Loading a ground model on the GeoPlan

Ground Models are loaded onto the GeoPlan Window in the same way as many other database items. Ground models can be quite large items, however, so may take some time to open on the GeoPlan.

To load a Ground Model on the GeoPlan Window use one of the following methods:

• Click the ground model in the InfoWorks WS Pro Explorer or Model Group window and, keeping the mouse button pressed, drag it over the GeoPlan window. Then release the mouse button.
• Right click the ground model and choose Open from the context menu. If there is only one GeoPlan Window open, the ground model will be opened in that view. However, if there is more than one GeoPlan Window open, it will open in the view displaying the Current Network.

The current network is normally the last network that was the current Active Window and which is still open. The current Active Window in any Microsoft Windows application has a differently coloured title bar to all the other windows. In the default colour scheme, the active window title bar is blue, all other windows have a grey title bar.

If you close the current network:

• the software will clear its pointer if no other network is open

• if one other network is open, the pointer will point to this network

• if more than one network is open, and closing the current one makes another the current active view, then that network becomes current

• if more than one network is open, and closing the current one does not make another the current active view, the software sets its pointer to the first network view on its internal list.

The current network is used for many things. For example, when setting up reports using the current selection, the selection is taken from the current active network.

To ensure that you know which is the current network, make the correct network the current Active Window before moving on to do other editing.

To unload the Ground Model from the GeoPlan Window, select Clear Ground Model from the Network menu.