The creation of a Project is the very first step in using ICS Telecom.

The Project is composed of several layers : cartographic layers, field strength results layer, objects layer.
Only one file is essential to create a project : the altimetric file or DEM (Digital Elevation Model) identified
with the extension .geo, or .idr if the project concerns an Indoor study.
The other layers may be added progressively during the use of ICS Telecom.
ICS Telecom package is provided with some cartographic files gathered in the directory 'Samples'.
The following procedure will described the creation of a project using the Soton cartographic files.

Procedures
1/ Select (8 left button) function Files / Project Manager
2/ The Project Manager box will appear on screen:

Select (8 left button) command New which will re-initialise the box
The user must now build the project and choose every files to be inserted in. For our example, Soton, we will
need the files that are stored in the directory Samples of the ICS Telecom CD-Rom.
3/ Click (8 left button) over the button of the line Digital Elevation Model
4/ In the Files box that appears, designate the Soton.geo altimetric file and validate by pressing OK
5/ Click (8 left button) over the button of the line Image
6/ In the Files box that appears, designate the Soton.img file and validate by pressing OK
7/ Click (8 left button) over the button of the line Palette
8/ In the Files box that appears, designate the Soton.pal file and validate by pressing OK
9/ Click (8 left button) over the button of the line Clutter
10/ In the Files box that appears, designate the Soton.sol ground occupancy file and validate by pressing OK
11/ Select (8 left button) command SAVE or SAVE AS to save the project under a new name (Soton for our
example)
12/ Load this project and validate the choice by pressing (8 left button) over the LOAD button
The Soton project is loaded and saved under the Soton.prj file.
Note 1:
If the cartographic file inserted in the project is too large to be contained in memory, the system will offer to
re-scale the file.
The system will inform the user of the necessary reduction factor and will prompt the user to confirm via a
confirmation box.
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If no re-scaling of the file is chosen by the user, the file being too large to be contained in memory is loaded
onto disk only.
Note 2:
The re-scaling of the file risks altering information contained in the original file. Calculation times are
however accelerated. A file that is too large to be stored in memory will be loaded onto disk. This will slow
down calculation times considerably. See Section The files in Appendices.

The files contained in the project may be visualised independently in 2 dimensions, or 3 dimensions.
The Map menu regroups the display options.
The first file that will be displayed, is the Image file, or the DEM file if the project contains no Image file.
The file is displayed in its entirety in the central display area regardless of its size. The zoom ratio necessary
for this operation is automatically calculated by ICS Telecom.

Procedures
2 Dimensions display
DEM layer
1/ Keep the Soton Project loaded. The Image file is displayed on screen
2/ Select (8 left button) the option Map / 2D display / DEM layer
3/ The altimetric file of the project is displayed in 2 dimensions
Ground occupancy layer
1/ Select (8 left button) the option Map / 2D display / Ground occupancy layer
2/ The Clutter file of the project is displayed in 2 dimensions
Image layer
1/ Select (8 left button) the option Map / 2D display / Image layer
2/ The Image file of the project is re-displayed in 2 dimensions
Other options of the Map / 2D display function are only available after simulations, as they require the
presence of a result layer in memory.
Modify the zoom ratio
1/ Select the Zoom tool (8 left button).
2/ Choose (8 left button) either the " + " option, or the " - " option . The zoom ratio increases or decreases
a point with each click; the indicated zoom ratio is also modified
3/ Click (8 left button) over a point on the cartographic file. The file resolution of the display will be
modified with the mouse indicated point as the centre of the zoomed display.
4/ Increasing the zoom ratio will activate the scroll bar - To move in the file, just click (8 left button) on the
scroll bar
3 Dimensions display
The user may notice that no 3 Dimensions options are available for the Soton project.
The reason is that no Input Projection System has been indicated for the cartographic files (1NUL code is
indicated), as the cartographic information has been saved under a backward file format. New formats of
cartographic file now integrate the Input Projection code.
The first step is to complete the cartographic information using the Cartographic conversion tool :
1/ Select (8 left button) the function Parameters / Cartographic conversions
2/ The Coordinates box appears on screen ; Choose (8 left button) the valid Input Projection code, for our
example, UK NGR ; Choose the same Projection system in Output ; click (8 left button) over the No
conversion button to validate the choice ; Close the Coordinates box via the OK button
3/ Back to the 2 dimensions display of the project, refresh and update information by clicking (8 left button)
over the DRW tool, or pressing the F8 key
Attention : the F8 key will re-initializes at point (0,0) the display of the file ; if the user has increased the zoom
ratio and has used the scroll bar to move in the file, the F8 key will return to the first page at the origin point
(0,0) of the file. The recommendation is to use the DRW tool.
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DEM or Image layer

1/ Select (8 left button) the option Map / 3D display / DEM or Image layer
2/ The 3D view screen is drawn. The default setting will display the Image layer superimposed over the DEM
layer. By clicking (8 left button) over one point of the 3D view, the user opens a floating menu offering
various options. Three of these options concern the 3D display :
- Redraw : to modify the basic options of the 3D display, and for example to display only the DEM layer (deselect the option Image as texture)
- Options : to modify the rendering options of the 3D display
- Expert : to define more precisely the 3D display options
Ground occupancy on DEM
This option will display the ground occupancy areas over the DEM. If the option Image as texture is selected,
then the ground occupancy areas will be superimposed over the Image file displayed according to a grey
palette.
1/ Select (8 left button) the option Map / 3D display / Ground occupancy on DEM
2/ The 3D view screen is drawn. The default setting will display the Image layer superimposed over the DEM
layer. By clicking (8 left button) over one point of the 3D view, the user opens a floating menu offering the
same 3D display options encountered for the DEM or Image layer option
The two other options of the Map / 3D display function are only available if a result layer is present in
memory, or after the creation of a path trajectory on the terrain.

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Two of the tree 3 Dimensions display options are now available :

The user may create as many project as needed.

Following are the procedures to be followed to load, modify, or delete projects.

Procedures
We will use our example, Soton Project, for the following procedures.
To Load an Already Existing Project
1/ Select (8 left button) function Files / Project Manager
2/ The Project Manager box will appear on screen:
EITHER
3/ Select (8 left button) command OPEN and in the Files box that appears, designate the required Project
file, in our example choose the file Soton.prj. - Validate the choice by pressing (8 left button) over the
LOAD button in the Project Manager box
OR
3/ Select (8 left button) directly in the latest projects list the Soton project.
4/ The Soton Image is displayed on screen.
Note 1:
If the cartographic file inserted in the project is too large to be contained in memory, the system will offer to
re-scale the file.
The system will inform the user of the necessary reduction factor and will prompt the user to confirm via a
confirmation box.
If no re-scaling of the file is chosen by the user, the file being too large to be contained in memory is loaded
onto disk only.
Note 2:
The re-scaling of the file risks altering information contained in the original file. Calculation times are
however accelerated. A file that is too large to be stored in memory will be loaded onto disk. This will slow
down calculation times considerably. See Section The files in the Appendices.
To Modify a Project
1/ Select (8 left button) function Files / Project Manager
2/ The Project Manager box will appear on screen: select (8 left button) command Load
3/ In the Files box that appears, designate the required Project file, for our example the Soton.prj file.
4/ Click (8 left button) over button
of the file to be changed, for example the clutter file (.sol)
5/ In the Files box that appears, indicate the new file to include in the Project and validate by OK,
OR choose CANCEL to delete the file from the project ; for our example, delete the clutter file
6/ Select (8 left button) command SAVE to save the modifications
OR SAVE AS to save the modified project under a different name ; for our example choose Save as and
indicate in the file box, a new project file name, Soton2.prj ; validate by OK
7/ Select (8 left button) the LOAD button from the Project Manager box to load the project, Soton2.
8/ Soton2 project is loaded, the Soton Image is displayed on screen.
To Delete a Project
The Project is stored in a .prj file. Then, the deletion of a .prj file will delete the project.
As the project file contains only the links to all cartographic and other files, the deletion ofthe project file will
not affect the other files.
1/ Open the Windows Explorer and simply delete the .prj file.

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