The properties of Branches are specified under the General tab. The lower part of the dialogue window contains a list of all Branches in the River network. Select a Branch from the list and specify the properties.
Definitions
Connections
Edit coordinates of vertices
Load shape
Branch name
A Branch can be given any name.
Identifier
The branch identifier is an automatically generated - and unique - parameter string used internally in MIKE HYDRO Basin to link Basin features to specific river branches. The identifier is a fixed, non-editable variable.
Start chainage
The chainage of the first point in the branch. To change this chainage, it is required to insert a User defined chainage point in the first point of a branch. The chainage can then be specified under the User defined chainage points tab (see below).
End chainage
The chainage of the last point in the branch. To modify this chainage, a User defined chainage point must be inserted in this last point of the branch. The chainage can then be specified under the User defined chainage points tab (see below).
Information about Branches and their upstream and downstream linkages are provided.
In some cases it might be necessary to update the coordinates on the map view of the vertices of one or more branches.
When a specific branch is selected in the table and the “Edit coordinates of vertices…” button is pressed, a table-dialogue pops up. This table contains the X and Y coordinates of the points of the selected branch, which can be edited (copy and paste is also supported). No new rows can be added, nor deleted. When the update is done and OK is pressed, the map view is updated.
It is possible to import/load the shape of an existing branch directly. Select/activate the actual branch in the tabular view and Click ‘Load shape’, select the relevant shape file and choose the shape item that represents the branch.
Note: this functionality will only edit the shape of the active branch on the map. It will not create any new branch. Instead, it is possible to import and create one or multiple branches at once from a shape file. To achieve this, please see section Import from Shapefile.
