Kubla Cubed offers a range of editable effects to aid visualisation.
Vertical Exaggeration
Due to the scale of coastal engineering projects, the variation in Z values is usually trivial compared to the size of the project. As a result 3D visuals can appear to be almost flat. For this reason, Kubla Cubed allows you to exaggerate the vertical scale when you are viewing in 3D.
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| No vertical exaggeration | Vertical exaggeration applied |
The vertical exaggeration can be increased to improve understanding of the variations in 3D topology when viewing very large projects.
Shading Schemes
Since typical dredging projects are cut-only as described above, the default shading scheme, which displays cut in varying shades of red, and fill in varying shades of blue, is not particularly appropriate. Commonly dredging is displayed in a Rainbow shading scheme, which maximises the contrast in dredging depths. This is provided as a default shading scheme, but you can also customise as required.
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| Default red (cut) and blue (fill) shading | Preset shading scheme 'Rainbow' applied |
Typically the rainbow shading scheme is used to display dredging depths, rather than the default red and blue.