1. TPC Desktop 2015 Updated Interface

2. 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?

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

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

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

10. 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

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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

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

20. 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