- One of the simplest yet most powerful questions you can answer using InfraWorks 360 is can I see it from there? Let's take a look at how this is done. I've chosen the proposal called Analysis. And I'm going to choose a bookmark called Rincon Pt. to LH. This is a bookmark which allows me to look from Rincon Point up to our development, Lynda Heights Up on the Hilltop. Now something else I want you to do before performing this analysis is I want you to go into Settings and Utilities, click the Application Options icon, go to 3D Graphics, and go ahead and crank up your Display Detail the whole way to High.
The reason for this is if you have this setting too low the homes, the light poles, things in your model up here on the hilltop may actually disappear when you're this far away from those objects. So we don't want that to happen because we're analyzing for visibility. Okay, so back to the question at hand. Let's say again we're in a public meeting and we're showing our model, and the folks in the meeting want to know if this development can be seen from this very popular tourist attraction Rincon Point where surfers come from all over the country to ride the waves here.
Well, at this distance it's kind of hard to tell. It looks like maybe I can see some light poles jutting up into the skyline, but I'm not quite sure whether I can see the homes. And I really want to get a definitive answer as to whether I can see the rooftops from this location. So what I can do is in my Analysis tools and the way that I get to those is to open the Core tools, click the Analyze icon. You'll see an icon in here called Select Visible. It's very easy to use.
All I do is position my view in the direction that I want to look and put myself in the location that I want to look from and click the Select Visible button. And InfraWorks 360 will select any object in the model that I can see from this location. So you can see right off the bat, it's selected the water feature over on the right. It selected some roads. But what I'm really interested in is what's going on in my development. So with everything still selected, I can make my way up there and it's very interesting to see that the only thing that's selected is the road remembering that these lamp posts are actually part of the road.
They're part of the road style. So I'm pretty sure what's happening here is since I can see those obviously from that Rincon Point location, InfraWorks is telling me that that's visible. Notice that none of the homes except for this one solitary home from up here on the top is visible from Rincon Point. So that may be a concern in one direction or the other. Maybe the community doesn't want the homes to be able to see that location or vice versa, they don't want to spoil the pristine feel of that location by being able to look on the hilltop and see this development.
Whatever the case, understanding whether or not you can see a certain object from a certain location in the model is quite often very important. I mean think about it. If you're developing part of the land one of the things that people are going to want to really know about is where can I see that development from. So there you have it. If someone asks if they can see a certain feature of your design from a specific location you can answer it using your InfraWorks model.
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6/9/2015- Exploring the InfraWorks interface
- Creating new models
- Importing imagery, terrain data, and more
- Creating and editing roads, coverages, buildings, and pipelines
- Adding trees, water features, barriers, and city furniture
- Styling your world with material and road styles
- Adjusting view settings
- Creating a snapshot, storyboard, or animation
- Rendering your model
- Analyzing your design
- Sharing the model
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome59s
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1. Exploring the World of InfraWorks
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Navigating with the mouse3m 42s
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Looking underground4m 7s
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Navigating by selection3m 50s
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Creating and using bookmarks3m 33s
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2. Creating an Existing World
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Using Model Builder6m 52s
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Import imagery7m 21s
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Set the Model Extent3m 29s
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Import terrain data2m 39s
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Import vector data5m 55s
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Import point cloud data4m 56s
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Exploring Model Properties4m 49s
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Updating the model thumbnail1m 52s
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3. Redesigning Your World
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Creating roads7m 36s
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Working with Edit mode3m 20s
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Editing roads with gizmos4m 25s
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Creating coverages5m 13s
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Editing coverage properties5m 17s
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Creating buildings3m 40s
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Editing buildings3m 26s
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Editing building properties4m 42s
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Understanding proposals4m 36s
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4. Add Detail to Your World
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Creating trees4m 33s
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Editing individual trees4m 39s
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Editing groups of trees5m 15s
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Creating water features4m 47s
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Creating barriers4m 37s
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Editing style-based barriers3m 14s
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Creating city furniture4m 4s
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5. Change the Look of Your World
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Creating a material group6m 31s
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Creating a road style4m 31s
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Working with Style Rules7m 2s
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6. Present Your World
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Creating a snapshot2m 6s
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Rendering your model5m 46s
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Creating a storyboard4m 16s
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Adding a watermark3m 19s
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7. Analyze Your World
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Measuring your model3m 35s
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Analyzing visibility3m 40s
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Using Range Finder3m 15s
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Using Terrain Statistics3m 24s
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Using Terrain Themes4m 51s
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Using Feature Themes4m 4s
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Using Sun & Sky for Analysis2m 59s
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8. Share Your World
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Synchronizing a model3m 44s
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Creating a scenario6m 38s
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View your model online6m 17s
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Disconnecting a model2m 28s
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Duplicating a model2m 11s
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Conclusion
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Next steps50s
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