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Displaying the operation radius helps the user visualize the amount of clearance a vehicle has. It is especially useful for Cranes and Concrete pumps when determining the amount of reach the vehicle may have from a given position.

Use the Operation Radius checkbox to enable the operation Radius.

Vehicles will either have an adaptive operation radius that changes based on the furthest extremity of the vehicle and updates with the animation or the operation radius will be the turning radius.

The turning radius can be adjusted before a vehicle is placed or with the scale menu in the element properties.

Inner rings can be set to display multiple rings at intermediate radius away from the vehicle center. These rings in addition to the outer ring will display measurements on the line.

The operation radius textbox controls the distance of the intermediate rings.

The Font Size controls the size of the font on the measurements

The Radius Line Color pallet controls the color of the lines on the Operation Radius

Cranes have a special operation radius that displays the radius with a cylinder. The

crane operation radius is also adaptive to the animation.

The Toggle 3D Operation Radius checkbox switches the operation radius between 2D operation radius and 3D operation radius.

Crane Operation radius can have Arcs. Arc allow the user to control the range of rotation that an operation radius is displaying.

The Arc Begin textbox defines the start of the arc in degrees. By default, this is set to 0 degrees.

The Arc End textbox defines the start of the arc in degrees. By default, this is set to 360 degrees.

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The Show cap only checkbox toggles whether the 3D Crane operation radius displays the cap or the full 3D Cylinder. A crane cap is a circle or semi circle that shows the operation radius above the crane.

The Radius Volume Color pallete changes the color of either the 3D volume or the surface of the crane cap.