Navigation Capabilities

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Table of Contents

Navigation ......................................................................................... 1
Overview ......................................................................................................... 1
Timing.................................................................................................................................................................... 1
Purpose ................................................................................................................................................................. 1
Objectives.............................................................................................................................................................. 1

Zoom Commands ............................................................................................. 2

Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................... 2
Zoom In ................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Zoom Out .............................................................................................................................................................. 4
Zoom Previous ...................................................................................................................................................... 5
Zoom to Scale ........................................................................................................................................................ 6

Fit Commands .................................................................................................. 7

Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................... 7
Fit All ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Fit Selected ............................................................................................................................................................ 8

Pan Command ................................................................................................. 9

Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................... 9
Pan ........................................................................................................................................................................ 9

Refresh Commands ........................................................................................ 10

Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 10
Refresh Map Windows ........................................................................................................................................ 10
Refresh with Database Changes.......................................................................................................................... 10

Plant Location Records ................................................................................... 11

Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 11
ATT-TELCO-002-202-423 ..................................................................................................................................... 11
Geographic Record .............................................................................................................................................. 11
Viewing PLR Boundaries ...................................................................................................................................... 11
PLR Labels............................................................................................................................................................ 11
PLR Geo Scale ...................................................................................................................................................... 12
Detail Records ..................................................................................................................................................... 13

Selecting Features and Components .............................................................. 15

Selecting a Feature or Component ..................................................................................................................... 15
Unselect a Feature, Component or Select Set .................................................................................................... 17

Open Geo and Detail Windows ...................................................................... 18

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Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 18
Open a New Map Window (Geo) ........................................................................................................................ 18
Open a New Detail Window ................................................................................................................................ 19

Arranging Windows in a Workspace............................................................... 23

Arranging Windows in a Workspace ................................................................................................................... 23
Map Window Reminders .................................................................................................................................... 25
Linked Features Between Map Windows ........................................................................................................... 26
Change Map Window Properties ........................................................................................................................ 27

Find Commands ............................................................................................. 28

Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 28
Using the Find Dialog Box ................................................................................................................................... 29
Quick Reference Find .......................................................................................................................................... 30
Quick Reference Find using Operators and Wildcards ........................................................................................ 30
Request a Quick Reference Find ......................................................................................................................... 32
Find Intersecting Street Segments Command .................................................................................................... 36
Find Intersecting Street Segments using Operators and Wildcards.................................................................... 36
Find Intersecting Streets Segments .................................................................................................................... 38

Feature Explorer ............................................................................................ 42

Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 42
Feature Explorer Overview ................................................................................................................................. 42
Feature Explorer Dialog Box ................................................................................................................................ 43
View a Feature’s Attributes & Relationships ...................................................................................................... 44
Redisplay Feature Explorer ................................................................................................................................. 44
Set Feature Explorer Options .............................................................................................................................. 45
Change the orientation of Navigation & Information Panels ............................................................................. 45
Scroll or Wrap Attribute Tabs ............................................................................................................................. 47

Measure Commands ...................................................................................... 49

Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 49
Measure Length .................................................................................................................................................. 49
Length Measurement Toolbar ............................................................................................................................ 49
Measure a Length ............................................................................................................................................... 51
Measure Area ...................................................................................................................................................... 53
Area Measurement Toolbar ................................................................................................................................ 53
Measure Angle by Two Points ............................................................................................................................. 54
Measure Angle by Three Points .......................................................................................................................... 54
Measure Feature ................................................................................................................................................. 54
Measure Angle by Element ................................................................................................................................. 54

Hands-on Exercises ........................................................................................ 55

Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 55

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Navigation Exercise Objectives ........................................................................................................................... 55

Navigating Map Windows ................................................................................................................................... 56
Open a Second Geo Window .............................................................................................................................. 57
Use Display Control in Multiple Map Windows .................................................................................................. 58
Open a Detail Window ........................................................................................................................................ 60
Select Features and Components ....................................................................................................................... 61
Feature Explorer.................................................................................................................................................. 62
Find Commands .................................................................................................................................................. 63
Exit Workspace and VM ...................................................................................................................................... 67

Lesson Summary ............................................................................................ 68

Summary ............................................................................................................................................................. 68

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Navigation
Overview

Timing You should complete this lesson within 4 hours.

Purpose This lesson describes the navigation capabilities of the system.

Objectives After you have completed this lesson, you should be able to:
 Use the Zoom commands.
 Use the Fit commands.
 Pan around a map window.
 Refresh map windows.
 Recognize the differences between Geo and Detail Windows.
 Open Geo and Detail Windows.
 Select or Unselect Features, Components and Select Sets.
 Display and arrange multiple Map Windows.
 Use the Find commands.
 Use Feature Explorer to view Attribute information.
 Set Feature Explorer options.
 Use the Measure commands.

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Zoom Commands

Introduction There are many ways to zoom to a specific area inside the map windows.

Zoom In This command allows you to zoom in to a map window by selecting a point
or fencing an area. Also, if you have a Microsoft IntelliMouse, rolling the
wheel forward in a map window will zoom in the map view at the cursor
location.
Follow the steps below to Zoom in on a point in the map window.

Step Action

1 Select View > Zoom > In, or click Zoom In from the Standard
toolbar.
The system prompts: "click to zoom or press and drag."
2 Click anywhere in the active map window.
The point clicked becomes the zoom point and the new center of
the zoomed-in view.
The system prompts: "Click to zoom or press and drag."
3 Press <Esc> to terminate the command.

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Zoom Commands, Continued

Zoom In Follow the steps below to Zoom in on a fenced area.

(continued)

Step Action

1 Select View > Zoom > In, or click Zoom In from Standard
toolbar.
The system prompts: "Click to zoom or press and drag."
Select the first corner of the area to be displayed, press and hold
the left mouse button.
The system prompts: "Release button to zoom."
3 Press <Esc> to terminate the command.

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Zoom Commands, Continued

Zoom Out This command allows you to zoom out in a map window by selecting a point
or using two points. Also, if you have a Microsoft IntelliMouse, rolling the
wheel backward in a map window will zoom out the map view at the current
map location.
Follow the steps below to Zoom out on a point in the map window.

Step Action

1 Select View > Zoom > Out, or click Zoom Out from the
Standard toolbar.
The system prompts: "Click to zoom or press and drag."
2 Click anywhere in the active map window.
The point clicked becomes the zoom point and the new center of
the zoomed-out view.
The screen zooms out by a factor of two. For example, if the
current viewing scale is 1:500, and Zoom Out is selected, then if
the cursor is clicked once, the viewing scale is changed to 1:1,000.
If the cursor is clicked a second time, the scale is changed to
1:2,000, with subsequent clicks changing the zoomed-out are by a
factor of two.
3 Press <Esc> to terminate the command.

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Zoom Commands, Continued

Zoom Out Follow the steps below to Zoom out using a two-point line.
(continued)

Step Action

1 Select View > Zoom > Out, or click Zoom Out from the
Standard toolbar.
The system prompts: "Click to zoom or press and drag."
2 Click the left mouse button at the center of the view area where
you want to zoom out.
The system prompts: "Release to complete."
3 Drag the line with the cursor.
The length of the line relates directly to the distance you will zoom
out. Zooming occurs dynamically as you stretch the line.
4 Release the mouse button.
The system prompts: "Click to zoom or press and drag."
5 Press <Esc> to terminate the command.

Zoom Previous This command allows you to return the window to the previous display.
To restore the previous view in a map window:

Select View > Zoom > Previous or click .

The map window returns to the previous view and the command terminates.
Zoom previous is not a default icon on the standard toolbar,
but might be a shortcut you want to add under Customize
Toolbar.

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Zoom Commands, Continued

Zoom to Scale This command defines the scale factor to change the view in the active
window.
Follow the steps below to change the scale of the view in a map window.

Step Action

1 Select View > Zoom > To Scale.

The Zoom to Scale dialog box displays with the current viewing
scale indicated in the Display at scale field.

2 Key-in a <scale factor> or select a predefined scale from the

dropdown list.
3 Click Apply.
The view in the map window changes to the new scale factor.
If the view is not what is desired, repeat Steps 2 and 3 until the
desired view displays.
4 Click Close to end the command and dismiss the Zoom to Scale
dialog box.
When the Status bar display option is set to Display zoom scale,
the scale entered in Step 2 displays on the Status bar in the bottom
right of the screen.

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Fit Commands

Introduction There are several ways to fit the map window to meet your needs.

Fit All This command fits all displayable objects to the active map window.
To Fit All:

Select View > Fit > All, or click Fit All from the Standard toolbar.
The map window displays all displayable objects.
In a detail window this would zoom out to the extent of the detail map
border. In a map window, this would zoom out to the extent of the state
map of West or Midwest.

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Fit Commands, Continued

Fit Selected This command fits the contents of the selected set to the active map
window.

The Fence Inside or the Fence Outside command can be used to

place features in the Select Set. When Fit Selected is used the selected
features display in the map window.
The Fence Inside and Fence Overlap commands are found on the

Selection Toolbar .
Follow the steps below to Fit Selected feature components in a map
window.

Step Action

1 Create a select set that contains all features components to be

displayed in the map window by placing a point and dragging the
cursor until all desired features are included in the drag box, and
then release the left mouse button
Or
Select a feature, then press and hold the <Shift> key. Continue to
select all features to be displayed in the map window. Release the
<Shift> button once all features have been selected.
2 Select View > Fit > Selected, or click Fit Selected from the
Standard toolbar.
All selected features are displayed in the map window.

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Pan Command

Introduction Pan moves the display in the active map window in the direction of the
cursor. The map window is “grabbed” at the specified point and dragged to
a new position in the map window.

Pan Follow steps below to Pan in a map window or plot window.

Step Action

1 Select View > Pan, or click Pan from the Standard toolbar.
The system prompts: "Press and drag to pan."
The cursor changes to a hand. Drag the view to pan around the
map.
The system prompts: "Release button to exit pan."
2 Press <Esc> to exit the command.

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Refresh Commands

Introduction Sometimes there is a need to refresh the contents on your screen.

Refresh Map This command refreshes the displayed graphics in all the map windows. This
Windows
command redraws only the areas of the map that needs to be repainted.
You may want to Refresh after making changes to Display Control. Window
painting operation can be interrupted with the keyboard <Esc> key.
To refresh the display in all map windows:

Select View > Refresh > Map Windows, or click Refresh Map Windows
from the Standard toolbar.
The map window refreshes.

Refresh with This command updates the data within your map view with the changes
Database
made in the master database since you established the connection to the
Changes
data server.
To refresh the display with changes in the master database:
Select View > Refresh > Database Changes.
All views are refreshed with the current master database information,
including changes made since the master database connection was
established.

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Plant Location Records

Introduction There are two different types of Plant Location Records (PLR).
 Geographic Records (geo window)
 Detail Records (detail window)
Remember PLR (Plant Location Record) and "Record" has the same
meaning and is interchangeable.

ATT-TELCO- Additional Plant Location Records information can be found in this APEX
002-202-423
document.

Geographic A Geographic Record has a geo legend associated with it and displays geo
Record
data. Geo data displays poles, aerial and buried cable, conduit, manholes,
and splice boxes (hand hole, sidewalk box, etc.) as well as geographic
elements such as streets, rivers, lakes and both Record and wire center
boundaries. The geo display is controlled by the legend and can be adjusted
using Display Control to turn on and off features (layers), change scale, etc.
Creating or splitting Geo Records can only be performed by a system
administrator (ARAMIS-IT). Refer to the APEX Document.

Viewing PLR By default, the PLR boundaries are not displayed in the map view unless the
Boundaries
user turns them on in Display Control. The PLR boundaries can be found
under Landbase > PLR. By default the Locate Status for boundaries is off.

PLR Labels PLR Labels are not available in ARAMIS. The PLR Map number can be found
by selecting the PLR boundary and reading the number from the Feature
Explorer attribute record.

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Plant Location Records, Continued

PLR Geo Scale PLR’s in ARAMIS have different scales as migrated from the ARES system.
The user does not need to know the scale of the Geo record, the placement
routine will determine the scale and place the text correctly.
By default the PLR Locate Status is OFF. If you want to view the
attribute record for a PLR in order to get the PLR number or scale,
you must turn the locate status to ON. Double click on the PLR
boundary to open Feature Explorer and view the PLR number and
scale associated with the PLR Boundary.

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Plant Location Records, Continued

Detail Records A Detail Record, also known as detail drawings, has a detail legend
associated with it and displays detail data. Detail data displays an exploded
or more detailed view of a geographic area, such as a manhole diagram. The
detail display is controlled by the legend and can be adjusted using Display
Control to turn on and off features (layers), and change scale, etc.
There are many types of Detail Records. The system numbers the detail
record based on the information provided.
Identifier Detail Record Type

a Air Pressure
b Bldg Riser/Campus
c Conduit
p CO Cable Pressure
o Duct Configuration/Occupancy
f Fiber Distribution Frames
r Feeder Route Schematics
m Main Distribution Frame
d Manhole Laydown Dwgs (Racking)
n Non-PB/NB Territory (Independent Company)
t Remote Terminal
s Splitter
u Underground
x xConn/SAI
Examples are shown on the following pages.

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Plant Location Records, Continued

Detail Records The below example shows detail cn0415c01u, which is an Underground
(continued)
Detail Record.

The next example shows detail cn131301d, which is a Manhole Laydown

Drawing or Racking Detail Record.

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Selecting Features and Components

Selecting a Select a Single Feature

Feature or
Component 1. Click on the feature.
The Feature is selected and highlights in the "Select" color.

Select a Hidden or Overlapping Feature

When multiple features are within the locate zone and the
cursor is hovered over them an ellipsis (three open circles)
appears at the lower-right edge of the Select Tool cursor. If
you left mouse click when an ellipsis appears a PickQuick
displays.

The PickQuick displays a list of the selectable

features.
Move the cursor over the list to highlight the
corresponding feature in the map.
When the feature you want is highlighted in
the map window, click the item on the
PickQuick.

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Selecting Features and Components, Continued

Selecting a Select Multiple Features

Feature or
Component When more than one feature is selected this is called a Select Set. A Select
(continued) Set is defined as one or more map objects selected for simultaneous
manipulation.
There are two methods to create a Select Set when the Select Tool is active:
 Press and hold the <Ctrl> or <Shift> key while selecting the features
with a left-mouse click.
 Draw a fence that encompasses the area containing the features you
want in the Select Set. There are two Fence options that can be used
to select Features or Components; they are the Fence Inside or
the Fence Outside command. Fence Inside mode selects only
features that fall completely within the fence. Fence Overlap mode
selects all features that fall inside and are overlapped by the fence.
The Fence Inside and Fence Overlap commands are found on the

Selection Toolbar .
Select a Component
1. Right click in the map window.
The Right-click menu is displayed.

2. Choose Only Selected Components.

3. Click the desired component.
The Component is selected and highlights in the "Select" color.
Remember to change the right-click menu selection back to All
Components.

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Selecting Features and Components, Continued

Unselect a Unselect a feature

Feature,
Component or 1. Click an empty space in the map window.
Select Set
Unselect a feature from a select set
1. To remove a feature from a select set, hold down the <Ctrl> or
<Shift> key while clicking the features you want to remove from the
Select Set.
Unselect a component
1. Right click in the map window to change the component selection
mode.
The Right-click menu is displayed.

2. Select Only Selected Components.

3. Click the component you want to unselect.
Remember to change the right-click menu selection back to All
Components.

Clear an entire select set

1. To clear an entire Select Set, click an empty space on the map
window
Or
From the Edit menu, select Unselect All.

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Open Geo and Detail Windows

Introduction Geo components are placed in the Geo window and Detail components are
placed in Detail windows.

Open a New 1. From the Window menu, select New Map Window.
Map Window
(Geo) The New Map Window dialog displays.

2. If more than one legend is available, select the Legend to add. If only
one Legend is available, proceed to the next step.
3. Select OK.
A new Map Window opens.
The new Map Window will be blank and the user must navigate to the area
they wish to view.
Map Window (Geo) is the default upon login.

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Open Geo and Detail Windows, Continued

Open a New You have the option to search for detail data by keying in the detail name or
Detail Window
by selecting it from the tree view on the Open Detail Window dialog.
Remember, an active AOI must be defined to open existing details.
If only one detail window is listed in Select detail windows, you can check
the Replace Contents of active window (Geo or Detail) box to replace the
contents of the active window with the selected detail window. Leave the
box unchecked to open a new detail window.
Open a detail window without a feature selected:
1. From the Window menu, select Open Detail Window.
The Open Detail Window dialog displays with the All Details tab
shown.

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Open Geo and Detail Windows, Continued

Open a New 2. On the All Details tab, in the Browse detail windows panel, expand
Detail Window
the list of Drawing Indicators and select the Detail window(s) to
(continued)
open.

Or
Key in the name of the detail window in the Detail Window name
field and select Add.

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Open Geo and Detail Windows, Continued

Open a New The Selected window(s) displays in the Selected detail windows panel.
Detail Window
(continued)

3. Select OK. The selected detail window(s) opens.

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Open Geo and Detail Windows, Continued

Open a New Open a detail window with a feature selected:

Detail Window
(continued) 1. From the Window menu, select Open Detail Window.
The Open Detail Window dialog displays with the Related Details tab
shown.

2. On the Related Details tab, in the Details participated in panel,

select the Detail window(s) to open.
The selected window(s) display in the Selected detail windows panel.

3. Select OK. The selected detail window(s) open.

While a manhole or drawing indicator is the features most likely to
be selected, any feature can be selected. If a feature is selected
that does not participate in a detail, the user receives a message
indicating that “The selected feature does not have any details.”

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Arranging Windows in a Workspace

Arranging ARAMIS-DT allows the user to have multiple windows open at any one time.
Windows in a
This includes multiple Geo and Detail windows without any restriction to the
Workspace
total number of windows other than what the user can manage.
You can have more than one map or plot window open at the same time to
show different views of the same data. For example, you can tile or cascade
map windows or move and resize them to suit your preferences. The
Window menu contains standard tools for arranging windows within your
workspace, and within each window.
To cascade windows, select Window > Cascade.

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Arranging Windows in a Workspace, Continued

Arranging To tile windows horizontally, select Window > Tile Horizontally.

Windows in a
Workspace
(continued)

To tile windows vertically, select Window > Tile Vertically.

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Arranging Windows in a Workspace, Continued

Map Window The Map Window Header that is highlighted in blue, indicates that it is the
Reminders
active window.
Each map window has its own Display Control and the Display Control
automatically changes as you make a different Map Window active.

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Arranging Windows in a Workspace, Continued

Linked Windows in a workspace are linked and the features you select in one
Features
window highlight in the other map windows. You can set properties for each
Between Map
Windows map window that change its view when you select a feature in another
window.
Example: When a lateral cable goes from the Geo to an Underground
record, you can have both the Geo and the Detail Record Map Windows
open. Highlighting the cable in the Geo record will highlight the matching
cable in the underground.

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Arranging Windows in a Workspace, Continued

Change Map The following properties determine what happens in a map window when
Window
one or more features are selected in another window:
Properties
 View at current scale. Features in the select set are highlighted, but
the map window does not shift or change scale.
 Center at current scale. Features in the select set are highlighted and
centered in the map view, but the map window does not change
scale.
 Fit and zoom out. Features in the select set are fit to the map view,
and the view zooms out according to the percentage you specify. The
default setting is 105%.
 The percentage is a constant factor of the scale at which features in
the select set are fit. So, if an item is fit at 1:5,000, a percentage of
200% doubles the scale to 1:10,000. A percentage of 300% triples the
scale to 1:15,000, and so on.
Right click in the map window, select Map Window Properties.

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Find Commands

Introduction The Find commands are used to locate a feature using attribute values. The
Find operation and the search criteria are specified and the result of the
search displays in the map window.
If more than one result matches the search criteria, the located features are
displayed one after the other in the center of the map window using The
Find First, Find Previous, Find Next and Find Last arrows in the data control
of the Find dialog box.
You can find features using the following:
 A Quick Reference Find
 Intersecting Street Segments
The option to update Feature Explorer is provided by checking the Update
feature explorer checkbox. If you check Update feature explorer on the
Find dialog box, Feature Explorer updates to display the relationship and
attribute information for each feature as you scroll through the records
returned by the find query.
If the feature you want to locate is a pending edit, you must first attach the
project with the pending edits for viewing prior to using the Find command.
After you perform a find to locate features, the dialog remembers the last
find method selected and any criteria entered for that method within an
application session. If you exit and re-enter the application, the Find dialog
box displays the initial defaults.
Helpful Hints when using Find Command

 Use CAPS when entering attribute values (turn Caps Lock

on)

 Use the wildcard (%) to allow for broader search (e.g.,

%MAPLE% searches for all instances of Maple including
MAPLE ST., MAPLE DR, N MAPLE, S MAPLE, etc.

 Set an active Area of Interest (AOI), it is required for most

searches.
 Ensure the feature you are locating has its Locate Status
turned ON in the Display Control.

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Find Commands, Continued

Using the Find The Find dialog box displays when the Find command is selected from the
Dialog Box
Tools menu. The Find what drop-down list is used to select the type of find
you wish to perform and the Criteria option is used to confine the search to a
defined area.

Find First, Find Previous, Find Next, and Find Last

Used if more than one result is returned.

Check the Includes details checkbox to

display the results of your search in a Detail
window. You have the option to Always open
a new detail map window or to Replace the
contents of detail map window. You must
select this checkbox prior to selecting the
Criteria button.
Check the Update feature explorer checkbox
to display Feature Explorer in the Review
mode. This allows you to see the attribute
and relationship information for the record
returned by the find query. If more than one
result is found, Feature Explorer will update as
you scroll through the records returned by the
find.

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Find Commands, Continued

Quick The Quick Reference Find method provides a means of pre-defining the find
Reference Find
search criteria and thus limiting user input to only the search values.

Quick The Quick Reference Find uses pre-defined default Operators during the
Reference Find
search function.
using
Operators and An Operator is a symbol or expression used to filter attribute values in a
Wildcards
database query. For example, the attribute Operator for Address is LIKE.

Operator Definition

LIKE Used to find similar values when used in

conjunction with a wildcard.
Equals An exact match.
Less than or equal to Used to designate the “low pair” in the pair
range.
Greater than or equal to Used to designate the “high pair” in the pair
range.

The Operators (Like, Equal, etc.) are pre-defined and cannot be

modified by users.

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Find Commands, Continued

Quick The Quick Reference Find also allows use of wildcards for search purposes.
Reference Find
using A wildcard character is a percent (%) symbol. It is only valid when the “LIKE”
Operators and operator is displayed with the attribute.
Wildcards
(continued) The wildcard will match zero or more characters in the search criteria. A
wildcard can be used alone (no filter) or with a user entered value or text
string for a pattern match.
Value Entry Finds

% All values within the field.

%45% Any value that includes 45 within the string.
%45 Any value ending with 45.
45% Any value beginning with 45.

It is recommended that Quick Reference Find entries be entered

in Upper Case. Some searches are case sensitive, so not using
Upper Case will result in “No matching records were found”.
The following Quick Reference Finds are not case sensitive:
Address, Cable, Fiber Cable, Fiber Interface, Fiber Terminal,
Interface, Network Element, Pole, and Terminal. All other Quick
Reference Finds are CASE SENSITIVE.

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Find Commands, Continued

Request a Follow the steps below to request a Quick Reference Find.

Quick
Reference Find

Step Action

1 Select Tools > Find.

2 Select Quick Reference from the Find what drop-down list.

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Find Commands, Continued

Request a Quick Reference Find

(continued)

Step Action

3 Click Criteria… The Quick Reference Find dialog box displays.

4 Select the desired feature option from the drop-down list.

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Find Commands, Continued

Request a Quick Reference Find

(continued)

Step Action

5 Enter the desired search criteria in Value field.

OR
Some Feature options contain drop down options to select from
after clicking in the Value field.

Attribution displayed in Bold Type is required for the

! search.
Use CAPS to enter Attribute Value.
6 Click OK.
The active map window is redrawn with the feature highlighted in
the center of the view.

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Find Commands, Continued

Request a Quick Reference Find

(continued)

Step Action

7 If the search finds more than one record, use the forward and
back arrow buttons on the Find dialog box to review the other
records.
As you forward to the next record, the active map window is
redrawn with the next feature highlighted in the center of the
view.

There is no consistent order to how the found

! features are presented and displayed based on your
search.

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Find Commands, Continued

Find The Find Intersecting Street Segments command provides a means of

Intersecting
defining the find search criteria and thus limiting user input to only the
Street
Segments search values.
Command

Find This Find method also uses pre-defined Operators and Wildcards to utilize
Intersecting
during the search function. The difference is you are able to choose the
Street
Segments Operators via the drop down menu.
using
Operators and
Wildcards

On the next page is a listing of all the Operators, the definition and how they
might be used.

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Find Commands, Continued

Find Operator Definition

Intersecting
Street Does not equal Is not an exact match.
Segments You want to find all intersecting street segments except the value you
using enter.
Operators and Equals An exact match.
Wildcards
(continued) *Greater than Looking at the first character of your value.
If your street name is 12, it will find street names starting with 13 and
greater.
If your street name is Market, it will find street names starting with N
through Z.
*Greater than or equal Looking at the first character of your value and the value itself.
If your street name is 12, it will find street names starting with 12 and
greater.
If your street name is Market, it will find street names starting with M
through Z.
In Used to define a collection.
If you enter “1”, it will find both 1 and 1st.
*Less than Looking at the first character of your value.
If your street name is 12, it will find street names starting with 11 and
lower.
If your street name is Market, it will find street names starting with A
through L.
*Less than or equal Looking at the first character of your value and the value itself.
If your street name is 12, it will find street names starting with 12 and
lower.
If your street name is Market, it will find street names starting with A
through M.
Like Used to find similar values when used in conjunction with a wildcard.
Not Like Used to exclude the entry from the result and can be used in
conjunction with a wildcard.
* It is NOT recommended to use these operators as the results will be in the thousands.
Wildcards
A wildcard character is a percent (%) symbol. It is only valid when the “Like”
operator is displayed with the attribute. The wildcard will match zero or more
characters in the search criteria. A wildcard can be used alone (no filter) or with a
user entered value or text string for a pattern match.

Finds related to Intersecting Street Segment searches are NOT case

! sensitive.

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Find Commands, Continued

Find When you locate a street intersection using the Find command a temporary
Intersecting
graphic is placed at the intersection. The symbol is removed when you exit
Streets
Segments the Find command.
Follow the steps below to find Intersecting Street Segments.

Step Action

1 Select Tools > Find.

2 Select Intersecting Street Segments from the Find what drop-
down list.

Include details and Update feature explorer options

! are not available with Find Intersecting Street
Segments.

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Find Commands, Continued

Find Intersecting Streets Segments

(continued)

Step Action

3 Click Criteria…
The Find Intersection dialog box displays.

4 In the First Street section, select the dropdown arrow in the

Operator field.

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Find Commands, Continued

Find Intersecting Streets Segments

(continued)

Step Action

5 Select an Operator. For example, equals.

6 Enter a Value.
7 Click Additional Street Criteria to add other Attributes, if
necessary.

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Find Commands, Continued

Find Intersecting Streets Segments

(continued)

Step Action

8 In the Second Street section, select an Operator. For example,

equals.
9 Enter a Value.
10 Click Additional Street Criteria to add other Attributes, if
necessary.
11 Click OK.
The intersection appears highlighted and centered in each map
window according to the map-window property settings.

A temporary graphic is placed at the intersection and it is removed

when you exit the Find command.

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Feature Explorer

Introduction Feature Explorer is a dockable control that presents within a tree view the
various relationships that the selected feature participates in. It also
includes a view of the attribution of the selected feature and the related
features.
When Feature Explorer dialog box is undocked it can be resized using the
standard resizing.

Feature Feature Explorer has two panels, the Navigation Panel and the Information
Explorer
Panel.
Overview
Navigation Panel Information Panel

The Navigation Panel uses the tree view to navigate the relationships in
which the selected feature can participate and to review feature
relationships. (Use the + symbol in front of the item to expand the tree
view).
The Information Panel displays attribute information for the selected
feature. The various pages on the information panel can be used to review
attribute information. If you are assigned the appropriate Role, in the Place
mode you can add attribute information. In the Edit mode, if you are
assigned the appropriate Role and the edit is allowed, you can change the
attribute information.

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Feature Explorer, Continued

Feature Not only can you dock or undock Feature Explorer, you can set the Navigation and
Explorer Dialog Information panels to have a horizontal or vertical orientation. You can also see
Box which features and which relationship types are displayed in the tree view.

Options button

The Options button is used to configure the following in Feature Explorer:

 To re-orient the Navigation and Information panels

 To wrap or scroll tabs
 To establish which features or relationship types should be displayed in
the tree view.
We will learn how to use the Options button in the Set Feature
! Explorer Options section.

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Feature Explorer, Continued

View a To view a feature’s attribute and relationship information using Feature

Feature’s
Explorer:
Attributes &
Relationships  Double click a feature and hover the cursor over the Feature Explorer
tab to display the control
This will display Feature Explorer with the relationship and attribute
information for the selected feature.

Redisplay When Feature Explorer is not displayed, you can use either method below.
Feature
Explorer
 From the Selection Toolbar, select Feature Explorer button .
 Right click in the gray toolbar area and select Feature Explorer from
the displayed menu.
The Feature Explorer dialog box is displayed. Feature Explorer does not
refresh with information because a feature was not selected.

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Feature Explorer, Continued

Set Feature The Options Button allows you to re-orient the panels (to wrap or scroll
Explorer
tabs) in Feature Explorer.
Options
The changes made to Feature Explorer Options are saved to your User
Profile and will be reflected in all workspaces. For example, if you change
the tabs from the scroll option to the wrap option, this change will be
reflected in any workspace you open.

Change the Follow the steps below to change the orientation of the Navigation and
orientation of
Information Panels.
Navigation &
Information
Panels

Step Action

1 Select Options button on the Feature Explorer dialog box.

The Feature Explorer Options dialog box is displayed.

2 Select the General tab.

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Feature Explorer, Continued

Change the orientation of Navigation & Information Panels

(continued)

Step Action

3 Select the desired option.

When the Split vertically radio button is selected, the Navigational
panel (tree view) displays vertically to the Information panel.

When the Split horizontally radio button is selected, the

Navigation panel (tree view) displays horizontally to the
Information panel.

4 Select OK to commit the change and dismiss the Feature Explorer

Options dialog box. Or, select Cancel to cancel changes and
dismiss the Feature Explorer Options dialog box.

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Feature Explorer, Continued

Scroll or Wrap Follow the steps below to scroll or wrap tabs.

Attribute Tabs

Step Action

1
Select the Options button the Feature Explorer dialog box.
The Feature Explorer Options dialog box is displayed.

2 Select the General tab.

3 Select the desired radio button option, either Scroll attribute tabs
or Wrap attribute tabs.
When the Scroll attribute radio button is selected, the tabs can be
scrolled using the scroll arrows.

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Feature Explorer, Continued

Scroll or Wrap Attribute Tabs

(continued)

Step Action

3(cont) When the Wrap attribute radio button is selected, the tabs wrap
and can be selected by clicking on the tab.

4 Select OK to commit the change and dismiss the Feature Explorer

Options dialog box. Or, select Cancel to cancel changes and
dismiss the Feature Explorer Options dialog box.

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Measure Commands

Introduction There are several ways to measure features in the ARAMIS-DT system.
Existing landbase and facilities in ARAMIS were migrated from
! other systems or converted from paper records which did not
adhere to strict scaling requirements. Do not expect a
measured length to match the cable footage (as an example).
Measuring should be used as a guideline for length or distance
only.

Measure You can measure the length of linear geometries or the perimeter of area
Length
geometries using the Length Measurement toolbar. You choose whether to
measure a selected element, to measure along the length of an element, or
to measure an ad hoc line as you place it, and add or subtract resulting
measurements. The first read-only field displays the length or perimeter of
the current geometry. The second read-only field displays the resulting
length based on whether the measurements are added or subtracted. The
tool tip on this field displays the number of elements measured so far.
Measure Length respects the snap-to and snap tolerance settings when
measuring ad hoc lines and along an element.

Length
Measurement
Toolbar

Use the Length Measurement toolbar to perform the following operations:

Button Use
Measure the selected element.
Measure the length along an element. Click the beginning
point and then the ending point of the portion you want to
measure.
Measure an ad hoc element as you place it. Click in the map
view to place each vertex, and double click to complete

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Measure Commands, Continued

Length
Button Use
Measurement
Toolbar When you are measuring an ad hoc element, toggle this
(continued)
button on to update measurements in both fields when you
move the mouse (default). If this button is toggled off,
measurements in both fields are updated when you click the
mouse.
Add the current measurement (first field) to the result in the
second field (default). Geometries that are added to the
result are highlighted in the primary highlight color. If you
toggle this button on, it remains active until you toggle it off.
Subtract the current measurement (first field) from the result
in the second field. Geometries that are subtracted from the
result are highlighted in the secondary highlight color. If you
toggle this button on, it remains active until you toggle it off.
Reset the value in the first field to zero (0), and reset the
value in the second field to the total measurement of items in
the select set.

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Measure Commands, Continued

Measure a Follow the steps below to measure a length.

Length

Step Action

1 Optional: Select the feature you want to measure.

2 Select Tools > Measure > Length. If features were selected prior
to starting Measure Length, the length (linear) or perimeter (area)
is measured, and the sum displays in the second field.

3 To measure the length of selected elements, click , and then

select the elements you want to measure.
Or

To measure the length along an element, click . Click the

beginning point and then the ending point of the portion you
want to measure.
If you clicked the points on an area, there are two possible
portions to be measured (the closer portion highlights). Move the
mouse closer to the portion you want to measure, and then
double click.
Or
To measure an ad hoc element as you place it, Click in the map
view to place each vertex, and double click to complete the
placement.
The first field displays the length (linear geometry) or perimeter
(area geometry) of the last selected element or the one you are
digitizing.

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Measure Commands, Continued

Measure a Length
(continued)

Step Action

4
If you click , the Update Readout button is toggled on
so that read-only fields are updated dynamically. If you want to
update read-only fields when you click the mouse, toggle this
button off.
5 To add the value of the current measurement to the result, toggle
on.
Or
To subtract the value of the current measurement from the result,
toggle on.
Or
If you do not want to add to or subtract from the measurement of
the result, toggle both buttons off.
The results of the add or subtract operation display in the second
field.
6 To reset the value in the first field to zero (0) and to reset the
value in the second field to the total measurement of items in the
select set, click . Click again to remove the
measurements of items in the select set.

7 Press <Esc> to exit the command.

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Measure Commands, Continued

Measure Area You can measure the size or perimeter of an area geometry using the Area
Measurement toolbar. You choose whether to measure an existing area or
an ad hoc polygon as you place it. And you can add or subtract resulting
measurements. The first read-only field displays the area size or perimeter
of the last selected area or the last digitized area. The second read-only field
displays the resulting area size or perimeter based on whether the
measurements are added or subtracted. The tool tip for this field displays
the number of areas measured thus far.
Measure Area respects the snap-to and snap tolerance settings when
measuring ad hoc polygons.

Area
Measurement
Toolbar

Use the Area Measurement toolbar to perform the following operations.

Button Use
Measure area size (default).

Measure area perimeter.

Measure existing areas (default).

Measure an ad hoc polygon as you place it. Click in the map

view to place each vertex, and double click to complete the
placement.
When you are placing an ad hoc polygon, this button is
toggled on to update measurements in both fields when you
move the mouse (default). If you toggle this button off,
measurements in both fields are updated when you click the
mouse.

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Measure Commands, Continued

Area
Measurement
Toolbar Button Use
(continued)
Add the measurement of the selected or ad hoc geometry
(first field) to the result in the second field (default).
Geometries that are added to the result are highlighted in the
primary highlight color. If you toggle this button on, it
remains active until you toggle it off.
Subtract the measurement of the selected or ad hoc
geometry (first field) from the result in the second field.
Geometries that are subtracted from the result are
highlighted in the secondary highlight color. If you toggle this
button on, it remains active until you toggle it off.
Reset the value in the first field to zero (0), and reset the
value in the second field to the total measurement of items in
the select set.

Measure Angle This command measures the angle between two specified points.
by Two Points
Search Help Topic: Measure Angle by Two Points

Measure Angle You can measure the angle between three arbitrary points.
by Three Points
Search Help Topic: Measure Angle by Three Points.

Measure This command determines the orientation (degrees of rotation) of a symbol

Feature
(point feature), the length of a drawn linear feature, or the area and
perimeter for an area feature.
Search Help Topic: Displaying Feature Size and Type.

Measure Angle This command determines the rotation angle of a point graphic component
by Element
or the angle of a line segment between two vertices.
Search Help Topic: Measuring Angles of Elements.

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Hands-on Exercises

Introduction Let's practice the skills we learned in this Navigation lesson.

Navigation Upon completion of this exercise you will be able to:

Exercise
Objectives  Zoom into a map window.
 Zoom out to a map window.
 Return the window to the previous display.
 Change the scale of the view in a map window.
 Fit selected feature(s).
 Pan around a map window.
 Open multiple windows.
 Use Display Control in multiple windows.
 Open Detail Window.
 Select Features and Components.
 Change display of Feature Explorer.
 Use the Measure command.
 Use the Find commands.

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Hands-on Exercises, Continued

Navigating Map 1. Open workspace Corona.

Windows
2. Check that the correct AOI is set in Area Explorer.
3. Use Tools > Find > Quick Reference > Terminal as shown below:

What is the full address for this terminal? Select View > Zoom > To
Scale
a. Enter scale of 1000. Notice how the view changes. You can
still see the terminal and the text in your highlight color.
b. Now enter a scale of 1400 and the terminal text is gone.
5. Select View > Zoom > Previous to toggle back to the Terminal located
in Step 3.
6. Use the Zoom commands, (+) and (-) and the Pan command to move
around the map window. <Esc> to release from the Zoom and Pan
commands.
7. Repeat Step 3 to return to the Terminal location.

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Hands-on Exercises, Continued

Open a Second 1. Select Window > New Map Window to open a second map window.
Geo Window
If required, use the <Esc> key to stop the window from updating.
2. Find the terminal %835457% again.
3. Select Window > Tile vertically. Map windows will display beside
each other.
4. In Map Window 1, select the Pole NE of the terminal. Notice the Pole
highlights in both Map Windows.
5. Select the Title Bar of Map Window 2, and then from the Standard
toolbar, select Fit Selected . Notice that the selected feature and
its components are fit in the map window.

Hint: Hover over the icons until you find Fit Select.
6. Zoom out until you see terminals in both windows again.

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Hands-on Exercises, Continued

Use Display 1. Turn on display for terminal complements in Window 1.

Control in
Multiple Map  Map Window 1 must be active.
Windows
 Display Control > Equipment > Terminal
 Check box for Terminal Complement Geo Label.

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Hands-on Exercises, Continued

Use Display 2. Select Window 2 (left) and notice that terminals counts are not
Control in
displayed.
Multiple Map
Windows
(continued)

3. Close map Window 2 by clicking on the X in the upper right corner of

the window.
4. Double click on the upper blue bar for Map Window 1 to expand the
window to full screen.

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Hands-on Exercises, Continued

Open a Detail Find MH 506

Window
1. Tools > Find > Quick Reference > Manhole
 Enter %506%
 Three records are returned, scroll through until you find MH 506.
2. Close the Find dialog box and the feature is highlighted.
3. Select Window > Open Detail Window.
4. Select the Detail that you wish to open in your new window and
select OK.

The Detail Window opens and you can view its’ contents.
5. Tile the Map Windows Horizontally.
Window > Tile Horizontally
6. In Map Window 1, highlight the Cable with the bubble label, 6, 7 and
12. Notice the matching cables in the Detail window highlight.

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Hands-on Exercises, Continued

Select Features 1. Hover over a multiple splice location until you see the three open
and
circles and click.
Components
On the detail record, zoom into the 4 way splice arrangement.

2. The PickQuick Dialog displays, move the cursor over each of the
features in the list to see the features highlight in the window.

3. Change option to “Only Selected Components”.

4. On the Map Window, click on a bubble text, then click on a
complement group. Only the bubble and the complement highlight.
5. Change the option back to “All Components”. Click on the same
bubble text, then click on a complement group. Notice all
components of the feature highlight now.
6. Double click on a cable feature and the Feature Explorer Dialog Box
opens. Pin the Feature Explorer Box so that it stays open.

7. Double click on the blue bar and the Feature Explorer dialog box will
become un-docked and you can position it anywhere in your map
window.

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Hands-on Exercises, Continued

Feature 1. Undock Feature Explorer to be able to see the changes made in the
Explorer
following steps.
Hint: To undock: pin Feature Explorer and double click on the title
bar.
Use Feature Explorer Options:

2. Change the following settings:

 Split horizontally
 Wrap attribute tabs
3. Change the settings back to the following:
 Split vertically
 Scroll attribute tabs

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Hands-on Exercises, Continued

Find 1. Change your Area of Interest to Folsom Nimbus.

Commands
2. Tools > Find > Quick Reference > Load Coil and check the Update
Feature Explorer checkbox to find load coils in the Geo Environment.

Do not select Include

Details
Use
dropdown

Select the Update

Feature Explorer

How many records did you find with this search? Using forward
arrows, scroll through the 30 records with feature explorer open.
Notice the map window changing and the feature explorer record
changing and the differences between the LC records.
4. Use the Tools > Find > Quick Reference > Load Coil, and check the
Update Feature Explorer checkbox and the Includes details checkbox
to find Load Coil.

Select Include
Details

How many did you find?

5. Close the Detail window(s).

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Hands-on Exercises, Continued

Find 6. Use the Tools > Find > Quick Reference to find a Terminal using the
Commands
following information.
(continued)
Uncheck the Include details check box.

How many Terminals were found?

Repeat the search using wildcards.

How many Terminals were found?

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Hands-on Exercises, Continued

Find 7. If you want to Find terminals on Bidwell but don’t want to be limited
Commands
by the Type, use the Tools > Find > Quick Reference > Address.
(continued)
Select Terminal from the drop down under Feature Name and enter
%BIDWELL% in Search Address.
Uncheck the Include details checkbox.

How many terminals were found?

8. Using forward arrows, scroll through the records with feature
explorer open. Notice the map window changing and the feature
explorer record changing and the differences between the Terminals
due to the wildcard search.
9. Use the Tools > Find > Intersecting Street Segments command to
locate the following Intersections.
Use operator: equals
 Folsom Nimbus: SACRAMENTO and RIVER

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Hands-on Exercises, Continued

Find Do the same search with different streets:

Commands
(continued)  Folsom Nimbus: NASHVILLE and NEW YORK
Change the Area of Interest to Rancho Murietta.
Use operator: like
 Rancho Murietta: PER% and NEVAR

Do the same search with different streets:

 Rancho Murietta: FEATHER% and CALL%
10. Change the Area of Interest back to Corona since this is the
Workspace we are in.

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Hands-on Exercises, Continued

Exit Workspace Exit workspace and exit VM.

and VM
1. File > Exit.

2. Select No to close the workspace without saving your work.

3. In the VM window, select the X to close the window.

4. Select Yes.

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Lesson Summary

Summary In this lesson we discussed:

 Using the Zoom commands.
 Using the Fit commands.
 Panning around a map window.
 Refreshing map windows.
 The differences between Geo and Detail Windows.
 Opening Geo and Detail Windows.
 Selecting and Unselecting Features, Components and Select Sets.
 Displaying and arranging multiple Map Windows.
 Using the Find commands.
 Using Feature Explorer to view Attribute information.
 Setting Feature Explorer options.
 Using the Measure commands.

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