5.3   3D configuration

 

By clicking at ‘3D configuration’ the user will be able to apply changes to these options:

 

•     General

 

•     Land/Air allows you to customize the depth of the 3D quality of your maps from a list of different degrees.

 

•     You can also set the maximum number of tiles to display.

 

•     Altitude exaggeration can be changed by the user. In case map reliefs aren’t very divers by exaggerating the altitude you may intensify it.

 

•     When using 3D maps, rendering mode can be modify by selecting a certain mode: map (texture), hypsometric surface, smooth surface, wire, wire + surface, or wire + map.

 

•     If you want to apply shading to your maps, you just have to select this option.

 

•     Certain field vision degree can be altered by the user.

 

•     Depending on the user's taste, 'Foggy horizon' can be enabled or disabled.

 

•     If you want Land/Air to search for landscape when starting 3D view, just select this option.

 

•     When the height is under the sea level, 3D mode can also represent the situation by fixing the current value of the sea level (*.CDEM elevation map required). By default, the level of the sea is set at 0 meters.

 

•     'Simulator' option allows you to customize the type of simulation you want to use with your maps. These are the configurable parameters:

 

•     Sort of simulator

•     Minimum distance to land

•     Wind Speed

•     Sensor Speed

 

•     Another different type of simulator is 'Turn continuously 3D', this parameters can be configured:

 

•     Horizontal rotation speed

•     Vertical rotation speed

•     Displacement speed

•     Maximum distance

•     Minimum distance