Template:SMS Delineate Mesh Workflow

From XMS Wiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
1. Import elevation raster
  1. Use the File | Open... command to import GIS data files such as Shapefiles, MIF/MID files, Lidar files, or raster files.
  2. Alternatively, drag and drop the file into the Graphics Window in SMS.
2. Create map coverage
  1. Select Map Data in the Project Explorer and use the New Coverage right-click command.
  2. Use the New Coverage dialog to create a new coverage by selecting the desired coverage type, and naming the coverage.
3. Create an outlet point
  1. Use the Create Feature Node Create Points Tool.svg tool to create an outlet point.
4. Run the watershed from raster tool
  1. Open the Toolbox.
  2. Open the Watershed from Raster tool.
  3. Run the tool.
5. Clean objects

{{}}

6. Create channel polygons

{{}}

7. Clean objects

{{}}

8. Merge Coverages
  1. Select multiple coverages that have feature objects which need to be on the same coverage.
  2. Use the Merge Coverages right-click command.
  3. Right-click on the new coverage and set the correct coverage type.
  4. Use the Clean Options dialog to resolve conflicting feature object data in the new coverage.
9. Set polygon properties

{{}}

10. Create mesh
  1. Open the Toolbox.
  2. Open the UGrid from Coverage Tool
  3. Run the tool.