The Home tab contains the functions that are commonly used in the Virtual Surveyor. The Home tab is the main access point to create points, lines, boundaries and surfaces, to structure your data with descriptors, numbers and layers, perform advance water analysis on your terrain, and directly modify the terrain by removing surface objects.
Tools group
| Icon | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | Area Select | Enables Area Select mode. Select multiple items at a time by drawing a polygon around the desired items in the viewport by left-mouse clicking and then right-mouse click to end Area Select. |
 | Erase | Enables the Erase mode which removes individual items from the project with a single left-mouse click on any item in the Viewport. |
 | Replace Terrain | Removes objects from your Elevation terrain by drawing a polygon around the object to be removed with left-mouse clicks, and right-mouse click to complete. Result: Terrain modifier |
 | Remove Object | Removes objects from your Elevation terrain in a single left-mouse click. Result: Terrain modifier |
 | Cut | Copy selected items to the clipboard while removing them from the project. |
 | Copy | Copy selected item to the clipboard. |
 | Paste | Insert any items from the clipboard into the selected layer and Terrain State. |
Drawing group
| Icon | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | Point | Enables the point drawing mode. When in point drawing mode you can create points in the Viewport with a single left-mouse click. Result: Point |
 | Polyline | Enables the polyline drawing mode. Polyline drawing mode allows you to create polylines by left-mouse clicking in the Viewport along the polyline segments. Right-mouse click to end creation. Found in the Polyline / Arc tool dropdown. Result: Polyline |
 | Arc | Enables the arc drawing mode. Arc drawing mode allows you to create arcs by left-mouse clicking in the Viewport. Right-mouse click to end creation. Found in the Polyline / Arc tool dropdown. Result: Polyline |
 | Boundary | Enables boundary drawing mode. In this mode boundary items can be created by left-mouse clicking in the Viewport around the area you want a boundary for. Right-mouse click to end creation. Found in the Boundary / Circle / Rectangle tool dropdown. Result: Boundary |
 | Circle | Enables circle drawing mode. In this mode circular boundaries can be created with two clicks in the Viewport. Right-mouse click to end creation. Found in the Boundary / Circle / Rectangle tool dropdown. Result: Boundary |
 | Rectangle | Enables rectangle drawing mode. In this mode rectangular boundaries can be created with three clicks in the Viewport. Right-mouse click to end creation. Found in the Boundary / Circle / Rectangle tool dropdown. Result: Boundary |
 | Slope Steepness | Displays the Slope Steepness Terrain Lens in the Viewport. |
 | Transparent | Displays the Transparent Terrain Lens in the Viewport. |
 | Toggle Image Terrains | Disables / enables the Image Terrain in the Viewport. |
Styling group
| Icon | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | Point | Allows you to change the point color, shape or size. |
 | Line | Allows you to change the line color & thickness. |
 or  | Surface - TIN / Contours | Allows you to change the surface line color and thickness as well as switch between viewing the surface as a TIN, contours, or both. |
Structure group
| Icon | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
- | Descriptor | Set & apply Descriptor to be given to digitized items. |
 | Apply Descriptor to Selection | Current Descriptor is applied to all selected items. |
- | Next Number | Next Number allows you to automatically number either newly created items, or a selection of items. When checked, Next Number will apply the current number in the Next Number box to any newly created item. The number will be incremented up by 1 for every item created with Next Number enabled. If unchecked, any newly created items will not be given a number, and any selection of items that has the Apply Numbering to Selection applied to it will also have none. |
 | Apply Numbering to Selection | Selected items are given a number starting from the Next Number and adding 1 for each additional item selected. |
- | Layer | Choose, create, rename, remove, and move items to a layer. |
 | Add Layer | Create a new layer. |
 | Rename a layer | Rename a layer. |
 | Remove Layer | Remove a layer. |
 | Move Selection to Current Layer | Move selected item(s) to the currently selected layer. |
Point Grid group
| Icon | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | Point Grid - Q-Points | Creates a multi-point group containing Points within the selected Boundary by placing Points on the terrain where the elevation exceeds the desired Elasticity in both a positive or negative Z. This is a Peak feature only. Result: Multi-point |
 | Point Grid - Low-pass | Creates a multi-point group containing Points within the selected Boundary where points are placed in a rectangular pattern, and then moved to a surrounding lowest elevation point depending on the Grid Size. This is a Peak feature only. Result: Multi-point |
 | Point Grid - Triangular | Creates a multi-point group containing Points within the selected Boundary where points are placed in a triangular pattern according to the Grid Size & Azimuth. Result: Multi-point |
 | Point Grid - Rectangular | Creates a multi-point item group containing Points within the selected Boundary where points are placed in a rectangular pattern according to Grid Size & Azimuth. Result: Multi-point |
Water group
| Icon | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | Extract Level | Creates an Boundary item along a selected elevation. Commonly used for outlining and then removing water noise in lakes & ponds. This is a Peak feature only. Result: Boundary |
 | Create Water | Creates a water item at the selected elevation. Water items are used in further water analysis and volumetrics. Result: Water |
Hull group
| Icon | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | Hull All / Selection | Creates a boundary item around all of the survey items, or only the selected ones. Result: Boundary |
Toposurface group
| Icon | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | Triangulate All / Within | Creates a Surface item from the currently enabled survey items (points, polylines & boundaries), or only from items within a selected boundary. Result: Surface |