Plotter Display

The Plotter Display options allow users to configure settings related to the Navigation  and Planning  WorkSpaces:

Day and Night

  • Day/Night Mode: adjusts the screen's brightness and vector chart color palette (for night or day). When set to Automatic, TimeZero will automatically switch modes according to your local sunset and sunrise time.

  • Luminosity Variation: allows to adjust precisely the screen's brightness. Note that this setting use independent values per mode (Night/Dusk/Day).

  • Red Filter in Night Mode: enables a red hue when the night mode is selected. Note that the red filter only operates on the Chart, NavData and Toolbar. It does not apply to windows or contextual menu.

  • Inverse Raster Chart Palette in Dusk and Night Modes: reverses the color palette of the Raster charts in Night and Dusk modes. Note that because Raster charts are just a "picture" of paper charts, inverting the color palette might result in unexpected behavior in some area (according to th eoriginal paper charts color palette).

  • Automatic Mode setup: allows you to adjust offset when the "Day/Night" mode is set to Automatic. 

  • Inverse Chart Palette in Day Mode: forces the night chart color palette at all times.

Chart Display

  • Plotter Background Color: in "Automatic" mode, the background color when no chart is displayed (when no chart is selected from the "Layer" button) will be dark grey in day mode and black in night mode or when "Inverse Chart Palette in Day mode" is enabled. Select "Manual" an press the "Background Color Selection" to select a custom color.

  • Chart Priority in Auto Mode: If you have both MM3D Raster charts and MM3D Vector charts installed for the same area, this option allows you to select which type or charts (raster or vector) will be prioritize when the chart selection is set to "Auto". If you have multiple MM3D Vector charts for the same area, the following internal priority will be used: MM3D C-Map then MM3D S-57.
    Note: TZ Maps (when installed) are not part of the "Auto" mode which only affects MM3D charts. They must be selected manually.

  • MM3D Chart Boundaries: selecting this option displays all chart areas boundaries:

    • The areas having detailed Nautical Charts (either Raster, C-Map, S57 or Fishing charts according to the current selection) are surrounded in purple

    • The areas having detailed Satellite Pictures are surrounded in green

  • Cross Screen Cursor:  this options display lines and cursor position information on the screen to make the cursor location more visible.

  • Chart Scales Selection: click on this button to select the chart scale that will be used when clicking on the Zoom In/Out buttons. By default, clicking on the Zoom In/Out button step by step will go through all the chart scales. If you want to "jump" directly from one scale to another or limit the Zoom In/Out, you can deselect the scales you want to skip.

  • Allow Vector Chart Overzoom: this option prevents the "overzoom" chart tiles to appear even if no detail is available for a specific area at a high zoom level. Disable this option if you do not want TimeZero to overzoom the charts (and display an "Overzoom" indication on screen).

  • Display MM3D Raster Chart Unit Legend: this option displays a raster chart depth unit legend in the lower left hand corner of the screen.

  • Grid Interval: indicates the grid interval (ranges from very low to very high) that can be turned ON and OFF from the "Layer" button.

Community Maps

  • Display Community Tags: Enables or disables the tag (icons) displayed above TZ Maps community object.

  • Highlight new object: When enabled, community object that are newly created or modified will be highlighted on the chart.

  • Display Proximity Pop-up: When enabled, and when your vessel comes nearby a community object, a pop-up window will appear asking you to rate this object.

Transparencies

 The following objects’ transparency can be adjusted:

    • Tide Range for PhotoFusion: Offset the depth at which the PhotoFusion will start. This setting is useful in area with important tides.

    • PhotoFusion Transparency: Manipulates the overall intensity of PhotoFusion transparency on water (ranges from 0-80)

    • Tidal Currents Transparency: Manipulates the intensity of tidal Currents transparency (ranges from 0-80)

    • Depth Shading Transparency: Manipulates the intensity of depth shading transparency (ranges from 0-80)

    • Weather Color Transparency: Manipulates the intensity of weather color transparency (ranges from 0-80)

3D Display:

The following options control how the bathymetry data is rendered on screen:

    • Terrain Shading Value: Determines the strength of the terrain shading (relief shading).

    • 3D Alti Exaggeration: Determines the exaggeration of land altitudes displayed while in 3D mode (all WorkSpace).

Depth Shading:

When the depth shading is turned on (from the "Layer" button), the range and hue of the depth color scale can be controlled using the following options:

    • Depth Shading Mode: When set to "Auto", TimeZero automates the range of water depths to be shaded according to the area displayed on the screen. TimeZero looks for the shallowest and deepest points and automatically adjusts the range accordingly. In this mode, the color scale range is continuously updated as you pan or zoom the charts. When set to "Manual", the color scale uses the Minimum and Maximum values defined below.

    • Minimum Value: Fixes the minimum water depth value to be shaded when the "Manual" mode is selected.

    • Maximum Value: Fixes the maximum water depth value to be shaded when the "Manual" mode is selected.

    • Depth Color Palette: Determines the color palette used for the depth shading in Auto and Manual mode.