TPC Desktop 2015 Updated Interface

Agenda Interface Update Timeline Why Change the Interface? How Does the Current Interface Compare to the Previous Interface? How to Work with the New Interface Questions and Answers Resources What will we cover?

Interface Update Timeline Traverse PC for MSDOS – 1987 – Version 1 Traverse PC for Windows – 2000 – Version 4 TPC Desktop 2010 – Version 11

Why Change the Interface? Traverse PC for MSDOS – 1987 – Version 1 Traverse PC for Windows – 2000 – Version 4 Ported the DOS Interface Into Windows Provided the Ability to View/Access Multiple Windows TPC Desktop 2010 – Version 11 Full Interface Rewrite Take Advantage of New Windows Functionality Provide Easier Access to All Parts of the Survey

How Does the Current Interface Compare to the Previous Interface? All Previous Screens Have Comparable Views/Managers in the New Interface Survey Screen -> Traverses Manager Points Screen -> Points Manager Traverse Screen -> Traverse View QuickView -> Drawing View Closure Screen -> Closure View Message Screen -> Message View Report Screen -> Report View Point Codes Screen -> Point Codes Manager

How Does the Current Interface Compare to the Previous Interface? New Interface Has Additional Managers to Allow Easy Access to Data Tasks Manager – Provides easy access to files and information Drawings Manager – Provides easy access to multiple drawings within the file Drawing Data Manager – Provides easy access to all objects within a drawing Surfaces Manager – Provides easy access to multiple surfaces within the file

How Does the Current Interface Compare to the Previous Interface? All Managers/Views Contain Their Own Menus and Toolbars Most Managers/Views are User-Customizable Managers Can Be Docked, Tabbed, Auto-Hidden, Floated Views Can Be Tabbed

How to Work with the New Interface Menus Hotkeys (most are unchanged from previous versions) Toolbars Right-Click (Context-Sensitive Menus)

How to Work with the New Interface Tasks Manager Files Survey Information License Information Traverse PC Online Links Learning Guides

How to Work with the New Interface Traverses Manager Double-Click a Blank Line to Create a New Traverse Traverse Tags Control Traverses Displayed in the Drawing View Set Traverse Drawing Settings for Multiple Traverses Group Traverses in Complex Jobs User-Customizable

How to Work with the New Interface Points Manager Sort on Any Column Select Points to Add to Traverses User-Customizable

How to Work with the New Interface Drawings Manager Double-Click a Blank Line to Create a New Drawing Group Drawings in Complex Jobs – Just Like in the Traverses Manager User-Customizable – It is Very Nice to Be Able to See the Page Size Here

How to Work with the New Interface Drawing Data Manager Expand Any Section to Access Individual Objects All Objects are Accessible, Even if They are Hidden Change Properties of Any Object Hide or Show Any Object

How to Work with the New Interface Surfaces Manager Double-Click a Blank Line to Create a New Surface Surface Tags Control Surfaces Displayed in Drawing View Edit Surface Settings Without Displaying It – This Can Be Important for Large Surfaces User-Customizable

How to Work with the New Interface Point Codes Manager Tools are Nearly Identical to Earlier Interface User-Customizable

How to Work with the New Interface Traverse View Tools are Nearly Identical to Earlier Interface User-Customization is Nearly Identical to Earlier Interface New Columns for Things Like Lot Setbacks Can Contain Its Own Status Bar

How to Work with the New Interface Drawing View Tools are Nearly Identical to Earlier Interface User-Customizable Can Contain Its Own Status Bar Top-Down Hierarchy Drawing Settings Traverse Drawing Settings Individual Object Properties

How to Work with the New Interface COGO Tools What List TPC Makes Assumptions About What the User is Working with Based on How the User Started the Tool User Can Always Change What is Being Affected Graphic Pick Buttons Summary Buttons Undo Buttons

Questions and Answers Easy Way to do Dual Monitors Radial Stakeout Notes

Resources TPC Learning Center – Most of the information can be applied to TPC Desktop 2015 “Using the TPC Desktop” and “Customizing the TPC Desktop” on the Getting Started tab of the Learning Center TPC Desktop 2015 Learning Guides – Accessible via the Tasks Manager or the Link Technical Support Options – Are available on the Support page at traverse-pc.com A recording of this seminar will be available for download