The central part of the user interface has the following two views:
The Map view is the key element of MIKE HYDRO. Map view provides a graphical – or map – view of the model setup. In Map view, the different model objects (e.g. Branches) can be added and edited by selecting the appropriate model object tab in the ribbon.
Right-clicking on the map will provide quick access to zoom functions and exporting the map either to the clipboard or a file.
Selection tools
A set of useful tools is available to identify or select specific features defined in the map view. Tools are located in the ‘Selection’ ribbon bar group with the following features:
· Identity: Identify button is used to identify and highlight specific model objects. Identify has two ways of operation; when activated at a location where only one single object is defined, it will automatically activate the specific object both in the Property view and activate the Tabular view for the specific object. If Identify is activated at a location where multiple objects are located, a list of objects are presented and the user can select which object should be activated.
· Select: Enable selection of model objects. Selections can be made through single click on the map or by drawing a rectangle. All objects positioned at the specified location will be selected and highlighted.
· Unselect: Removes all selections within the map
· Delete selection: Deletes all the selected objects
· Zoom to selection: Zooms to all selected objects on the map
Undo and redo
MIKE HYDRO supports undo and redo on operations on the map and changes in the tabular view or property view.
If the cursor is placed over either undo or redo buttons the hint will list the change that will be either re- or undone.
In general all type of data for the network is covered by undo and redo functionality where as changes to the layout and display of data is not.
The following is not covered by undo and redo functionality:
· Symbology and labels
· Result presentations
· Windows layout
· Selections
· Changes to water quality definitions
· Pop-up windows
Measure tool
The measure tool allows to measure distances between points in the Map or along a path. This tool is located in the ribbon in the upper part of the Map view page.
When pressing the Measure icon, a dialogue pops up. In this dialogue it is possible to choose between two options:
· Line. When this option is selected, the distance is calculated along a straight line. The first click on the map locks the start point of the line. While the cursor moves on the map it is possible to see the line along which the distance is measured. At the same time, the length of the line is displayed in the dialogue.
· Path. This option must be selected to measure length along paths that are not straight. The first click on the map select the start point of the path. When the cursor moves further on the map and additional points are selected with a click, the distance from the start point are added to the measured length and displayed in the measure tool window. The specified path it is not visible on the map.
In the lower right corner of the Measure tool dialogue, the following two buttons are shown:
Clear. Click on this button to reset to 0 the distance displayed in the Measure tool dialogue.
Close. Click on this button to close the Measure tool dialogue.
The Tabular view provides a dialogue-style interface to the model parameter group selected in the tree view. In the Tabular view the properties of the model parameter groups are specified and edited. In some cases the Tabular view consists of one or more pages. Multiple pages will be shown as tabs which may be shown or hidden based on the individual parameter settings.
In general the tabular view is divided into an upper part with fields and a lower part with an overview table. When changing between records in the overview table the upper part will be updated with parameters for the active record.
Overview table
The overview table contains all attributes for the object group. The records can be sorted by clicking on the header.
One or more cells can be copied to the clipboard by selecting the relevant cells (they will turn blue) and either right-clicking and choose ‘Copy’ or use Ctrl+C.
One or more cells can be pasted to the table by standing in the top left cell of the group of cells to be overwritten and either right-clicking and choose ‘Paste’ or use Ctrl+V. Any value pasted to a read-only cell will be ignored.
Note that in tables related to some objects displayed on the map e.g. branches and catchments it is not possible to add new records - only existing records will be overwritten. For other tables new records are created.
In order to delete several objects in the table the entire row must be selected by clicking on the very left column in the grid (row will turn blue) and clicking ‘Delete’ on the keyboard.
Right-clicking in a table related to objects displayed on the map will give the option ‘Zoom to active’. This will zoom the Map view to the active record.
For tables related to objects displayed on the map the first column is a checkmark. The checkmark shows if the element is selected on the map. The selection status can be changed either in from the map or the overview table.
Selected attributes in the Tabular view has a corresponding line in the Property window. The Tabular view and the Property window are synchronised – a change in either will be reflected in the other. Thus, the same parameters can be edited in either of the two views.
