BaseOps 7.31 User's Guide

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1: Introduction
  • What is BaseOps?
  • What Can BaseOps Do?
  • Assumptions About Users
  • Distribution License
• Chapter 2: Getting Started
  • Minimum System Requirements
  • Obtaining BaseOps
  • Installing Noisemap
  • Installing the Optional RNM Module
  • Upgrading to a Later Version of Noisemap
  • Uninstalling Noisemap
  • Starting BaseOps
  • Getting Help
• Chapter 3: A Brief Tour of BaseOps
  • Application Title Bar
  • Menu Bar
  • Toolbar
  • Status Bar
  • North Arrow
  • List Pane
  • Text Pane
  • Map Pane
  • Working with Panes
• Chapter 4: Introduction to Cases
  • Creating a New Case
  • Opening an Existing Case
  • Saving a Case
  • Renaming a Case
  • Editing Case Data
  • Editing Case Options
  • Editing an Object's Options
  • Setting the Case Coordinate System
  • Setting the Case's Physical Units
  • Using Undo and Redo
• Chapter 5: Working with the List Pane
  • Adding a New Object
  • Duplicating Objects
  • Deleting Objects
  • Printing Objects
  • Copying, Cutting and Pasting Objects
  • Sorting and Grouping the Object List
  • Filtering the Object List
  • Using the Back and Forward Buttons
  • Selecting Multiple Objects
• Chapter 6: Working with the Map Pane
  • Displaying Coordinates on the Status Bar
  • Mouse Tools
  • The Select and Edit Mouse Tool
  • The Add Mouse Tool
  • Zooming and Panning
  • The Home View
  • The Measurement Mouse Tool
• Chapter 7: Customizing Maps
  • Setting the Style of Map Components
  • Annotating Maps with BaseOps Objects
  • Displaying Flight Track and Flight Profile Tables
  • Displaying Flight Profile Labels
• Chapter 8: Changing the Map Background
  • Background Color
  • Background Layers
• Chapter 9: Background Map Formats
  • ARC/INFO Shapefile (SHP)
  • Digital Line Graph (DLG)
  • AutoCAD Data Exchange Format (DXF)
  • Georeferenced Bitmap
  • Compressed ARC Digitized Raster Graphics (CADRG)
• Chapter 10: Setting Core Case Properties
  • Case Information
  • Site Information
  • Reference Point
  • Operations
  • Magnetic Declination
  • Contact Information
• Chapter 11: Setting Weather Conditions
• Chapter 12: Editing Point Objects
• Chapter 13: Editing Runways
• Chapter 14: Editing Radials and DME Arcs
• Chapter 15: Editing Avoidance Areas
• Chapter 16: Editing Flight Tracks
• Chapter 17: Editing Flight Profiles
  • Profile Name and Notes
  • Operation Counts
  • Flight Track Information
  • Aircraft Information
  • Runup Information
  • Segments
  • The Standard Profile Library
• Chapter 18: Editing Static Profiles
  • Profile Name and Notes
  • Static Pad Information
  • Aircraft Information
  • Segments
• Chapter 19: Defining Aircraft Substitutions
• Chapter 20: Using Groups
• Chapter 21: Importing Information from DAFIF
  • Obtaining DAFIF
  • Importing Airfield Information
  • Importing Other Types of Objects
• Chapter 22: Importing Information from a Noise Case File
  • Selecting What Information to Import
  • Modifying Imported Information
• Chapter 23: Importing Integrated Noise Model (INM) Cases
• Chapter 24: Editing Flight Operations With a Spreadsheet
  • Exporting Flight Operations to a Spreadsheet
  • Importing Flight Operations from a Spreadsheet
• Chapter 25: Editing Multiple Objects Simultaneously
  • Using the Assignment Tool
  • Using the Pattern Altitude Tool
• Chapter 26: Using Scenarios
  • Working With Scenarios
  • Types of Scenario Changes
  • Saving a Scenario as a New Case
• Chapter 27: Running Cases
  • Checking a Case
  • Setting Grid Properties
  • Setting Contour Properties
  • Setting Run Options
  • Plotting Noise Contours
• Chapter 28: Using Case History
  • Viewing a Case's History
  • Automatically Recording a Case's History
  • Manually Editing a Case's History
• Chapter 29: Creating Reports
  • Viewing Reports
  • Printing Reports
  • Exporting Reports
  • Customizing Reports
  • Section Options Dialog Box
• Chapter 30: Using Print Preview
  • Print Preview Dialog Box
  • Magnifying a Page
  • Displaying Multiple Pages at a Time
  • Printing All Pages
  • Selecting Pages to Print
  • Changing the Paper Margins and Orientation
  • Closing the Print Preview Dialog Box
• Chapter 31: Exporting Maps as Bitmap Images
  • Exporting a Map to a Bitmap Image File
  • Copying a Map to the Clipboard
  • Destination File Name and Format
  • Image Size
  • Oversampling
  • Area to Draw
  • Scale
  • Level of Detail
• Chapter 32: Geographic Coordinate Systems
  • Coordinate System Control
  • Coordinate System Conversion Tool
  • Equirectangular
  • Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area
  • Lambert Conformal Conic
  • Local Flat-Earth XY
  • Longitude and Latitude
  • Orthographic
  • Stereographic
  • Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
• Chapter 33: Accessing Help
  • Displaying the User's Guide Table of Contents
  • The User's Guide Reader
  • Displaying Relevant Topics
  • Using "What's This?" Help Mode
  • Displaying BaseOps's Version History
  • Displaying the About Box
• Appendix A: Sponsors
• Appendix B: Details of Various BaseOps Components
  • Dialog Boxes
  • Multiple Page Dialog Boxes
  • Error Messages
  • Text Control
  • Symbolic Fields Text Control
  • Drop-down List Control
  • Spreadsheet Control
  • File Name Control
  • Font Control
  • Color Control
  • Line Pattern Control
  • Symbol Control
  • Document Display Control
  • Datum Control
• Appendix C: Description of BaseOps Files
  • Files Shipped With BaseOps
  • Files Created by BaseOps
  • Other Noisemap Files
• Appendix D: Command-Line Options
• Appendix E: Introduction to Datums
  • What is a Datum?
  • Why are Datums Important?
  • Doesn't WGS-84 Solve the Datum Problem?
  • How BaseOps Converts Between Datums
  • Recommendations
  • Default Datum
• Appendix F: Contacting Wasmer Consulting