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  Developers of the Terrain Analysis Package Software Spring 2006  

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HDMapper and 3DDisplay Are Now Integrated

Calculate your Microwave Path Budget within HDPath

New TAP Video Tutorial Available

Meet Curt Alway at IWCE - May 17-19

Free Pass to IWCE

TAP Engineering Seminar - April 3-4

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HDMapper and 3DDisplay Are Now Integrated

For some time we have provided a module in TAP called the 3DDisplay Module. This allows you to plot topography in 3 dimensions. It's input file is created within the TAP Basic Mapping module and then plotted using the 3DDisplay Module. With the module you can rotate the graphic, scale the proportions and colorize the elevations. You may also download a US graphical image from the USGS website and drape that over the surface of the plot, showing the traditional topo map details. In addition, you can overlay predicted field strength calculated with one of the propagation modules in TAP.

We also introduced HDMapper as our new flexible presentation tool for coverage calculations. It uses ShapeFiles for layering of civil division, roads and many other databases.

We have released a great new feature for those of you on a current software maintenance subscription, who also have or purchase the 3DDisplay module. You can now quickly save the coverage as a ShapeFile. Then you can open the coverage file directly to display in 3D with both terrain and coverage and with the same thresholds and colors that you selected in HDMapper. The coverage is simply one additional layer that may be included on the 3D plot. This greatly facilitates the presentation of field strength maps in 3D for presentations to zoning boards and other regulatory agencies with whom you might need to work.

For details about plotting your coverage with the 3DDisplay module click here...

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  • Calculate your Microwave Path Budget within HDPath
  •    You can now calculate your microwave path system performance within HDPath using the Microwave module. All calculations are done within one single screen. You may expand and collapse the screen sections to see the precise level of detail that you wish to have at any one time. You can print the link budget or you can write the information to a comma-delimited file that can be edited with other software, such as Microsoft Excel.

    To see how to calculate your microwave path budget ...

  • New TAP Video Tutorial Available
  •    Mr. Michael Wiebe, P.E. has prepared our first on-line video tutorial for the operation of HDPath. You can see how to run the path profiling portion of the new version of TAP6. For optimum viewing of HDPath, maximize to full screen.

    See HDPath Video of TAP6

  • Meet Curt Alway at IWCE - May 17-19
  •    Mr. Curt Alway, Software Marketing Manager and Mr. Larry D. Ellis, P.E., President of SoftWright will be attending the IWCE show in Las Vegas, May 17-19, 2006 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. SoftWright's booth number is 732. If you are not running the current version of TAP, drop by the booth and take a test drive of TAP 6.0.

    To view the IWCE website click here...

  • Free Pass to IWCE
  •    Click below and print out a free exhibit hall guest pass to this year's IWCE show in Las Vegas.

    For a free exhibit hall guest pass for IWCE click here...

  • TAP Engineering Seminar - April 3-4
  •    Attend our next TAP Seminar to quickly learn about the many new TAP 6.0 features.

    For more details and registration for our upcoming TAP Engineering Seminar...

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