Introduction

Working with Projects

Working on Projects
Objectives

In this session, we will address the following topics:

The basic layout of the Leapfrog Geo screen

Use of the menu and the toolbar
Interaction with the scene using the mouse
Creation, opening, and closing of projects

The project file for this session can be found in the folder Sessions Session 2 -
Working with Projects (Sessions \Session 2 - Working with Projects). To download the data, please
clickhere.

Watch the videos

Quick Start Video Guide - 6:34

Vídeo Estructura de Flujo de Trabajo - 6:52
Video The Main Toolbar - 7:38

Opening and Organization of Projects

Opening and Organization of Projects

Opening and Organization of Projects

When opening Leapfrog, the Projects tab shows thumbnails of the last five.
open projects. Leapfrog also shows the projects saved in the Search folder.
(Search). To see the location of a project file, hover the mouse pointer.
about the thumbnail. To clear recent projects, click on Clear.

You can change the search folder by clicking on the folder button. ) y
navigating to the folder you want to use. This is useful if you have a folder in which
keep most of your Leapfrog Geo projects.
Open a project by clicking on the thumbnail. If the project you want to open is not displayed,
click on the Open Project File button to navigate to the
project.

There is a project file in the data folder for this session.

To download the data, clickhereTo decompress the files and then open the
project:

1. In the Projects tab, click on Open Project File.

Project).

2. Navigate through the folder of this session.

3. Select the Maia [Link] project and click on Open.

This will open the finished project. You will notice that upon opening the file, Leapfrog Geo changes from the

Projects tab to the Scene View tab.

Only one Leapfrog project can be opened at a time.

The main window of Leapfrog Geo

The main window of Leapfrog Geo

The main window of Leapfrog Geo

The Menu

The Menu

The Menu
The Leapfrog menu is quite short:
Do not get confused, most of the functionalities are initially hidden; do
Right-click on an object in the project tree to see them.

Save Leapfrog projects

Leapfrog projects are saved automatically as you work on them. This

means that if you leave Leapfrog while there are still tasks being processed, they
They will be waiting to resume their processing the next time you open the project.

Save and compact projects

In addition to the auto-save option, there are options to Save a Copy.

Copy) and Save a Zipped Copy of the projects. When saving
a copy, you can keep a separate copy of the project in another location on your disk.
Saving a compressed copy allows you to store a complete copy of the project,
including both the project file and the data file, which will be
developed later in this session.

If a project is saved to pass it to another user or send it by email or as a copy of

security, we recommend using the Save a Zipped Copy option
Compacted).

Because Leapfrog automatically saves changes to the project, it is easy to change.

rápidamente entre proyectos. Cualquier tarea de procesamiento se reanudará al volver a abrirse.
When objects are deleted from a Leapfrog project, the software retains the objects.
as part of the file, even though the objects are no longer being used in the
project. This can cause projects to unnecessarily take up a large amount of
disk space, especially if large objects, like images, have been deleted
of the project.

To remove unused objects, there is an option in the menu called Compact This.
Project (Compress This Project). This may take a few minutes depending on
project size, and Leapfrog will close the project and reopen it once completed
compaction.

Configuration

The Settings option allows for a number of configurations.

default options can be modified. Most of these options are explained by themselves.
same, but there are some options that will be discussed later.

Click on Processing to select the number of processes that

Leapfrog is capable of using:
By default, this is set to Automatic, which creates a
process per physical CPU core, or for every 2.5 GB of RAM, whichever is less, up to a
limit of 8 processes.

The Automatic option is optimized according to your specifications and is not recommended.
change it.

If your company is using Central, click on Central to enable it. In this window,
You also have the option to change the location where local versions are stored.
of the project, as well as the location of the Publishing Cache. This can
it will be very useful if you have limited space on your C hard drive, that is, in the location
default. The Connection parameters can also be adjusted from
agreement with the stability and speed of your network.

If you are going to be in a remote location away from an Internet connection, it is recommended that a
local version of the help files is installed on your machine. Click on Help
(Help) in the Settings window to change the help access mode.

The toolbar
Leapfrog Geo only has a few buttons on the toolbar.

One is the Clear Scene button (Borrar Escena) ( ), which removes everything existing in the window.
of scenes. Another shows the menu Look, to switch to different angles of view.
The tools, cutter, plane, and ruler are available in the toolbar.
superior. These tools will be discussed later in the course.

Hover the mouse pointer over each tool in the toolbar to see
its function.

The project tree

The left panel contains the Project Tree:
When opening any type of project, there will be a list of standard folders and objects in the tree.
of the project. This list of top-level folders is the same for all projects. The
the way objects are organized in the project tree allows you to show or hide the
information about an element to focus on the objects it is working with
currently.

The project tree is where it matters and works with your data.

The right button is the key to the functionality of Leapfrog:

Right-click on the folders and objects to see the available options.

Right-click on a folder to create a new project.

By clicking with the left button, the objects are selected.

Double clicking opens the editing options for existing objects.

If you delete or change an object, it will affect all related objects.

Click on the triangle ( ) located in front of the folder Drillhole Data (Data of
Drillhole). When it opens, you can see an object Drillholes (Drillholes) that also has
a triangle in front. Open the object Drillholes (Drillholes) to see the data tables that
drillhole data in the project. You can also open each table to see the
data it contains.

This structure of nested folders is useful for keeping projects organized. For
collapse all folders, right-click in the upper left corner
from the project tree and select Collapse All.

Subfolders

To help organize a large number of objects, subfolders can be created.

inside top-level folders in the project tree.

To create a new subfolder, right-click on a folder in the tree.

of the project and select New Subfolder. It is possible to add objects to
the subfolders either by clicking and dragging them or using Ctrl+X (Cut) and Ctrl+V
Take

Subfolders can be created in all top-level folders as well as in the

Topography Folders and Drillhole Data.

Notes and comments.

There are a couple of useful tools to help document the process used to create
Your project: Notes and comments. The information about your entire project can be recorded.
using the Notes folder at the bottom of the project tree. Also, at
Right-clicking on any object will bring up the Comments panel.
that allows the user to add comments regarding this specific object. Both the
notes like the comments are compatible with hyperlinks, so they can
link to the relevant external information. Comments are also available in
Subfolders.

The processing panel

The Processing Panel opens when the button is clicked.
is located to the right of the Leapfrog Geo menu (Leapfrog Geo):

The button is inactive when no tasks are running and green when they are.
they are in execution.

This panel lists all the processes that are currently running or waiting to run.
the number of processes running at any given moment depends on the configuration in the
windowSettings > Processing (Configuration > Processing), discussed earlier.
Leapfrog is capable of running all processes, running only the processes
prioritize or pause all processing.

Run All will execute all queued processes in the default order.

Priority Only (Only Priority) only executes the tasks that have been designated as.
priority

When opening a project, it may be necessary to process the tasks. Sometimes, when a project is opened, there...
project, processing is paused, as indicated by the pause button on the panel
processing:

If processing does not start automatically once the project is loaded, open the Processing
Panel (Processing Panel) and select Run All.

Prioritized execution

If you want to prioritize a task so that it is processed before other tasks, you can
right-click on the object in the project tree and
prioritise

Objects such as geological models are generally dependent on others.

objects, such as drillholes and topographies. If this is the case, the level objects
superior (drillholes and topographies) will be processed first to allow objects
priorities are processed.

To delete the prioritized execution of the objects, right-click on the

object in the project tree and select Clear Priority. If to a number
objects have been given priority and you want to delete them all at once, there is a
small pink arrow on the project tree:

Click on the button to select all prioritized objects in the tree.

project and then right-click on one of the objects and
Clear Priority:

The scene
To the right of the project tree is the scene. This is the area where they appear.
the objects when added from the project tree. To add an object to the scene,
click on an object in the project tree with the left mouse button and to
Next, drag it and drop it into the scene. You can also click the button
right on the object and select View Object:
The scene list and the properties panel of the
forms
The list of shapes below the scenes window lists all the objects that are active.
(visible) in the scenes window:

The status bar

The status bar located at the bottom of the window has some functionalities.
useful.
The coordinates that appear in the status bar ( ) show
the position of the mouse cursor when it is over an object in the window of
scenes. No coordinates are displayed when the cursor is not over an object already.
that Leapfrog does not know which part of the 3D space it is trying to measure.

The Z-Scale button allows you to set a value greater than 1 for the Z axis.
regarding the X and Y axes. This is useful for flat and thin projects that are difficult
to visualize with a scale-Z of 1.

The option Acceleration is also important. There are three modes: Software.
Rendering (Renderizado por Software)(no recomendado),Partial Acceleration (Aceleración
Partial) Full Acceleration. You can find more information about
each option by clicking on the button and reading the descriptions of each one. The best thing is to put
test both models Partial Acceleration and Full Acceleration
(Full Acceleration) to see which provides the highest value of frames per second
FPS. The FPS value indicates how quickly the objects in the scene can be rendered. If this
the value is too low (below 10), you should consider updating your card
graphics. If this is not possible, you can reduce the number of 3D objects (for example
clicking on the option Make lines solid to drillholes
transparent objects in the scene.

Reorganization of screen space

You can divide the main window of Leapfrog into separate parts to make better use of it.
from the screen space. To separate a tab, click on it and drag it out
from the main window. You can then move and resize that tab.

You can also:

Separate the project tree. Right-click at the top of the

project tree and select Detach.
Show the list of shapes to the right of the scene window. Click with the
right-click on the shapes list and select the layout of your preference.
Show the list of forms apart from the main window. Click the button
right in the list of forms and select Put List in Separate Tab
a Separate Tab). Next, you can separate the list of forms from the window
main, as I would with any other tab.

You can dock a tab by dragging it to the main window. Release the mouse button.
when the tab becomes partially transparent. You can reattach the tree of
project, closing it and attaching the list of shapes by right-clicking on the
same and selecting where you want to have the list of forms.
You can also dock any tab or window by closing it. If you have rearranged the
screen space, close all tabs and detached windows to return to
original screen design.

Interact with the Scene

Rotation

Click with the left mouse button (index finger) and move the mouse.

You can also rotate the scene by pressing the arrow keys on your keyboard.

Zoom

To zoom in, you can scroll your wheel up and down or click and
hold down the right mouse button and move the mouse up and down.
It is also possible to use the Page Up and Page Down keys.
downward) of your keyboard.

Paneo

Click both mouse buttons at the same time and then move the button in the
surroundings, or click the 'Scroll' button.

Center of Rotation
To focus on an element in the view, keep the mouse pointer over it.
You will see some numbers at the bottom of the screen indicating that the cursor is over
an element in the scene window. When it moves over the black spaces, the
numbers will disappear.

Click both the left and right buttons together (or the wheel button)
displacement) in the element you want in the center. Then, this will remain in the
center of the scene. When it rotates and approaches with a zoom, it will get closer to that element.
All of this can be very useful.

To return the rotation center to the default value (the center of the extensions of
project), press the Home key on your keyboard.

For more information, including a complete list of keyboard shortcuts, see

the themeNavigationin the online help.

Creation of a project
Next, we will build a simple model to present the basic concepts of
modelado geológico en Leapfrog Geo. Los tipos de roca que vamos a utilizar son los
following:

The cover (drilling cover - represents the surcharge unit - will be

modeled as the youngest unit
Dam
Quartz Porphyry (QzP)
Granodiorite (GnD)
Base (MiS) (older)

First, let's set up a folder for all the Leapfrog projects.

1. Click on the Projects tab.

2. Click on the New Project button:

[Link] the Browse button to place a folder on your local drive.

Note: The project needs to be on your local disk, rather than on a network drive, to
ensure that the database works without inconsistencies.

Create a new folder and name it Leapfrog Projects.

5. Click OK.
6. Assign the name 'Maia' to the new project and click OK.

Leapfrog will showcase a blank project called Maia.

Working on Leapfrog projects

Once the project is created, Leapfrog will automatically create a subfolder.
call Maia that contains the project file [Link] and all support files.

Leapfrog project files

Your Leapfrog project consists of a series of distinct folders. In this capture of

screen, [Link] is the real project and the folder Maia.aproj_data

It is better to stay away from this folder: You cannot modify anything in your project
searching for elements within it, and if you move or delete any of them, you risk damaging it.
your project.

When opening the project in Leapfrog, a [Link] file will appear in this folder.
The .lock file protects the project in case it is moved while it is open and
if another instance of Leapfrog opens, which can happen when projects are saved
in shared network units.