reference
As the reference level two options are possible.
Fixed level
This option generates a temporary grid model with a depth/height
as is entered. The grid model will be generated around the active
model.
Model
With this option two different model types can be selected, a grid
model and a 3D model. If necessary an offset to the reference
model can be entered.
Report
Enter a name that will be used in the header of the report.
View report
If checked, the PDF report opens in the PDS Reporter after the
The report will be saved as volume computation is finished. With File > Save as… in the PDS
a PDF file in the folder
Reporter the report can be saved.
‘Reports’ in the Projects
folder. If checked, the CSV report will be opened in for instance Microsoft
Excel.
If Unchecked, the report will be saved with a default filename.
Images
For the PDF report images of the result and the model can be added
to the report.
Create images
Check the option if in the PDF report images of the result and the
model has to be displayed.
The width and height of the images can be defined in number of
pixels.
Difference color table
Select a color table to display an image of the difference model with
the selected color table.
Click on to start the computation. After the computation is
finished the volume computation results window will be opened. It will only
be opened when no report is created. If a report is created and the option
View report is checked the report will be opened.
Profiles will be extracted from the grid model over the selected runlines.
Data type
Select the data type of the grid model that will be used for the for the
profiles.
Keep Ctrl pressed to select Runlines
multiple lines or use Shift Select the runline file for the profile calculations. Select the lines of the
to select a block of lines. runline over which the profiles have to be extracted.
Use section
Check this option when a profile have to be extracted over a part of
the runline. Enter the start and end point on the runline between
where the profile has to be extracted.
Average profile
If the option Adjacent lines is checked then for each point in the profile
an average is calculated using the points with the same distance on
the adjacent line(s). The user has to specify how much adjacent lines
on both sides are used to calculate the average value for a point in the
profile. This only works if the runline has adjacent lines.
Step size
If the option User defined is not checked then the profiles are
calculated from the centers of the grid cells that crosses the runline. If
the option is checked then the user has to specify a step size and for
each point on the line a weighted mean is calculated using the four
nearby grid cells.
Multiple displays
Each selected runline gets its own profile view with in the title bar the
name of the runline.
Single display
All the profiles of the selected runlines appear in one profile view, each
one with a different color.
PDS Log Data file
For each runline a PDS log data file will be create in the log data
directory.
ASCII file
All the profiles of the selected runlines are saved in one text file. For
each profile the first line has the name of the runline followed by XYZ
data and the distance along the runline.
At the bottom some extra information can be added to the file; the
Mean, the Minimum, the Maximum and/or Standard deviation of the Z-
value.
Another way to extract a profile from a grid model is with the option Draw
Profile in the context menu of the 2D view or the toolbar option Create
Detail View > Create Profile View ( ) in the 3D view.
Data type
Select one of the available data types for the interpolation.
Clipping polygon
A clipping polygon is not required. If a clipping polygon is not available
it should be made first, this can be done with the option Draw Polygon
in the context menu.
The circular interpolation is usually used for small gaps in the data. These
small gaps can be caused for example by the outer beams of a multibeam
survey.
Max. gap
This is the maximum distance over where an interpolation is valid.
The interpolation routine search for every empty cell in the clipping
polygon area or in the complete grid model. It will check if original data is
available within a ‘Max gap’ distance, and if so, it fills the empty cell with a
weighted mean of the original data.
Depending on the size of the interpolation area and the power of the
computer, this method can take considerable time. The best way to use
this option is when the gaps are small and there are lots of filled cells, like
multibeam data.
Click on to start the circular interpolation.
The directional interpolation is usually used for big gaps in the data.
These big gaps can be caused for example by sailing along runlines with
a single beam echo sounder.
Max.gap
This is the maximum distance over where an interpolation is valid.
Route
A route has to be selected or made. A quick way to make a route is
with the option Draw Route in the context menu of the 2D view.
Interpolation takes place in the direction of the route. Bends in the
route are allowed.
Perpendicular
Check this option to set the interpolation direction to across the
route.
Click on to start the directional interpolation.
See Figure 20-35 there are six ‘options’ tabs defined. By default these
tabs are named as:
PES Options
Exp1 Options
Exp 2 Options
Gis Options
Brabo Options
Dredge Options
All these tabs have the same functionality. The default names are as
shown above since the port export function was developed for the PDS
The following table summarizes the options to setup the Main Grid Model.
Function Description
Click at and browse to the source folder of
the Main grid model and select the required
main DTM file.
When the checkbox is ticked the above
selected Main Grid Model will be
updated/merged first with a selected survey
grid model before export. This grid model is
Function Description
The tab name can be changed. In this
example ‘Dredge options’ is the name.
This function exports the grid model data to an ASCII text file. For each
cell an X,Y,Z position is generated. X and Y are the center of the cell and
Z is the selected data type. A comma is used as separator. When time is
exported then the time is displayed in ANSI time. See ‘Time’ on page 774.
If a clipping polygon is selected the export only applies for data inside the
polygon. Select the checkbox(es) of the required exported data type(s).
Click or to change the sequence order of the data types in the
generated ASCII file. The Data type in top of the data type list is the first
value after the X,Y position in the ASCII file. See Figure 20-40 the
standard deviation is the value after the X,Y position.
Check the option Add precise MIN/MAX Position to add the precise
position for the Z minimum and Z maximum.
Check the option Export as depth when the Z value(s) have to be treated
as depth instead of heights. For the Z Average, Z Minimum and Z
Maximum the values will be multiplied with ‘-1’.
Click to start the export of the grid model data.
20.3.12 Contour
With this function a contour is created from the grid model data.
Data type
Select data type.
Clipping Polygon
Select a clipping polygon. The contour is created within the selected
polygon. A clipping polygon is not required. A polygon could be made by
selection of the option Draw Polygon in the context menu of the view.
Decimal:
Subscript
Superscript
It is possible to change the Font, style and size of the label with the
associated drop-down menus.
21.1 General
With the TIN model viewer TIN models can be created and visualized.
The viewer allows data to be presented in a 3D view. This 3D view is
intended to be only for visualization of the data. There are no functions to
modify the data in the TIN model viewer.
The TIN model viewer can be started with Processing > TIN Model Viewer
from the menu bar of the Control Center.
21.2.1 File
The menu File has the functions to create, open, save, export and print
views and show the properties of the view. Most of these functions are
standard functions, except the export and the properties.
File > New
Under this option a number of sources are available to create a new
TIN model or to create a new color table.
Blank Model
A blank model will be generated, which can be used in combination
with the drag & drop function to add data.
From ASCII File
All the existing ASCII files in the project folder are available. From
this ASCII file a TIN model can be created.
From XYZ Point File
All the existing XYZ files in the project folder are available. These
XYZ files are the ‘Cleaned XYZ Log Data’ files, which is one of the
available logging formats. See page 152 for more information about
cleaned XYZ log data.
Color Table
Create a new color table with the standard PDS color table
generator (see page 241).
File > Export to ASCII File
The current file will be saved in ASCII format, with the extension ASC.
The format is X, Y, Z.
File > Properties
The properties of the current TIN model will be shown.
21.2.2 Edit
The menu Edit has only the function Empty Cache. In case the operation
seems to become slow or the computer is running low in memory, the
data cache can be deleted. No data will be lost, all the data can be
reloaded from the database.
21.2.3 Tools
The Tools menu has the following functions:
When the feature angle is greater than the maximum feature angle,
the shared edge (the thick red line) is called a feature edge. This
feature edge is used to classify the vertex.
Maximum error
A simple vertex is a data point that is completely surrounded by
triangles.
Simple Vertex
The 3D distance is the distance from the interior edge vertex to the 3D
line formed by the endpoints of the two feature edges. The interior
edge vertex is removed if the 3D distance is smaller than the
maximum error.
If the option Remove boundary points is checked then also the
boundary vertex go through the decimation. A boundary vertex is a
vertex that is not completely surrounded by triangles.
3D Distance
Boundary Vertex
The start and end depth and a contour interval have to be set to start the
generation of the contours.
22.1 Introduction
In Teledyne PDS (PDS) two methods for volume computation are
available.
1. In the grid model editor with the operations ‘Compute Volumes’. See
for more details the chapter ‘Grid Model’ on page 649.
2. In End Area Volumes. This option will be described below.
line n
a b
line n-1
Runline
Vessel Track
Half line distance
Data point
Projected data point
a+b
Horizontal area = c
2 *
Figure 22-1 Horizontal area
f
e+f
Delta Z =
2
Reference profile
On the first page of the wizard the runlines, which have to be used for the
volume computation, can be selected. If only a part of the area, that is
Choose reference
Choose the reference level from the following file types and select the
file name. Some of the file types have extra options that have to be
set.
Profile Design Model
No extra options to set.
3D Model
No extra options to set.
Grid Model
Select which data type of the grid model has to be used as the
reference level; the Average, Minimum or Maximum of the Z-value.
Log Data File Set
Select a data item from the log data file set as reference level. For
this item the maximum gap and maximum offtrack can be set.
The maximum gap is the maximum distance between two adjacent
data points on the same runline. In case the distance exceeds the
maximum gap, no volume computation will be done on that
location.
The maximum offtrack is the maximum distance between a data
point and the runline. In case the distance exceeds the maximum
offtrack, no volume computation will be done. A practical value is a
half line spacing.
Tolerances
The tolerances are two extra reference levels, one above and one
below the main reference level. If the tolerances are set, four different
volumes will be calculated; above the above tolerance, between the
above tolerance and the main reference level, between the main
reference level and the below tolerance and below the below
tolerance.
The tolerances are a vertical shift from the main reference level.
Figure 22-8 End Area Volumes with the Vertical Areas page
On the next page in the wizard the main project has to be selected. If
other PDS projects are available with the same geodetic settings, the data
can be selected from those projects as well. Data from projects with
different geodetic settings cannot be combined.
Click on and PDS will create the plot project and close the
wizard.
The project tree contains everything that is part of the project. Next to the
project tree is the overview window, which consists of two sections. The
left section shows the overview tree, while the overview plot is shown in
the right section. The overview plot also has a toolbar.
Figure 23-3 Context menu of the overview tree and overview plot
Any data that is added will show up in the tree and in the plot of the
overview window.
The new plan view is added to the project tree and displayed in the
overview plot. It is usually a good idea to give the plan view a more
descriptive name than the default one. The name can be changed in the
properties of the context menu of the plan view.
Cancel any visual Move a plan view by selecting it with the mouse, and then dragging it
operation by pressing the around the plot. Change the size of the plan view by selecting one of the
‘Esc’ key on the keyboard. handles and dragging it with the mouse.
Click on from the toolbar or select View > Rotate from the menu bar to
rotate a plan view. The handles of the selected plan view will change. By
dragging one of the handles with the mouse the plan view can be rotated
around its center point. Click on or select View > Rotate again to
finish the rotation of the plan view.
Figure 23-10 Context menu of the plot tree and the plot view
From the context menu select Place Panel and then select the type of
panel to add. For example select Plan to place a plan panel. See on page
693 for an explanation of the available panels.
The cursor will change to a cross and a rectangle can be drawn in the plot
where the panel should come. After releasing the mouse button the new
panel will be added to the plot. A window will appear with the panel’s
properties.
The panels are displayed in the plot and in the plot tree. The properties of
a panel can be opened with a double click on the panel in the plot, in the
plot tree or through the context menu of the panel.
Select the panel with the mouse and by dragging the mouse the panel
Hold the Shift key down to
can be moved around in the plot. Resize a panel by first selecting it, and
disable ‘snap to grid’.
then grabbing one of the handles.
Layers that are not visible are indicated in the plot tree by a dark light
bulb. Panels that are locked against accidental movement are indicated
with a small pad lock.
When the Toggle Auto Regenerate ( ) is on, the plot will automatically
be regenerated if necessary. When the Toggle Auto Regenerate is off and
the plot needs a regeneration the button Regenerate ( ) becomes
active and the text ‘Plot needs to be regenerated!’ will appear above the
plot.
Figure 23-15 Overwrite suppression in action; behind the easting text are no
depth values plotted
When overwrite suppression is enabled for just one layer then no text of
that layer will overwrite other text of the layer. When enabled for several
layers, the text of those layers will not overwrite each other as well.
23.2.4 Templates
Plot templates are the same as regular plots. They are only separated
from normal plots by their file name extension, which is ‘.[tpl].plt’ instead
of just ‘.plt’. The project tree displays the templates separate.
Templates can be used when creating a new plot. Check the option Copy
existing plot, and then choose the desired plot template from the file
dialog. To show only template files in the file dialog, set the ‘Files of type’
field to ‘Template Files’.
23.2.5 Keywords
Keywords are special tokens that get replaced by user-defined text. A
keyword is a piece of text between ‘%’ characters that can be present in
text boxes or in the text of DXF files.
Select Edit > Project Options from the menu bar to add or modify the 'user
text’ for the keywords. The keywords set in the ‘Project Options’ are
project wide keywords. Several keywords are already added to the
keywords list and cannot be modified. These keywords are: project
number, project name, coordinate system, current time, current date and
plot project.
Plot specific keywords can be added or modified in the ‘Plot Properties’ of
the plot. By default the plot name is added and cannot be modified.
The best way to insert keywords is, by a right mouse click in a text box.
On this way project-specific and/or plot-specific keywords can easily be
chosen from a quite extended list (specially the plot-specific possibilities).
The Mapping page of the plan panel properties requires a plan view.
When the option Auto fit to log data is checked a plan view will be
generated that fits the log data that is added as layer.
If plan views are generated in the overview (see page 685) then instead
off the auto fit option an existing plan view can be selected. The center
Figure 23-19 North Arrow page of the north arrow panel properties
With the North Arrow page of the properties it is possible to select the
type of north arrow. The direction of the arrow is taken from the selected
plan panel. When a north arrow is attached to the panel, its position will
be relative to the bottom left hand corner of the plan panel.
Figure 23-21 Horizontal and Vertical pages of the profile panel properties
The profile panel properties have separate mapping pages for the
horizontal and vertical axis. The horizontal and vertical options that are
available depend on the selection made in the Mode option.
Scale to Fit
Everything is calculated automatically to fit the extents of the profile.
Fixed Start and End Value
Enter a start and end value. The scale is calculated automatically.
Fixed Scale
Enter a scale and a start value. The end value is calculated
automatically.
The profile volume panel displays multiple profile boxes in a single panel.
A selection of runlines is used for the profiles. Each line is placed into a
separate profile box.
The mapping of the profile boxes is controlled by the Distance Scale and
Depth Scale pages of the profile volume panel properties. The pages
work slightly different than the Horizontal and Vertical pages in the profile
panel (see above).
There are four parameters to set for the Distance Scale: start value, end
In all the profile boxes the value, box width and scale and four for the Depth Scale: minimum,
same vertical axis maximum, box height and scale. Select in the option Mode which of the
definition will be used. four parameters is automatically calculated, the other three can be
changed by the user.
In the profile volume properties are 3 different pages available to define
the design model and the design line with its colors and select the survey
data.
Figure 23-26 Design line and colors page of the profile volume properties
In this page the design line with its under- and overdredge line can be
defined. For the 4 areas the colors can be selected, by default the colors
are identical with the colors in the End Area Volumes.
Figure 23-27 Survey data and colors page of the profile volume properties
In this page as data a grid model or a file set with log data files can be
selected.
The profile series panel displays multiple profile boxes in a single panel.
A selection of runlines is used for the profiles. Each line is placed into a
separate profile box.
Figure 23-29 Distance Scale and Depth Scale pages of the profile series panel
properties
The mapping of the profile boxes is controlled by the Distance Scale and
Depth Scale pages of the profile series panel properties. The pages work
slightly different than the Horizontal and Vertical pages in the profile panel
(see above).
There are four parameters to set for the Distance Scale: start value, end
In all the profile boxes the value, box width and scale and four for the Depth Scale: minimum,
same vertical axis maximum, box height and scale. Select in the option Mode which of the
definition will be used. four parameters is automatically calculated, the other three can be
changed by the user.
The profile cross series panel displays multiple cross profile boxes in a
single panel.
A selection of runlines is used for the profiles. Each line is put into a
separate cross profile box.
Figure 23-31 Distance Scale and Depth Scale pages of the profile cross series
panel properties
The mapping of the profile boxes is controlled by the Distance Scale and
Depth Scale pages of the profile cross series panel properties. The pages
work the same as the Distance Scale and Depth Scale pages in the
profile series panel (see above).
Only here are three parameters to set for the Distance Scale: start value,
end value and scale. The box width in the Distance Scale page is defined
In all the cross profile by the height of the panel as defined in the Position page. Four
boxes the same vertical parameters are to set for the Depth scale: minimum, maximum, box
axis definition will be used. height and scale. Select in the option Mode which of the three or four
parameters is automatically calculated, the other two or three can be
changed by the user.
The profile info panel displays the information of a profile panel, profile
series panel or a profile cross series panel.
The information consists of the X and Y scaling mode used, and a legend
of all profile layers used in the panel. Each layer is listed with its line color
and data file name.
Figure 23-33 Profile Info page of the profile info panel properties
Select in the Profile Info page for which profile panel the profile info panel
has to be generated.
Figure 23-34 Sample of a text block panel with two text boxes
A Text Block is the parent panel for one or more Text Boxes. It is used to
group several Text Boxes together so that they can be moved
simultaneously.
To add some text to the plot, first place a Text Block. Inside this panel,
place one or more Text Boxes that will contain the actual text.
In the Text Block panel with the context menu item Place Text Box a Text
Box is placed in the Text Block. The Text Box can only be placed
somewhere inside the parent Text Block.
In the Text page of the text box properties replace the default text ‘Enter
label’ with the desired text.
The position of a text box is always relative to the lower left hand corner
of its parent text block.
Select in the DXF page the DXF file that has to be plotted. Use the
offsets, rotation and/or scale to place the data on the right location in the
panel.
The color mapping panel displays the color table of a plan panel. When
attached, the panel will automatically be placed next to the plan panel and
receive the same height. The order of the table can be reversed.
Figure 23-38 Color Table page of the color mapping panel properties
Select in the Image page the image file. The plot support several image
file formats, like BMP, JPG, TIFF, etc.
Figure 23-40 Sample of a key map panel with the current plot highlighted
The key map is a panel that can display an overview of the defined plan
view rectangles of the current plot project. A plan panel of the current plot
is highlighted in the key map.
A key map panel uses the same mapping method as a plan panel. Define
an extra plan view to cover all other plan views just for the mapping of the
key map.
After creating the panel, the first thing to do is to add the Plan Views
layer. This layer will display the available plan views. Add other layers if
needed.
The scale bar is a panel that displays the scale of a plan panel in the form
of a bar.
Figure 23-42 Scale Bar page of the scale bar panel properties
Select in the Scale Bar page the type of the scale bar and which plan
panel will be used as reference.
Profile Volume
Profile Series
Profile Cross
Key Map
Profile
Series
Plan
The clipping polygon can be plotted in the plan panel and in the key map
panel.
When the option Use only dredge status is checked, then select in the
combo box which dredge status has to be plotted.
When all the dredge statuses are plotted a dredge state color table can
be selected to show each dredge status in a different color. Check the
option Use color table to make this option active.
The dredge status information can only be plotted in the plan panel.
The text size of the text from the DXF file will varies with the scale as
selected in Plot. To disable this feature select in the Text Size page the
option Use fixed text size and enter a scale. The text is then plotted with
the entered scale.
In the Line Style page the line width can be defined. The color to plot the
data can be selected; use the colors as in the DXF file or select a user
defined color.
The DXF file can be plotted in the plan panel and in the key map panel.
The GLW grid can be plotted in the profile panel, in the profile series
panel and in the profile cross series panel.
In the Cells page is defined how the grid model data is presented in the
plot.
Use limits
If checked, only the grid model cells with a depth between the
minimum and maximum depth will be plotted.
If not checked, all the cells will be plotted.
Show cells
If checked, then the cells will be plotted with the colors of the selected
color table of the plan panel (see page 694), the key map panel has no
color table. The option Points will plot a colored point in the center of
each cell and the option Solid will fill the cell with one color.
Use sun illumination
If checked, the sun illumination settings will be used to change the look
of the grid model. This is only working when for Show Cells the option
Solid is selected.
Show labels
If checked, the depth values will be plotted on top of the grid model
with the label spacing as specified. The label spacing is related to the
selected scale in the Mapping page of the plan panel or key map
panel.
In the Depth Biasing page the biasing can be set. With No biasing the
label will be plotted according the label spacing as specified in the Cells
page.
With Shoal biasing a virtual grid with the label spacing as grid size is
generated. For each virtual grid cell the shallowest value will be plotted,
starting with the shallowest value of all virtual grid cells.
With Valley biasing a virtual grid with the label spacing as grid size is
generated. For each virtual grid cell the deepest value will be plotted,
starting with the deepest value of all virtual grid cells.
The grid model data can be plotted in the plan panel and in the key map
panel.
In the Contour page defines the contours and the location and orientation
of the contour labels.
Suppress contours shorter
Defines that plot contour lines shorter than the specified value will not
be plotted.
Contour label spacing
Defines the spacing between two labels on the same contour line. The
label spacing is related to the selected scale in the Mapping page of
the plan panel or key map panel.
Label orientation
Defines how the labels in the contours will be plotted. The option Use
Optimum Text Angle uses as much as possible the orientation of the
plan panel or key map panel to plot the labels. The options Slope
Upwards and Slope Downwards will plot the labels in direction of the
slope, upwards up or downwards up.
Smoothing window
This option can be used to smooth the generated contours, from no
smoothing to a maximum smoothing with 7 steps in between.
The labels of the contours are plotted only when in the contour
definition file for the each contour the option Show labels is
checked.
Figure 23-52 Contour properties of a contour in the contour definition file with
the option Show labels checked
Figure 23-53 Design Model page of the grid model difference properties
In the Design Model page 2 different model types can be selected; Grid
Models and 3D Models.
The Grid Model and Data Type page, the Cells page and the Depth
Biasing page are identical with the pages for the grid model layer (see
page 711).
The Contouring page and Contour Levels page are identical with the
pages for the grid model contour layer (see above).
The grid model difference data can be plotted in the plan panel and in the
key map panel.
In the Options page the settings for the profile can be defined.
Smoothing
This option can be used to smooth the generated profile, from no
smoothing to a maximum smoothing with 7 steps in between.
Average profile
The profile is generated over the active runline. Check the option Use
adjacent lines to take also profiles over the adjacent runlines on each
side. From these profiles an average is calculated and that average
profile is plotted. Enter how much adjacent lines have to be used to
calculate an average profile.
Step size
When the option User defined is not checked the points of the profile
are calculated from the centers of the grid cells that crosses the
runline.
When the option is checked the points of the profile are generated for
each step on the line. Each point is a weighted mean of the four
nearby grid cells. Enter the distance (step size) between two points of
the profile.
The grid model profile can be plotted in the profile panel, in the profile
series panel and in the profile cross series panel.
Figure 23-55 Options page of the grid model profile statistics properties
In the Options page the settings for the profile can be defined.
Smoothing
This option can be used to smooth the generated profile, from no
smoothing to a maximum smoothing with 7 steps in between.
Average profile
The profile is generated over the active runline. Check the option Use
adjacent lines to take also profiles over the adjacent runlines on each
side. From these profiles an average is calculated and that average
profile is plotted. Enter how much adjacent lines have to be used to
calculate an average profile.
Step size
When the option User defined is not checked the points of the profile
are calculated from the centers of the grid cells that crosses the
runline.
When the option is checked the points of the profile are generated for
each step on the line. Each point is a weighted mean of the four
nearby grid cells. Enter the distance (step size) between two points of
the profile.
Statistics
Define with how much decimals the mean, minimum, maximum and
standard deviation is plotted in the text box. Check the option Draw
Profile when the profile has to be plotted in the panel.
Next to this layer a text layer (see page 722) has to be added to the
The four keywords have to profile panel. After the text layer is added a text box can be added. In the
be added before as Text page of the text box the keywords ‘mean’, ‘min’, ‘max’ and ‘std’ can
keywords (see page 687) be added. The values of the keywords will be plotted in the text box.
The grid model profile statistics can be plotted in the profile panel, in the
profile series panel and in the profile cross series panel.
Set for the X and Y grid the interval and the style. The X grid will present
the KP along the selected route. The value of the KP will be plotted and
with the prefix and/or postfix extra text can be added to the label.
The KP grid data can be plotted in the profile panel and in the profile
series panel.
In the Options page the method how the data is presented can be
defined.
Show lines
The data is presented as a line, where a line a drawn between the
data points.
Show line labels
When the option Show lines is checked this option becomes available.
The name of the line will be plotted next to the line.
Show soundings
The data is presented as dots. It is not necessary that the data is a
sounding; all types of data from the log data can be plotted.
Show soundings labels
Next to each data point a label is plotted. With Label spacing the
In the Options page the smoothing of the profile can be defined. This
smoothing can be used to smooth the generated profile, from no
smoothing to a maximum smoothing with 7 steps in between.
The log data profile can be plotted in the profile panel, in the profile series
panel and in the profile cross series panel.
In the Options page the smoothing of the profile can be defined. This
smoothing can be used to smooth the generated profile, from no
smoothing to a maximum smoothing with 7 steps in between.
The pipe profile can be plotted in the profile panel, in the profile series
panel and in the profile cross series panel.
In the Labels page can be set if the KP labels and route label can be
plotted.
Show KP labels
Check the option when KP labels (KP flags) has to be plotted along
the route. Set the Interval between the KP labels and the Offset for the
length of the KP flag.
Show route label
Check the option when the name of the route has to be plotted next to
the line.
The route data can be plotted in the plan panel and in the key map panel.
Annotation
Format
Select as format Degrees Minutes or Degrees Minutes Seconds.
Decimals
Number of decimals used for the minutes when as format Degrees
Minutes is selected and for the seconds when Degrees Minutes
Seconds is selected. The format Degrees Minutes plots as
minimum 3 decimals even when less decimals is selected.
Hemisphere indicator
The location of the hemisphere indicator (N, S, W or E) in the label.
Leading means that the indicator is placed for the coordinate and
Trailing behind the coordinate.
Add degrees (°) minutes (‘) and seconds (“) symbols
Check this option to plot the symbols behind the degrees, minutes
and seconds.
Interval D MM SS.S or D MM.MMM
Select for the latitude and longitude the interval between two grid lines.
Color and Style
Color and style for the grid lines. The color of the labels can be defined
in the Labels page.
The satellite geographic grid information can be plotted in the plan panel
and in the key map panel.
In the Options page the presentation of the sonar targets can be defined.
Select as symbol for the sonar targets a Circle or a Cross. With the Size
the size of the symbol can be defined. The line style and color for the
circles can be defined in the Line Style page, the color of the cross is
always black.
The sonar targets can only be plotted in the plan panel.
In the Markers options page is defined how the markers of the streak lines
and fairway lines are plotted.
Marker top offset
The offset from the top of the profile panel where the markers will start.
Marker bottom offset
The offset from the bottom of the profile panel where the markers will
stop.
In the Options page the smoothing of the profile can be defined. This
smoothing can be used to smooth the generated profile, from no
smoothing to a maximum smoothing with 7 steps in between.
The theoretical model profile can be plotted in the profile panel, in the
profile series panel and in the profile cross series panel.
In the Cells page is defined how the TIN model data is presented in the
plot. The options Use limits and Use sun illumination are not valid for a
TIN model.
Show cells
If checked, then the cells will be plotted with the colors of the selected
color table of the plan panel (see page 694). The option Points will plot
a colored point in the center of each cell and the option Solid will fill the
cell with one color.
Show labels
If checked, the depth values will be plotted on top of the TIN model
with the label spacing as specified. The label spacing is related to the
selected scale in the Mapping page of the plan panel.
The TIN model data can only be plotted in the plan panel.
The labels of the contours are plotted only when in the contour definition
file for the each contour the option Show labels is checked.
Figure 23-69 Contour properties of a contour in the contour definition file with
the option Show labels checked
In the Contour Levels page, when the contour definition file is selected,
click on to open the Contour window in which for each contour
the contour properties can be edited.
The TIN model contour data can only be plotted in the plan panel.
In the Line Style page the line width can be defined. The color to plot the
data can be selected; use the colors as in the user map file or select a
user defined color.
The user map file can only be plotted in the plan panel.
In the Options page the work areas from the selected work areas file in
the Work Areas page can be selected.
Select the option Show all areas when all the work areas in the work
areas file have to be plotted in the panel. With the option Show selected
areas only the work areas selected in the list will be plotted. Check Show
work area labels when the name of the work area has to be plotted with
the work area.
The work areas data can be plotted in the plan panel and in the key map
panel.
Figure 23-74 Grid page of the XY grid properties for the plan panel and key
map panel
Figure 23-75 Grid page of the XY grid properties for the different profile panels
For the different profile panels the interval for the X and Y can be
different, both has their own interval and style.
The XY grid can be plotted in the plan panel, in the profile panel, in the
profile series panel, in the profile cross series panel and in the key map
panel.
In the overview a drawn plan view will define which area will be used in
the DXF Export Wizard to create the DXF file. Select Place Plan View
from the overview context menu and draw the plan view over the data that
has to be exported. In the Plan View Properties the exact size for the plan
view can be set with Size X and Size Y. Give also a well-defined name for
the plan view, because the settings for the DXF export will be saved
under this name in the DXF Export Files in the Explorer (see page 247).
Figure 23-77 Plan View Properties with an exact size for the plan view
The area covered by the plan view will be the area that is used in the DXF
Export Wizard to generate the DXF file.
Select the option Export to DXF in the context menu of the plan view to
start the DXF Export Wizard.
Click in the welcome page of the wizard on to start with the DXF
Export Wizard.
Figure 23-78 Output DXF file page of the DXF Export Wizard
Figure 23-79 The Select Data page of the DXF Export Wizard
It is not possible to select At the moment only these five data types are available for the DXF export.
two the same data types. If In the future more data types will follow.
the user wants this, then
he can use the standard Log Data; select a data item and a position track of that data item with
plot features to generate a or without labels will be plotted.
DXF from a plan panel. Grid Model; a grid model will be plotted with or without colors and
depth labels.
Contours; contours based on the data from a selected grid model will
be generated and plotted.
Runlines; the selected runlines file with or without labels will be plotted.
Waypoints: the selected waypoints with or without labels and tolerance
circles will be plotted.
The wizard will open only the pages that are related to the selected data
types.
Click on to continue with the DXF Export Wizard.
In all the pages of the wizard the button is available. This means
that at any time when the user goes through the wizard and he knows that
the selections and settings in all other pages are OK, he can click on
to go directly to the Options and Preview page where the preview
or the DXF Export can be started (see page 737).
Figure 23-80 The Plan Panel page of the DXF Export Wizard
In this Plan Panel page several tabs are available to define the settings
for the plot.
Mapping
The scale will be used to generate the right labels sizes and line
widths so that these items are plotted with the right scale when the
DXF export is generated.
Color Table
Select the color table that will be used for coloring the depths in the
plot.
Label Mode
The definition for plotting the labels in the plot.
The coloring can be set on Use Text Color or on Use Color Table.
When Use Color Table is selected all the labels will be colored
according the color table. When Use Text Color is selected then for
each data type the coloring has to be defined.
The rotation can be fixed by selecting Constant and define an angle for
the rotation.
Label Font
Select for the label the font type, the font style, the font size and the
color. The color is only valid when for Label Mode Use Text Color is
selected.
Figure 23-81 The Log Data Settings page of the DXF Export Wizard
In this Log Data Settings page three tabs are available to define the
settings for the data item.
Options
The user can select if the line of the track and the line labels are
plotted or not. If the data item is a sounding the user can select if the
soundings and labels are plotted or not.
The label spacing is the space between two plotted labels along the
track. This is specified in mm and is related to the selected scale in the
Plan Panel page (see page 731).
Line Style
Select the line style, the width and the color for the track.
Depth Biasing
With No biasing the label will be plotted according the label spacing as
specified in the tab Options.
With Shoal biasing a virtual grid with the label spacing as grid size is
generated. For each grid cell the shallowest value will be plotted,
starting with the shallowest value of all grid cells.
With Valley biasing a virtual grid with the label spacing as grid size is
generated. For each grid cell the deepest value will be plotted, starting
with the deepest value of all grid cells.
Figure 23-82 The Grid Model Settings page of the DXF Export Wizard
In this Grid Model Settings page three tabs are available to define the
settings for plotting the grid model.
Cells
If the option Use limits is checked, then only the grid model cells with a
depth between the minimum and maximum depth will be plotted.
If the option Show cells is checked, then the cells will be plotted with
the colors of the selected color table in the Plan Panel page (see page
With the option Points it 731). The option Points will plot a point in the center of each cell and
will take a long time before
the option Solid will fill the cell with one color.
the Preview or the DXF is
generated. If the option Use Sun Illumination is checked, then the sun illumination
settings will be used to change the look of the grid model. This is only
working when for Show Cells the option Solid is selected.
If the option Show labels is checked, then depth values will be plotted
on top of the grid model with the label spacing as specified. The label
spacing is related to the selected scale in the Plan Panel page.
Depth Biasing
With No biasing the label will be plotted according the label spacing as
specified in the tab Options.
With Shoal biasing a virtual grid with the label spacing as grid size is
generated. For each virtual grid cell the shallowest value will be
plotted, starting with the shallowest value of all virtual grid cells.
With Valley biasing a virtual grid with the label spacing as grid size is
generated. For each virtual grid cell the deepest value will be plotted,
starting with the deepest value of all virtual grid cells.
Figure 23-83 The Contours Settings page of the DXF Export Wizard
In this Contours Settings page three tabs are available to define the
settings for plotting the contours of the grid model.
Contouring
Define the criteria for plotting the contours lines and the labels.
The option Suppress contours shorter defines that plot contour lines
shorter than the specified value will not be plotted.
The option Contour label spacing defines the spacing between two
labels on the same contour line. The label spacing is related to the
selected scale in the Plan Panel page (see page 731).
The option Label orientation defines how the labels in the contours will
be plotted. Use Optimum Text Angle uses as much as possible the
orientation of the plan view to plot the labels. Slope Upwards and
Slope Downwards will plot the labels in direction of the slope, upwards
up or downwards up.
The option Smoothing window can be used to smooth the generated
contours, from no smoothing to a maximum smoothing with 7 steps in
between.
Contour Levels
A contour definition file has to be selected. This file has to be
generated before the DXF Export Wizard is started. See page 245 for
information about the contour definition file.
Figure 23-84 The Runlines Settings page of the DXF Export Wizard
In this Runlines Settings page three tabs are available to define the
settings for plotting the runlines file.
Line Style
Select the line style, the width and the color for the runlines.
Labels
If the option Show runline labels is checked then the names of the
runlines will be displayed with the offset as specified.
Label Font
Select the font type, the font style, the font size and the color for the
labels. These settings will overrule the settings made for the Label
Font in the Plan Panel page (see page 731).
Figure 23-85 The Waypoints Settings page of the DXF Export Wizard
In this Waypoints Settings page three tabs are available to define the
settings for plotting the waypoints.
Options
Select a symbol for the waypoints, Circle or Cross. Specify the size for
the symbol in mm.
If the option Show tolerance circles is checked, the tolerance circles
will be plotted around the waypoint.
Line Style
Select the line style, the width and the color for the tolerance circles.
Label Font
Select the font type, the font style, the font size and the color for the
labels. These settings will overrule the settings made for the Label
Font in the Plan Panel page (see page 731).
Figure 23-86 The Options and Preview page of the DXF Export Wizard
24.1 introduction
The Quick Profile Plot is a tool to generate quickly profile plots based on a
plot template. The Quick Profile Plot uses the plot template in combination
with user specified data, like runlines and grid models.
Before the Quick Profile Plot can be started a plot project with a plot
template has to be created in the Plot (see page 683). The plot template
should be a profile plot based on runlines. Next to the runlines, file sets,
grid models, design models and text can be used to setup the plot
template. For each runline as selected in the runlines files a different
profile plot will be generated.
The Quick Profile Plot can be started with Tools > Quick Profile Plot from
the control Center menu bar.
Figure 24-1 Quick Profile Plot with a plot project and a plot template selected
In the tabs Filesets, DTM, Design and Text the right files for the profiles
plots can be selected and also the right text can be specified.
24.2.1 Filesets
If in the profile panel of the plot template log data is specified as a layer
then with this tab the file set for the profile plots can be specified. Click on
to select an existing log data file set in the project for the
selected layer.
24.2.2 DTM
24.2.4 Text
If the setup with the file selections is saved, the saved setup can be
opened again. Before
selected.
is used the plot project has to be
If the setup with the file selection is finished, the setup will be saved
with the name of the plot template.
If the setup with the file selection is finished, the setup will be saved
with a name specified by the user.
For each runline that is selected in the Select Runlines box a preview
of the plot will be displayed. Click on in the preview file plot to
close the preview and continue with the preview of the next selected
runline. The preview can be stopped by closing the file plot preview
with .
For the selected runline in the General tab a preview of the plot will be
displayed. Click on or to close the preview.
For each runline that is selected in the Select Runlines box a profile
plot will be generated with the setting as specified in the different tab
pages. Each profile plot will be placed in the plot project as a separate
plot file with the name of the plot template and a sequence number.
After the plot files are generated they will be printed.
For each runline that is selected in the Select Runlines box a profile
plot will be generated with the setting as specified in the different tab
pages. Each profile plot will be placed in the plot project as a separate
plot file.
A dialog will be opened to define the plot file name. The name can be
the plot template name, the name of the runline or a name specified by
the user. The plot files will be generated with the defined name and a
sequence number. The plot files with the runline name do not have a
sequence number.
Before the DXF file can be created the plot files has to be generated
as discussed above in the option .
After the plot files are generated for each plot file a DXF file will be
created and will be placed in the plot project directory.
If a lot of DXF files has to be created, it can take a long time before the
creation of all the DXF files is finished. Move the cursor over the plot
icon ( ) in the taskbar and a display will tell the user how many tasks
(DXF files) still have to be processed. In the example below still 176
DXF files has to be created.
25.1 Introduction
The Batch Plot is a tool to generate a plot with grid model data based on
a plot template. The Batch Plot uses a plot template in combination with
user specified XYZ data.
Before the Batch Plot can be started a plot project with a plot template
has to be created in the Plot. The plot template should be a plot with a
grid model in the plan.
The Batch Plot is started with Tools > Batch Plot from the Control Center
menu bar.
Survey data
A XYZ file have to be selected with . From this XYZ data file a grid
model will be generated and that grid model will replace the grid model
in the plot template.
The Name Prefix is automatically generated when the XYZ data file is
selected. The user can modified the prefix if he wants. The prefix
name will be used in the plot file and in the DXF file.
Check the option XYZ file contains Depths when the Z values in the
XYZ data file are depths. This is necessary because the depths in the
grid model are negative heights. So the Z values from the XYZ file get
a minus sign when the option is checked.
DTM
The generated grid model will Set the cell size for the grid model that have to be generated from the
be store with the name of the XYZ data file. The cell size doesn’t have to be the same as in the XYZ
XYZ file in the project. data file.
A Batch Plot setup file (BPP file) can be opened. This file contains all
the information to set all the items in the Batch Plot dialog.
Saves the setup and specify the name for the BPP file.
Prints the generated plot to the printer that is selected in the Print
Setup dialog.
Creates a plot file with the prefix name, date and time in the selected
plot project.
Creates a DXF file with the prefix name, date and time in the project
folder.
Closes the Batch Plot dialog without saving the setup in a BPP file.
26.1 Introduction
On several places in PDS data files can be imported and converted to
information that can be used in PDS. The different import possibilities will
be discussed in the different modules of PDS.
From the PDS Control Center it is also possible to import files.
The import in the Control Center is made to convert data files to PDS log
data files.
If the Select Tool dialog is
not visible, select File > Select from the menu bar the option Tools > Import or click on in the
New from the menu bar or toolbar to open the PDS Import Utility. When the PDS Import Utility
click on in the toolbar window is opened it will be an empty window with the Select Tool dialog
to open the dialog. on top of it.
This page will appear for all three formats. The number of columns on this
page depends on the selections in the pages before.
Click on to add a data file to the file selection. If in the runline
options page (see page 752) the option Pick runline from project is
checked and/or in the ASCII file options page (see page 752) the option
Timetag generation from start time and ping rate is checked, an Edit
Import File Settings window will be opened after the selection of the
file(s).
Import file
The added data file from the File Selection page.
Runline File
Select with an existing runline from the project.
This option will be shown if the option Pick runline from project in the
run line options page is checked (see page 752).
The next three fields will be shown if the options Timetag generation from
start time and ping rate in the ASCII file options page (see page 752) is
checked or the ASCII (X,Y,Z) data file with or without an ID is selected.
Start date
Click on next to the date and select in the calendar the right start
date.
Start time
Set the right start time of the first XYZ in the data file. Select the hours,
minutes or seconds with the mouse, type in the right value or use the
up and down arrows to change the numbers.
Ping rate (Hz)
Set the frequency for the XYZ data; how many times per second is the
XYZ data presented in the data file.
Click on in the Edit Import File Settings window to go back to the
file selection page. With in the file selection page, the Edit Import
File Settings window can be opened to check or modify the import file
settings. will only be active if a runline, date or time can be set.
If all the data files are added and the runline, date and time are set, click
on .
To click on behind one of the options will start the wizard for the right
settings of the selected option. It depends on the selection of the ASCII
data file and on the selections made in the pages before which parsing
options will be available on this page.
The different parsing options can be:
1. Parsing Of Date, Time, X, Y, Z for Channel 1 or Channel 2
2. Parsing Of X, Y, Z for Channel 1 or Channel 2
3. Parsing Of X1, Y1, X2, Y2 For Runline
Option 1 and 2 starts with the parsing of the XYZ data (see below). After
that option 1 will continue with the parsing of the date and time (see page
758) and option 2 will be finished. Option 3 is a separate parsing option
(see page 759).
If the parsing of one of the options is finish a checkmark ( ) will be
placed before the option. If all the parsing is done will become
active. Click on and the first page of the import utility will be
opened again.
On this page the settings for the XYZ data are set, so that on the next
page the right columns with XYZ data can be selected.
File
The filename displayed in the file box is the first file from the file
selection page. At the bottom, in ‘Preview Data’, the data of that file is
shown.
Original data type
Delimited. Check this option if the data is separated with a delimiter,
such as a comma, a tab or a space.
Fixed Width. Check this options if the data is aligned in columns with
spaces in between.
Skip lines
Check this option if the first line(s) of the data file(s) contains
information that is not runline data or XYZ data.
Give a number for the number of lines that have to be skipped.
Line ID
Give an ID for the lines that have to be extracted from the data file. If
an ID is given, the preview data will change and will only show the
lines in the data file with the given ID. In the example shown above,
the ID for the XYZ data is ‘EC’ and for the runline ‘RT’.
If all the settings are set, click on to go to the second page for
parsing XYZ data.
This page will appear when Delimited is checked on the first page of
parsing XYZ data. If Fixed Width is checked the page will be similar as
the page for parsing the date and time, only the sub items will be X, Y, Z
and optional date and time (see page 758).
On this page the delimiter and the columns have to be defined.
Delimiter
Select a character as delimiter between the data fields. The options
are comma, tab, space or custom. With custom a user defined
character can be added.
If in the ASCII file options Fields
page (see page 752) the If a column is selected in ‘Select Column Names’, a column number
option Timetag parsing is will be added to the selected field name.
checked, also the date and
the time column have to be Select column names
selected. Click with the right mouse button on a column and select one of the
available field names for the selected column.
If all the columns which are necessary for the import are selected, the
button will become active (only for parsing XYZ data). Click on
and go back to the first page of the import utility.
If the parsing contains a date and time, the ASCII Parsing Wizard will
continue with parsing date and time (see below).
The locations of the year, month and day in the date column are defined
with a start and end position in the column.
Double click in ‘Column For Field Name:’ on year, month or day and an
edit window will be opened.
Start Position
Set the start position of the item; in the example above the month
(here 02) starts at position 5.
Stop Position
Set the stop (end) position of the item; in the example above the
month (here 02) stops at position 6.
Factor
The multiplication factor should be 1.
Offset
An offset can be added to the selected item value to get the right
value. If for instance the year is presented in the data file as 05, then
with an offset of 2000 the year becomes 2005.
If the year, month and day are set, click on to go to the page for
parsing the time. This page works similar as the page for parsing the
date, only here are the items hour, minute, second and millisecond. If the
hour, minute and second is set (millisecond is optional) becomes
active.
Click on to select the XTF file for the import. It is possible to add
more XTF files before the import is started.
Check one of the options Import sidescan data, Import snippet data or
Import tide data if side scan data, snippets or tide data is available in the
XTF file(s) and have to be imported.
Click on to start the import of the XTF file(s).
Click on to select the S7K file for the import. It is possible to add
more S7K files before the import is started.
For bathymetry data at least the following records should be logged in the
S7K file:
For Position :1003; or 1015
26.5.1 Offsets
When in the S7K file(s) the record 7030 is missing, automatically an
offsets dialog will be opened. The offsets for the Position, Attitude,
Multibeam and Sealevel can be added manually or loaded from a file.
In the file all the items in the dialog should be mentioned with the terms as
displayed below in the text file.
Check the option Apply to all files when for all the S7K files in the import
the same offsets have to be applied.
Click on to select the ALL files for the import. It is possible to add
more ALL files before the import is started.
Check the option Apply imported sound velocity profile to PDS file when
the imported sound velocity profile data from the ALL file has to be
applied to the created PDS logdata file. When more ALL files have the
same sound velocity profile only one sound velocity profile file is created
in PDS.
Click on to start the import of the Simrad EM3000 file(s).
The Offset dialog box contains the offsets for the Position, Attitude,
Multibeam and Sealevel as read from the GeoSwath RDF file.
When the RDF file(s) does not contain these offsets they are 0 in the
offsets dialog box. The user should enter them manually or load them
from a file.
Click to load the offsets from a file. Click to save
the offsets to a file.
Click on to select the Marine Sonic Technology (.mst) file for the
import. It is possible to add more Marine Sonic Technology files before
the import is started.
Click on to start the import of the Marine Sonic Technology (.mst)
file(s).
Click on to select the Marine Sonic Data Stream (.sds) file for the
import. It is possible to add more Marine Sonic Data Stream (.sds) files
before the import is started.
Click on to select the Klein (.sdf) file for the import. It is possible to
add more Klein (.sdf) files before the import is started.
Click on to start the import of the Klein (.sdf) file(s).
27.1 Introduction
The export utility in Teledyne PDS (PDS) is made to export the PDS log
data files to file formats which can be used with external programs.
The export can be started with Tools > Export from the menu bar or with
from the toolbar in the Control Center.
It will depend on the export type which tabs (pages) are available in the
export setup. The File Sets page is identical for all the export types. On
the File Sets page the file set can be selected, modified or created. With
in the export window, with from the toolbar or with Actions >
Select Data from the menu bar the File Set Editor is opened.
The other pages will be discussed below with the different export types.
For the Excel export it is necessary that Microsoft Excel is installed on the
computer. If not it is not possible to export to an Excel file.
Figure 27-4 Options page for Excel and Comma Separated export
Correlated
In case two or more sensors are selected in the Data Selection page,
one of the sensors can be selected as reference and all the other
sensor data is recalculated for the time of the selected sensor.
It is possible to convert in Time
Excel ANSI time to Excel time If checked, every sensor gets its own time column. When ‘Correlated’
by applying in Excel the is checked there will be only one time column, the time of the
formula: correlated sensor. The column ‘Time’ can be exported in Excel format
st st
Excel time=25569+(ANSI time/86400) (days since 1 of January 1900) or in ANSI format (seconds since 1
Select in Excel the cell format of January 1970).
custom and as type:
dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss.00 ,to
display the Excel time
‘readable’ in Excel.
Header
A header line is written above the data with the file info.
Title row
Each column gets a title above the data with the name of the data.
Open output after export
For the Excel export is the This option is not available for the export type Comma Separated. The
option ‘Post export action’ export file will be opened in Microsoft Excel after the export is finished.
not necessary, because
the file can be opened Post export action
automatically with the If Enable is checked then the exported file will be opened with the
option ‘Open output after program that is specified behind ‘Execute’. If the file has to be opened
export’. in for instance Notepad, the command should be ‘Notepad %F’.
Timed Output
Instead of exporting all the selected data, a time interval can be
defined. If for instance the time interval is 10 sec then every 10 sec
Format type
Normal
A standard XYZ format is exported.
When the options Insert timestamp at start of swath and Insert
beam number and intensity are checked the time, the beam
number and the intensity will be inserted. At the start of each sway
the timestamp is added to the file, before the XYZ the beam
number is added and at the end the intensity of the beam.
The file contains per ping, if all the options are checked:
Date Time
Beam number Easting Northing Depth Intensity
Beam number Easting Northing Depth Intensity
...
Sonar swath (.IDA)
This a special format for the Sonar Swath utility.
Timed XYZ data with ping no. quality flag
This is a special format with for each XYZ the ping number, the
beam angle and a quality flag.
The beam angle is the launch angle.
The quality flag can be a number from 0 (zero) to 15. The number
is build up of 4 bits of 0’s (zero) and/or 1’s (one), with:
Bit 0 – Brightness
1 = pass and 0 = fail.
27.2.4 XTF
In the Options page for the export type ‘XTF’ the XTF settings for the
export can be defined.
On the first page the data types have to be selected. For the export at
least one of the three data sources, multibeam, side scan or snippets,
have to be selected. If at least one of them is selected the user can also
choose to export the attitude and/or position data.
If the option Automatic selection of devices is checked, the export utility
takes always the primary data sources or the data sources that is set as
primary through the automatic switch in the data sources page of the
vessel configuration (see page 132). If the option is not checked the user
can select which data source is used for the export. The automatic switch
will be ignored.
Click on to go to the second page of the XTF settings wizard.
If the Automatic selection of devices on the first page is not checked, the
user can select which device is used for the export.
Click on to select for the VRU, the compass or the position another
data source. For the multibeam, the side scan or the snippets the
selected device can be deleted or another one can be added to the list.
If the Automatic selection of devices on the first page is checked, there is
nothing to select on this page, this page is then pure for information to the
user.
Click on to go to the last page of the XTF settings wizard.
27.2.5 S7K
Next to the File Sets page nothing has to be specified for the S7K export.
The S7K export file contains the same records, if available, as specified
for the S7K logging (see page 154).
27.2.6 SDS
In the Options page for the export type ‘SDS’ the SDS settings for the
export can be defined.
It depends on the selected settings which CTL file will be exported next to
the SDS file. The four CTL files are:
Grid coordinates with all the data (GridCoordsFull.ctl).
Geographical coordinates with all the data (GeoCoordsFull.ctl).
Grid coordinates with position, time and depth (GridCoordsBasic.ctl).
Geographical coordinates with position, time and depth
(GeoCoordsBasic.ctl).
27.2.7 SZ
In the Options page for the export type ‘SZ’ the export file name can be
defined, the channels and the data reduction can be set.
The user has to fill in a list with SZ records, which are not available in the
PDS log data file.
Channel
The user can select which channel or both channels has to be
exported from the PDS log data file(s).
Data reduction settings
If the option Use data reduction is checked the data will be reduced
with the value as defined with Interval in m. This means that each
interval value data will be exported.
Aufnameart
Select the measure method that was used during logging the echo
sounder data.
3D model GLW
The echo sounder data will be corrected for the GLW value(s)
belonging to be exported runline(s). This will be done with the GLW
value(s) as specified in the selected 3D model.
The user can choose between an export in Bartel ASCII DAT format or in
Standard UXO format. If the user choose for the standard UXO format
some extra settings can be defined.
File header include file
It is possible the add a header file to the UXO export file. Click on
and select an UXO file as header file. The path and file
name will be displayed in the text field.
Decimal symbol
There can be chosen between a Dot or a Comma as decimal sign in
the numbers in the UXO file.
Relative coordinate origin
In the UXO file the local grid coordinates X and Y are written. If these
numbers are to big to use in other programs an origin can be defined
so the grid coordinates in the UXO file getting smaller. The Northing
and Easting as entered will be subtracted from the local grid
coordinates.
Sensor height
The sensor height will be written in the UXO file as the Z value.
The default and standard format is FAU 1 with the beam angle. There is
no difference in the file name between both formats.
The FAU file will be identical with a logged FAU file and is explained in
the logging (see page 156).
27.2.10 GSF
In the Options page for the export type ‘GSF’ can be selected if the
multibeam data in the GSF file is uncorrected or fully corrected. The
corrected multibeam data is computed according the multibeam xyz
computation in the multibeam device data.
The GSF file will be identical with a logged GSF file and is explained in
the logging (see page 157).
For each selected source a separate XYZ file will be exported, containing
backscatter points and magnitude values.
Figure 27-20 Save As dialog for the ‘Excel’ and the ‘Comma Separated’ export
Select the location and give a proper filename for the export file and click
on to start the export. For the other export types the files are
directly saved with a default filename in the LogData folder. A Progress
window will appear to show the progress of the export.
28.1 Introduction
The Geo Calculator is a tool for coordinate conversions. At the moment
two different manual coordinate conversions with a reporting capability
are available.
The first conversion is a conversion where only the project configuration
and the project coordinate system can be used. The second conversion is
a conversion between two selectable coordinate systems.
It is also possible to compute a 3 parameters shift from the satellite
ellipsoid to the local ellipsoid and to convert a file with coordinates using
the project coordinate system.
The values for the latitude and longitude in the different pages does not
have to be in the format as displayed, it can be entered in several
formats. For example: 56°30’07.2” N, 56 30 7.2 N or 56.502 N.
The Geo Calculator is started from Tools > Geo Calculator from the
Control Center menu bar.
29.1 Introduction
With this option in the Control Center an external clock can be selected to
synchronize PDS with this clock. With the output option other systems
can be synchronized with PDS. After the selection of the external clock,
the clock synchronization can be switched on / off.
For a good synchronization between an external clock and PDS a clock
with a 1PPS pulse is needed. It is also possible to use an external clock
without the 1PPS pulse, but this will not be that accurate as the clock with
the 1PPS pulse.
When no external clock and a time in message is used in PDS in
With double click on in the taskbar the Clock Sync window will be
opened. This is the same window (Clock Sync – System messages) as
when on is clicked in the Clock Synchronization window (see
page 796). The only difference is that in the menu bar the option Edit is
added.
Click with the right button of the mouse on and a context menu is
opened with the options Show and Exit. With Show the same window as
with the double click on the icon is opened and with Exit will disappear
from the taskbar but the clock synchronization will not be inactivated.
30.1 Introduction
On the Equipment page an IO port has to be set when a sensor is added
to the device list (see page 121). When in the Equipment page on
is clicked only the communication ports for that specific
device driver are available and not all possible interfaces can be selected.
In the Interfacing window which can be opened in the Control Center all
the different communication ports are available.
Select from the menu bar the option System > Interfacing or click on in
the toolbar to open the Interfacing window.
By default only the serial communication ports COM1 – 16 are displayed
in this window. If in the Equipment page for a specific device driver
another communication port is added then this new communication port
will be visible in the Interfacing window.
The visible ports can be selected and on the right side in the window the
settings will be displayed and can be modified if necessary. If a
communication port is modified in the Interfacing window then the settings
of this port, if it is used in the Equipment page, will also be changed.
30.2.1 XSE
This type of communication port is only used for an Elac system. A
network port has to be entered and on the right side in the Interfacing
page an IP-address has to be entered for the XSE server.
Local Port
The network port on the PDS computer.
Host Address
The IP-address of the remote system. This is the system that sends
the data.
If the remote system is on the same computer as where PDS is
running, the host address is 127.0.0.1.
Host Port
The network port on the remote system.
Check host address
This option is only relevant if the protocol is UDP/IP.
If the option is checked, only the data from the host address will be
accepted.
Protocol
There are two network protocols available:
UDP/IP. This protocol will be used for the communication with the
RESON multibeam systems.
TCP/IP. If this protocol is used an IP-address has to be entered as
host address. This protocol checks the communication between the
two ports before it send or received data.
IP Multicast
This is broadcasting from/to a select group of recipients. Check the
option Join multicast to receive or send data in the group. The group
name has to be entered. Normally this name is created by the sender
of the data. The protocol for IP multicast is always UDP/IP.
The table below gives the setting for receiving and sending data:
Receiving Sending Receiving & Sending
Local Port local port number 0 local port number
Host Address empty host IP address host IP address
Host Port 0 host port number host port number
The ‘empty’ mentioned above in the table can also be replaced by ‘host IP
address’ when only the data from the host address has to be accepted.
30.2.4 RTA
The RTA communication port is a network connection and is specific for
the devices which are received from the RTA (Real Time Appliance) box
used for the Odom ES3.
The Base Port Number is by default set on the right number (2020), do
not change this!!
Select the sensor type that matches with the selected device.
See for a detailed explanation the manual Interface Setup chapter Odom
ES3 (the file Interface Setup.pdf in the folder ‘manuals’).
30.2.5 RGL
The RGL communication port is a network connection and is specific for
the laser scan devices Riegl and Riegl Vline. The port cannot be selected
it will automatically selected when one of these laser scan types is
selected as device.
The Base Port Number should be the port number as specified in the raw
data distribution in the SeaBat UI.
Select the sensor type that matches with the selected device. For each
device a separate RESON Remote IO interface has to be setup.
30.2.7 R7KI
The R7KI communication port is a network connection and is specific for
the RESON SeaBat 7K systems. This communication port is identical with
the socket port as described above.
Host Address
The host is always the 7K data server and, when it is running on the
same computer as PDS, the address is 127.0.0.1. If the 7K data server
is running on another computer then the address is the IP address of
the other computer.
Protocol
The protocol has to be UDP/IP.
This port can be used for all 7K drivers that need information from the 7K
data server, like the multibeam, the side scan sonar and the snippets, or
send information to the 7K data server, like the output to 7K.
30.2.9 OPC
The OPC communication port is a kind of network connection. The port
cannot be selected it will automatically selected when an OPC device is
selected.
Figure 30-10 OPC server has to be selected for the OPC communication
30.2.10 NCC
This type of communication port is needed for the Navisound echo
sounders. The port is a dummy port which is used in PDS to
communicate with the Navisound. The actual port and settings are
defined in the Navisound Control Center (see page 124).
The NCC port is automatically created when a Navisound echo sounder is
selected in the Equipment. So it is not necessary to add a NCC port, but
when by accident the port is deleted while the Navisound is already
selected then the port can be added. It is not needed to define the baud
rate, etc. because this will be done in the Navisound Control Center.
There can be only one NCC port in the Interfacing available.
30.2.11 Edgetech
The Edgetech communication port is a network connection and is specific
for the Edgetech side scan sonar system. This communication port is
identical with the socket port as described above, only the Local port and
the multicast are disabled.
30.2.13 File
The file I/O port is used to log the output of the selected driver to a file.
The file name consists of a user defined part (output file base name) and
a Teledyne PDS part to make a unique name.
See Figure 30-13.
If day and week file logging is selected the format becomes:
xxxx_Portlog-YYYYmmDD
31.1 introduction
For the Control Center, the Acquisition and the Presentation it is possible
to create user accounts. By default two accounts are already present,
Administrator and Basic Operator. The Administrator level has access to
all options in PDS while the Basic Operator has very limited access. The
administrator is set as the default user account.
To add and/or modified the user accounts select in the Control Center the
menu option Tools > User Accounts… and the User Accounts window will
be opened.
The two default user accounts, Administrator and Basic Operator, do not
have a password yet. If the user wants a password to protect these two
accounts, select a user account and click on to open the User
dialog to add a password.
Figure 31-3 Manage user level access window with the two default access
levels, Administrator and Basic Operator.
In this window the menu options from the Control Center, the Acquisition
and the Presentation that can be switched on/off are displayed. The menu
options that are accessible in all different access levels are not displayed.
The access levels are only valid for one application type. Each application
type has its own access levels, this is due to that menu options per
application type can differ.
The two default access levels, as displayed above, cannot be deleted or
modified. If the user wants for some menu options a different access as
defined with the two defaults then a new access level has to be created.
Click on and the Add user access level dialog will be opened.
Check the option Make copy of access level if an existing access level
has to be used as base for the new one. If the option is unchecked all the
menu options in the new access level will be switched off (set on No).
Figure 31-5 Manage user level access window with new user level
Click on a Yes or No in the window and the selected menu item can be
changed. So is in the figure above the menu item Logging/Logging
Settings in the Acquisition changed to Yes.
On the top right side in the application the user account can be changed.
Select the option and select one of the available user accounts. If for the
user account a password is added, then the user has to enter the
password before the selected user account becomes active.
32.1 Introduction
From the Control Center Tools>Options… menu it is possible to:
Set the Language of PDS.
Set the power management check.
Show an Advanced tab in the PDS Explorer and / or show tooltips
in the Explorer.
Do an OpenGL check when a PDS application starts.
Show a user general tab in the PDS Explorer.
32.2 Language
At the moment, next to the English language, the other languages that are
available in PDS are Deutsch (German), Français (France), Italiana
(Italian), Nederlands (Dutch), Russian and Chinese.
If PDS is running in a not English language it is possible that not all items
in a menu or in the text of the menus are in the right language. The
translation is made for a specific version of PDS, so if software
modification took place after that version the new items or text will be in
English.
Select from the menu bar of the Control Center the option Tools >
Options…and in the Language tab select a different language for PDS.
Figure 32-2 Message to restart PDS to made the new language active
Restart PDS and the selected language will be the active language for
PDS.
The message is only a warning that the performance can be better if the
advice as mentioned in the message is followed.
Select the user general folder and automatically the selected folder will
become the folder used in the User General node in the Advanced tab of
the Explorer.
33.1 Glew
The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library
Copyright (C) 2002-2008, Milan Ikits <milan ikits[]ieee org>
Copyright (C) 2002-2008, Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo[]debian org>
Copyright (C) 2002, Lev Povalahev
All rights reserved.
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
in all copies or substantial portions of the Materials.
THE MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NONINFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR
ANY
CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF
CONTRACT,
TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
MATERIALS OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE MATERIALS.
Index Application Type - 71, 72, 73, 84, 86, 121, 130,
131, 133, 149, 153, 169, 244, 245, 308,
770, 810
area filter - 563
ASCII - 152, 295, 618, 642, 654, 666, 751, 752,
753, 755, 757, 772
ASCII File - 176, 218, 247, 277, 288, 518, 596,
603, 619, 623, 644, 666, 680, 772, 792
ASCII Import wizard - 250
Auto Pilot - 358
─3─ Auto Recache - 494
3D Box View - 515, 582, 626 Automatic Identification System - 441
3D Design Model - 181, 449, 519, 525, 532, 741 AVI File - 235, 308
3D Design Model Editor - 172, 173, 174
3D Model - 169, 172, 173, 174, 181, 214, 426, ─B─
640, 648, 650, 675, 762, 781
3D Models - 212 Backscatter - 154, 391, 620
3D Object Manager - 245, 309 Backscatter Processing - 487
3D Objects - 245 backup log directory - 79
3D Studio Model - 249 Bartel ASCII DAT Format - 782
3D View - 68, 309, 642 Basic Operator - 809
3D View – Online - 328, 329, 345 Batch Plot - 745
3D View – Online Dredge - 328, 330, 345 Beam Color Mode - 518, 521, 523, 586, 595,
3D View – Online Water Column - 331, 468 603
3D View – Standard - 519, 520, 523 Beam Quality Filter - 404
Beam Reject Filter - 404
BITE - 385
─7─ BlueView - 800, 806
7K Center - 354 BlueView Son - 766
BlueView sonar - 348
BMP File - 235, 244, 308, 344, 378, 380, 434,
─A─ 457, 469, 472, 474, 517, 521, 582, 595,
Absorption - 353, 359 598, 602, 606, 614, 616, 626, 671, 704
Access Level - 810 Bottom pane - 203
Acquisition - 27, 72, 87, 89, 113, 123, 134, 136, BPP File - 747
137, 141, 150, 169, 171, 176, 177, 178, branch - 206
185, 186, 190, 218, 235, 245, 248, 253, BSB Chart - 224, 235
275, 305, 306, 308, 314, 316, 318, 319, Bursa Wolf - 99
324, 327, 328, 348, 369, 370, 381, 386,
421, 424, 426, 446, 448, 453, 456, 477, ─C─
480, 538, 560, 613, 623, 642, 809, 810, 812
Active Editor - 493, 495 Camera Images Databases Files - 213
Active Vessel - 309, 310, 311, 367 Cassini-Soldner - 105
Administrator - 809 Chart Layer properties. - 57
Advanced Computation - 131, 496 Circular Interpolation - 551, 635, 655, 762
Advanced tab - 816 Clipping Polygon - 159, 173, 176, 214, 247, 287,
AIS Layer - 441 294, 438, 541, 615, 616, 620, 626, 629,
Alarm - 72, 88, 89, 159, 162, 172, 177, 178, 182, 639, 640, 641, 642, 645, 646, 647, 649,
245, 308, 313, 346, 347, 459, 477 655, 675, 707
alarm on difference - 163 Clipping Polygon Editor - 249, 287
Alert Sounds - 81 Clipping Polygons - 213
Alerts - 313 Clock Synchronization - 795, 796, 797
Alerts View - 309, 310, 346, 347 C-Map - 13, 16, 28, 29, 30, 34, 37, 40, 42, 43,
ALL File - 763 225, 429, 435, 707
─X─
XSE - 800
XTF File - 153, 759, 772, 778, 779, 780
XTF Import - 759, 770
XYZ - 152, 618, 621, 642, 654, 667, 673, 751,
753, 754, 756, 757, 770, 773
XYZ File - 152, 666, 746, 772