SMS:Project Explorer Right Click Menus

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The following Project Explorer right mouse click menus are available based on where the right mouse click is performed.

Contents 1 Project Explorer White Space Right Click Menus 2 Module Right Click Menus 2.1 General Options 2.2 Module Specific Options 3 Data Set Right Click Menus 4 Folder Right Click Menus 5 Related Topics

Project Explorer White Space Right Click Menus

Right clicking in the white space of the Project Explorer invokes an options menu with the following options:

• Switch Module - Use to change the active module (active menus and tools are based on the current module).
• New
  • TUFLOW Simulation - Creates a new TUFLOW simulation.
• Convert to CAD - Conversion of visible entities to CAD format. CAD layers are shown in a CAD Data folder in the Project Explorer.
• Collapse all - Collapses all items in the Project Explorer.
• Expand all - Expands all items in the Project Explorer.
• Check all - Checks all items in the Project Explorer. Checked items are displayed.
• Uncheck all - Unchecks all items in the Project Explorer. Unchecked items are not displayed.
• Preferences - Allows the user to set the Program Preferences in the Preferences Dialog.

Module Right Click Menus

General Options

The following are available for all Module Items:

• New Folder - Creates a new folder beneath the module item which can be used to organize data sets.
• Delete - Delete the module item.
• Duplicate - Duplicate the module item (cartesian grid, scatter set, etc.) including model parameters, boundary conditions, etc.
• Rename - Rename the module item.
• Convert - Convert the module item to another data type (e.g. Mesh -> Scatter Set, Map -> 2D Mesh, etc)
• Reproject - Reprojects the module item to a different projection.
• Metadata - View or modify the metadata associated with a module item.
• Zoom To [Module Item] - Reframe the image based on the module item extents.

Module Specific Options

See the module right click menu article for more information on module specific right click menus:

• 2D Mesh Module
• Cartesian Grid Module
• 3D Cartesian Grid Module
• Scatter Module
• Map Module
• GIS Module
• 1D River Module
• 1D Grid Module
• Particle Module
• CAD Data

Data Set Right Click Menus

Right clicking on a data set in the Project Explorer invokes an options menu with the following options:

• Delete - Deletes the selected data set(s).
• Rename - Rename the selected data set.
• Export - Exports the selected data set using the Export Data Set Dialog.
• Scalars to Vector - Convert two scalar data sets to a single vector data set.
• Vector to Scalars - Covert a single vector data set into two scalar data sets (magnitude and direction or Vx and Vy).
• Dataset Color Options - Opens the Data Set Color Options Dialog.
• Metadata - Opens the Data Set Metadata Dialog, used to add or view metadata associated with the data set.
• Info - Opens the Data Set Info Dialog which displays characteristics of the data set. These characteristics include statistics such as maximum, minimum, and range as well as mean and standard deviation.
• Time Units and Reference - For a transient data set, the display of time values in the Time Step Window is controlled by the Time Settings.

Folder Right Click Menus

• New Folder - Creates a new folder beneath the selected folder which can be used to organize data sets.
• Delete - Deletes the selected folder(s).
• Rename - Rename the selected folder.

Related Topics

• Menu Bar