View Reference Manual: 12d Model
View Reference Manual: 12d Model
Version 14
February 2019
Disclaimer
12d View is supplied without any express or implied warranties whatsoever.
No warranty of fitness for a particular purpose is offered.
No liabilities in respect of engineering details and quantities produced by 12d View are accepted.
Every effort has been taken to ensure that the advice given in this manual and the program 12d View is
correct, however, no warranty is expressed or implied by 12d Solutions Pty Ltd.
Copyright
This manual is copyrighted and all rights reserved.
This manual may not, in whole or part, be copied or reproduced without the prior consent in writing from
12d Solutions Pty Ltd.
Copies of 12d View software must not be released to any party, or used for bureau applications without the
written permission of 12d Solutions Pty Ltd.
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1 Preface ................................................................................................................................................. 3
1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 3
1.2 12d View Manual in PDF Form............................................................................................. 3
2 Installing and Registering 12d View ................................................................................................. 5
2.1 12d View - 64 bit or 32 bit Version ?..................................................................................... 6
2.2 Installing 12d View 14 from the Setup.Exe ........................................................................... 7
2.2.1 Folders Created by the Installation ........................................................................ 12
2.2.2 Icons Created by the Installation ........................................................................... 13
2.3 When Do You Need to Register 12d View? ........................................................................ 14
2.3.1 Registering 12d View ............................................................................................ 15
2.3.1.1 12d View Registration Panel17
2.3.2 Installing the Nodes.12d14dn file.......................................................................... 19
2.4 12d View Not Registering.................................................................................................... 22
2.4.1 Projects With Their Own Authorization Path........................................................ 22
2.4.2 Licence Expiry Warning ........................................................................................ 23
3 Starting Up ........................................................................................................................................ 25
3.1 Front Panel - Open a Recent Project .................................................................................... 26
3.2 Browse Button and Open Tab .............................................................................................. 28
3.3 Create Empty Project Button ............................................................................................... 30
4 Save and Exit..................................................................................................................................... 31
4.1 Save and Exit from Main Menu ........................................................................................... 32
4.2 Save/Exit from Floating12d View Menu ............................................................................. 32
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12d View Reference Manual
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1 Preface
1.1 Introduction
12d Model is an object oriented, interactive graphics program that processes survey data,
quickly builds terrain, concept and detailed design models. It is used in the construction of the
design, doing quality check and collecting as-constructed data.
That is, 12d Model is used in all stages of the civil planning, design and construction.
12d View is a freely available program to view projects created by 12d Model.
Extra data can also be read in and displayed from 12da and 12d XML files, ifc files, ADAC XML
files, DWG. DXF and DXB files, and genio files. But nothing can be saved from the 12d View
session and the project is left as it was before it was opened in 12d View.
12d View can also be used to create an empty project, and then to read data into the project to
examine and display. But nothing is saved at the end of the 12d View session.
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icon for 12d View 64 bit exe icon for 12d View 32 bit exe
Clicking on the 12d View 14 - 32 or 12d View 14 - 64 icon fire up 12d View.
and the Client name at the top of the 12d View screen displays "Unregistered User of 12d
View"
In ALL three cases, 12d View then starts up and displays the Open a Recent Project panel. See
3.1 Front Panel - Open a Recent Project.
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The 64 bit 12d View only runs on 64 bit Windows and supports any of the 12d Model projects.
The 32 bit 12d View runs on both 32-bit and 64 bit Windows and supports any of the 12d Model
projects up to point sizes of 5M.
So if you require 12d View for project larger than 5,000,000 points, then you must run 64 bit
12d View on 64 bit Windows.
Note - the following screens are for the 64 bit install but the 32 bit install is identical except the
words 64 bit are replaced by 32 bit.
If you agree with the License conditions, click on I have read and accept the terms of the
Software License Agreement.
Select Next to continue with the installation
Installation Location
User Area
Continue with the default folder for the User Area for the software:
c:\12d\14.00
or click on Browse to browse to another folder for the User Area.
Select Next to continue with the installation
Ready to Install
The Microsoft C++ Redistributables will be installed (32 and 64 for 64-bit install)
Setup Complete
12d View will now run on the computer but without having access to either a 12d Model
hardware lock (usually a CodeMeter) and associated nodes.4d file, or this computer being
registered to run 12d View, 12d Model projects CAN be still be opened and viewed but the
Client name at the top of the 12d View screen will be "Unregistered User of 12d View" and a
License Expiry Warning will be displayed each time a project is opened. See 2.3 When Do You
Need to Register 12d View?.
(b) For 32 bit 12d View 32 bit (for points up to 5M) on Windows 64 bit operating systems:
The 12d View installation loads the 12d View software into the folder
C:\Program Files (x86)\12d\12dview\14.00
(c) For 32 bit 12d View on Windows 32 bit operating systems
The 12d View installation loads the 12d View software into the folder
C:\Program Files\12d\12dview\14.00
OR
12d View users normally only have read access to the Program Files and/or Program Files (x86)
areas.
If the folder
C:\12d\14.00
does not exist, the 12d View installation on either 32 bit or 64 bit WIndows, will create it and give
read/write access to the folder for the user.
The folder 12d\14.00 is the default folder where, after Registration of 12d View, the 12d View
authorization file nodes.4d file will be installed.
icon for 12d View 64 bit exe icon for 12d View 32 bit exe
The 12d View 14 - 32 and 12d View 14 - 64 icons fire up 12d View and attach to the folder
12d\14.00.
and the Client name at the top of the 12d View screen displays "Unregistered User of 12d
View"
To continue using 12d View, simply click OK and 12d View will continue to run for that
session.
To remove the License Expiry Warning for this case you need to register 12d View with
12d Solutions for the computer that 12d View is being run on.
To register 12d View, see 2.3.1 Registering 12d View.
icon for 12d View 64 bit exe icon for 12d View 32 bit exe
Fire up 12d View by double clicking on the appropriate 12d View 14 icon.
12d View will then start up and if it does NOT detect a 12d Model dongle and nodes.4d file in
C:\12d\12.00 or C:\12d\12.00, or no 12d View registration for that computer in the nodes.4d
file, then the Open/Create panel brought up will have a Register button on it.
To register 12d View without opening any project, click on the Register button to bring up the
panel for registering12d View. See 2.3.1.1 12d View Registration Panel for further instructions on
how to register of 12d View
If you have opened a project with 12d View then you can Register 12d View from within the
open project. To do so, simply click on Help to bring up the Help menu and then select Register
12d View.
The panel for registering 12d View will then be brought up. Go to 2.3.1.1 12d View Registration
Panel for further instructions on how to continue the registration of 12d View.
Fill in the information - all the fields in black type must be filled in - and tick on the Agree to terms
box.
Once the details are filled in, then
(a) click on the Register button to send the information to 12d Solutions Pty Ltd
A file called 12dview_request.zip with the registration information is created and if
successfully sent to 12d Solutions then a Registration sent message is written to the
message area of the panel.
On receiving your request, 12d Solutions sends an email back with an attachment called
nodes.12d12n. See 2.3.2 Installing the Nodes.12d14dn file for instructions on completing
the registration of 12d View.
However you can continue using 12d View without successfully completing the registration.
OR if it fails to send then
(b) click on the Email registration button and if an email system is detected (for example,
Outlook), an email is constructed with the 12dview_request.zip attached.
In all cases, your registration request is sent to 12d Solutions where it is processed and an
email with an attachment called nodes.12d14n sent to the email address given in the
Register 12d View form. What to do once you receive the email is described in 2.3.2 Installing the
Nodes.12d14dn file.
Important Note
The 12d View registration is only for the computer that the Registration was generated on.
It will not work for any other computer.
Fred Bloggs
When you installed 12d View, a Windows file association was set up so that a nodes.12d14n file
is recognised by Windows it fires up the Install a 12d Model Nodes file program.
So in the email, double click on the file nodes.12d14n and the Opening Mail Attachment panel
comes up.
click on
Open
Clicking on Open and invokes the Windows association and so the Install a 12d Model Nodes
File panel appears (this is the same panel as used for 12d Model).
When run, the Install a 12d Model Nodes File panel option unpacks the node.12d14n file to obtain
a nodes.4d file and then copies the nodes.4d file to where 12d View will be able to use it.
The new/updated nodes.4d file is created in the Destination folder (default is C:\12d\14.00) and
if a nodes.4d file already existed, a backup copy of it is made.
Note - if you don’t have the file nodes.12d14n attached to an email but instead have the file in a
folder accessible from your computer, then you can do the following:
If there is a nodes.12d14n file, double click on that file and the Install a 12d Model Nodes File panel
should appear and you continue as per the instructions above.
This completes the 12d View registration process and you should now be able to view any
12d Model 14, and earlier, projects and it displays your registered Client name.
If 12d View did not install correctly and you still have a Client called "Unregistered User of 12d
View", contact your 12d Model Reseller.
However you can continue using 12d View without successfully completing the registration.
For information on opening and viewing existing 12d Model 14 projects using 12d View, see 3
Starting Up 12d View.
However even though there is no valid registration, you can continue using 12d View but the
Client will be "Unregistered User of 12d View" and the License Expiry Warning panel will appear
when you open the project.
It simply means that the nodes.4d file needs to be updated which is done by doing another 12d
View Registration. See 2.3 When Do You Need to Register 12d View?.
However you can continue using 12d View but the Client will be "Unregistered User of 12d View"
and the License Expiry Warning panel will appear when you open projects.
Please contract your 12d Model Reseller if you are having any problems obtaining a new
12d View registration
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icon for 12d View 64 bit exe icon for 12d View 32 bit exe
The 12d View icon is a shortcut to start 12d View and then attach to the folder C:\12d\12.00.
Double clicking the 12d View icon starts 12d View and displays the Open a Recent Project panel.
project name
If this does not work, please contact your 12d View administrator to check the procedure to be
used on your system. For a detailed description on how to install 12d View, see 2.2 Installing 12d
View 14 from the Setup.Exe.
To select a project is the Recent projects list, simply double click on the entry in the list and
12d View will open the project up.
The description of the functions of the fields and buttons in the Open a Recent Project panel are:
Field Description Type Defaults Pop-Up
The icon Remove from list - removes the project from the recent projects list
The icon Refresh list - refreshes the recent projects list
For the Browse button, go to 3.2 Browse Button and Open Tab
For the Create Empty Project button, go to 3.2 Browse Button and Open Tab
If the selected folder contains 12d Model projects, then a pop-up with a list of projects in the folder is
displayed in the Project name field and the required project can be selected from the list.
list of projects
in the folder
Data can be read into the project and displayed but nothing can be saved.
Save and Exit are available from both the Main Menu under Project or on the floating 12d View
menu.
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Selecting Save from the Main Menu=>Projects menu simply saves information about views in the
project modified since the last save.
When Exit is selected from the bottom of the Main Menu=>Projects menu and a save is not
needed,12d View exits the project.
If Exit is selected from the bottom of the Main Menu=>Projects menu and a save is needed, then
the Save Project ? yes-no panel is placed on the screen.
If Yes is selected, then 12d View saves the project and exits.
If No is selected, then 12d View does not save the project and exits.
If Cancel is selected, then the Exit is aborted and 12d View stays in the project.
When Save is selected from the left hand side of the bottom of the 12d View menu (Save / Exit
menu option), all the information modified since the last save is written to disk.
When Exit is selected from the right hand side of the bottom of the 12d View menu (Save / Exit
menu option), an Exit 12d Model panel is fired up.
Selecting No removes the yes-no pop-up and leaves the user in 12d View.
If Yes is selected and a modification to the project has been made since the last project save, a
Save Project panel is fired up.
Selecting No removes the yes-no pop-up and leaves the user in 12d View
If Yes is selected and a modification to the project has been made since the last project save, a
Save Project panel is fired up.