Geomatica FreeView/Prime Tutorial

First, you will be using the sample data found on the Geomatica FreeView CD for this
tutorial. If you do not have this CD, please download the sample data at
ftp://ftp.pcigeomatics.com/pub/demodata/ . The files you need include:

AIRPHOTO.PIX L7_PAN.PIX SUB_AIRP.DBF

DCSUBSET.PIX OS063.PIX SUB_AIRP.SHP
DEM.PIX OS064.PIX SUB_AIRP.SHX
DEM1.PIX OS131.PIX SUB_ROAD.PIX
DEM2.PIX OS132.PIX TEST.MAH
DEM3.PIX OS190.PIX USA.SYM
DEM4.PIX OS191.PIX USACOPY.RST
FULL7PAN.SDW RADARSAT.PIX USGSVEC.PIX
FULL7PAN.SID RAILROAD.PIX WASHMAP.GPR
IRVINE.PIX SPOT_PAN.TIF
L7_MS.PIX SUB_AIRP.AUX

Demonstration activities are shown in bulleted form(). Icons and buttons are shown in
Bold text. Processing steps are indicated with quotation marks. Filenames are shown
in italics, within quotation marks.

Suggested content for explanation is shown on a grey background

Geomatica: Image data

The following demo will show the ability of Geomatica FreeView to load multi-
resolution imagery into a single session. As well it will demonstrate the enhancement,
zooming and other image functionality of the new viewer.

Start Geomatica by selecting the icon from the desktop.

Select the Open File icon, and open the file "l7_ms.pix".
By default, the imagery will be automatically enhanced when it
is loaded. This is a preference that the user can set. If you go to
the Edit/Preferences menu you can choose which enhancement
to apply automatically, or you can choose not to apply one at
all. Set the default to "none". This means that the next time a
layer is loaded, no enhancement will be applied.
Using the enhancement pull-down icon, select the root option. Show
how simple it is to use the pull-down icon to show the other
enhancement options.
Show the contrast and brightness functions, also pull-down icons.

Click the cursor in the lake in the upper right corner of the image.
Select the 1:1 zoom icon to zoom into a 1:1 piece of the LandSat multi-
spectral image.
Click on the enhancement icon again to show that the enhancements
are based upon the viewable area of the image.

Right click on the Red, Green and Blue layer icons in the tree- list to
change the channel mapping. Also use the right-click on the RGB layer
and show how the Image Mapper options can be used to change the
channel mapping. Make sure to re-enhance each time the channels are
changed.
Show the zoom functionality, using the Zoom to Overview icon to
zoom out, and then use the Zoom to Area to zoom to a selected
window.
The right- mouse button works in this mode. If you select zoom
to area, and drag out the box with the right mouse button, you
stay in zoom to area mode. You can then drag out another box
using the same method. Therefore you do not have to click the
icon, select box, click icon, select box, etc... If you stay in this
mode, a left mouse button click will automatically return you to
the previous zoom level.
Use the 1:1 Zoom icon to return to the full-resolution image.
 Show the panning functionality by selecting the Pan Mode icon. Click
in the image window and move throughout the image. Once finished,
zoom back out to the overview.
Select the Numeric Values icon. Ensure that you move the panel so
that it and the main window can both be seen at the same time. Show
how the panel follows the cursor in the view window, displaying the
actual grey level values for the file being displayed.
Select the Open File icon and open the file "radarsat.pix".

The enhancement and zoom functions are based upon the cursor
location in the view window. Whatever layer is on top at the
cursor location, will be the layer that is enhanced when
selecting the enhancement icon from the toolbar. Also, when
zooming 1:1, the resolution is based on that same layer.

You will notice how multi- resolution data can be loaded into
the same image viewer.

Select the Add Layer icon. Select an RGB image layer. In the
channel selection panel, select the Browse option. Choose the file
"airphoto.pix", and select channels 1,2,3.
Show the zoom and enhancement functionality for all three layers.
Using the Open File icon, open the file "full7pan.sid". Explain that this
is a Mr. Sid format file. Show how this file is on top in the tree- list, and
therefore sits on top of all of the previously loaded imagery.
This is using PCIs new GDB technology that allows one to
load a MrSID compressed raster file into the viewer without
having to convert it to our own format.
Using the tree- list, move the other image layers on top of the Mr. Sid
layer. Explain how the order of the layers in the MAPS tree- list is the
order of rendering in the view window.
Click the New Project icon to clear the current view
We just looked at multiple images for a single geographical
area. However, we can also load up overlapping images
covering a much larger geographical area. The next section will
include loading 6 air photos which overlap and could be
mosaicked together using OrthoEngine.
 Select the Open File icon and open the file "os063.pix".
Select the Open File icon and open the file "os064.pix".
The two photos overlap, but the imagery below is obscured by
the 0 values in the top photo. To allow us to see this overlap,
we can set a transparency value for the photo on top.
Right click on the top layer in the tree-list (should be from "oso64.pix")
and select the Properties item from the menu.
Select the transparency check box in the properties panel, and make
sure the value text box is set to 0. Click Apply.
Load the remaining photos (os131, os132, os190, os191) to
show how 4 or 6 photos can be loaded into a single area.
Click the New Project icon to clear the current view
Geomatica: Vector data

Select Open File, and select the file "sub_road.pix".

Use the Zoom to Area button and select a small area of the vector data
to load into the window.
Use the Selection icon to select a vector in the window. (Make sure the
vector layer is highlighted in the tree-list) Show the other selection
functions from the pull-down icon, except for the QBE option.
Select the Spreadsheet icon from the toolbar.
If you select a vector in the view window it becomes
highlighted in the spreadsheet. Also, the vector selected in the
spreadsheet is highlighted in the view window. By using the
CTRL key, you can make multiple-selections in the view
window.

In the Spreadsheet window, when multiple vectors are selected,

their statistics are displayed in the lower half of the window.
Show some of the functionality available in the Spreadsheet. Using the
Circular Select icon, select a group of vectors in the view.
Under the view menu within the spreadsheet, choose the selected
vectors option
Under the view menu, show the record display option at this time.
Use the forward and back buttons to scroll through the record list
Reselect the table display and all vectors options in the view
menu.
Right-click on the length column header, and show the options to
sort the data. Click on the sort-descending option. Explain that
you can do this for any column in the table.
Under the record menu, show the Query by example option.
Explain that queries can be built based upon all of the attributes
available in the table. Show the options in the panel, but do not run
a query at this time.
Under the field menu, select the Add New Field option. Show the
different options available in this panel. Add an integer field called
"test" with any description, and a default value of 100. Now if you
resize the S/S window, the new field shows up.
Under the field menu, select the Compute option. Explain that this
panel can be used to calculate a new field based on other fields, or
 any function. For example, if you had area and population
attributes, one could calculate the density for each area.
OPTIONAL - if you wish, calculate a new field using this panel,
then resize the S/S window to show the resulting field values.
Under the tools menu, select the Table joins option, and explain
that this can be used to link the attribute tables for different vector
datasets. The user sets up which fields the table should be linked
upon and then clicks OK to link the tables.
Load a second vector layer, this time an Arc/Info SHAPE file. Select
the Open File icon, and choose "sub_airp.shp".
Load the file "spot_pan.tif" using the Open File icon. Enhance the
imagery using any of the enhancement icons.
Geomatica is able to display vector and raster information
together.
Zoom in to the area around the airport vectors.
Geomatica also allows one to do some vector editing, including
drawing a line, drawing an area, and changing display
characteristics.

Select the New Line icon. Click in the view and you are now adding a
line to the display. Each click is a new vertex, with a double-click
ending the line.
If you wish, you can also show the Trace line and New Point
drawing tools as well.
Once you have drawn a line, use the Select key to select that vector.
It is very easy to change a vector's representation in Geomatica.
To change the colour, select the Line Colour pull-down palette, and
select a colour. Then click in the window again to turn off the highlight.
The selected vector has now changed colours.
The same can be done for line thickness and line style.
Zoom out, and then select the New Area icon from the area editing pull-
down list. Use this tool to draw an area around on of the fields that can
be seen on the imagery.
Once you have drawn the area, use the Select key to select it.
Use the Area Colour pull-down palette to change the fill colour for the
area. You can also use the Line Colour palette to change the border
colour for the area.
 If you wish to, you might also create a pattern for the area, using the Set
Area Pattern option. Select the more patterns option and change the
foreground colour to black, selecting one of the available symbols.
Click the New pro ject icon to clear the view window.
Geomatica: Map Composition

Open the file "l7_pan.pix". Next open the file "railroad.pix" as well.
Map composition within Geomatica is a simple menu selection
away.
From the View menu, select the Map View Mode optio n. Then click
the Zoom to Overview icon to zoom to the overall view of the map.
As you can see, one now has a white "paper" background. By
default the system works with a Letter sized (8.5 x11) page,
which can be changed within the map properties panel.
To move the imagery and vectors on the page, select the New Area item
in the tree- list. There should now be a bounding box highlighting the
extents of the imagery. You may click on the bounding lines and move
the area on the page.
To add simple map surround objects, such as North arrow, Scale bar,
title, and grid, simply right -click on the New Area in the tree- list, and
select the Surround option.
From the list of items in the surround panel, select
Neatline, border, grid, north arrow, scale bar and title.
Just leave these as their defaults. Click OK. You can see
how these items are added to the tree- list, and are displayed
in the view.
You can also change the scale of each area of the map, using the area
properties. For example, right -click on the New Area in the tree- list
and select the Properties option from the pull-down menu. In this
panel, change the scale using the widget provided, selecting custom and
setting it to 1:500000. Notice in the view that all of the surround items
rescale with the data.
Another method for rescaling is to select the area in the treelist, and
once the bounding box is displayed, you can drag the bottom right
corner, thereby making the area larger or smaller. If you do that, then
check the area properties panel again, the scale will be changed to
reflect the resizing that took place.
You can also add another area to the map, which can contain any data
you wish. Right-click on the map in the tree- list, and select the New
Area item from the pull-down menu.
Click on New Area(2) in the tree- list, and then select the Area Mode
option from the View pull-down menu. Show how one can switch
between the areas in this mode. Click in the yellow-boxed area around
 the area named New Area(2). When the item is highlighted in grey,
type "DEM area". You have now renamed the area in the tree-list.
You can resize the area by using the handles in the view window to drag
the window smaller. If you do this when data is loaded into the area, the
data viewed in the area will change. (as opposed to using the bottom
right corner to rescale)
Click on the Open File icon, and select the file "DEM.pix". This will be
loaded into the area that was last selected in the tree- list. Initially this
may come up all grey. To fix this, enhance the image using one of the
enhancement icons .
A map can contain any number of areas, all which have their
own scale and representation.
Go back into area mode, using the Normal View Mode option from the
view menu. You will be looking at the DEM area. Show how to switch
between areas, simply by clicking in the tree- list.
Finally, go back into Map Mode, showing how simple it is to switch
between the two.
Click the New project icon to clear the view window.
Geomatica - Algortihms and File Treelist

All through the demo, we have looked exclusively at the Maps

tree- list. There is a second tab to the tree- list, which is the Files
tab. This is the replacement for the File Utility functionality
that was present in previous PCI applications. All the files that
have been loaded are automatically listed in the file tab, from
there the user can see all the layers present in the file.
One can also add a file to this tab without actually loading to the
view, and perform operations on the file including:
Adding layers
Deleting layers
Build pyramid layers
Loading layers to the view area

Add a file to the FILES tab of the tree- list by right clicking in the tab
and selecting Add. Choose the file "irvine.pix".
All the different layer types are shown in this tab. To view
information from a particular layer, one simply clicks on that
layer and selects "view". For imagery, vectors and bitmaps the
layer will be automatically loaded to the view. For other layers,
a panel should open showing the user the information from that
layer. Two examples of this are shown next.

In the FILES tab, expand the Ground Control Point segments

section and select layer 27. Right-click and choose the View option.
This should open a table showing the GCP information.
Expand the Image Channels section and choose layer 10, the USGS
Elevation data. Right -click and select View. The DEM is loaded to
the view area. If you switch to the maps tab, you will notice that this
layer has been added there as well.
Enhance the layer using the enhancement icons.

So far we have loaded layers from specific files, using the

"Open File" option. If one wishes to add another layer from a
file that is already open they can use the Files tree- list as shown
above, or by using the "Add Layer" option.
Make sure the area is highlighted in the maps tree-list, and select the
Add Layer icon. Select a Pseudocolour layer. In the channel
selection panel, select channel 7.
 By default the PCT used will make this image appear all blue. To
change the PCT, right click on the PC layer, and select the Properties
option. Choose the Source Image tab and in the PCT section select the
file "irvine.pix and layer 8. Click OK. The view will be updated with
the new colour scheme.
Click on the DEM layer in the Maps tree- list and move it on top of the
PC layer.
The Common Code Library (CCL) is where all of our Image
Processing and GIS algorithms reside. These have been
accessible in the past using interfaces such as EASI, XPace and
the PCI Modeler. Within Geomatica, we now have a direct
LINK to the algorithms using a modified version of the librarian
from PCI Modeler.
From the Tools menu, select the Algorithm Librarian option. This
will open up a tree- list, which is the Module Librarian.
We want to generate a shaded relief image, using the DEM that we
loaded to the view window. We can use the search tool in the librarian
to find the proper task. Right-click on All Algorithms in the panel, and
select FIND. In the find panel, type shaded relief, and make sure to
click the check box beside "Match algorithm description using any
keyword". Then click the Find Next button.
The tree- list should now be expanded the REL program highlighted.
This is a program for calculating shaded relief. Click the Open button
to open the control panel fo r this program.
Each program has a control panel where certain parameters
need to be set, in order for the program to run properly. Each
has 2 sections for "input" and "output" ports. This is where the
location of the input and output data is set. As well there should
be a "Input Params 1" tab, which is where certain values will
need to be set for each program to run.
The "Input Ports" section shows a copy of both the maps and files tree-
list, from which the user can select the layer to input to the selected
process. In this case we want to select the 16S DEM layer from the file.
Compress the Quickview layer, and select Layer 10 under the
"irvine.pix" list.
In the "Output Ports" section, the user can select where they want the
result to be put. By default, the "Viewer" option is selected. That
means the result will be displayed in the view area. The user can also
select a file to write the result to, by checking "Untitled.pix". By
highlighting this option, the user can also change the name of the file.
In this case we will use just the viewer option.
 Click the Input Params 1 tab and show the parameters for the
program. Explain that the colour of the icons in these panels will tell
you whether the program is ready to run or not. If one of the icons is
red, then it is a required parameter that has not been set.
Click the Run button to run the shaded relief algorithm, which will load
a new layer to the view window. Click the enhancement icon to show
the resultant data.
Any of our algorithms can be run this way, generating the
results to a temporary file, which can then be saved
permanently. The save can be done simply by right-clicking on
the layer in the map tree- list and selecting "Save".

If you wish to look at the resultant relief image and the DEM at the
same time, you can generate a CLONE window. Right-click in the
view window and select the Clone Map View option. This opens up a
secondary window, with the relief image shown. Switch this window to
Area View mode using the option under the VIEW menu.
When a clone window is created, an exact replica of the data
layers is made in the Maps tree- list. In the original window, the
user can choose the first map, and reorder the layers there, and
this will not effect the second window. In this way, one can
view both layers at the same time.
In the original window, move the DEM layer to the top of the tree-
list. Now you have the DEM and the relief image visible. Click zoom
to overview in both windows, making sure you are in Area mode.
You can link the cursor in these windows, by simply selecting the Link
icon in each window. Now when the cursor is moved in one window, it
is also moved in the other.
OPTIONAL if you wish to run another algorithm, search in the
algorithms list for the mode filter program (FMO). Use the pseudo-
coloured layer as the input to the process, and generate a filtered layer.

Close the CLONE window, close all the modeler windows, and click
New Project in the main viewer window.
Geomatica - Sophisticated Map Composition

Click the Open Project icon, and select the file "washmap.gpr" .

These are a collection of data and maps (views) that are stored
as a text file. It can be reopened so the user can continue on
with work they started previously.
The data being loaded is a whole set of DLG files, which were
imported to PCI, and are being displayed using the USGS style
guide for 1:50,000 map production. These styles have been
stored in a RepCode table, which has been linked to the vector
layers.

Create a surround for this data by right clicking on the area in the tree-
list, and selecting the Surround option. Add the following elements:
Neatline
Border
Grid (use customize to change the spacing to 1000 M)
North arrow
Scale bar
Title (use customize and enter a title and sub-title)
Logo (use customize and select the logo file "demologo.bmp" )
Show the resultant output from a colour printer. (if you have it)
Geomatica - Classification

The following section will look at the unsupervised and supervised classification
functionality in Focus. This capability has been ported over from ImageWorks.

Unsupervised Classification & Aggregation

Select the Image Classification->Unsupervised option from the Tools

pull-down menu.
Select the file "l7_ms.pix". In the configuration panel select channels
2,3,4,5,6 as input, and channel 9 as the output. Click OK.
The classify panel allows the user to select the unsupervised algorithm
they wish to use, as well as setting parameters for the selected
algorithm. Select K-Means , and set the Max. Class parameter to 10,
and the number of iterations to 5. Select the Create PCT option and
then click Classify.
A progress monitor will come up showing the process running,
and then the final result will be loaded to the view window.
The colours may not be exactly what you want for this image. To
change them, you would have to edit the pseudocolour table. Right -
click on the Classification MetaLayer in the tree- list and select Edit
PCT.
This panel works almost the same as it did in ImageWorks, although it
may not always have 255 listed colours. In this case, one will exist for
each class generated. You can change the colours if you wish. If you
want this PCT to always be applied when loading this image, select the
"Save as default" option. This will prompt you to save the PCT to a
segment. Metadata will also be added to the image layer, which will tell
the system what the default PCT is, when the system loads that image.
Lets say you wish to aggregate 2 classes into one, now that you have
seen the classification result. Right -click on the MetaLayer again, and
select Post-Classification->Aggregation.
Set the input layer to 9, and the output to 10. Click Accept.
This will now open the aggregation panel. Lets aggregate classes 2 and
3 together. Under Aggregate Classes, select the New button to create
a new aggregate class. Choose the colour you want for this new class.
From the input class list, select class 2, and click the Add button in
the middle of the panel. This will add class 2 to the new aggregate
class. The colour of all class 2 pixels should change to the new class
colour.
 Repeat the previous step using class 3. Now you have an aggregate
class, which contains all the pixels from classes 2 and 3.
To finish the process, click the Apply to output channel button.
Click New Project to clear the window for the next demo.

Supervised Classification & Class Editing

Select the Image Classification->Supervised option from the Tools

pull-down menu.
The first panel asks the user to select a session to use. Select the New
Session button.
In the configuration, set up the following options, then click Accept:
Red = 5, Green = 4, Blue = 3
Input = 2,3,4,5,6
Training Channel = 11, Output = 12
The imagery will be loaded to the view, and the Training Site Editing
panel will open. Add the first class by selecting the Class->New option
from the menus in the training site panel.
Give the class a name, by clicking in that column in the table and typing
the name. Start with Water for the first class.
In ImageWorks, the editing tools for training sites were built
into the panel. They were also built into other panels, such as
image editing, bitmap editing, etc... In Geomatica, there is one
set of editing tools in the main window, which can be used for
all the different layer editing functions.
Zoom into the Ocean area to the lower left of the image.
Select the New Polygon icon from the toolbar. Draw a polygon in the
Ocean area to the bottom left of the image.
Zoom back out to overview, then use the zoom to area button to zoom
in on the lake in the upper right area of the image.
From the polygon editing tools, select the Polygon Seeding option.
This will open the seed panel.
There are a number of fields in this panel. The Selection
Criteria is the layer(s) to use to select the seed values for a
pixel. The Output layer represents where the polygon will be
drawn. In this case it should be the same as the Training Area
Channel. There is also a setting for the tolerance values.
Larger tolerances mean larger areas will be drawn. There is
also a choice of 4 or 8 connection when growing the polygons.
 Change the Selection Criteria to Classification Input, then click the
cursor in the middle of the lake. The polygon should be automatically
drawn.
Draw training sites for 3 more classes, perhaps Urban, Vegetation,
and Open land. (Load the existing session in this file to see what areas
you could use.)
Once you have 4 classes ready, show some of the other options in the
training site editing panel. These include:
Right click on a class in the training site panel and select Statistics.
This will display a panel showing the statistics for the chosen class.
Show the histogram option, which will display the histogram for all
the pixels in the training area. (Note: not working properly in Beta)
From the Tools menu in the training site panel, choose the
Scatterplot option. This can used to check out the differences
between the training areas in the spectral space.
From the Tools menu, select the Separability option. This will
show the separability of the current classes based on the currently
drawn training areas.
The Classification Preview option is currently still under
development. The menu item is not available from the Tools menu.
Choose the Save & Close button in the training area panel.
Right click on the MetaLayer in the tree- list, and select the Run
Classification option.
In the classification panel, select the Maximum Likelihood algorithm,
and check the with Null Class option. Also select the Create PCT
option.
Click the Classify button. There will be a progress monitor, which will
show the progress of the classification. Then a report window will open
showing the results of the classification, along with the image being
displayed in the view.
To open the Class Editing Panel, right-click on the MetaLayer, and
select PostClassification->Class Editing.
Class Editing can be used to fix errors in the classified image by
drawing an area of interest (mask) and changing all the pixels in
that area to a certain cla ss. For example, we know there is a
lake in the upper right of the image. All of those pixels should
be classified as water. If you look at the classified result, you
see that is not the case. What we will do here is generate a
mask around the lake, and make all the pixels in the lake, water
pixels in the classified image.
 In the class editing panel, select the classified image, under the Image
pull-down menu. Select the output channel from the classification just
completed. Select the reference image, which can be any RGB
combination. This should loaded to the view window now.
Generate a new mask layer by selecting Create mask from new
bitmap, under the MASK menu.
Zoom in on the lake using the 1:1 zoom option
In the treelist, make sure the mask layer is selected, then choose the
polygon seeding icon from the draw polygon icons. Click in the
center of the lake to seed the polygon.
The mask can be turned on/off using the Properties option in the Class
Editing panel. You can also switch between the visible image and the
classified one using the Visible Image option. Switch the mask off,
and select the classified image.
In the Class Editing panel, select all the classes in the Source Class
list, and select the Water class from the Destination Class table. This
means that all pixels under the mask will be assigned to the Water class.
Click the merge classes button. You should be able to see pixel change
in the view. The results are automatically written to the image layer.
Close the Image Editing pane l.
Click New Project to clear the window for the next demo.
PCI Modeler

PCI Modeler provides an interactive methodology for the

development of both simple and complex data processing flows.
PCI Modeler provides access to a number of standard
operations such as data import and export, as well as most
Image Processing and GIS algorithms.
Each EASI/PACE processing program (for which the user is
licensed) is represented by a corresponding PCI Modeler
processing module.
Users are able to build processing models by placing these
modules on the PCI Modeler canvas, and then connecting the
modules via pipes to create a process flow. Parameters for the
modules may be set in advance and the model may then be
launched. During the execution of the model, graphical cues
follow the data flow through the process. Subsequent runs of
the PCI Modeler may start at any point in the process flow.
Launch PCI Modeler by choosing the icon from the Geomatica
toolbar.
In this demo, we will put together a simple model for filtering
an elevation model, then generating slope and aspect images
from the elevation data. We will then set this model up to run
in batch mode with multiple images.
The first step is to add an Import module to the canvas. To do that,
right-click in the canvas and choose Common Modules->Import
and place the module on the left side of the canvas.
Double-click on the Import module to open the control panel. In it,
select the file "dem1.pix". Choose the 16-bit channel from the
channel list. Click Accept.
Next add the FAV, average filtering program. In the Module Librarian,
select the Image Processing category and Image Filtering sub-
category. Then choose the FAV module by clicking on it. Place the
module on the canvas, to the right of the import module.
Connect the import module to the FAV module by clicking on the
output port of the import module and connecting it to the input image
port on the FAV module. A pipe should appear connecting the
modules.
Next select the Analysis category and DEM Analysis sub-category in
the Librarian, and select the SLP module. Add it to the canvas to the
right of the FAV module.
 Repeat the last action using the ASP module instead of SLP. Place the
ASP module on the canvas below SLP.
Connect the output port from the FAV module to the input of the
SLP module.
Connect the input port on the ASP module to the pipe joining the
SLP and FAV modules.
Add an export module, using the same method as when adding the
import module. Place the Export module at the very right of the
canvas.
Connect the ASP and SLP output ports to the input ports of the
Export module.
We will now add VIEWER modules so we can see the results. Right -
click in the canvas, and select Common Modules->ViewBW. Add
this module below the FAV module.
Right-click on the ViewBW module and select duplicate. Place 2
more viewers by the ASP and SLP modules.
Connect the port on the ViewBW modules to the pipes coming from
the output of the FAV, SLP and ASP modules.
To set the parameters for the modules, double-click on them. Leave
the defaults for all of these modules.
You may want to name the viewer windows so you can tell which on is
which. To do that, double-click on the viewer module and enter a name.
The final step is to name the output file from the Export module.
Double-click on the Export module and enter the file name
"demdata.pix".
The model is now ready to run. Click the Run Model icon.
As the model runs, each module has a progress monitor on it.
As well, the pipes "fill" with data as the model runs.
Note after it runs that the 3 viewers open, so the user can see the
results. If they wish to re-run the SLP module, they can change
the parameters for that, and only that portion of the model needs
to re-run. (Not the whole thing)
The model can be saved, using the File->Save Model option.
One of the great features of the PCI Modeler is the ability to
setup a model to run in Batch mode. This allows the user to
specify a series of files they want processed the same way. For
example, we can take the model we just built and run 4 different
DEM files through it.
 Select the Setup Batch Processing option from the Execute menu.
The setup for the batch processing is all done in this panel. There are
sections for:
The IMPORT and EXPORT modules available.
The next section shows the Source file directory. Make sure this is
set to the directory where the scripted demo data is located.
The next section shows the target file directory. Also set this to the
scripted demo data directory. It also allows the user to set up a
naming convention for the output files, using a prefix or postfix.
Select the following files from the list: dem1.pix, dem2.pix,
dem3.pix, and dem4.pix . Just click on them in the list and they will
be added to the processing list below the available files list.
Once you have setup the processing, select the Run button.
You can show any number of modules to the user. There are
example provided for the modules. Once you select a module
in the Librarian, just choose the Load example button, and a
sample model using the standard demo dataset will open. Just
make sure the filenames are set correctly.
Exit PCI Modeler by selecting the FILE->Exit option.