3D Visualization of the Soil Stratum

In order to obtain a 3D visualization of the soil stratum, press the respective button —  in the toolbar. A 3D window appears which includes three scalable fields:

• table of soil types;
• fragmentation window;
• window with the 3D visualization of the soil stratum.

The program includes the following types of visualization of a three-dimensional model:

• with isolated layers, where each layer has "no thickness" and is presented as a surface formed by the levels of its upper boundary (this mode is active by default);
• with 3D layers — , where each layer forms a solid mass between the levels of the upper boundary of the current and the next by depth layer.

Moreover, it is possible to display the soil stratum with the transparency effect —  (both solid and with isolated layers), to take illumination into account —  and the display the soil stratum together with boreholes — .

Display control buttons are located in the toolbar of the 3D window.

The soils table has three columns. The first column has checkboxes which enable to disable the display of one or several soils in the 3D visualization.

The second column has color fields which correspond to the colors for displaying the layers. To change the color of the layer, place the cursor over the respective color marker and double-click the left mouse button to invoke a standard Windows dialog – Colors.

The third column provides the name of the layer assigned to it when specifying the initial data.

Fragmentation window enables to create any section of the soil stratum. To do this, follow these steps:

• place the cursor over the start point of the section line;
• drag the "rubber band" in the direction of the section;
• press the left mouse button again to fix the line.

It should be noted that the position of the start point and end point on the section line does not matter. Only the direction is taken into account when creating a section.

Once the last step is performed the site which includes the soil stratum will be divided by the section line into two parts – red and blue. A "half" you are interested in can be selected by clicking a button of the respective color in the toolbar — (red) and (blue), and a cutting plane displaying the soil stratum will be shown in the 3D visualization. There can be more than one cutting plane at the same time.

Besides these buttons the toolbar of the fragmentation window also contains:

• the Undo last cut button— ;
• the Undo all cuts button (returns to the initial state) — ;
• the Navigator mode button — , which shows the current state of the soil stratum after a series of cuts in the fragmentation window.

To change the sizes of the fields of the 3D window, move the cursor to the border separating the fields, and after the cursor changes its shape, click and hold the left mouse and "drag" the selected border.

Click the Close button in the title bar of the 3D window to exit it.