When you are working with Unwedge, several different views are provided, each of which allows you to perform certain tasks (e.g. define the Opening Section boundary, view wedges, add / edit support). The current view can be changed at any time by selecting from the toolbar or the Select View sub-menu of the View menu. For each view, the Sidebar provides shortcuts to frequently used options which are applicable to the view.
The different Unwedge views are summarized briefly below, see the links for more detailed information.
The Opening Section View allows you to define and edit the Opening Section boundary.
The Stereonet View provides a lower hemisphere stereographic projection of your joint plane orientations and tunnel axis orientation.
The Info Viewer view provides a comprehensive summary of the model input data and analysis results.
The 3D Wedge View provides a 3-dimensional perspective view of the model (excavation, wedges and support), and three orthogonal views (top / front / side), in a 4-view split screen format.
The Multi Perspective View provides up to 8 individual perspective views, where each wedge calculated by Unwedge is displayed separately in its own sub-view.
The End Wedge View displays only the two end wedges, each in its own perspective view.
The Front, Perspective view displays only Front and Perspective views of the model.
The Perimeter Support Design view allows you to add and edit support around the perimeter of the excavation.
The End Support Design view allows you to add and edit support to the ends of the excavation.
The Tunnel Axis Plot view allows you to create plots of the tunnel axis orientation with respect to any variable. You may view contour plots, 3D or 2D chart views.
When you switch views in Unwedge, all views are generated within the same "window" (so that new windows are not constantly being generated each time you switch views). If you require multiple views of the same file to be opened, you can:
select the New Window option from the menu or the toolbar, or
select a New Window (and view), from the drop-list beside the New Window button on the toolbar (e.g. New 3D Wedge View).
Once a new window is generated, you may switch view types independently in each view. For example, you could select the Stereonet in one view and the 3D Wedge View in the other. After you generate a new window, you may wish to Tile the views.