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Introduction

Is renovation needed?

Renovation techniques

Virtual Windbreak

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The Virtual Windbreak

 

Part II. The Management screen.

Once the information has been entered and submitted, a Virtual Windbreak will be generated (Figure 4-3).  At this point, you can thin a certain row, prune trees and calculate downwind protection.  The following pages give a short tutorial on the how to use the Management screen.

 

Figure 4-3.  The Management screen of the Virtual Windbreak program.

Overview of the Management Screen of the Virtual Windbreak.  Individual parts of the screen will be described further on.

 

 

Virtual Windbreak

1 - Introduction

2 - Design screen overview

3 - Management screen overview

Introduction

A - Direction of view; B - Camera angle

C - Thinning

D - Pruning

E - Protection

F - Return to Design screen

4 - Exercise I - Thinning

5 - Exercise II - Pruning

6 - Exercise III - On your own ...