Menu bar

Menu bar
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The menu bar provides access to most of the features included in SPRING :

 

When some menu commands are selected, a submenu appears with a list of additional options. Such menu commands have an arrow pointing to the right of the command name.

For some menu commands, a dialogue box is opened in which you must enter further information to execute the command. These commands are characterised by an ellipsis/three dots (...) after the command's name.

Some menu commands can be called upon directly by pressing a unique shortcut or key combination (CTRL+KEY). If a shortcut key is assigned to a command, the shortcut key or key combination is displayed to the right of the command. For example, you can undo the last action by pressing the key combination CTRL+Z, and repeat the previous menu command by pressing the F12 key.

 

Menu bar:

  • File The File menu is used to open/save/exit projects, import/export data, superimpose/overlay plots, and create and print plots.

  • Edit The Edit menu is used to undo/redo editing steps, edit the project, and call up the programme preferences.

  • View The View menu is used to show/hide layers/toolbars/3D representations and to create vertical sections.

  • Structure The Structure menu is used to create and edit the structure data, e.g. importing digital data on a line structure.

  • Contour The Contour menu is used to create and edit the contour elements.

  • Mesh The Mesh menu is used to create and edit meshes, e.g. mesh generator.

  • Attributes The Attributes menu is used to edit data attributes, e.g. copying or calculating data types.

  • Map The Map menu is used to manage overlaid graphics files.

  • Layer The Layer menu is used to manage the graphic layers

  • Object The Object menu is used to edit graphic objects, e.g., duplicate or move individual objects.

  • Bitmap The Bitmap menu is used to edit or save graphic files, e.g. Tiff files.

  • Special features The Special Features menu is used to access special programme functions for watercourse systems, transient programme parameters, fractures or tunnels.

  • Calculation The SPRING calculation tools are started via the calculation menu.

  • Help The Help menu provides access to the programme help and to start updates.

 

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