A model can be viewed in SYNCHRO Control in a few different locations, iModel Window on the home page, Model View in My Tasks or in the Schedule Module.

Homepage View

My Tasks View

An updated viewer is now available in SYNCHRO Control providing performance improvements as well as a standardization of the tools in the iModel between SYNCHRO and ProjectWise 365. 

The new viewer is displayed below:

The tool controls can be docked to either side of the viewing window by dragging the control onto the docking indicator panels. 

The control can either be pinned to always display or unpinned becoming a flyout when needed. When pinned, you can either double click on the slider bars to display or hide the control, or grab the bar and use the slide option to drag the control to whatever size you prefer.

Any of the tabs in the controls can also be pulled out and docked as a split screen with the control or docked as a separate control.

Schedule View

Navigating the Model

1 - Tools Options

Contain flyout toobar options with measurement, setback, and civil tools.

Civil Tools

• Profile -  The profile tool allows users to view the profile of an alignment or other linear geometry. After the selecting the tool, the user needs to select the alignment or linear geometry they want to view. After selection, a 2nd viewport will open which displays the vertical curve information of the selected element. Within the 2nd viewport the user can see Stations, Slopes, K/R Values, Intersect and Tangent points and more. When your cursor is in the profile view the elevation and station will also be displayed along with a match line in the plan view to show where you are in both profile and plan.

Note: In order to have this level of detail in the profile view the design must be loaded from OpenRoads Designer. Loading from an older Civil product or through an i.dgn file will not include the alignment.
On the left side of the profile view the profile button will show if there are additional profile associated with the alignment you selected.  Those can be turn on or off. 

The gear icon in the upper right of the profile view “Profile view options”  will allow you to turn on or off crossing geometry and text associated to the profiles.

Cross section: Perpendicular  
The Cross Section Tool view allows users to take a 2D slice of the model and view the elements in a 2nd viewport. Two cross-section tools are available: Perpendicular Cross Section and 2 Points Cross Section. The Perpendicular Cross Section tool allows users to take a 2D slice of the model and view the elements in a 2nd viewport. The user snaps the slice line to an alignment or other linear geometry then the slice can then be moved down the alignment or a specific station can be entered.

Measurements can be taken within the cross-section to view distances and slopes.

The user can also select the alignment from the drop-down list.  They can select the station in the drawing.

• Note: Loading from an older Civil product or through an i.dgn file will not include the alignment. The Cross Section tool can still be used without an alignment, but the stationing information will not be available.
• Cross section: 2 point
  The three icons in the upper left of the cross-section view allow you to measure on the cross-sections. The first icon working left to right allows you to measure a horizontal distance and the slope between the two points you are measuring between. The middle icon will measure a vertical distance between two points. The last icon on the right will measure an area on the cross-section all of these measurements will stay on the cross-section as long as the element originally selected continues to be shown on the following cross-section.

The gear icon in the upper right of the cross-section view “Section View Options” lets you display cut graphics from the linear geometry as well as scale the line weight to display it more prominently.

The gear icon in the middle of the cross-section view “Section Navigation Options” lets you adjust the station increment that you move through the cross sections with the navigation arrows in the middle of the view.

Station Offset

The Station Offset tool allows users to measure an offset distance from a linear element or alignment. First, the user must select the linear element.  The tool will then take a perpendicular measurement from the specified element to a desired point. If an alignment is selected the tool will also show the station location of the measurement. An alignment can selected from the Alignments drop down list as well.

The Station Offset can be taken two ways:

• At a Point

Between Points

Civil Quantities
The civil quantities tool allows you to select an element that have civil data attached to the element from OpenRoads Designer. If the element doesn’t have any civil data associated with it the element cannot be selected.

• Note: Loading from an older Civil product or through an i.dgn file will not include civil data.

Section Tools

The following options are available:

• Plane:  Allows selection by Plane.
• Element:  Allows selection by Element.
• Range:  Allows selection by Range.
• Shape:  Allows selection by Shape.

Measuring Tools

The following options are available:

• Distance:  Measures the distance between two points selected in the model.
• Area:  Measures the area of a defined area.
• Location:  Supplies coordinates within the model.
• Radius:  Measures the distance of a defined radius.
• Angle:  Measures the degrees of a defined angle.
• Perpendicular Distance: Measures the distance between two surfaces.

2 - Element View Options

• Clear Selection:  Lets the user un-select all selected elements.
• Focus Selected Elements:  Focuses in and centers the selected element to the middle of the screen.
• Change Visibility:  Displays a tool bar containing settings which let the user change the visibility of the selected element(s). 
  
  
  • Apply to: Provides options to apply the visibility settings to Elements, Categories or Models.
  • Mode: Determines the type of visibility setting to be applied.
    • Hide - Hides the selected element(s).
    • Isolate - Hides all other elements other than the selected elements(s).
    • Emphasize - Emphasizes the selected elements while greying out the other elements.
    • Transparency - Provides a transparency scale for the selected elements as well as a color palette to select a color to apply to the element(s) if desired.
  • Apply: Applies the selected settings to the model.
• Hide:  Provides options to hide selected Elements, Categories and Models.
• Isolate:  Provides options to isolate the selected Elements, Categories and models.
• Emphasize:  Lets the user emphasize selected elements while greying out the other elements.

3 - Element selection

• Selected Single:  Single selection method that allows the selection of individual elements.
• Select by Crossing Line:  A multi-selection method. All the objects crossed by the line drawn on screen will be selected.
• Select by Box Corners:  A multi-selection method. All the objects within the square drawn on screen will be selected.
• Replace Current Selection:  Allows the replacement of the existing selecting method with a new one.
• Add to Selection:  Allows the additions of more objects to the current selection by selecting new objects on screen.
• Remove from Selection:  Allows the removal of objects from current selection by selecting the objects you want to remove from selection.

4 - View Options

• Fit View:  Fits model or selected elements into center of the screen.
• Window Area:  Lets the user create a window and zoom in on the created window.
• Zoom About Point:  Allows user to select a point on the model and zoom in or out depending on which way you move the mouse.
• Pan:  Allows user to move or pan around the model. Select any point on the model pan in the direct you want to move.
• View Previous:  Allows user to select between different camera positions previously viewed.
• View Next:  Allows user to select between different camera positions previously viewed.
• Rotate About Point:  Allows user to rotate the model at the selected point.
• Expand or Exit Full Screen:  Allows user to view the model on a full screen.

5 - View Cube

• Allows user to click on the cube and rotate. The cube and the 3D model will rotate around the center of the 3D view window. Selecting one of the View cubes options (Front, Back, Top, Bottom, Left, Right) sets the camera to show the scene from the selected option.

6 - Camera Options

• Setup Walk Camera:  Sets up the camera position and look direction for the Walk Around.
• Walk Around: Used to interactively "walk" through a 3D view of a model.
• Camera on/off:  Gives the option to view the model in Isometric or Perspective view.
• Compare:  Allows the user to view planned progress via the 4D model against actual field views from the reality data model side by side in a single view.

7 - Layers and Properties

• Visibility Tree:  Allows user to turn on or off elements by using the Model Tree, Categories, or Spatial Containment.
• Search for Elements:  Seach for elements by user label or code value.
• 2D Views:  Search for and display existing 2D views.
• Map Layers:  Display and create map layers.
• Properties:  Allows user to reference the attributes assigned to the elements form the design software.

8 - Data Visualization

• Has options for Data Visualization, Civil Reports and Civil Design Validation and Analysis.

9 - Messages

• Shows error messages or messages from some tools

10 - Identify Element

• Identify selected element 

11 - Saved Views 

• Saved Views:  Allows user to save multiple views for ease of access to quickly view different part of the model.

12 - Playback Bar

• Allows user to play the sequence of the linked construction schedule. The user can pick different speeds and have the animation play on repeat.

13 - Diagnostic Tools

• Displays the diagnostic tool options.

14 - Shared Measurements

• Measures can be shared with all iModel participants. This setting will turn on or off the Shared Measurements

15 - Presentation

• Allows user to switch between different render modes (Smooth Shade, Solid Fill, Hidden Line, Wireframe), and View Attributes.

16 - Snap Mode

• Displays the available snap options to select.

17 - Selection Scope

• Allows user to switch between Element, Assembly and Top Assembly.

18 - Settings

• Allows user to switch the unit system from Imperial to Metric.

19 - Model Selection

• Allows user to select other models within the project.

20 - View Selection

• Allows user to change your view mode (Map, Calendar, Table).