My project

The project module allows you to view and enter general information about the project you are working on.

For your information

To edit the data, you need at least a basic licence.
The free licence gives you the right to read only.
If you find that the application does not retain what you edit in the forms, you probably have a free licence.

Coming soon

It will soon be easier to see that you are in read-only mode.

Project description

This is the main page of the project module:

On the right you will see the map of your project and the elements associated with it (layers, structures, boreholes, etc.).

On the left, you can fill in the form describing the project and your company's role in it.

You can :

• change the name of the project (up to 80 characters); please note that the name of your project must be unique in your domain.
• change the reference coordinate system for the project: the SCR will be proposed to you by default when you will create a borehole.
• change the coordinates of the project centre manually or by clicking and dropping.
• select a certain number of pre-set key words by category: these will be used in the future to make it easier to search for projects.

The table at the bottom of the page allows you to manually record a history of the changes made to the pages of your project (addition of a test, calculations, etc.):

It is also possible :

• by clicking on , pin this project to your favourite projects.

• declare the project as archived, in progress or finished:

  

• add an avatar/photo to the project by clicking on the small arrow to the left of the project name and then proceeding as for the profile photo.

Finally, you can attach files and links to your project using the last table at the bottom of the page:

"Site" page

The second "Site" page of the project module allows you to :

• draw or import layers, i.e. geometries displayed on the map.
• declare polygon-type geometries created in layers as sectors.
• declare works in sectors.

Layers

Layers are drawings/plans displayed on the map.

A layer is created automatically when a project is created: a Project Buffer, by default a circle with a radius of 100 metres around the centre of the project. This layer can be modified or moved. It is used as a source for the "Global" area which is also created when the project is created. If this "Global" area is deleted (after creating another area), this "Buffer" layer can also be deleted.

You can :

• name the layer: the interface will alert you if two layers have identical names
• hide a layer on the map using the icon
• reorder layers using the icon
• add a comment using the icon
• delete the layer using the icon. If the icon is greyed out, the layer cannot be deleted, as it is used as a source for declaring an area. This sector must first be deleted before the layer can be removed.

Creating a layer

To create a layer, click on the button.

This disables editing on the left-hand page and causes the following icons to appear in the margin of the map:

Click on one of the tools to draw a marker, polyline or polygon. Click in the area to the left or press the Esc key to cancel creation. To finish creating a polyline or polygon, double-click on the last point / close the polygon.

Importing a layer

You can also import a layer using the button.

Clicking on the button opens your computer's explorer, allowing you to browse for a file.

Orbow supports geojson and dxf vector formats and geotiff raster format. Files must be correctly georeferenced.

For your information

For the moment, only files smaller than 10 MB can be imported. If the imported file contains several types of geometry, the application groups geometry of the same type (point, polyline and polygon) in separate layers.
All points are therefore grouped together in the same layer, as are polylines and polygons.

Solving Reference System problems

If your geojson file was produced with QGIS or another application, it may happen that the SCR is indicated in your file by its name and not by its EPSG code.
In QGIS, you often have several choices for the same SCR, and some do not reference the EPSG code correctly.
To be sure of avoiding the Orbow error "The SCR is not present in the file", cIn your file, check the line of code that specifies the SCR, as follows:

"crs": { "type": "name", "properties": { "name": "urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3946" } }

Modifying a layer

You can modify the layers.
To do this, click on or on the colour block in the style column of the table.

For point layers, you can move or change the size of the marker :

Coming soon

It will soon be possible to change the type of dot icon, as well as its colour.

For polylines and polygons, you can:

• change the colour of the border,
• change the contour line type (other dotted lines will be added shortly),
• change the thickness of the border,
• change the line/contour path,
• move the entire layer.

For texts, you can :

• change text size,
• change text weight,
• change text color,
• change background color,
• make background transparent,
• move label.

Export a layer

You can simply export a layer (drawn or imported) in geojson format using the dedicated button:

Areas

Areas are units used to divide the project in space. Boreholes, Interpeted parameters tab and case studies of structures in the calculation module can be automatically attached to each area.

A "Global" area is pre-created from the "Project Buffer" layer, but can be deleted if another area has been created.

For your information

The creation of multiple sectors is optional.
By default, all the data will be associated with the "Global" area, if the tests are inside the polygon.

When you create a new area, by pressing ➕, you can select the source layer which provides the geometry for the area (only polygons can be selected), then name the area (the interface alerts you if two names are identical).

In the same way as for layers, you can add a comment, reorder or delete the area, using the usual icons.

You can delete a area provided that :

• there are no structures located in this area
• there is no table of parameters associated with this sector in the interpreted parameters: you will need to delete/move this table first.

Piece of work

The third table on the page refers to the engineering structures.
By creating structures, you can associate study cases with them in the calculation module and it is therefore necessary to create at least one to use calculation modules in a project.

As with sectors, you can create a structure by pressing ➕, give it a name (the interface alerts you if two structure names are identical), select the structure type and the area in which the structure is located.

Once a structure has been created, its icon appears on the map in the sector in which it is located.

For your information

To create calculation cases and therefore perform calculations on a project, you must at least create a structure.
The type of structure is indicative only, and does not constrain the types of calculation associated with it.

You can also leave a comment, reorder or delete the work.
You can delete a work provided that there are no study cases associated with this work in the calculation module.

Coming soon

Other types of structure will be added shortly.
It will also be possible to manually move a structure within a sector on the map, if several structures are present in the same area.

List soils and water tables

The "Ground" page is used to list the soils and water tables present to the right in the project area. This will then be used in subsequent bricks to allocate data to a particular soil or water table.

Soils

When a project is created, a single default soil is created. You can modify it and create new soils.

To do this, you need to enter :

• the soil name
• the "geological " code assigned to it, generally an "official" code taken from the geological map, but nothing is obligatory in this respect. In particular, it is possible to use the same geological code on several lines.

• the "geotechnical " code assigned to it. It must be unique for each line. It is this code that will be assigned in subsequent bricks to tests, for example.

  The advantage of the two codes is that you can identify a layer in the geological sense of the term, for example the Coarse Limestone of Paris, which you can name in Geol Code "CG" (or "e5" if you follow the instructions on the geological map), then break this layer down into "CGa" and "CGs" in Geotech Code to differentiate an altered fringe from a healthy fringe.

• the colour you want to assign to the soil.

• the hatch pattern you want to assign to the soil.

Coming soon

Other patterns will be available soon.

You can also write a comment or delete the floor. Deleting a floor creates an alert if data has been entered for this floor in the other bricks.

You can export / import the contents of this table from an Excel table / csv file using the dedicated buttons below the table. In the window that opens, simply match the columns in your source file to the columns in the Orbow database.

Water tables

In most cases, if you only have one layer at the right of the project, you don't need to worry about the second part of the page.
The application automatically creates a "General" water table when the project is created.

If you have several watter tables in your project, you can use the selector to create others. You will then have access to a table in which you can enter as many watter table as you need:

As with soils, the "Code" for each water table must be unique. This code will be used to associate measures (piezometric, for example) with each water table.

You can revert to a single watter table by unchecking . This will reset the table to zero.

"Manage" page

This page contains tools for project administration and user management. Its appearance depends on your project rights.

User management

Each project has a list of users with associated rights.

If you are the creator of a project, you will automatically be assigned the role of project administrator.

Use the "Invite a user" button to search for a domain user (member or guest) and add them to your project.

You can then give them editing rights to the data in your project.

For your information

To invite a user from outside your domain to your project, he must first be invited to your domain.
Your domain administrator must take care of the invitation. Once this has been done, the user will appear in the invitation list.
Please also note that a guest of a domain cannot be appointed administrator of a project in that domain.

If the project is shared, the table lists users from all domains in which the project is accessible. An additional column is then displayed, specifying the user's source domain.

The following table lists the user rights according to the role assigned to them in the project.

Coming soon

This list is subject to change. The features listed will become available progressively.

Rights v role	Administration	Edition	Read only
See the project	✔	✔	✔
Description Page
Modify the project description	✔	✔
Site and Ground pages
Editing data	✔	✔
Users page
Invite a user	✔
Modify a user's rights	✔
Expel a user	✔
Administration page
Go to the project administration page	✔	✔
Duplicate the project	✔	✔
Export project	✔	✔
Modify project confidentiality	✔
Quit the project		✔	✔
Archive the project	✔
Delete project	✔

Manage the project

On the same page, you can also:

• Restrict access to the project to members of the domain. A restricted project is only visible and accessible to users added to the project (including guests);
• Delete the project. A deleted project is not permanently deleted. The domain administrator can delete it from the projects management page;
• Share a project;
• Save locally ("export" button) all the contents of the project (numerical data for the moment, not the files): the file downloaded to your computer is a .orbow which is a standard json format.

Coming soon

Other functions will soon be available, in particular importing and duplicating projects.

Share a project

There are two ways to give access to a project to a user from another domain:

• by inviting this user into your domain and then inviting him/her to the project: this user will have to go into your domain to see the project;
• by sharing the project: the user, and all members of his or her domain, will be able to view the project directly in this domain (unless it is restricted).

This second option is available via the "Share project" button on the administration page.

This opens a window asking you :

• if the project is to be restricted to the domain with which you are sharing ;
• the name of this domain (for security reasons, we do not share the list of existing domains on the platform);
• the e-mail address of the contact in this domain whom you want to appoint as administrator of this shared project in his domain (he will be able to invite his own users and give them rights).

Once this request has been made, the two administrators of your respective domains must validate it.

You need to do this for each domain with which you want to share the project.