If during the creation of an HEC-RTS watershed, the user made the decision not to add map layers, this section provides the user with the necessary steps to add map layers to a watershed.

  1. From the HEC-RTS main window (Figure 5.1), from the Maps menu, click Map Layers. The Map Layers dialog box (Figure 5.2) will open.


  1. From the Layers menu (Figure 5.9), click Add Maps, the Select Map to Add Browser will open (Figure 5.3). Click Create Copy (Figure 5.3), this will make a copy of the selected map layer(s) in the HEC-RTS watershed directory. From the browser the user will navigate to where the map layer(s) for the watershed are located, select the map layer, click Open, the Select Map to Add Browser will close (Figure 5.3).


  1. The Map Layers dialog box (Figure 5.9) will update, with the name of the selected map layer appearing in the Map Layers Tree (Figure 5.9). Also, the active map window (Figure 1.1) will update with the added map layer.


  1. When all the necessary map layers have been added to the watershed, click OK, the Map Layers dialog box will close (Figure 5.9).