Optimization Toolbar

This bottom band of tools helps you visualize and monitor the optimization process.

These tools include the following:

• About. Displays the About dialog for Grading Optimization.
• Preferences. Opens the Preferences dialog in which to specify surface geometry rendering settings.
• Visualization Toolbar. Opens the toolbar at the top of the Visualization Display in which you select Themes, Hydrology, and Topology options for the optimization.
• Optimization Progress Meter. Displays the progress of the optimization stages. When highlighted and checked:
  • Prepare. Loads the grading objects, their location, and constraint settings.
  • Retriangulate. Surface retriangulation is completed based on the grading object location and configuration.
  • Precheck. The surface and objects are processed for any preliminary errors that could prevent optimization.
  • Optimize. The surface has been optimized to both the global and object-level constraints.
• Optimization Options. Opens the Optimization Options dialog in which you can specify global slope constraints, optimization iterations, and objective weights.
• Optimize. Starts the optimization process. Click Stop to end the optimization.
• Reset. Resets the surface to its previous state.
• Notification Center. Indicates the number of potential issues in the optimization. Click to open and close the Notification Center to view the issues and suggested solutions.
• Update Drawing. Updates the source drawing with the optimized surface grades, feature lines, and points.