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Chapter 8_Digedit

1. 8 3 4 Show The Show area allows the user to define whether certain items will be displayed or not The user also indicates the way data objects appear Show Vertices Display all vertices belonging to a line or polygon if the check box in front is activated i Fill Polygons Fills the polygon with a solid color fill if the check box in front is activated Otherwise displays the outline only Tic Marks Display the four tic marks if the check box in front is activated M Names Display the names of data objects if the check box in front is activated M 8 4 Menu bar The menu bar displays the following five commands File Edit View Options and Help See graphical screen Selecting one of these commands activates a pull down menu with a number of sub commands Some of the sub commands may be activated by a shortcut key generally the Ctrl key and another character File Selecting File from the menu bar activates the New File Commands pull down menu The pull down Coen Ctr0 menu offers the following sub commands to zi Append choose from n NE Save Emt Save s Eint P Append Exit 8 Pre Processing with the graphical editor DIGEDIT 6 Royal Haskoning Triwaco User s Manual New Create a new map Issuing this command causes the program to close the current map and start with a blank screen Open Open an existing map Issuing this command causes the program to promp
2. About waco Help Start this DigEdit Help file using the installed HTML browser _ About DigEdit _ A pop up window showing the current version ofDigEdit About Royal Haskoning A pop up window showing general information on Royal Haskoning 8 Pre Processing with the graphical editor DIGEDIT 10 Royal Haskoning Triwaco User s Manual 8 5 Toolbar The toolbar offers the following possibilities that also may be addressed using commands from the menu bar See graphical screen Dis aS ols Azle ANR tlel 7 Create a new map Issuing this command causes the program to close the current map and start with a blank screen Equivalent to File New from the menu bar Open an existing map Issuing this command causes the program to prompt for a filename usually with extension ung The program will open the selected file and looks for the corresponding parameter file par file Equivalent to File Open from the menu bar Shortcut key CtrI O Save the current map using the name in the title bar If no name is present the user is prompted for one Equivalent to File Save from the menu bar Shortcut key CtrlI S Send the actual view the part that is displayed in the window to the printing device The view includes all data objects visible with the actual state of zooming and any backgrounds selected Equivalent to File Print from the menu bar Shortcut key Ctrl P Cancel the last action Equivalent to E
3. The ID s 1 column cannot be edited Note that it seems to be possible to edit the first column and even to delete entire rows e g data objects Closing and reopening the table will restore the changes for the first column Note that this option does not work for linked points because the parameter value of a linked point is not stored in the parameter file but in the map file Add Add data objects to the current map Point Add a point to the current map The point is added pressing the left hand mouse button Every time a point is added the program displays a pop up dialog box and prompts to enter an ID a value and name The pop up dialog box is not displayed if the option prompt for id and values in the general settings is switched off fee Enter id and alue ig F Uk C i Cancel Value Kane o k waarde putproef ooo 8 Pre Processing with the graphical editor DIGEDIT 8 Royal Haskoning Triwaco User s Manual Line Add a line to the current map Every time the left hand mouse button is pressed a vertex point is added to the line Pressing the right hand mouse button adds the last vertex point to the line and causes the program to display the pop up dialog box for entering the ID value and name associated to the line The pop up dialog box is not displayed if the option prompt for id and values in the general settings is switched off Polygon Add a polygon to the current
4. be slightly repositioned due to the process of snapping Whether or not snapping will occur can be decided by adjusting the General settings selecting Options Setup from the menu bar 8 6 7 How to add a line The program always starts in Add mode The cursor within the graphical screen of DigEdit will be displayed as a cross hair Choosing the on the toolbar will toggle between Add and Select mode and the cursor will be displayed s an arrow Select the type of data object to be a Line choosing the f on the toolbar This icon will turn green if this type is selected Alternatively one may select Edit Add Line from the menu bar 8 Pre Processing with the graphical editor DIGEDIT 13 Royal Haskoning Triwaco User s Manual Position the mouse or digitiser to the location where you want to add the first vertex of the line and press the left hand mouse button or the first button of the digitiser Subsequent vertices can be added using the left hand mouse button or the first button of the digitiser To complete the line position the mouse or digitiser to the location of the last vertex and press the right hand mouse button or the second button of the digitiser Dependent on the general settings DigEdit will prompt for an ID a value and a name Note that if you position a new vertex in the vicinity of an already existing point vertex or linked point the new vertex may be slightly repositioned due to the process of snapping Whe
5. button or the enter button of the digitiser and keep it pressed while dragging the line to its new position It is possible to select and move multiple lines at the same time by first selecting these lines use the Ctrl key see How to select data objects and then drag one of the selected lines while keeping the Ctrl key pressed Beware to keep this line selected the color of a selected data object is different from that of a non selected item All selected lines will be moved over the same distance and in the same direction Note that if you drag a line to a new position and one or more of its vertices will be in the vicinity of an existing point vertex or linked point the new position of the dragged line may be slightly changed by DigEdit due to the process of snapping Move a vertex of the line Moving one or more vertices of a line is very much the same as moving a point Select the and the on the toolbar Position your mouse or digitiser to the vertex you want to move and press the left hand mouse button or the enter button of the digitiser and keep it pressed while dragging the vertex to its new position Beware not to select a line instead of a vertex otherwise the entire line will be moved In case this happens press Ctrl Z to undo Add a vertex to the line In order to add a vertex to a line the line itself should be selected first see How to select data objects If you select multiple lines the vertex will only be adde
6. by by selecting File Append from the menu bar All properties of the data in the new map coordinates as well as ID s and values will be appended to the current map Next to ung files DigEdit can append ArcView shapefiles shp After appending data one should be very careful with saving the map Use the correct name for the ung file and the par file and be sure to activate the check box in front of the parameter file M Note that appending data objects with the same ID s as data objects in the actual map will change their values to the values of the data objects in the map that is being appended 8 6 6 How to add a point The program always starts in Add mode The cursor within the graphical screen of DigEdit will be displayed as a cross hair Choosing the on the toolbar will toggle between Add and Select mode and the cursor will be displayed as an arrow Select the type of data object to be a Point choosing the _ _ on the toolbar This icon will turn green if this type is selected Alternatively one may select Edit Add Point from the menu bar Position the mouse or digitiser to the location where you want to add a point and press the left or right hand mouse button or the enter button of the digitiser Dependending on the general settings DigEdit will prompt for an ID a value and a name Note that if you position the new point in the vicinity of an already existing point vertex or linked point the new point may
7. can be decided by adjusting the General settings_ selecting Options Setup from the menu bar 8 6 9 How to add a linked point The program always starts in Add mode The cursor within the graphical screen of DigEdit will be displayed as a cross hair Choosing the on the toolbar will toggle between Add and Select mode and the cursor will be displayed as an arrow Select the type of data object to be a Linked point choosing the 4 on the toolbar This icon will turn green if this type is selected Alternatively one may select Edit Add Linked point from the menu bar Position the mouse or digitiser to the location where you want to add a linked point and press the left or right hand mouse button or the enter button of the digitiser Depending on the general settings DigEdit will prompt for an ID a value and a name The ID to be entered should be the ID of a line or a polygon so several linked points my have the same ID and different values Thus varying parameter values may be assigned to a line or a polygon Note that if you position the new linked point in the vicinity of an already existing point vertex or linked point the new point may be slightly repositioned due to the process of snapping Whether or not snapping will occur can be decided by adjusting the General settings selecting Options Setup from the menu bar 8 6 10 How to select data objects The program always starts in Add mode The cursor within
8. command Ins Select Select data objects from the current map To select single items one should enter Select mode by choosing the select icon and one of the data object types point line polygon linked point from the toolbar To select multiple items one at a time it is possible to use the left mouse hand button together with the Control button Select Ids Select data objects of a chosen type of which the ID s are within a user specified range Lasso Using this option will select all data objects of a chosen type that are situated partly within a polygon lasso The polygon should be entered as a normal polygon i e stop entering the lasso by adding a point with the right hand mouse button The type of data object must be selected in advance by selecting the appropriate button in the toolbar Select All Select all data objects of the current map Unselect All Undo selection of all selected items View Selecting View from the menu bar activates the View k Deset EEA Commands pull down menu It comprises commands that enable adjustment of the size of the current map on the screen zooming These View commands can be Zoom Qut Grap issued via this pull down menu via the Toolbar or with Zoom Box Grap specific Shortcut keys The pull down menu offers the following sub commands to choose from Zoomin Gray Reset Fit the map in the current window thus giving an overview
9. data object without loosing your actual selection by choosing the appropriate icon Thus it is possible to select different types of data objects at the same time 8 6 11 How to delete data objects Deleting data objects is very easy Select one or more data objects and press the Del key or choose Edit Delete from the menu bar Special attention has to be given to deleting vertices see How to change a line or How to change a polygon 8 6 12 How to change a point object There are two options to change a point Move a point Change the properties of a point Move a point Select the and the on the toolbar Position your mouse or digitiser to the point you want to move and press the left hand mouse button or the enter button of the digitiser and keep it pressed while dragging the point to its new position It is possible to select and move multiple points at the same time by first selecting these points use the Ctrl key see How to select data objects and then drag one of the selected points while keeping the Ctrl key pressed Beware to keep this point selected the color of a selected data object is different from that of a non selected item All selected points will be moved over the same distance and in the same direction Note that if you drag a point to a new position in the vicinity of an already existing point vertex or linked point the new position of the dragged point may be slightly changed by DigEdit
10. due to the process of snapping Change a point s properties Select the and the on the toolbar Position your mouse or digitiser to the point of which you want to change the properties and press the right hand mouse button or the second button of the digitiser DigEdit will display the pop up dialog box and prompts for an ID a value and a name Another way of changing the properties of one point is to first select the point use the left hand mouse button in stead of the right hand mouse button After having selected the point one can choose Edit Modify from the menu bar and one of the sub commands or press the right hand mouse button It is possible to select multiple points or a point and other data objects and to change their properties at the same time First select the data objects use the Ctrl key see How to select data objects and then choose Edit Modify from the menu bar and one of the sub commands In this case do not use the right hand mouse button 8 6 13 How to change a line object The following options are available to change a line Move a line Move a vertex of the line Add a vertex to the line Delete a vertex from the line Change the line s properties Move a line Select the and the z on the toolbar Position your mouse or digitiser to the line you want to move and 8 Pre Processing with the graphical editor DIGEDIT 15 Royal Haskoning Triwaco User s Manual press the left hand mouse
11. may be enabled or disabled at start up If DigEdit is started as a stand alone program all types of data objects are available However if DigEdit is called from the TriShell some of the data objects may be disabled The toolbar icons of disabled data objects will be displayed in gray This may be the case opening the map of for example the grid s boundary In that case it is not possible to add a line or a point to the map because the grid s boundary consists of a polygon only Selecting a point or vertex however still will be possible An existing map can be used as background map e g the data objects are displayed on the screen while one is editing another map The background map however cannot be edited Apart from DigEdit s ung files some other file types containing graphical information may be used as background map In order to display the background map in real world coordinates pixel oriented background maps should be accompanied by an associated so called world file At present DigEdit supports the following background file types AutoCAD DXF files dxf ARC INFO ungenerate files ung ArcView Shapefiles shp Dawaco maps map top _ Windows Bitmap files bmp _ TIFF files tif GIF files gif PCX files pcx JPEG files jpg While opening a bitmap as a background DigEdit will display a dialog box which can be used to scale the bitmap to the edited map The size of the pixels ca
12. object added 8 3 2 Snap Options The Snap options area allows the user to define whether the snap option will be enabled or not Moreover the user specifies the values for the snap distance and the search radius Finally the user indicates whether the measurement units for snapping are pixels e g depending on the degree of zooming or user units e g real world measures Snap Distance Set the snap distance Whenever a new point or vertex is closer to an existing point than the snap distance the new point will be moved to the exact location of the existing point The snap distance has no effect on existing data objects unless they are moved or snapped to a new position Search radius Set the search radius In selecting an existing data object the search radius defines the area in which the program searches for the desired data object The larger the search radius the less accurate one has to point with the mouse to a data object in order to select it 8 3 3 Label The Label area allows the user to define whether or not labels will be displayed for each of the data objects of the current map The user also indicates whether the label displayed defines the object s ID or the value assigned to the data object Hide Labels Do not display the data object s labels if the check box in front is activated Iv IDs Values _ Choose whether to display the Ids of the data objects or their values
13. of all data objects belonging to the actual map Shortcut key for this command Home Zoom In Enlarge the scale with a fixed amount Shortcut key for this command Gray on the numerical keypad Zoom Out Reduce the scale with a fixed amount Shortcut key for this command Gray on the numerical keypad Zoom Box Define the area to be displayed by drawing a box The area is defined by keeping the left hand mouse button pressed and moving the cursor from the left hand top corner to the right hand bottom of the box Shortcut key for this command Gray on the numerical keypad 8 Pre Processing with the graphical editor DIGEDIT 9 Royal Haskoning Triwaco User s Manual Options Selecting Options from the menu bar activates the Setup Options Commands pull down menu It comprises Colors P Prints commands that define overall parameters for the DigEdit session The pull down menu offers the Digitizer Lines following sub commands to choose from ties Folvaons Bitmaps Vertines Linked Points Label Polygons Selected Objects Setup The user can set own preferences within DigEdit These preferences are referred to as the general settings Colors The colors used to display different types of data objects may be redefined here The default _ colors used by DigEdit are Points Light green Lines blue Polygons Dark green Vertices of lines and or polygons purple Linked points blue Selected data obje
14. D and a single set of coordinates A point may be assigned a value and a name The coordinates value and name are stored in separate files point ung point par and point nam line A line is defined by a unique ID and a series of two or more vertices The coordinates of all vertices are different A line may be assigned a value and a name The coordinates value and name are stored in separate files ine ung line par and line nam polygon A polygon is defined by a unique ID and a series of vertices the number of vertices generally will be four or more The coordinates of the first and last vertex should be identical A polygon may be assigned a value and a name The coordinates value and name are stored in separate files po ygon ung polygon par and polygon nam linked point A linked point is defined by a single set of coordinates The point is linked to either a line or a polygon with a specific ID the point s ID should be equal to the object s ID it is linked to A linked point should be assigned a value Both the coordinates and the value are stored in the same file linked ung vertex A vertex is defined by a single set of coordinates No vertex can exist by itself but always is part of a line or a polygon A vertex never is assigned a value or a name The vertex s coordinates are stored in the ung file of the line or polygon it belongs to Depending on the way DigEdit is started some of the types of data objects
15. E ung Browse M Name file IE SPAQJOIA S36 6B asisSAal narn Browse Save As Save the current map as a DigEdit map file or as an ArcView shape file shp The program will prompt the user to give a name While saving the current map as aDigEdit map it is strongly recommended to use the default extensions for the associated files ung for the map file par for the parameter file and nam for the file with data object names Note that saving a map with overlapping polygons as an ArcView shape may result in an erroneous shapefile DigEdit and Triplot may properly read these files while within ArcView unexpected polygons may be present This problem can be avoided by directly importing ung files in ArcView using a specific ArcView extension made by Royal Haskoning Background Open Open an existing map to be displayed as background for the current map Standard DigEdit files may be used as well as several other file types as a background Append Append a background map to the background The current background map s and the map to be appended will be displayed Standard DigEdit files may be used as well as several other file types as a background _ Close Close all background maps and display the current map with a blank background Print Send the actual view of the map the part that is displayed in the window to the printer All visible data objects in the actual view including any background map will be
16. aphical screen in map units Moreover the status bar shows the actual mode for presenting labels and presents some help for the options in the menu bar and the toolbar A map is defined as a collection of dataobjects stored in a number of readable asc files These files contain information on the geographical location of the data objects the properties of the data objects and the name associated with the data objects The geographical location of the data objects defining a parameter is given by an I D and one or more sets of coordinates this information is stored in a file with the parameter s name and the extension ung An ID and a parameter value stored in a file with the parameter s name and the extension par define the properties 8 Pre Processing with the graphical editor DIGEDIT 3 Royal Haskoning Triwaco User s Manual of the parameter Finally the names associated with the data objects are given by an ID and a text string and stored similarly in a file with extension nam An example of a file with point data is given below The files are always space delimited Tab delimited will result in errors by the various programs POINT UNG POINTPAR POINT NAM D Vale ID Name 148256 92 408657 1 1 300 1491351 409651 65 2 200 2 batraction well 147557 1 410246 7 3 500 3 Injection well DigEdit recognizes the following data objects data object Definition point Each point is defined by a unique I
17. cal editor DIGEDIT 17 Royal Haskoning Triwaco User s Manual to change the properties and press the right hand mouse button or the second button of the digitiser DigEdit will display the pop up dialog box and prompts for an ID a value and a name Another way of changing the properties of one polygon is to first select the polygon use the left hand mouse button in stead of the right hand mouse button After having selected the polygon one can choose Edit Modify from the menu bar and one of the sub commands or press the right hand mouse button It is possible to select multiple polygons or a polygon and other data objects and to change their properties at the same time First select the data objects use the Ctrl key see How to select data objects and then choose Edit Modify from the menu bar and one of the sub commands In this case do not use the right hand mouse button 8 6 15 How to change a linked point object Similar to a point there are two options available to change a linked point Move a linked point Change the properties of a linked point Move a linked point Moving a linked point is quite similar to moving a point Select the and the Ed on the toolbar Position your mouse or digitiser to the linked point you want to move and press the left hand mouse button or the enter button of the digitiser and keep it pressed while dragging the linked point to its new position It is possible to select and move mu
18. cts red a digitiser Define the digitizing equipment used and the settings for the communication between the computer and the digitizing equipment One can only choose from a restricted number of digitisers Tics Define the coordinates of the tic points If the user does not define the tics through the window shown below the tics are derived from the amount of pixels at the actual screen Typical amounts of pixels for normal screens are nowadays 800 by 600 or 1024 by 800 If no digitiser is attached the left hand side of the window is not available The user can only change the coordinates of the map at the right hand side This may be used to position the screen if no map is opened yet Changing the map s orientation is not possible as long as no digitiser is attached the maps within DigEdit are oriented to the north fe Tic Marks Bigitige __ Map we se e0 p Co wE 2 youl Pas oT oT UL Cancel Bitmap Define or change the way bitmaps are used as a background If more than one bitmap is present as a background only the last one appended can be changed The background bitmap dialog box will be displayed _ Label Polygons Write the polygon labels at the center of each polygon Help Selecting Help from the menu bar activates the Help Help Commands pull down menu The pull down menu offers the following sub commands to choose from About Digedit
19. d to the last line selected After having selected the line to which the new vertex has to be added select Edit Add Vertex from the menu bar or press the Ins key A specific cursor will appear on the screen Move your mouse or digitiser to the desired position of the new vertex and click the left hand mouse button or the enter button of the digitiser If the position of the new vertex is past the beginning or end of the line DigEdit automatically connects the new vertex to the first or last existing vertex If the position of the new vertex is somewhere along the line the new vertex will be inserted between the nearest two existing vertices Delete a vertex from the line Deleting a vertex of a line is quite similar to deleting a point Select the and the on the toolbar Position your mouse or digitiser to the vertex you want to delete and press the left hand mouse button or the enter button of the digitiser Next select Edit Delete from the menu bar or press the Del key DigEdit automatically restores the connections between new successive vertices It is possible to select multiple vertices and to delete them all at the same time using the Ctrl key see How to select data objects Note that if you delete a vertex of a line that consists of two vertices only the whole line will be deleted Change the line s properties Changing the properties of a line is quite similar to changing the properties of a point Select the a
20. detect the type of objects polygons lines or point objects The user may specify the datafields i e ID Value and Name for the corresponding Triwaco file types After importing the file can be saved in both shape and the native Triwaco file type ie Import Shapefile Humber of polygons Number of records Database fields I lds ALLESID i Values TON_CODE If Names Meem 8 6 4 How to export a shape file shp Select File Save As from the menu bar The program will prompt the user to give a name DigEdit will display a dialog box and prompts the user select the type of object polygon point or line The user has to specify the datafields i e ID Value and Name of the corresponding Triwaco file types 8 Pre Processing with the graphical editor DIGEDIT 12 Royal Haskoning Triwaco User s Manual Note that saving a map with overlapping polygons as an ArcView shape may result in an erroneous shapefile DigEdit and Triplot may properly read these files while within ArcView unexpected polygons may be present This problem can be avoided by directly importing ung files in ArcView using a specific ArcView extension made by Royal Haskoning fee Export Shapefile Object Type Fonts w M Ids A ID If Values VALUE Names NAME T Links LINK Cancel 8 6 5 How to merge multiple map files The first map file is opened in the same manner as Opening an existing map All files to append are added
21. dit Undo from the menu bar Shortcut key Ctrl Z Select one or more data objects from the current map THE SELECT ICON IS USED IN ASSOCIATION WITH A DATA OBJECT ICON Add a point to the current map The point is added pressing the left hand mouse button Every time a point is added to the map the program displays a pop up dialog box and prompts to enter an ID a value and name D 5 e o To select a point use this icon in association with Add a line to the current map The line s vertices are added pressing the left hand mouse button except for the last vertex that is added pressing the right hand mouse button Every time a line is added to the map the program displays a pop up dialog box and prompts to enter an ID a value and name To select a line use this icon in association Add a polygon to the current map The polygon s vertices are added pressing the left hand mouse button except for the last vertex that is added pressing the right hand mouse button Every time a polygon is added to the map the program displays a pop up dialog box and prompts to enter an ID a value and name To select a polygon use this icon in association with Add a linked point to the current map The linked point is added pressing the left hand mouse button Every time a linked point is added the program displays a pop up dialog box and prompts to enter an ID a value and name To select a linked p
22. e accessed via the Options Setup command This command will open the options window Automatic numbering a and value conversion Ide and values rompt torig and value O Default id Cancel Increment Conversion m Label id to value Hide labels Snap options a f Ids C Values MW Shap nodes Show Display options for vertices Show AE A EA A ES UT KI polygons tics and names Snap distance T Show Vertices Search radius Fill Polygons Tic Marks f Pixels User units ines Options for snapping of modes f The options window contains four specific areas 1 the lds and Values area 2 the Snap Options area 3 the Label area 4 the Show area 8 3 1 Ids and values The Ids and Values area allows the user to define default values for the ID the increment and for the conversion of new data object s ID to a value Moreover the user can specify whether or not the program displays the pop up dialog box for defining ID value and name of the data objects every time a data object is added to the map 8 Pre Processing with the graphical editor DIGEDIT 5 Royal Haskoning Triwaco User s Manual Default ID Set the default value for the ID of new data objects Increment Set the increment for the ID of new data objects Every time a data object is added its ID will be increased with this number Conversion ID to value Multiplication factor to automatically compute a value for every data
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24. f the digitiser and keep it pressed while dragging the polygon to its new position It is possible to select and move multiple polygons at the same time by first selecting these polygons use the Ctrl key see How to select data objects and then drag one of the selected polygons while keeping the Ctrl key pressed Beware to keep this polygon selected the color of a selected data object is different from that of a non selected item All selected polygons will be moved over the same distance and in the same direction Note that if you drag a polygon to a new position and one or more of its vertices will be in the vicinity of an existing point vertex or linked point the new position of the dragged polygon may be slightly changed by DigEdit due to the process of snapping Move a vertex of the polygon Moving one or more vertices of a polygon is very much the same as moving a point Select the and the B the toolbar Position your mouse or digitiser to the vertex you want to move and press the left hand mouse button or the enter button of the digitiser and keep it pressed while dragging the vertex to its new position Beware not to select a polygon instead of a vertex otherwise the entire polygon will be moved Add a vertex to the polygon Adding a vertex to a polygon is quite similar to adding a vertex to a line the polygon to which the vertex will be added should be selected first see How to select data objects If you select multi
25. grid and parameter input DigEdit can be called from within the TriShell but can also be used stand alone DigEdit stores the digitised or edited information in ascu text files that can be read by the internal and external Triwaco programs and by GIS based programs like ArcView ArcGIS and Arclinfo Editing of maps is usually realised using a mouse changes being displayed instantaneously on screen the results may be printed 8 2 Concepts and terms DigEdit can be started as a stand alone program by selecting the DigEdit icon from the Triwaco programs folder However it is usually started from Triwaco data sets by highlighting a parameter and subsequently choosing Parameter View Map from the pull down menu or right click mouse choosing Edit Map file Initial data set or View Map file other data set or just by double clicking the highlighted parameter DigEdit will start and open the map which corresponds with the parameter selected If no map exists the program displays a warning The map will be displayed in a graphical screen an example is shown below J Digedit C Projdirs 33569205 eee ode File Edit View Options Help See xa ice sins A A Values 62123 6 390907 5 Status bar with co ordinate display At the top of the screen a menubar and a toolbar present the user the possibility to issue many commands At the bottom of the graphical screen a status bar shows the coordinates of the mouse pointer in the gr
26. is already opened DigEdit will ask to discard all changes made after the last Save command Not discarding the changes will automatically cancel the command New If there are no changes to be saved or if one chooses to discard the changes DigEdit will show an empty screen and is ready to accept input 8 6 2 How to open an existing map Select File Open from the menu bar the oe on the toolbar or use the shortcut Ctrl O DigEdit will display a dialog box and prompts the user to enter or select the name of an existing map usually an ung file After confirmation of the selected file the dialog box will be closed and DigEdit will read the data objects from file and show them on screen If the command is issued while a map is already opened DigEdit will ask to discard all changes made after the last Save command Not discarding the changes will automatically cancel the command Open If there are no changes to be saved or if one chooses to discard the changes DigEdit will read the map file specified show it on screen and is ready to accept input 8 6 3 How to import a shape file shp Select File Open from the menu bar the d on the toolbar or use the shortcut Ctrl O DigEdit will display a dialog box and prompts the user to enter or select the name of an existing map in this case select ArcView shapefiles shp as file type After confirmation of the selected file the import dialog box will appear DigEdit will automatically
27. ltiple linked points at the same time by first selecting these points use the Ctrl key see How to select data objects and then drag one of the selected points while keeping the Ctrl key pressed Beware to keep this point selected the color of a selected data object is different from that of a non selected item All selected linked points will be moved over the same distance and in the same direction Note that if you drag a linked point to a new position in the vicinity of an already existing point vertex or linked point the new position of the dragged linked point may be slightly changed by DigEdit due to the process of snapping Change the properties of a linked point Changing the properties of a linked point is quite similar to changing the properties of a point Select the and the ea on the toolbar Position your mouse or digitiser to the linked point of which you want to change the properties and press the right hand mouse button or the second button of the digitiser DigEdit will display the pop up dialog box and prompts for an ID a value and a name Remember that the ID of a linked point is the same as the ID of the data object it is linked to Another way of changing the properties of one linked point is to first select the linked point use the left hand mouse button in stead of the right hand mouse button After having selected the linked point one can choose Edit Modify from the menu bar and one of the sub commands or pre
28. map Every time the left hand mouse button is pressed a vertex point is added to the polygon Pressing the right hand mouse button adds the last vertex point and closes the polygon The program displays the pop up dialog box for entering the ID value and name associated to the polygon The pop up dialog box is not displayed the option prompt for id and values in the general settings is switched off Linked point Add a linked point to the current map Every time the left hand mouse button is pressed a linked point is added The program displays the pop up dialog box for entering the Link ID the ID and the value and name associated to the linked point The Link ID entered should be the ID of the line or polygon the linked point refers to Selecting this line or polygon prior to assigning the linked point will cause the program to automatically enter the ID of the selected line or polygon in the dialog box The ID of the linked point itself is created by the program and can only be used in order to select the point by its ID It is strongly recommended not to switch off the option prompt for id and values in the general settings while adding linked points No shortcut key for this command Vertex Add a vertex to an existing line or polygon in the current map The vertex is added pressing the left hand mouse button In order to add a vertex the line or polygon has to be selected first No pop up dialog box will be displayed Shortcut key for this
29. n associated with the data object s will be lost Shortcut key for this command Del Snap Move one or many selected points vertices or linked points to the location of a not selected point vertex or linked point in the vicinity If the selected point s are very close to any not selected point i e within the snap distance the points will be moved to the exact location of the existing not selected point Modify Modify the properties of the selected data object s Using the command Modify it is possible to change the ID s values and names for all selected objects at once Modifying a selected data object is also possible by selecting an object with the right hand mouse button However in this case it is not possible to modify more than one data object at the same time unless they have the same ID s IDs and Change both ID s and values of the selected data object s Values Note that changing ID s will cause all of the selected objects having the same ID and hence the same value and name as well Values only Change the value of the selected data object s It is recommended to use this option rather than the previous one In this case values can be easily restored without affecting other data objects Names only Change the name of the selected data object s Table Edit the parameter file par file belonging to the current map It is only possible to edit the values of the data objects 2 column
30. n be changed as well as the origin of the bitmap the upper left corner Changing the width or the height independently from one another may result in a distorted bitmap By pressing the Save button DigEdit will save a world file bitmap tfw with the actual values for pixel size Origin and rotation shown in the dialog box The next time DigEdit opens the bitmap for example bitmap bmp the values stored in the associated world file will be given as default values If no world file is present the width and height of the pixels are computed from the width and height of the area displayed in the bitmap in user units and the number of pixels in horizontal and vertical direction The world file may also be edited or created using a text editor It is important that the worldfile tfw has the same name as the bitmap file Below an example of a dialog box and next to it the same data shown in the tfw file 8 Pre Processing with the graphical editor DIGEDIT 4 Royal Haskoning Triwaco User s Manual E Background bitmap l xi 1 587 0 Cancel 5 1 587 width Save Settings 146800 411700 Height f Full Color Origin 1 Automatic Grayscale Ongin 1130170 Tees Y Drigin 475810 0 1002 It is possible to open several background maps at the same time to facilitate editing of the current map 8 3 General settings The general settings which are stored in the options section of the Setting File DigEdit ini can b
31. nd the z on the toolbar Position your mouse or digitiser to the line of which you want to change the properties and press the right hand mouse button or the second button of the digitiser DigEdit will display the pop up dialog box and prompts for an ID a value and a name Another way of changing the properties of one line is to first select the line use the left hand mouse button in stead of the right hand mouse button After having selected the line one can choose Edit Modify from the menu bar and one of the sub commands or press the right hand mouse button It is possible to select multiple lines or a line and other data objects and to change their properties at the same time First select the data objects use the Ctrl key see How to select data objects and then choose Edit Modify from the menu bar and one of the sub commands In this case do not use the right hand mouse button 8 Pre Processing with the graphical editor DIGEDIT 16 Royal Haskoning Triwaco User s Manual 8 6 14 How to change a polygon object The possible options to change a polygon are similar to those for changing a line Move a polygon Move a vertex of the polygon Add a vertex to the polygon Delete a vertex from the polygon Change the polygon s properties Move a polygon Select the k e the Li on the toolbar Position your mouse or digitiser to the polygon you want to move and press the left hand mouse button or the enter button o
32. oint use this icon in association with Enlarge the scale with a fixed amount Equivalent to View Zoom In from the menu bar Shortcut key Gray Reduce the scale with a fixed amount Equivalent to View Zoom Out from the menu bar Shortcut key Gray Define the area to be displayed by drawing a box The area is defined by keeping the left hand mouse button pressed and moving the cursor from the left hand top corner to the right hand bottom of the box Equivalent to View Zoom Box from the menu bar Shortcut key Gray Fit the map in the current window thus giving an overview of all data objects belonging to the actual map Equivalent to View Reset from the menu bar Shortcut key Home Pan up down left or right Move the area of the map that is displayed in the current window in the direction of the arrow Shortcut keys Ctrl Cursor keys Show the contents of the DigEdit Help file All topics in the DigEdit Help file can be accessed via the Contents Equivalent to Help Help from the menu bar Shortcut key F1 gt SERENE Ss A EN E 4 8 Pre Processing with the graphical editor DIGEDIT 11 Royal Haskoning Triwaco User s Manual 8 6 How to 8 6 1 How to create a new map Select File New from the menu bar or the Gn the toolbar DigEdit will show an empty screen and is ready to accept input This is the default mode at start up If the command is issued while a map
33. ple polygons the vertex will only be added to the last polygon selected After having selected the polygon to which the new vertex has to be added select Edit Add Vertex from the menu bar or press the Ins key A specific cursor will appear on the screen Move your mouse or digitiser to the desired position of the new vertex and click the left hand mouse button or the enter button of the digitiser DigEdit automatically connects the new vertex to the nearest two existing vertices of the polygon Delete a vertex from the polygon Deleting a vertex of a polygon is quite similar to deleting a point Select the and the on the toolbar Position your mouse or digitiser to the vertex you want to delete and press the left hand mouse button or the enter button of the digitiser Next select Edit Delete from the menu bar or press the Del key DigEdit automatically restores the connections between new successive vertices It is possible to select multiple vertices and to delete them at the same time using the Ctrl key see How to select data objects Note that if you delete the first vertex the last vertex will be deleted also Thus a polygon will always remain closed Change the polygon s properties Changing the properties of a polygon is quite similar to changing the properties of a point Select the and the a on the toolbar Position your mouse or digitiser to the polygon of which you want 8 Pre Processing with the graphi
34. printed The printer settings can be adjusted The user may choose to automatically scale the actual view to the size of the paper or to enter a fixed scale Shortcut key for this command Ctrl P Exit Close the current map and quit the program Issuing this command while the current map is not saved to disk will cause the program to display a warning and to ask whether or not to save the current map Nore that canceling the Exit command is not possible 8 Pre Processing with the graphical editor DIGEDIT 7 Royal Haskoning Triwaco User s Manual Edit Selecting Edit from the menu bar activates the Edit Place fake Commands pull down menu Several sub commands Bele oe are only available after editing actually has started The inactivated choices are displayed in gray The Gap pull down menu offers the following sub commands Maclify s to choose from Tehe ERA Point Select ae Line SA Palygan Linked Point METTEN Undo Cancel the last action The last action will be added to the command e g the command will be Undo Add Point when the last action was adding a point Issuing this command causes the program to erase the last action adding moving or editing a data object Every time the Undo command is being issued the program displays the preceding action in the pull down menu Shortcut key for this command Ctrl U Delete Remove the selected data object s from the current map All informatio
35. ss the right hand mouse button It is possible to select multiple linked points or a linked point and other data objects and to change their properties at the same time First select the data objects use the Ctrl key see How to select data objects and then choose Edit Modify from the menu bar and one of the sub commands In this case do not use the right hand mouse button Keep in mind that a linked point has no own ID but that its ID is the same as the ID of the line or polygon it is linked to Changing the IDs of the selected data objects at the same time may result in linked points pointing to non existing lines or polygons 8 Pre Processing with the graphical editor DIGEDIT 18 Royal Haskoning Triwaco User s Manual 8 Using digitising equipment DigEdit allows the use of digitising equipment that should be connected to the user s PC Alternatively the user may use digitizing equipment on a separate system and store the information in ARC INFO s ungenerated format for later use with Triwaco and DigEdit see Using ARC INFO To define the digitising equipment used and the communication settings choose Options digitiser from the menu bar A pop up dialog box will appear The user can choose from a restricted number of digitisers The specifications of these digitisers are stored in the diglist section of the DigEdit ini file located in the Windows directory fe Digitizer Setup Digitizer Calcomp 2000 4 but
36. t for a filename usually with extension ung The file selected will be opened and the program checks whether the corresponding parameter file par file is present Next to ung files DigEdit can open ArcView shapefiles shp Shortcut key for this command Ctri O Append Append an existing map to the current map All properties of the data in the new map coordinates as well as ID s and values will be appended to the current map Next to ung files DigEdit can append ArcView shapefiles shp After appending data one should be very careful with saving the map Use the correct name for the ung file and the par file and be sure to activate the check box in front of the parameter file Iv Nore that appending data objects with the same ID s as data objects in the actual map will change their values to the values of the data objects in the map that is being appended Save Save the current map using the name in the title bar If no name is present the Save As command will be executed Issuing this command will result in the popup of a dialog box by which the user is prompted for saving the map file the parameter file and name file The names for these files should only differ by their extension respectively ung par and nam It is recommended to activate at least the check boxes in front of the map file and the parameter file M Shortcut key for this command Ctrl S Save W Map file a SAAS reat a
37. the graphical screen of DigEdit will be displayed as across hair Choosing the on the toolbar will toggle between Add and Select mode and the cursor will be displayed as an arrow Now select the data object type you want to work with choosing the corresponding icon on the toolbar Z a or 4 The icon of the selected data object will turn green if this type is selected Data objects are selected positioning the mouse or digitiser in the vicinity of any data object of the chosen type Point Line Polygon or Linked Point and pressing the left hand mouse button or the enter button of the digitiser Selecting a new data object will eventually deselect a previous selected data object Selecting multiple data objects is possible via the Edit Select sub commands from the menu bar or by using the Ctrl key together with the left hand mouse button 8 Pre Processing with the graphical editor DIGEDIT 14 Royal Haskoning Triwaco User s Manual Use of the Ctrl key to add or remove data objects from a selection Pressing the Ctrl key and the left hand mouse button or the enter button of the digitiser at the same time while pointing at a non selected data object will add this data object to the selection Pressing the Ctrl key and the left hand mouse button or the enter button of the digitiser at the same time while pointing at an already selected data object will remove this data object from the selection It is possible to change the type of
38. ther or not snapping will occur can be decided by adjusting the General settings selecting Options Setup from the menu bar 8 6 8 How to add a polygon The program always starts in Add mode The cursor within the graphical screen of DigEdit will be displayed as across hair Choosing the on the toolbar will toggle between Add and Select mode and the cursor will be displayed Select the type of data object to be a Polygon choosing the Li on the toolbar This icon will turn green if this type is selected Alternatively one may select Edit Add Polygon from the menu bar Position the mouse or digitiser to the location where you want to add the first vertex of the polygon and press the left hand mouse button or the first button of the digitiser Subsequent vertices can be added using the left hand mouse button or the first button of the digitiser To complete the polygon position the mouse or digitiser to the location of the last vertex and press the right hand mouse button or the second button of the digitiser DigEdit will automatically draw a line between this last vertex and the first vertex thus automatically closing the polygon Depending on the general settings DigEdit will prompt for an ID a value and a name Note that if you position a new vertex in the vicinity of an already existing point vertex or linked point the new vertex may be slightly repositioned due to the process of snapping Whether or not snapping will occur
39. ton cursor Port Baud Rate oon f Handshake C Kontol C Hardware f Hone j Stop Bits ie go Next the user has to specify the communication port the digitising equipment is connected to the baud rate and some other communication parameters Detailed information on how to use specific digitizing equipment together with DigEdit may be obtained from the Triwaco Helpdesk Operators 8 Pre Processing with the graphical editor DIGEDIT 19
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