WMS:Graphical User Interface

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Example of the WMS layout

The WMS Graphical User Interface, or GUI, allows the user to easily manage any project within the Watershed Modeling System. It is divided into a number of sections, listed clockwise starting from the top left (see the image, right):

  • Menus
  • Macros
  • Model Selection
  • Modules
  • Get Data
  • Units
  • Properties Winow
  • Selection Info
  • Cursor Coordinates
  • Help Strip
  • Drawing Tools
  • Project Explorer
  • Static and Dynamic Tools
  • Graphics Window

Many of these can be separated from the main panel as floating windows, or re-docked in other locations using the double line "handle" at the left or top of the toolbar or panel.

Menu Bar

The Menu Bar collects various drop-down menus. Additional menus become available depending on which module or model are selected. For more details on these and other menus, see WMS:Menu Bar.

Macros Toolbar

Macros toolbar

The Macros toolbar collects a number of standard Windows macros as well as several commonly-used commands within WMS.

Model Selection

Model selection drop-down

The Model Selection drop-down is (by default) located to the right of the Macros toolbar. It allows selection of models supported within the currently-selected module. Selecting a model causes its associated menu(s) to appear in the Menu Bar.

The following models, depending on the module selected, are available (listed alphabetically): CE-QUAL-W2, GSSHA, HEC-1, HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, HSPF, MODRAT, NSS, OC Hydrograph, OC Rational, Rational, River Tools, SMPDBK, Storm Drain, Storm Drain-FHWA, SWMM, TR-20, TR-55.

See WMS:Model Selection for specifics on the menu options for each module.

Modules Toolbar

Module toolbar

The interface for WMS is divided into eight modules. A module is provided for each of the basic data types or modeling environments supported by WMS.

The following modules are supported in WMS:

Get Data Toolbar

The Get Data toolbar allows the user to import data from a variety of online sources, obtain data from within a WMS project, and import previously-downloaded files from the user's computer.

The tools include:

Map Tools Macros Toolbar

Map Tools Macros toolbar

The Map Tools Macros toolbar contains the following macros:

Units

Units toolbar

The Units toolbar displays the XY Units and Z Units for the project. The Units button on the toolbar opens the Units dialog.

Properties Window

The Properties window display information about the selected entity in the Main Graphics Window, as well as allowing some of the attributes of the selected entity to be edited. See WMS:Properties Window for more details.

Bottom of the Window

There are three information sections at the bottom of the WMS window.

  • Selection Info – Displays the name of the current active tool.
  • Cursor Coordinates – Displays the X, Y, and Z coordinates of the cursor as it moves within the graphics window. If a projection is set, the global coordinates will also display according to the selected projection. See WMS:Coordinate Tracking for more details.
  • Help Strip – Dsplays context sensitive help messages. See WMS:Help Strip for more details.

The Drawing Tools toolbar is located (by default) at the bottom left corner of the WMS window.

Project Explorer

The Project Explorer contains a hierarchical representation of the data associated with a modeling project. It allows the user to manage the data, including creation, visibility, or deletion of data objects. See WMS:Project Explorer for more details.

Static Tools

The Static Tools are commonly-used tools available regardless of which module is active. These include Pan, Zoom, Rotate, View Previous, and View Next. See WMS:Static Tool Palette for more details.

Dynamic Tool Palettes

The dynamic tool palettes contain tools specific to each module, changing depending on which module is active. See WMS:Dynamic Tool Palette for more details.

Main Graphics Window

The Main Graphics Window, or simply "Graphics Window", displays the active project, allows the user to use tools and macros to manipulate the contents and change the view and perspective. The Display and contour options can be changed in order to hide or make visible any of the entities within the project, change symbol, arc, point, polygon, and text color, style, and thickness, label entities, and change the colors and transparency of contours used within the project.

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