Basic Menu Commands
- Project
- New
- Clears the CityBuilder workspace to begin new project.
- Open Project...
- Opens a previously saved CityBuilder Project.
- Save Project
- Saves Project containing info on all layers as a vtb
(CityBuilder Project File).
- Special
- Exit
- Edit
- Delete
- If the current layer has some elements selected, they are
deleted. Otherwise, the current layer is deleted, after you are
asked to confirm.
- Deselect All
- Deselects all selected elements in the current layer (eg. all
roads in a road layer).
- Invert Selection
- Toggles the selection state of all elements in to current layer.
- Crossing Selection
- This option affects interactive selection of elements. When
true, any part of an element inside the selection box will
selected. When false, only elements entirely within the
selection box are selected.
- Layer
- New Layer
- Creates a blank layer of selected type.
- Open Layer
- Opens any type of layer (e.g. Road, Building, Water) and adds it
to the current project.
- Save Layer
- Save Layer As...
- Save selected layer as a binary file (e.g. roads as RMF, buildings
as BCF), to be read in by the
CityDiscoverer program.
- Import Data
- Creates a new layer by importing data from any known file format.
You will be asked for the kind of data to expect in the incoming file,
which helps CityBuilder to create the correct type of layer. You
can also simply drag-and-drop files into the CityBuilder window.
See Importing Data for more information.
- Layer Properties
- Will display some properties of the current layer. Not all
layer types will have properties to display.
- Offset Coordinates
- Shifts all the data in the current layer by a specified
amount. This is useful to manually aligning layers which
differ by a fixed horizontal offset.
- Flatten Layers
- This will merge ("flatten") all compatible layers of the currently selected layer
type into a single layer.
- Convert Projection
- Converts the geographic projection of all loaded layers to
a new projection. The Projection Dialog
is displayed for you to enter the new projection.
- Set Projection
- Changes the currently assumed projection, without
converting any coordinates. Use this if you know that the
current projection (as displayed in the Status Bar) is incorrect,
and you wish to correct it. . The
Projection Dialog is displayed for you to enter the new
projection.