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:

Menu Command Description
Delete Delete 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
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
Select From List Some of the objects in GMS (TINs, solids, cross sections, and scatter point sets) are selected by selecting an icon that appears on the object when the selection tool for the object is active. With a large number of objects, the display of the icons can become complicated and it may be difficult to select the desired object. In such cases, this command can be used as an alternative method for selecting such objects. It brings up a list of the objects currently in memory. An object is selected by checking the box next to it in the list and then hitting the OK button.
Data Set Calulator
Properties This command brings up the properties dialog for the currently selected item. This dialog varies depending on the selected item.
Materials Brings up the Material Properties dialog.
Model Interfaces
Units Brings Units dialog which allows the user to adjust the units for the model.
Projection
Reproject
Single Point Transformation This option can be used to view the coordinates of a point to be transformed.
Preferences Brings up the Preferences dialog where the user can adjust the general preferences for GMS.
Screen Capture Images in the Graphics Window can be copied to the Windows clipboard by selecting the Copy command from the Edit menu. Once on the clipboard, the image can be copied into other applications for report generation. 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 The Paste command in the Edit window allows the user to paste tabular data directly into GMS. When this command is executed the Text Import Wizard is launched.


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  • 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.