This video series provides an overview of the key workflows for generating Quick Sections and working with Section Groups.

Generating a Quick Section

This video covers the basic workflow for generating a Quick Section using OpenGround's Map Tools, including:

• Drawing a Section Line on the Map (the baseline or alignment along which the Section will be generated)
• Supplying Coordinates for the Section Line
• Buffer, Chainage, and other properties
• Generating the Section

 

Section Tools - Templates & Scales

This video covers Section Tools that can be used to select different Templates and Horizontal/Vertical Scales, including:

• Changing the Section Template, Strip Profile, Paper Size, and Horizontal/Vertical Scales
• Reloading the Section
• Resetting the Scale back to the minimum (or "best-fit") scale factor

 

Section Tools - Location Selection

This video covers Section Tools that can be used to control which Locations appear on the Section:

• By using a Location Group
• By selecting individual Locations to exclude (hide) from the Section

 

Section Groups - Section Lines

This video covers how the Section Lines Group can be used to save Section Lines so they can be re-used later, including:

• Saving a Section Line from the Map
• Adding/editing a Section Line directly in the Grid
• Generating a Section from the Section Lines grid
• Activating and selecting an existing Section Line on the Map

 

Section Groups - Section Details

This video covers how the Section Details Group can be used to save settings for individual Sections so they can be easily re-generated at a later time, including:

• Saving Section Details
• The importance of first saving the Section Line before saving the Section Details
• Generating a Section from the Section Details grid
• Adding/Editing a Section directly in the Section Details grid

 

Section Groups - Section Details & Section Tools - Additional Examples

This video covers additional things you can do with other Section Tools settings (which can in turn be saved in the Section Details Group), including:

• Using the pagination setting to break a long Section into multiple pages
• Using the Horizontal Start/End settings to manually trim a Section (at a precise Scale)
• Using the Vertical Top/Base and Scale settings to zoom in on a specific Elevation range, such as the shallow stratigraphy

 

Section Groups - Section Locations

This video covers how the Section Locations Group can be used to:

• Store the Locations that you want to exclude (hide) on the Section
• Offset Locations horizontally to clean-up any overlapping Strips