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File

Select this tool to create animation loops of the data.

Used to create basin average time series for the active map window and associated polygon shapefiles.

Save the edited TIN dataset. Use this tool to save the aggregate TIN as well as apply edit changes made to the original TIN datasets that created the aggregate. Note that if a gridded TIN has been rotated or translated, it may no longer be a grid in the strictest sense and has limited options for saving. This is also a convenient way to save a set of TINs in a different format. For example, if an HRAP grid was originally read from a NetCDF file, this tool can be used to store them in a DSS file.

Save current set of TINs by projecting them onto a new grid. This option is useful if a TIN has been rotated or translated. It is also useful for creating a grid in a different projection. The new grid measurements are computed by sampling the original TINs at the location of the new grid cell center points. The sampling method is more appropriate for situations where the new grid has an equal or higher density than the original TINs. If the grid density is less than the original TINs then using an average over area technique for each of the grid cells in the new grid may be a better alternative. HEC-MetVue does not currently provide average over area or 'nearest neighbor' grid projection options.

Undo/Redo

Undo an edit.

Redo an undone edit.

Left mouse button rotates dataset. Once selected, pressing and holding the left mouse button on a map window while moving the mouse will rotate the TIN. Currently the TIN is always rotated about the center point of the map window. Also, while still holding the left mouse button, if the right mouse button is also pressed it temporarily activates the translate tool so that rotate and translate actions can be combined.

Left mouse button scales dataset.

Left mouse button translates dataset to a new position. Once selected, pressing and holding the left mouse button on a map window while moving the mouse will move the TIN to the new mouse location. Also, while still holding the left mouse button, if the right mouse button is also pressed, it temporarily activates the rotation tool so that rotate and translate actions can be combined.

Collapse rotate/translate/scale tool.

Expand tool showing total resultant rotation/translation/scaling that has occurred. This shows the accumulated amount of rotation/translation/scaling that has taken place.

Collapse tool showing total resultant rotation/translation/scaling that has occurred.

Annotation

Turn on absolute annotation edit mode. This is used to add callouts to the map window that stay fixed with respect to the map window

Turn on relative annotation edit mode. This is used to add callouts to the map window that stay fixed to a geographic location regardless of its location within a window.

Image Processing

Opens the Calibrate Image Editor. This selection will be disabled if no map window has the focus.

Opens the Depth-Area-Duration tool which can use the set of TINs for the active map window to compute depth-area-duration data. This selection will be disabled if no map window has the focus.

Used to take an aggregate TIN or a series of TINs with relatively long timespans and convert it to a series of disaggregated TINs that respect the temporal distribution of a given set of hyetographs or a defined temporal pattern. This selection will be disabled if no map window has the focus.

Map 

Performs a fixed zoom in of the currently selected map window keeping approximately 50% of the area original image. This option is a more convenient than selecting the zoom tool especially for systems without a mouse wheel to zoom with.

Performs a fixed zoom out on the currently selected map window approximately doubling the area of the original image. This option is a more convenient than selecting the zoom tool especially for systems without a mouse wheel to zoom with.

The program keeps a list of views that have been used for a map window. Selecting this sets the view to the previous extents by iterating through the list of views. Selecting this action when positioned on the first view will simply loop back around to the last view in the list.

The program keeps a list of views that have been used for a map window. Selecting this sets the view to the next extents by iterating through the list of views. Selecting this action when positioned on the last view will simply loop back around to the first view in the list.

Sets the left mouse button action to zoom in/magnify the map view. Once selected press and hold the mouse button on the selected map window and drag the mouse to create a box. When the box covers the desired spatial extents release the mouse button. The portion of the map that was contained within the box will be expanded to the entire map window. The use of the mouse wheel may be preferred to using this tool.

Sets the left mouse button action to zoom out the map view. Once selected press and hold the mouse button on the selected map window and drag the mouse to create a box. Once the button is released the current view in the map window is 'squeezed' into the box selection. The use of the mouse wheel may be preferred to using this tool.

Left mouse button pan in the map view.

Left mouse button selects points on the map for defining an area. An area can be created by pressing the left mouse button at the desired point locations or by holding the left mouse button and dragging the mouse. Once an area is created a right-click on the map window will close the polygon and bring up a context menu with the item 'Ad-Hoc Polygon Operations'. This menu item has several submenu items, such as 'Compute Average', which can operate on the polygon created. While editing the polygon the backspace key can be used to remove the last added point. The escape key will clear the entire polygon. Any change to the map window view such as zooming or panning also clears the polygon.

On/off toggle controls the location information tracking on status bar. The Properties->Global Settings has a setting for toggling the Longitude/Latitude display from DMS to decimal degrees.

On/off toggle to mimic the cursor location in other map windows in the same session. This tool is useful to help inspect multiple TINs for the same geographic location.

This tool activates the HMR52 storm analysis tool. The HMR52 plugin must be activated for this tool to be displayed. When the tool is in use, re-computes based on location changes can be enabled or disabled using the adjacent tool .

Convert a composite TIN (multiple timespans) into multiple TINs. Some tools, such as the HMR52 plugin uses a composite TIN storage medium. This tool can be used to decompose the TIN information into multiple TIN files, one for each time span, so that the data can be used without the need for the plugin to act as an I/O provider. This selection will be disabled if no map window has the focus.