Menu Bar
The Menu Bar of HEC-FIA provides the user with many commands to perform various functions. There are seven menus available: File, View, Maps, Gridded Data, Tools, Window, and Help menus. All Menu Bar menus are available in both the study and map views.
File Menu
The File menu allows the user to perform study management functions such as creating, opening, closing, and saving an HEC-FIA project. It also provides commands that will allow users to enter and view information about study properties; open recently viewed HEC-FIA projects; and, exit the HEC-FIA software.
File Commands | Description |
New Study | Create a new HEC-FIA project; opens the Create New Study dialog box |
Open Study | Open an HEC-FIA project; opens the Open Study Browser |
Save Study | Save the current HEC-FIA project. |
Save Study As | Make a copy of the current HEC-project; opens the Save Study As dialog box. |
Close Study | Close the current HEC-FIA project. |
Study Properties | Opens the Study Properties dialog box. Provides general information about the HEC-FIA project; user can turn on/off map window grids; and, change background color. |
Recent Studies | List the studies (last five) that have been opened. |
Exit | Exit the HEC-FIA software. |
View Menu
The View menu is where an HEC-FIA user can setup the HEC-FIA main window. The user can select which toolbars and panes to display and not display; create and use layouts of the main window; manage layouts; set display units for plotting and tabulating (English, SI); and, display the active map window in either the watershed coordinate system or web coordinate system.
Menu Commands | Description |
Toolbars | From this menu item the user can toggle on/off the following toolbars that available in the HEC-FIA framework – Standard or Maps |
Study Pane | Menu item that toggles on/off the Study Pane in the HEC-FIA main window. |
Messages Pane | Menu item that toggles on/off the Message Pane in the HEC-FIA main window. |
Status Bar | Menu item that toggles on/off the Status Bar in the HEC-FIA main window. |
Toggle Views | Menu item that toggles on/off display of the Desktop Pane |
Save Current Layout | Opens the Create Layout dialog box. |
Restore Layout | Menu item provides a list of layouts that a user can choose from. |
Layout Manager | Opens the Layout Manager dialog box. |
Set Display Units | User can set the display units for the HEC-FIA project – English (Watershed) (default) or SI. |
Displayed Coordinate System | User can set the displayed coordinate system for the HEC-FIA project – Web Coordinate System or Watershed Coordinate System (default). |
Map Menu
From the Maps menu, an HEC-FIA user can setup map layers and map windows for the HEC-FIA project. Commands include setting spatial properties; open a new map window; view the settings of the current map window that is being displayed; zoom the active map window out to its full extents; and, save the contents of the active map window as a graphics file.
Maps Commands | Description |
Default Map Properties | Opens the Default Map Properties for dialog box. |
New Map Window | Opens a map window in the Desktop Pane that displays the map layers selected for the HEC-FIA project. |
Map Window Settings | Opens the Map Window Settings dialog box. |
Zoom to Map Extents | Zoom the active map window out to its full extents. |
Save Map Image | Opens a Save Browser that allows the user to save the active map window as a graphic (.wmf, .jpg, *.png). |
Gridded Data Menu
The Gridded Data menu provides the capability to create grids that HEC-FIA can use and display.
Gridded Data Commands | Description |
Convert Grids | Opens a Open browser that allows the user to select either a ArcInfo (.asc) DEM file or a ESRI FLT (.flt) file; which is converted to a *.tif file. |
Tools Menu
The Tools menu provides access to HEC-DSS data (HEC-DSSVue); provides options for HEC-FIA startup, setting system properties, viewing threads, setup simulation and compute color, and plug-in information; view the log for HEC-FIA, and monitor memory usage.
Tools Commands | Description |
HEC-DSSVue | Opens the HEC-DSSVue application. |
Options | Open the Options dialog box. |
Console Output | Opens the Console Window which contains the HEC-FIA log for the study. |
Memory Monitor | Opens the Memory Monitor dialog box; displays HEC-FIA memory usage. |
Window Menu
From the Window menu, the HEC-FIA user can control the appearance of the map windows in the Desktop Pane of the HEC-FIA main window.
Window Commands | Description |
Tile | Menu item that allows the user to organize all of the currently opened map windows in either a vertical or horizontal tile. |
Cascade | Menu item that allows the user to, place one map window on top of the next in a cascading fashion. |
Next Window | Menu item that brings the next map window in the list of currently opened map windows to the top. |
Previous Window | Menu item that brings the previous map window that was on top to the top. |
Window Selector | Menu item that provides a list of the currently opened map windows. |
Window | Menu item that lists the currently opened map windows. |
Help Menu
From the Help menu, the user can access the HEC-FIA Online Documentation, view the HEC-FIA Terms and Conditions for Use (TCU), and display current version information about HEC-FIA.
Table Commands | Description |
HEC-FIA Documentation | Opens the webpage containing HEC-FIA Documentation |
Terms and Conditions for Use | Opens the HEC-FIA Terms and Conditions for Use (TCU). |
About | Opens the About Box for HEC-FIA. |