Adding Geometry to Thumbnails in HQ

In HQ, you can choose which Thumbnail strategy to use when generating a Pipeline, but at the same time you can also add geometry to thumbnails using the Create Thumbnail with Base Map Pipeline step.

To add geometry to Thumbnails:

Open the Pipeline screen

• In HQ, select Pipelines from the list at the left

  • Click Create Pipeline to add thumbnail geometry to a new pipeline - this opens the Create Pipeline screen

  • Click Edit next to a Pipeline's name to add thumbnail geometry to an existing Pipeline - this opens the Edit Pipeline screen
    
    

Choose the Pipeline Stage

• On the Create Pipeline or Edit Pipeline screen, choose which stage of the pipeline to add the Thumbnail geometry step

            

  Post-Scan - steps here are executed immediately after Scanning is completePre-Extraction - steps here are executed just prior to ExtractionPost-Extraction - steps here are executed immediately after Extraction is completePre-Index -steps here are executed just prior to the information being written to the Index

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Choose the Pipeline Step

• When you have selected the Pipeline stage, click Add Pipeline Steps Here

• Choose Create Thumbnail with Base Map from the list

• Click OK

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Configure the Create Thumbnail with Base Map step

1. In the Create Thumbnail with Base Map screen, select Render Geometry

2. You can also choose a different base map, fine-tune the Fill and Line Colors and choose Scaling and the size of the Geometry Buffer

3. Click Save to save your changes

 Notes

In general, you should add this step to only one of the pipeline stages. To move the step to another stage, click Move To and select the new stage.