Using Panorama on AutoCAD Civil 3D

Panorama is a multipurpose window that is used to show and/or modify many different types of information. It works by displaying a tab for the information that you or the program has called for. For example, the Events tab (also known as the Event Viewer) will show up when Civil 3D needs to tell you something about the drawing. In another example, if you launch the command to edit the geometric details of an alignment, the Alignment Entities tab will appear. As shown in Figure, while Panorama displays information for one task, it also displays tabs for other tasks that you can access with a single click. This enables you to multitask within the same window.

Panorama showing the Events and Alignment Entities tabs.

To get a feel for the Panorama window, follow these steps (you should still haveUser Interface.dwg open from the previous exercise):

1. On the Home tab of the ribbon, expand the Palettes panel and click the icon for Event Viewer.

2. Experiment with resizing, auto-hiding, and docking the Panorama window. You’ll find that it behaves much like other dockable windows in Civil 3D.

3. Press Esc to clear any selections in the drawing. Click one of the contour lines in the drawing to display the Tin Surface: Existing Ground ribbon tab, and then click Volumes Dashboard on the Analyze panel. Note the Volumes Dashboard tab that shows up next to the Events tab in Panorama.

4. Close Panorama, but keep this drawing open for the next exercise.