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  1. Access from the toolbar button, as shown in Working with Projections in Grid+ 2479915036.
  2. Access from the File menu, as shown in 2479915036.
  3. Access from the Tools menu, as shown in 2479915036.

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To do this, select the grid layer from the Layer Control panel, then Right-mouse click (RMC), select Properties as shown in 2479915036. After that Grid Settings form will appear. Select Coordinate System tab, as shown in 2479915036, and then click the Convert button. The form for the Coordinate System will pop up, as shown in 2479915036. Now, we need to define the correct target coordinate system to which we want to convert. In this case, we select UTM zone 17 in the northern hemisphere,  then click OK button. Next, click OK button in the form of 2479915036 to close it. Coordinate system conversion is now complete.


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Figure 1. Access projection settings from a toolbar button.


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Figure 2. Access projection settings from File menu.


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Figure 3. Access projection settings from Tools menu.


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Figure 4. Projection Settings form.


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Figure 5. Open a generated file by Grid+ with the Notepad editor.


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Figure 6. Select the Properties option of a layer in Layer Control (e.g., Grid layer).


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Figure 7. Grid Settings: Coordinate System tab.


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Figure 8. Convert Coordinate System.

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Figure 9. Export the Grid layer to an external file (1).

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Figure 10  10. Export the Grid layer to an external file (2).

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Figure 11  11. Exported grid in the northern hemisphere.

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Figure 12  12. Exported grid in the southern hemisphere.

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When we import a grid that is not the native grid of Grid+ into Grid+ (this grid file does not have projection information in the file), for example, RGF grid (*.grd), we need to define projection for it by selecting right-mouse click on the grid layer in the Layer Control and then selecting Properties, the Grid Settings form will pop up. We select Coordinate System tab, click the Define button. Then, we should select the proper spatial reference, either geographic or UTM coordinate system. Then click the OK button to finish the projection defining step. Next, right-mouse click on that grid layer in the Layer Control, then select Zoom to Layer option, the grid will be located in the right place.

Updating Overlay Files

In another case, when we open an overlay file generated by a CVLGrid such as *.P2D, or from third-party software, for example, a shoreline *.LDB (Delft3D LDB format), we will need to define the coordinate system..

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To correctly configure the shoreline location, we must define the correct projection (coordinate system) to the file. RMC on that layer and then select Properties option. The Overlay Properties form will pop up. Select the Coordinate System tab and click the Define button as shown in 2479915036 Figure 16. The Coordinate System form will appear, as shown in 2479915036 Figure 17, and we will select the correct projection from this form. The projection should be known by the user. In this case, we select UTM zone 17, northern hemisphere. After that, click OK button. This form will close and go back to the form in 2479915036. Next, click OK button to close the form. The process for defining the coordinate system is completed. RMC on the shoreline layer and select Zoom to Layer, and it will be located in the correct location, as shown in 2479915036.

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Figure 13  13. Import third-party files with Grid+.

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Figure 14  14. Select the file to import.

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Figure 15  15. New shoreline layer added to Layer Control.

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Figure 16  16. Coordinate System: Define.

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Figure 17  17. Coordinate System: Define.

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Figure 18  18. Shoreline located in the correct place after defining a coordinate system.