The Menu Bar (Figure 3.5) of HEC-RTS provides the user with many commands to perform various functions. For more details check the HEC-RTS User's Manual. For this manual, an overview of each menu that is available in the HEC-RTS software is provided.

File

From this menu (appears in all modules), the user can create, open, close, upload, or download a watershed; save data associated with the watershed; view watershed properties; print the map window; and, exit HEC-RTS. In addition, most recently opened watersheds are located at the bottom of the File menu. Available commands are: New Watershed, Open Watershed, Close Watershed, Upload/Download Watershed, Save Watershed, Save Watershed As, Watershed Properties, Print Map, Recent Watersheds, and Exit.

Edit

This menu will appear in all modules and is module specific. Typically, the edit options will be relevant to data element(s) for a specific module.

View

This menu is used to add or remove interface items (toolbar icons, the watershed pane, the messages bar, and the status bar); see what units, which time zone, and which coordinate system are being used for viewing; save, restore and manage layouts; choose whether or not to display the default computation point layer within the map window; select which modules tabs will be shown in the watershed pane; and view a list of watershed files.

Reports

This menu is module specific and provides access to reports produced for the selected module.

Scripts

This menu allows the user to execute existing scripts, create, test new scripts and run scripts. Available commands are: Script Editor, Schedule, Script Job Status, and Run.

Tools

This menu allows the user to access data (HEC-DSSVue); utility software; set options for HEC-RTS; specify plug-in editor locations to use; view the "console.log" file; view log files of HEC-DSSVue and the other software applications; and, view memory usage. Available commands are: HEC-DSSVue, Applications, Options, Model Version Editor, Console Output, Logs, and Memory Monitor.


Window

This menu allows the user to select how to view and select multiple windows, which modules the user wants to view. Available commands are: Duplicate Window, Detach Window, New Map Window, Map Window Properties, Sync Map Windows, Tile, Cascade, Next Window, and Previous Window.

Help

Displays current version information about HEC-RTS.