T3RRA Design Plus Manual

To install T3RRA Design Plus onto your desktop or laptop you will need your username and password...

There are three options for updating your software which will ensure T3RRA Design Plus stays upda...

There is a provision to revert updates if needed. This is not a process that should normally be n...

The screen for T3RRA Design Plus can be broken into 3 main sections:The ‘Working Area’. Elevation...

‘The Working Area’ of T3RRA Design Plus displays the topmost selected layer from each of the diff...

On the right side of the screen is the layer type selection panel. This panel allows you to selec...

Types of SurfacesWithin T3RRA Design Plus, Surfaces are categorized into the following (depicted ...

BoundariesThe toolbars specifically for Boundaries are:BoundariesT3RRA Design Plus boundaries are...

The menus, which are located on the top left hand side for the T3RRA Design Plus screen, include ...

Under the File tab you will find the following options:New Project - Create a new blank project.S...

Under the Edit menu you will find the following options:Undo (Ctrl + Z) - undoes the last change ...

‘Surface Selections’ provides tools that can be used to select specific areas of the active surfa...

Under the Layers menu you will find the following options:SurfacesBoundariesRegionsGuidesThese op...

Under the Tools menu you will find 2 options:‘3D Viewer’ (see 3D Viewer) - to look at a surface i...

Under the Help menu you will find multiple options:‘News and Social’ - Links provided to find us ...

The magnifying glass allows you to zoom in or out on a selected point of a surface. Left clicking...

There are several selection tool options available. To access more selection tools, left click on...

The Surface profile tool presents a cross-section of the field along the line or path you specify...

The ‘Visualization tools’ are used to view surfaces in different ways. The options available are ...

There are many different file types which can be used to import or create surfaces in T3RRA Desig...

Here is the list of available file types for import (instructions of how to use some files types ...

T3RRA Design Plus can import elevation data from three separate John Deere sources. These are:Joh...

By working in the Surface Tab in the Layers Panel, select: Layer > Import > From existing elevati...

By working in the Surface Tab in the Layers Panel, select: Layer > Import > From raw data points ...

Depending on your available data, there are many annotations which can be imported into your proj...

There is a lot of flexibility when exporting from T3RRA Design Plus. This includes control files ...

It is also possible to export a Control File from T3RRA Design Plus. This is how you get your des...

It is possible to download your design file as a PDF, either to share or to print. This is done b...

This is our preferred control file format. It works very well with T3RRA Cutta, funnily enough.Op...

The DXF file type is a common interchange format used by civil designers. We support exporting a ...

The .gps file is used in Trimble displays. We support exporting files for these systems with a de...

Open the Export window.Choose "JD Ops Center: T3RRA Control File(.tci)", choose data to export an...

Open the Import window and select T3RRA Control File(tci).Clicking 'Pick File' button will open J...

When the Surface tab is selected on the right hand side, the relevant tools can be accessed in tw...

This tool is the primary method for creating field designs. This tool opens a window with several...

‘Surface Adjustment’ allows you to make additional changes to the designs that were made in the l...

‘Structured Surface Warping™’ allows controlled manipulation of the field. This tool can be used ...

Combine surfaces allows you to combine multiple elevation and design surfaces into a single layer...

The ‘Expand/contract surface’ tool allows you to make a surface larger or smaller. To expand the ...

The function of this tool is to horizontally offset whole surfaces. This can be done in whole pix...

The function of this tool is to change the size of the pixels across all surfaces. The pixel size...

‘Smooth Region Boundaries’ is used to smooth the transition between different regions in a design...

‘Create a cut/fill surface’ creates a surface layer that shows how much soil must be moved to and...

This tool provides a separate output of the information that is available in other tools, this to...

Open overlay images -  this allows layers (such as yields, or imagery etc) to be draped over the ...

‘Fill Depressions’  creates a design surface with the largest indentations in the field filled in...

‘Breach Depressions’ allows you to break through a depression and allow water to flow out. ’Layer...

‘Bust Gilgais’ breaches and evens out depressions (also known as melon holes or gilgais) in the f...

The ‘Dam creator’ tool provides a simple process of creating a dam on any selected space on the f...

The drains and banks tool is great for planning drains, ditches, channels, and troughs. Also road...

This tool is used to quickly place drains that will ensure water doesn’t stay on the field for lo...

This tool is used to add contour banks/terraces. To begin creating a new set of contour banks/ter...

This tool displays all depressions in the selected surface or any depression that meets the minim...

‘Show directional depression’ allows you to select a direction and display any depressions that w...

‘Show watersheds’ identifies the areas of the surface that will flow together to the same exit po...

The accumulated flow layer shows paths where the water is most likely to pass through. It is reco...

‘Show Wetness index’ also referred to as the Hillslope Wetness Index. This tool creates a graysca...

Showing aspect will change the surface to a gray-scale to highlight where the sun is hitting the ...

‘Show Slope’  shows the severity of the slopes in the field in a color grade. The color grade use...

‘Show Directional slope’ allows you to visualize the severity of slopes going in a set direction....

Landscape change is a large-scale smoothing operation for finding generalized high points.‘Radius...

When the Boundary tab is selected on the right hand side, the relevant tools will be accessed in ...

‘Point to Point Creation’ changes the mouse icon to a cross. While in this mode, clicking anywher...

‘Boundary Edit’ displays a series of nodes along existing boundary lines. By left-clicking and dr...

‘Slice Boundaries’ is used to split pre-existing boundaries into smaller areas. Once this tool ha...

The ‘Multiple Cut Lines’ tool provides a way of creating equally spaced boundary lines across alr...

‘Open Boundaries in Google Earth’ allows you to export your boundary lines to Google earth.When t...

Open CreateEditCreate boundary from selected layer Create region from selected layer - this will ...

When the Regions tab is selected on the right hand side, the relevant tools will be accessed in t...

This tool lets you create custom regions. When using the creation tool, the cursor will change in...

This tool is used to make changes to an existing region. Start editing a region by right-clicking...

The ‘Cut line’ tool allows you to place a line to split a single region into two. This is useful ...

The region multi slicer makes it easy to slice a region into many smaller ones. All cuts made wit...

Open Create >Create from saved surfaceCreate from selected surfaceCreate from saved boundaryCreat...

The ‘Guides’ layers allow extra information to be displayed on the field in the working area. Thi...

The ‘Edit guide’ tool allows you to make changes to the selected guide. To edit a guide, right-cl...

This tool lets you place labels on a field as reference points, or simply to remind you of points...

The ‘Line Label guide’ tool allows you to select two points anywhere on the field and display the...

The ‘Circle guide’ tool will display the radius and total area covered by the set circle. To use ...

The ‘Strip/Corridor guide’ tool creates 2 parallel lines. When selecting this tool, click on the ...

The ‘Polyline measurement’ tool is used to create a guide line with multiple segments. The length...

The ‘Polygon measurement’ tool measures the length of the sides as well as total space covered in...

The ‘AB lines’ tool creates a pattern of guides along the working area. When using the tool, the ...

The ‘Elevations guide’ imposes a grid design on a field in the working area and displays the elev...

The ‘Flow direction’ guides creates a grid on the field with arrows at each junction that point i...

The ‘Contour lines’ tool allows for the automatic creation of contour lines on the selected field...

The ‘Slope Indicator’ tool is used to measure the slope of a particular area. When the tool is se...

The ‘Create flow paths’ tool is used to create a display of the likely water paths present in a f...