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Menu Bar.

File menu: contains actions to create new landscape grids, clear projects (remove height, water and terrain details), and import/export data.

Edit menu: General editing functions. Undo, Set georeferencing for the map, Clear water and Clear all heights to undefined.

Plugin menu: Plugins are optional add-ins to extend the system. For example the MapInfo plugin imports polygon data from MapInfo .mif files

Help menu: GenesisIV online help

Landscape Tools. Used to edit the landscape surface and polygon terrain layers. Use the mini-tutorials or see the surface manipulation tools turorial to see how to use the tools.

Current grid position at cursor and landscape height.

Landscape tools mini-tutorials. Short tutorials about using the landscape tools. The active tutorial will change depending upon the landscape tool selected.

Map Definition Panel. Panel containing feedback information about the current landscape. Sections of the panel may be collapsed.

Map Definition: Shows current map size and grid details

Height Display: Key for current height colours and min/max heights. Two scales are available, a built-in Red-Green-Blue scale and a 10 step scale defined in the config.ini file

View/edit layers: Shows vector layers available for landscape, plus heights, a background and water placement. To edit a layer select it from the drop down list

Tracing Parameters: Settings used with the manual and auto contour trace tools. See mini-tutorial for details.

Mask Parameters: Settings used with the masked area height tools. See mini-tutorial for details.

Zoomed Image: An simple magnified thumbnail.

Landscape Canvas. Displays the landscape surface for editing. In this example we can see the landscape itself (graduated coloured areas), water (solid blue), two transparent green polygons placing trees, and several circular markers for 3D models.
To edit a layer select it from

Feedback area. Displays information about the current operation

	Geomantics - 3D, GIS, Landscape Visualization, Graphics and Business Software

	GenesisIV Tutorial: The Landscape Definition Editor
	GenesisIV Tutorial: The Landscape Definition Editor

The Landscape Definition Editor is used to edit the shape of a landscape surface. You can import and export landcapes, from digital terrain files or define your own landscape from scratch.

Surface shape information is held in the form of a rectangular grid. Each grid (sample) point defines the height of the surface at that point as well as certain other characteristics. The grid dimensions are arbitarily defined as meters, but in practise may be regarded as any unit.

Before viewing a landscape with GenesisIV you must define the shape of the surface that you wish to model. GenesisIV offers several ways to import data from files. Once imported a powerful set of surface manipulation tools can be used to edit the surface, or indeed create a surface from scratch.

GenesisIV Tutorials

GenesisIV Tutorial: The Landscape Definition Editor