GMS:Edit Menu

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The Edit menu is one of the standard menus and is available in all of the modules. The commands in the Edit menu are used to select objects, delete objects, and set basic object and material attributes. The Edit menu contains the following commands:

Delete
Deletes the object currently selected in the Graphics Window.
Select All
Selects all items associated with the current selection tool.
Unselect All
Unselects all items associated with the current selection tool.
Invert Selection
Selects the items that were not initially selected and are associated with the current selection tool.
Select With Poly
Used to enter a polygon enclosing the items to be selected (one of the selection tools must be active). This option is useful when selecting a large irregularly shaped group of objects. To enter the polygon, click on the polygon's starting point and each intermediate point defining the polygon and double-click on the ending point. All items within the polygon will be selected.
Select With Polyline
Selects the items that intersect a polyline associated with the current selection tool.
Select From List
Brings up a list of objects associated with the current selection tool. An object is selected by checking the box next to it in the list and clicking OK.
Locate Selections
Causes a rectangle to be drawn on screen and move to surround the location of the selected items, helping to see where they are.
Selection Window
Brings up the Selection Information dialog allowing the user to turn on and off the echo of the information to a file and to a separate, dockable window. When objects are selected, various information about the objects can be displayed or saved. The values are displayed by default in the Status Bar at the bottom of the GMS main window. However, since space along the bottom of the window is limited, the user has the option of displaying the information to a separate window and optionally echoing the information into a file.
Select By Dataset Value
Opens a dialog allowing the user to select nodes or cells based on the dataset values when the current tool corresponds to one which selects nodes or cells and there is a dataset associated with the nodes or cells. The user must select either the less than or greater than options, or both.
Dataset Calculator
Brings up the Data Calculator which can be used to perform mathematical operations with datasets to create new datasets.
Properties
Brings up the Properties dialog for the currently selected item.
Materials
Brings up the Material Properties dialog.
Model Interfaces
Brings up a dialog containing all of the models, allowing the user to define which model menus are to be displayed in the menu bar.
Units
Brings up the Units dialog which allows the user to adjust the units for the model.
Single Point Reprojection...
Brings up a dialog allowing the user to transform a point between coordinate systems.
Transform...
Brings up the Transform dialog allowing the user to scale, rotate and translate the entire project. Individual objects can be transformed by using the same command found in right-click context menus for the item in the Project Explorer.
Preferences
Brings up the Preferences dialog where the user can adjust the general preferences for GMS.
Screen Capture...
Copies the Graphics Window as an image to the Windows clipboard. If the user wants to copy an image that is larger or smaller than the graphics window this can be done by editing the copy scale factor in the Preferences dialog.
Paste Text
Allows pasting tabular data directly into GMS. When this command is executed the File Import Wizard is launched.


Obsolete Menu Items

The following commands have been removed from current versions of GMS:

Coordinate System
Brings up the Coordinate System dialog which allows the user to adjust the current horizontal and vertical coordinate systems.
Coordinate Transformation
Brings up the Coordinate Transformation Wizard which allows the user to perform geographic system transformations, translations, rotations, and scaling.