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Figure 1 shows The main toolbar in Grid+ provides all of the options most important for building and refining grid. The buttons from the main toolbar , are shown in 1149960298 and their functions are described in the table below.

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Figure 1. Main toolbar buttons.

OptionsButtons	Description
New Project Image Added	The New Projectoption (or press Ctrl+N key combination) will clear button clears all the data in the workspace, and the user will start working with on a new project.
Open Project Image Added	The Open Project option will Load button loads a project saved on the computer's hard drive or in some external memory. When this option is selected a separate window appears, shown in 1149829146 which allows the user to browse to the project file. The *.cvp2 file may also be dragged and dropped onto the workspace to open the project. Note that the *.cvp2 extension is a CVLGrid project format whereas *.cvl extension is the grid format.
Save Project	The Save Project allows the user to save the entire project to one .CVP2 file. This includes the polygon shape file, the splines, and the grid. When the user saves a project a browsing window similar to 1149829146 in Open Project allows the user to specify the desired save location. The project file is saved as a .CVP2 file.
Save As Project	The Save As Project allows the user to save the current project to another one .CVP2 file
Import	The Import allows to import different file types as grid, EFDC grid, geo-referenced map, overlay and splines as shown in 1149829146.
Export	The Export allows to export the grid to different grid types as grid (CVLGrid), RGF grid and EFDC grid as shown in 1149829146.
Quit Application	This option allows the user to exit the application
Image Added	The Save button saves the entire project to one .GPP file. This is a general layout file, not the grid file loaded into EE.
Image Added	The Import button imports external files (see below for details).
Image Added	The Export button exports the grid to different grid types (see below for details).
Image Added	Toggle the Layer Control on/off.
Image Added	View full layer extent.
Image Added	Restore the previous view.
Image Added	Select object
Image Added	Mode node: this allows to move grid node, polyline node, or spline node.
Image Added	Add node: this allows to will add a node in general. A node can be a grid node, a node of polyline, or splines.
Image Added	Delete node: this allows to remove the grid node, polyline node, or spline node.
Image Added	Edit objects by polygon
Image Added	Add a new polyline.
Image Added	Add a new spline.
Image Added	Undo operation
Image Added	Redo operation
Image Added	Create a grid from splines
Image Added	Create a rectangular grid
Image Added	Create a radial grid
Image Added	Refine grid
Image Added	Coarse grid
Image Added	Orthogonalize grid
Image Added	Merge two grids
Image Added	Global settings
Image Added	Measurement Tool
Image Added	Frame control: To add the North Arrow and Scale bar

The Import button provides a number of options as shown in 1149960298. These options are described in the table below.

Import Grid: open different types of the grid file as native grid type of Grid+, RGF grid, ECOMSED grid, SEAGRID, etc.

Import EFDC Model: open the EFDC input file (e.g corners.inp, dxdy.inp, lxly.inp)

Import Georeferenced Image: open a georeferenced background image (e.g *.jgw, *.geo)

Import Overlay: open an overlay file as shoreline, polyline, polygon (*.p2d, *.shp)

Import Splines: open the splines file (*.spl), this is a native file created from Grid+

Import Labels: open the label file (*.dat, *.p2d), this file has three columns. Two columns for coordinates (X, Y), and the third column is label names.

Import Cross-Sections: open the cross-section file (*.ldb, *.p2d), this file has three columns. Two columns are for coordinates (X, Y), and the third column is for elevation.

Import DEM: open the DEM (Digital Elevation Models) file (*.txt, *.asc, *.grd, *.tb2). DEMs are files that contain either points (vector) or pixels (raster), with each point or pixel having an elevation value.

Import Scatter Data: open the scatter dât file (*.xyz, *.dat) this file has three columns. Two columns are for coordinates (X, Y), and the third column is for elevation.

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Figure 2. Import Menu.

The Export button provides a number of options as shown in 1149960298 . These options are described in the table below.

Export Grid: export the selected grid layer to the native grid file of Grid+ (*.gpc), CVLGrid (*.cvl), Delft3D (*.grd), and others.

Export to EFDC: export the selected grid layer to EFDC input files. The three files produced are the corners.inp, dxdy.inp, lxly.inp. Doing this allows the user to edit a grid and then reopen it in EEMS without changing the boundary conditions. If the user wants to create a wholly new model, including the EFDC.INP etc, then that should be done in EE rather than in Grid+ .

Export to Shapefile: export the selected grid layer to the shapefile, which can open with ArcGIS, QGIS, Global Mapper, and others.

Export to KML: export the selected grid layer to the KML file, which can open with Google Earth, Global Mapper, and others.

Export Graphics: export the workspace to an image file with various file formats as *.png, *.jpg, and others.

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Figure 3. Export Menu.