Profile Extractor

Changing the display options for a layer can be done from the layer Properties window (right click on the Layer in the TOC and select "Properties" from the context menu.  Click "Apply" to apply the changed settings.  Clicking "Close" only closes the Properties window.

Depending on the type of layer, different Properties window will be displayed.

• Polygon layer - displayed when the selected layer is of Polygon type and so the representation in the Profile Window is lines draped on the Profile line.  The user can adjust the following:
  • The related surface on which the layer will be draped.
  • The display of the derived lines by changing their line style and width
  • Line Color From option.  When "From layer" is specified, the line color of the draped polygons is taken from the Layer polygon symbols on the Map (polygon fill color).  This honours Category (only by single field) or Quantity classification that has been applied.  When "User defined" is selected, only one color is applied to all lines and is selected by the user in the Properties form.
  • Labels - the user can specify whether labels are displayed, their location along the line (left, centre or right), their font, color, style, background and position.

• Polyline layer - displayed when the selected layer is of Polyline type and so the representation in the Profile Window is points draped on the Profile line. The use can adjust:
  • The related surface on which the layer will be draped.
  • Point Settings - the user can change the type, size and line color of the draped point.  The "Fill Color" has two options.  When "From layer" is specified, the fill color of the symbols is taken from the Layer line symbols on the Map (line color).  This honours Category (only by single field) or Quantity classification that has been applied.  When "User defined" is selected, only one color is applied to all symbols and is selected by the user in the Properties form.
  • Labels - the user can specify whether labels are displayed, their location along the line (left, centre or right), their font, color, style and position.

• Point layer - displayed when the selected layer is of Point type and so the representation in the Profile Window can be Points, Line graph or Bar graph. The use can adjust:
  • The related surface on which the layer will be draped.  Please note that for Line and Bar graphs, the Surface Value at the point is always taken into account.  Non stacked graphs are displayed from the surface elevation to the calculated field elevation and stacked graphs include the surface elevation in the sorted elevation list. For Point graphs the surface elevation can be included or excluded by the user.
  • The buffer distance for selection of points
• The Stacked option for the Line or Bar chart.  The Stacked option has no meaning when the graph is based on Thickness values.
• The graph type - Point, Line or Bar.  Please note that when the Surface Value is included in the list for Point graph, it will not exist in the list when the type is changed to Line or Bar graph.  Still the Surface Value is included in the graph display as described above.
• The size, color, symbol and label for each graph category. Graph categories can be moved up and down in the table by drag and drop - the topmost category is displayed on top of the lower categories.
• Graph categories can be moved up and down in the table by drag and drop - the topmost category is displayed on top of the lower categories. By specifying a size of 0, the category will not be displayed.
• The display of labels with adjustment of their font, color, background and location.
• The label for each graph can be taken from the Name field or from the Category Label

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