Version 1.0.2


This page contains all currently available user documentation for LA3D. Click on the heading you would like for documentation on that portion of the LA3D program. Or, view all of the documentation at once in a pdf file.

1. Installing LA3D
1.1 Installing the Java Runtime Environment
1.2 Installing Java3D
1.3 Installing LA3D

2. Launching LA3D

3. Navigating LA3D
3.1 Navigating the Left View
3.1.1 Zooming
3.1.2 Rotating
3.1.3 Translating
3.1.4 Additional Hints
3.2 Navigating the User Interface
3.2.1 Menu Bar
3.2.1.1 Fly-Through Menu
3.2.1.2 Select Menu
3.2.1.3 Preferences Menu
3.2.1.4 Catalogs Menu
3.2.1.4.1 Import Catalog
3.2.1.4.2 Dinger-Shearer
3.2.2 Left Panel
3.2.2.1 California Boundary
3.2.2.2 Highways
3.2.2.3 CBM
3.2.2.4 CBM Mesh
3.2.2.5 CGS/USGS Faults 1996
3.2.2.6 Site Class., Wills et al. 2000
3.2.2.7 Graticule
3.2.2.8 Basin Depth
3.2.2.9 DEM (3x exag.) & Landsat
3.2.2.10 Cities
3.2.2.11 CFM
3.2.2.12 CFM mesh
3.2.2.13 Amplification SCEC Phase III
3.2.3 Middle Panel
3.2.3.1 Vertical Exaggeration Slider
3.2.4 Right Panel
3.2.4.1 Time
3.2.4.2 Import CFM Data
3.2.4.2.1 Import CFM Data for Macintosh & Linux
3.2.4.3 Reset View
3.2.4.4 Exit

4. Catalog Management
4.1 Catalogs Supported by LA3D
4.1.1 "geo" Extension: Dinger-Shearer
4.1.1.1 Source of Dinger-Shearer Catalog
4.1.1.2 Dinger-Shearer Catalog Formatting
4.1.2 ".foc" Extension: Hauksson Focal Mechanisms
4.1.2.1 Source of the Hauksson Catalog
4.1.2.2 Hauksson Catalog Formatting
4.1.3 ".txt" extension: SCEDC
4.1.3.1 Source of the SCEDC Catalog
4.1.3.2 SCEDC Catalog Formatting
4.2 Importing Catalogs Included with LA3D
4.2.1 Included Catalogs in LA3D
4.2.1.2 Included Dinger-Shearer Files
4.2.1.3 Included Hauksson Focal Mechanism Files
4.2.1.4 Included SCEDC Files
4.2.1.5 Additional Details on Included Catalogs
4.2.2 How to Import a Catalog
4.2.2.1 Importing a Catalog in Windows
4.2.2.2 Importing a Catalog in Mac OSX/Unix
4.3 Creating and Importing Additional Catalogs
4.3.1 Creating a Catalog
4.3.1.1 Creating a Dinger-Shearer Catalog
4.3.1.2 Creating a Hauksson Focal Mechanism Catalog
4.3.1.3 Creating a SCEDC Catalog
4.3.2 Importing custom-made Catalogs
4.4 Catalogs and Memory Issues
4.4.1 Dinger-Shearer Memory Limit
4.4.2 Hauksson Memory Limit
4.4.3 SCEDC Memory Limit


user documentation written & maintained by A.M. Beseda