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© 2019, ASCENT - Center for Technical Knowledge® i C o n t e n ts Preface ........................................................................................................... vii In this Guide ................................................................................................... xi Practice Files ................................................................................................. xv Chapter 1: Navigating the User Interface ................................................... 1-1 1.1 Building Information Modeling ...................................................... 1-2 Launching the Software .................................................................... 1-2 1.2 Overview of the Interface ............................................................... 1-4 Home Screen .................................................................................... 1-4 Model View........................................................................................ 1-6 1.3 Navigating the Model .................................................................... 1-17 Mouse ............................................................................................. 1-17 ViewCube ........................................................................................ 1-17 Bookmarks ...................................................................................... 1-20 Other Navigation Tools ................................................................... 1-20 1.4 Working with Proposals ............................................................... 1-23 Proposals Palette ............................................................................ 1-24 Practice 1a Navigating the User Interface.......................................... 1-27 Chapter Review Questions................................................................... 1-31 Command Summary ............................................................................. 1-33 Chapter 2: Connecting to Data Sources..................................................... 2-1 2.1 Geographic Information Systems Overview................................. 2-2 Sample GIS Data .............................................................................. 2-2 Model Builder .................................................................................... 2-3 Finding GIS Data............................................................................... 2-5 Geographic Coordinate Systems ...................................................... 2-6 Metadata ......................................................................................... 2-12 Units ................................................................................................ 2-12 Practice 2a Create a New Model from Scratch .................................. 2-14 Sample provided by ASCENT for review only All copying and reuse strictly forbidden.