Surface Profile Viewer Dialog Box

This dialog box displays the surface profile view of the selected surface profile element. It consists of the profile display pane and the following controls:


Zoom Window	Lets you magnify or reduce the display of a section of the graph. To zoom or magnify an area, select the Zoom Window tool, click to the left of the area you want to magnify, then drag the mouse to the right, across the area you want to magnify, so that the area you want to magnify is contained within the marquee that the Zoom Window tool draws. After you have selected the area you want to magnify, release the mouse button to stop dragging. To zoom out, or reduce the magnification, drag the mouse from right to left across the magnified image.
Zoom Extents	Magnifies the profile so that the entire graph is displayed.
Chart Settings	Opens the Chart Options dialog box, letting you view and modify the display settings for the current profile plot. For more information, see "Chart Options Dialog Box"-179. Never delete or rename any of the series entries on the Series Tab of the Chart Options dialog box. These series were specifically designed to enable the display of the Profile Plots.
Display Labels	Lets you display or hide labels for the elements in your profile plot.
Copy	Copies the contents of the Profile Viewer dialog box as an image to the Windows clipboard, from where you can paste it into another application, such as Microsoft ® Word ® or Adobe ® Photoshop ® .
Print	Prints the current view of the profile to your default printer. If you want to use a printer other than your default, use Print Preview to change the printer and print the profile.
Print Preview	Opens a print preview window containing the current view of the profile. You can use the Print Preview dialog box to select a printer and preview the output before you print it. Note: Do not change the print preview to grayscale, as doing so might hide some elements of the display.
Refresh	Updates the profile view to reflect changes in input data and results.
Time Browsers	The following Time Browsers are found to the right of the Refresh button: Rewind (Full)—Sets the currently displayed time step to the beginning of the simulation. Pause —Stops the animation. Restarts it again with another click. Play —Advances the currently displayed time step from beginning to end. Time Display —Shows the current time step that is displayed in the drawing pane. Time Slider —Lets you manually move the slider representing the currently displayed time step along the bar, which represents the full length of time that the scenario encompasses

The surface profile view consists of up to three series.

Show Grid Elevation
1. This is a stepwise curve representing the grid elevation at the intersecting points of the surface profile and grid cell.
2. A generated computational grid is required. If there is no generated computation grid, then this series is not displayed.
Show Maximum Grid Water Surface
1. This is a stepwise curve representing the maximum water surface for each intersecting cell across all time steps.
2. The maximum water surface occurs at the center of the grid cell.
Show Grid Water Surface
1. This is a stepwise curve representing the water surface elevation at the intersecting points of the surface profile grid cell (in the results computational grid).
2. 2D results are required. If there are no 2D results available, then this series is not displayed.
Show Ground Elevation (Terrain)
1. This is the terrain model elevation along the geometry of the selected surface profile.
2. Displayed as a dashed green line.

You can control whether to display the grid elevation and grid water surface using the menu items on the options button drop-down menu.

If there is a gap along the series, this represents a segment that is outside of the computation grid or in a void area of the grid. Since there is no intersection data in these cases, no elevation data can be provided.