SMS:Map Feature Objects Menu

The Feature Objects Menu includes the following commands:

General Commands

• Delete – This command deletes all the feature objects in an SMS session and creates a new blank coverage (since SMS requires an active coverage at all times). SMS will ask for confirmation of this action.
• Attributes
• Create Arc Group – This command will create a new entity from a group of selected contiguous (end to end) arcs. If the selected arcs are not connected end to end, SMS will give an error message. These arc groups can be used in some models to assign boundary conditions.
• Build Polygons – While most feature objects can be constructed with tools in the Tool Palette, polygons are constructed with the Build Polygons command. Since polygons are defined by arcs, the first step in constructing a polygon is to create the arcs forming the boundary of the polygon. After forming loops with arcs, choose Feature Objects | Build Polygons from the menu. The build polygons command will form polygons from all closed loops in the coverage.
• Clean
• Vertices ↔ Nodes – In some cases, it is necessary to split an arc into two arcs. This can be accomplished using the Vertex ↔ Node command. Before selecting this command, a vertex on the arc at the location where the arc is to be split should be selected. The selected vertex is converted to a node and the arc is split in two. The Vertex ↔ Node command can also be used to combine two adjacent arcs into a single arc. This is accomplished by converting the node joining the two arcs into a vertex. Two arcs can only be merged if no other arcs are connected to the node separating the arcs. Otherwise, the node must be preserved to define the junction between the branching arcs.
• Reverse Arc Direction
• Redistribute Vertices
• Transform Feature Objects
• Select/Delete Data...
• Map → Scatter
• Map → 2D Mesh
• Map → 2D Grid

Coverage Type Specific Menus

Optional menu items appear according to the active coverage type.

Generic Coverage Types

Stamping

• Stamp Features

Model Coverage Types

ADCIRC

• Model Control
• Create Coastline
• Define Domain

BOUSS-2D

• Create Coastline
• Extract Elevations

CGWAVE

• Model Control
• Create Coastline
• Define Domain

CMS-Flow

• Create Coastline

CMS-Wave

• Create Coastline

GENESIS

• New Grid Frame

Related Topics

• Map Module