Common tab

The following tables describe the tools on the Common tab.

Manager panel

Tool Description Command
Add Layers tool icon Add layers Load layers from your database and add them into the current drawing. AMGR_AddLayers
Reload Layers tool icon Reload Layers Select from a list of currently loaded Amine layers to be reloaded from the database. Any changes made to the layers being refreshed are not saved. AMGR_SyncLocalLayers
Reload Layers (By Selection) tool icon Reload Layers (By Selection) Reload layers by selecting objects in the 3D viewer. Any changes made to the layers being refreshed are not saved. AMGR_SyncLocalLayers
Remove Layers tool icon Remove Layers Select from a list of currently loaded Amine layers to be removed from the drawing. You are prompted to save or discard changes made to the layer. AMGR_DumpLayers
Remove Layers (By Selection) tool icon Remove Layers (By Selection) Remove layers by selecting objects in the 3D viewer. You are prompted to save or discard changes made to the layer. AMGR_DumpLayers
Save Layers tool icon Save Layers Select from a list of modified Amine layers to be saved to the database. Only layers that have been modified aredisplayed. If an Amine layer has been modified but is not displayed in the list, you can use the force save option to save all layers. AMGR_SaveLayers
Add Locks tool icon Add Locks Manually apply a lock to an Amine layer, preventing other users from modifying the layer while the lock is in place. AMGR_AddLock
View or Delete Lock tool icon View or Delete Lock View and optionally delete current Amine layer locks in effect on the database. AMGR_LocksInfo
Advanced Layer Control tool icon Advanced Layer Control View the status of Amine layers or force Amine layers to be saved to or reloaded from the database. AMGR_LayersInfo
View Logs tool icon View Logs Query the Amine Manager database for a history of changes made to Amine layers. AMGR_LayerLogs
Change SQL Server tool icon Change SQL Server Modify the SQL Server connection to be made by the Amine Manager component. The database on the SQL server must have a very specific schema in order to operate. Changes to these settings may cause Amine to malfunction. AMGR_SQL_Connect
Manager Settings tool icon Manager Settings Control the behavior of the Amine Manager component. AMGR_Config
Batch Convert tool icon Batch Convert Convert AutoCAD layers to Amine layers by batch. This may cause loss of data. AMGR_CADToAmineLayer
Overwrite Amine Layer tool icon Overwrite Amine Layer Overwrite a network Amine layer by a local Amine Layer. If there is no existing layer, it creates a new one. AMGR_ConvertLayers
Amine Version tool icon Amine Version Information on your current Amine version and modules in use. ASVER
Log-in tool icon Log-in Log-in to the Amine Manager component with your user-name and password. Amine layers permissible to your account are retrievable and modifiable. AMGR_LogIn
Log-out tool icon Log-out Log out of the Amine Manager component. You are no longer able to access Amine layers stored on the server. AMGR_LogOut
Amine Palette tool icon Amine Palette Dockable palette that displays loaded Amine Layers with optional filters. AMGR_Palette_Live
  Static Layers Turn specific layers into static layers, which are used for reference purposes only. AMGR_ToStaticLayers
Import Select DWG Layers tool icon Import Select DWG Layers Import select layers from an AutoCAD DWG file into the active drawing. AMGR_ImportLayerNoTrack

View Reset panel

Tool Description Command
Select-Viewport Plan View tool icon Select-Viewport Plan View Adjusts a selected view-port to plan view with data extents, and resets the UCS to world. Plan
Single-Viewport Plan View tool icon Single-Viewport Plan View Returns your 3D viewer to a single view-port, resets it to plan view with data extents, and resets the UCS to world. -VPORTS
  VP Clean Freeze all the layers except the selected one and clean all outlying points. FVPL_A

Layers panel

Tool Description Command
Show All tool icon Show All Turn on and unfreeze all layers in the current drawing. VS_AllLayersOn
Layer Properties tool icon Layer Properties Manager layers and layer properties. Layer
Off tool icon Off Turn off the layer of a selected object. LayOff
Isolate tool icon Isolate Hide or locks all layers except those of the selected objects. LayISO
Freeze tool icon Freeze Freeze the layer of selected objects. LayFRZ
Lock tool icon Lock Lock the layer of a selected object. LayLCK
Make Current tool icon Make Current Set the current layer to that of a selected object. LayMCUR
Turn All Layers On tool icon Turn All Layers On Turn on all layers in the drawing. LayOn
Unisolate tool icon Unisolate Restore all layers that were hidden or locked with the LAYISO command. LayUniso
Thaw All Layers tool icon Thaw All Layers Thaw all layers in the drawing. LayThw
Unlock tool icon Unlock Unlock the layer of a selected object. LayUlk
Match Layers tool icon Match Layers Change the layer of a selected object to match the destination layer. LayMch
Previous tool icon Previous Undo the last change or set of changes made to layer settings. LayerP
Change to Current Layer tool icon Change to Current Layer Change the layer property of selected objects to the current layer. LayCur
Copy Objects to New Layer tool icon Copy Objects to New Layer Copy one or more objects to another layer. CopyToLayer
Layer Walk tool icon Layer Walk Display objects on selected layers and hides objects on all other layers. LayWalk
VP Freeze in All Viewports except Current tool icon VP Freeze in All Viewports except Current Freeze selected layers in all layout viewports except the current viewport. LayVpi
Merge tool icon Merge Merge selected layers into a target layer, removing the previous layers from the drawing. LayMrg
Delete tool icon Delete Delete all objects on a layer and purges the layer. LayDel
Locked Layer Fading tool icon Locked Layer Fading Turn on or turn off the fading effect applied to locked layers. LayLockFadeCtl

Sections panel

Tool Description Command
Single section tool icon Single section Define a single section. ASEC_Def_Single
Multiple Sections tool icon Multiple Sections Define parallel sections. ASEC_Def_Parallel
Cut Section tool icon Cut Section Create a cross-section or long -section at the defined section position. ASEC_Cut
Previous Section tool icon Previous Section Go to the previous section. ASEC_Prev
Next Section tool icon Next Section Go to the next section. ASEC_Next
Work Section tool icon Work Section Go to a section by selecting from a list or by selecting a cutting plane. ASEC_Goto
Copy tool icon Copy Copy an object without the associated layer properties. ASEC_Copy
Save to all view tool icon Save to all view Save current view to all working sections. ASEC_Save_Sec_View_To_All
Delete section tool icon Delete section Delete a section. ASEC_Delete
Paste tool icon Paste Paste from the clipboard on the active layer. ASEC_Paste
Recut tool icon Recut Recut the selected section. ASEC_Redo_Cut
Horizontal Section tool icon Horizontal Section Create horizontal section by typing or selecting an elevation. ASEC_Def_Ortho
Rename section tool icon Rename section Rename a section. ASEC_Rename
Cut Object tool icon Cut Object Select and cut a new object added to an existing section. (Deletes all user objects) ASEC_Update_Cut
Save Single View tool icon Save Single View Save current section view. ASEC_Save_Sec_View
Reset View tool icon Reset View Display the default view into plan view. ASEC_Sec_View
Manage Sections tool icon Manage Sections Manage the working sections list. ASEC_List
Line to 3D Face tool icon Line to 3D Face Select a line from top view and get a vertical plane. Asec_LineTo3DFace
  Name Section Create incremental names for your section. ASEC_Name_Sec
Flip section tool icon Flip section View the other side of the section. ASEC_Flip_View
Refresh Cut tool icon Refresh Cut Update cut. (Keeps all user objects) ASEC_Refresh_Cut

Cliptools panel

Tool Description Command
Cliptools tool icon Cliptools Open the cut manager dialogue to define the clip values to display in the 3D viewer. ACLP_Show

MineGrid panel

Tool Description Command
New Grid tool icon New Grid Open the Layout Settings to create a new grid for plotting. AGRI_New
Add Grid tool icon Add Grid Add a grid to a layout viewport. AGRI_Add
Delete Grid tool icon Delete Grid Delete a chosen grid. AGRI_Del
Change TitleBlock tool icon Change TitleBlock Change the titleblock of your layout. AGRI_CHTB
Align Viewports tool icon Align Viewports Align viewports by selecting 2 points from 2 different viewports. AGRI_AGRI_ALVP
Synchronize Viewports tool icon Synchronize Viewports Synchronize viewports by selecting 1 point from 1 viewport, and align another. AGRI_Sync
Change Scale tool icon Change Scale Change the viewport scale. AGRI_Scal
Annotate DDH tool icon Annotate DDH Annotate diamond drill holes (DDHs). AGRI_DDH_ANNADD
Delete DDH Annotation tool icon Delete DDH Annotation Delete the diamond drillholes from the view. AGRI_DDH_ANNDEL
Pan tool icon Pan Pan the drawing in the viewport. AGRI_Pan
Unlock Viewports tool icon Unlock Viewports Unlock the viewport. AGRI_ULVP
Viewport, Divide tool icon Viewport, Divide Divde the viewport into 2 different, new viewports. VPORTS
Batch Grid tool icon Batch Grid Apply grids to a multiple selected existing sections. AGRI_Bat
Configuration tool icon Configuration Configure the MineGrid settings. AGRI_Config
MineGrid SQL Server tool icon MineGrid SQL Server Configure the MineGrid to SQL Server settings. AGRI_SQL_Connect
Convert SDF tool icon Convert SDF Convert an SDF database to an SQL database. AGRI_ConvertSDF

General Tools panel

Tool Description Command
Object Filter tool icon Object Filter Filter objects by object type or object attributes. Amine_ObjectFilter
Import Surpac tool icon Import Surpac Import Surpac strings or wireframes. Vs_ImportSurpac