CARIS BASE Editor
Trademarks and Copyright
Acknowledgements
Contacts
Introduction
CARIS
Introduction
System Requirements
Interface
Main Window
Commands
Layouts
Windows
Attributes Window
Components Window
Coordinates Window
Display Window
Features Window
Image Preview Window
Layers Window
Output Window
Project Window
Properties Window
Visible Properties
Relations Window
Selection Window
Spatial Attributes Window
Toolbars
Displaying Data
2D View
Display Data
Adjust the Display
Colour Map Editor
Colour Range Editor
Navigate the 2D View
3D View
Display Data
Adjust the Display
Navigate the 3D View
Commands
3D View
3D Flight Path
Record 3D Flight Path
Save 3D Flight Path to File
Load 3D Flight Path from File
Play 3D Flight Path
Pause 3D Flight Path
Stop 3D Flight Path
Export to Video
About CARIS
Add Bounding Polygon Layer
Add Layer(s)/Create Layer(s)
Add Sources From Project
Add to Selection
Attribute Catalogue Browser
Cancel Draw
Cascade
Centre on Coordinate
Centre on Selection
Centre on Superselection
Classification
Clear
Clear Selection
Close Source
Close Project
Connection
Coordinate Reference System Selection
Copy
Copy All
Copy Position
Copy Selected
Corporate Home Page
Create Layer By Attribute Value
Create Layer by Feature Acronym
Create Layer by Feature Object ID
Create Layer by Feature Type
Create Layer by Rule File
Create Layer by Unique Feature Acronyms
Create Selection
Customize
Toolbars
Commands
Keyboard
Options
Display Window Properties
Draping
Duplicate
Exit
Export Coverage to ASCII
Filter Attributes
Export View
Filter
Filter Expressions
Find
Flicker
Group / New Group
Full Screen
Help Topics
Layouts List
Layouts
Load Layout
Measure Distance and Angle
Modules
New Layout
New Window
Object Catalogue Browser
Open Connection
Add Connection
Open File
Select Catalogue
Open an S-57 File
Open a Non-Georeferenced File
Open a Reference Model
Open a VPF File
DHT
LHT
LAT
Open Project
Open URL
Web Service HTTP URL
Open via Source Plugin
Options
Overview
Pan
Position Cursor
Print
Print Setup
Recent Files List
Recent Projects List
Refresh
Remove Others from Selection
Remove
Reset Default Layout
Reset Toolbar
Rule Wizard
Add Rule
Type of Rule
Rule Conditions
Rule Name
Run Process Designer Model
S-57 ENC Object Catalogue
Save All
Save Project
Save Project As
Select All
Select All in Display
Select by Attribute Value
Select by Circle
Select by Coordinate Range
Select by Feature Acronym
Select by Feature Object ID
Select by Feature Type
Select by Lasso
Select by Range
Select by Rule File
Select by Superselection Range
Select Collections
Select Features Inside Selected Areas
Select Features that Intersect Areas
Select Information Objects
Select Master/Slave Relationships
Set As Snap/Grab Target
Set Initial Cover from Current View
Show/Edit Filter
Show Toolbars
Show Windows
Status Bar
Style
Swipe
Tile Horizontally
Tile Vertically
Trademarks and Licensing
Use Coordinate
Use Coordinate Reference System
Vertical Reference System Editor
Zoom Area
Zoom In
Zoom on Superselection/Selection
Zoom Out
Zoom/Pan Extents
Zoom/Pan Forward
Zoom/Pan New View
Zoom/Pan Open Views
Zoom/Pan Reverse
Zoom to Source
Glossary
Feature Editing
Introduction
Feature Object ID
Create
Digitize
Edit
Interface
Windows
Attributes Window
Components
Coordinates
Feature Palette
Create New Template Group
Load Features
Create or Modify Features
Associate Features
Digitize Features
New Feature Palette
Feature Preview Window
Registration Grid
Registration Summary Window
Spatial Attributes
Validation Window
Toolbars
Commands
Add a Vertex to an Edge
Add Inner Rings to Areas
Change Selection
Basic
Advanced
Spatial
Check Geometry
Click Within Edges
Close Line
Conflate Edges
Conflate Points
Copy Feature Class
Copy Feature Geometry
Copy to Clip Layer
Copy to Scratch Layer
Create Area Feature
Create Area from Minimum Bounding Rectangle
Create Areas from Selection
Create Buffers
Create Closing Edges
Create Collection
Create Connecting Line
Create Corridor
Create Custom Export Selection Commands
Create Feature Layer
Create Grid
Create Line Feature
Create Master/Slave Relationships
Create Parallel Line
Create Point Feature
Create Sounding Feature
Cut and Remove Features
Cut Features
Delete a Vertex
Delete Features
Digitize Arc Using a Centre and Two Points
Digitize Arc Using Three Points
Digitize Arc Using Two Points and a Direction
Digitize Circle Using a Centre and a Radius
Digitize Circle Using a Two Point Diameter
Digitize Circle Using Three Points
Digitize Circle Using Two Points and a Radius
Digitize Fitted Curve
Digitize Geodesic Line
Digitize Geodetic Arc
Digitize Geodetic Circle Using a Centre and a Radius
Digitize Geodetic Circle Using Two Point Diameter
Digitize Geodetic Circle Using Two Points and a Radius
Digitize Loxodrome
Digitize Point to Point Line
Digitize Rectangle Using Three Points
Digitize Rectangle Using Two Points
Digitize Spline
Digitize Squared Line
Digitize Stream Line
Dissolve Areas
Divide Lines
Divide Lines by Edges
Edit All Features
Edit Collections
Edit Feature
Edit Master/Slave Relationships
End Line
Export Selection to ASCII
Export Selection to CARIS
Export Selection to CARIS Well-Known Text
Export Selection to DXF
Export Selection to GeoPackage/SQLite
Export Selection to GML/KML/Formatted ASCII
Export Selection to HOB
Export Selection to S-57
Export Selection to Shapefile
Filter Edges
Filter Selected Vertices
Generate Statistics
Grab
Import as Update
Import Selected Objects
Intersect Edges
Intersect Features
Line From Image
Mask Edges
Merge All Edges
Merge Areas Into
Merge Edges
Merge Matching Areas
Merge Matching Lines
Move a Point
Move a Vertex
Object Import Utility
Execute a script
Create a Script
Step 1: Set up script
Step 2: Source File
Step 3: Attributes and keywords
Mapping Editor
Redigitize Edges
Redo
Register
Remove Last
Remove Redundant Vertices
Repair Overshoots
Repair Undershoots
Repeat New Feature
Replace Areas
Report Difference Layers
Reverse Line Direction
Save
Save All
Smooth Edges
Smooth Line
Smooth and Filter Lines
Snap
Split Edges
Trim/Extend an Edge
Undo
Ungroup Soundings
Utilities
Utilities File Structure
Validation
Douglas-Peucker Algorithm
How It Works
BASE Editor
BASE Editor Basics
CSAR Framework
BASE Surfaces
Point Clouds
CSAR Properties
NetCDF Data
TIN Model
Interface
Windows
Profile Window
Toolbars
Commands
Apply Feature Layer to TIN
ASCII Info File Editor
Change Resolution Values
Clip Raster
Combine Coverages
Combine Coverages: Step 1 General
Combine Coverages: Step 2 Options
Combine Coverages: Step 3 Extents
Combine Coverages: Step 4 Conflicts
Combine Coverages: Rule Wizard Conditions
Conflict Rule Examples
Compute Band
Compute Root Mean Square Error
Compute Slope and Aspect
Compute Statistics
Contouring
Contour Wizard: Step 1
Contour Wizard: Step 2
Contour Wizard: Step 3
Create Boundary TIN
Create Cross Profile
Create Features from Selection
Create Features Inside Contours
Create TIN
Defining Maximum Points Per TIN
Depth Areas from Contours
Designate Soundings
Difference Coverage
Digitize New Bounding Polygon
Digitize TIN Feature
Coverage Boundary
Coverage Hole
Breakline
Point
Edit Selected Bounding Polygon
Editing Vertices in a Bounding Polygon
Editing an Entire Bounding Polygon
Edit TIN Feature
Edit Translation File
Export Points
Export Profile
Export Profile to ASCII
Export Profile to DXF
Export Profile to Image
Export Raster
Export Coverage Metadata
Export Surface to HTF
Export Surface to HTF: Step1
Export Surface to HTF: Step 2
Export Surface to HTF: Step 3
Export to bMIO
Export Variable Resolution to BAG
Exporting a Bounding Polygon
Extract Features
Extract Coverage: By Digitizing
Extract Coverage: Using a Feature Layer
Fill Raster Holidays for Entire Dataset
Fill Raster Holidays By Range
Fill Raster Holidays By Pointing
Filter Coverage
Finalize Surface
Generalize Raster
Generate TIN Coverage Boundary
Identify Holidays
Import Variable Resolution from BAG
Import Wizard
Import Wizard: Input Format
Import Wizard: Input Files
Import Wizard: Input Settings
Import Wizard: Output Settings
Import Wizard: Coverage Extents
Import Wizard: FAU Options
Import Wizard: HTF Options
Import Wizard: LAS Options
Import Wizard: NTX Options
Import Wizard: Attribute Selection
Interpolate Surface
Join Points
Long Edges (TIN)
Merge Contours
New Publication
New Raster Mosaic
New Variable Resolution Surface
Profiles
Adjusting the Profile Display
Quick Creator
Rebuild Bounding Polygon Automatically
Remove Designated Soundings
Remove Band
Render Raster to Image
Replace Tiny Contours
Reset TIN
Save As
Smooth Contours
Smooth Elevations
Smooth TIN
Sounding Selection
Sounding Selection Wizard: Step 1
Sounding Selection Wizard: Step 2
Sounding Selection Wizard: Step 3
Sounding Selection Wizard: Step 4
Subset Editor
Subset Editor Interface
Subset Editor Layers
Set Sounding Point Status Flags
Working With Lidar Classifications
Close Subset Editor
Thin Points
Tile Raster
Update TIN
Vectorize Raster
Vertical Shift
Warp Coverage
Warp Coverage Dialog Box
Warp a Raster Surface
Warp a Point Cloud
Working With Format Information Files
What are Format Information Files?
Standard Attributes
Additional Attributes
References
BASE Manager
Introduction
Working with Databases
Database Transactions
Database Recycle Bin
Commands
Add Coverage to Database
Attachments
Create Database Objects
Delete Database Objects
Disconnect from a Database
Export Coverages from Database
Extraction
Import Selected Objects
Open Coverages from Database
Set Coverage
Set Offline/Set Online
Command Prompt Tools
Introduction
Utilities Toolbar
Utility File Structure
Change User Password
Bathy DataBASE Diagnostics Tool
Compose
Overview
Workflow
Portrayal Files
Catalogues
Mapping
Product Information File
Create S-57 Product
Step 1: Select Product
Step 2: Product Information
AML 1 and AML 2.1 Products
ENC 3.1 and IENC BRAZIL Products
IENC and US IENC Products
MIO Products
All IENC Overlay products
All AML 3.0 products
Step 3: Header Information
Step 4: Spatial Extent
Step 5: Exchange Set Creation
AML 1.0 and AML 2.1 products
All other products
Step 6: Update Exchange Set
AML 1.0 and AML 2.1 products
All other products
Step 7: Product Summary
Commands
Create Product from Dataset
Create Product from Multiple Datasets
Create S-57 Product
Create SCAMIN Values
Export Product
Group Soundings
Regenerate Product
S-57 Exchange Set Editor
Create an Exchange Set
Edit an Exchange Set
Add File
Remove File
Create ENC Reissue Cell
Create ENC Cancellation Update
S-57/S-100 to ASCII
Compose Support Files
Product Information File
Creating Custom Products
Create an MIO Product
Portrayal
SCAMIN
Non-Sounding Features
Scale Factor
Step Method
Soundings
Scale Factor
Step Method
CARIS Reissue S-57 Exchange Set Utility
Engineering Analysis
Introduction
Engineering Analysis Basics
Calculate Volumes
Conformance Analysis
Shoal Detection and Analysis
Coverage Differences
Model Profiles
3D Analysis
Reference Model Features
Points
Alignments
Surfaces
Templates
Reaches
Profiles
Interface
Windows
Cross-section
Model
Model Feature
Toolbars
Commands
Add or Edit Surface Holes
Analyze Conformance
Calculate Clearances
Change Status
Classification Settings
Classify Boxes
Comparative Volumes
Contour by Reference Model
Contour Wizard: Setup Options
Contour Wizard: Contour Levels
Contour Wizard: Reference Model Surfaces
Contour Wizard: Output Options
Create a Catalogue Matching File
Create Template from Selection
Define Surface Depths
Delete Feature
Delete Sub-Tree
Detect Shoals
Determine Reference Features
Display Depth Annotations
Edit Record Association File
Export Model to DXF File
Export Model to HOB File
Group Areas
Import from Database
Make Features Horizontal
Merge Boxes
Modify an Alignment
Modify a Line
Modify a Point
Modify a Surface
Modify Surface Points
Curved Surfaces
Modify a Template
Modify a Vertical Surface
New Alignment By Digitizing
New Alignment from Existing Alignments
New Alignment From Superselection/ Selection
New Cross-section
New Line from Existing Points
New Line from Superselection/Selection
New Model
New Point At Arc Centres
New Point By Digitizing
Snapping
New Point From Superselection/Selection
New Point From an Offset
New Point From Line Intersections
New Point From Self-Intersections
New Profile
New Station Catalogue
Alignments
Stationing
Adjustments
Partitions
Reaches
New Supersurface
New Surface By Digitizing
New Surface from Existing Points
New Surface from Superselection/Selection
New Template from a Cross-Section
New Template from Existing Surfaces
New Vertical Surface
Open HOB Surfaces as Model
Open Volume Results
Publish Volume Results
Register in Database
Reorient Boxes
Select Active Model Feature
Select Incomplete Features
Set Allowances Above or Below Surfaces
Set as Active Model
Set Relevance Distances
Shoal Publications
Smooth Superselection
Verify Model
Vertical and Inclined Surface Analysis
Vertical Planes
Gridding based on a Reference Model
Fill Raster Holidays
Difference
TINs
Profiles
Vertical Shift Model
Volumes
Limits and Boundaries
Limits and Boundaries Module Tools
Overview
Bay Closing Report
Densification
Envelope of Arcs
Interactive Baseline
Median Line
Wagon Wheel Filter
Bisector Line
Using Custom Templates
Overview
Using Custom Templates
Creating New Custom Templates
SPINE
Applying the SPINE Water Levels Service
Vertical Shift Tool
CARIS Batch Utility
Introduction
Overview
Standard Streams
Exit Codes
Feature Editing Processes
Add Features
Change Feature Attributes
Clip Features
Export Features to Shapefile
Export to WKT
Filter Features
Simplify Features
Smooth Features
BASE Editor Processes
Add Smoothed Band
Add to Raster Combine
Add to VR Surface
Classify Raster Holidays
Clip Raster
Combine to Raster
Contour Raster
Copy to CSAR
Create Soundings from Coverage
Create VR Surface
Difference Coverages
Export Coverage Metadata
Export Coverage to ASCII
Export Points
Export Raster
Export Raster to STL
Export VR Surface to BAG
Extract Coverage
Fill Raster Holidays
Filter Coverage
Finalize Raster
Finalize VR Surface
Generalize Raster
Grid Points
Import Points
Import VR Surface
Join Points
Populate VR Surface
Rebalance Points
Remove From VR Surface
Render Raster
Repair Coverage
Resample Surface To Raster
Server Add to Raster Combine
Server Combine to Raster
Server Join Points
Shift Elevation Bands
Smooth Features by Direction Bias
Thin Points
Tile Raster
Update Band Values
Update VR CUBE Disambiguation
Validate Coverage
Vectorize Raster
Warp Points
Warp Raster
Engineering Analysis Processes
Calculate Coverage Volumes
Contour Raster by Model
Compose Processes
Assign Sounding SCAMIN Values
Export S‑57 Product
Modify S-57 Header
Reassign S57 FOIDs
HIPS Processes
Add To HIPS Grid
Add To SIPS Mosaic
Compare HIPS
Compute HIPS GPS Tide
Compute HIPS Separation Model
Compute HIPS TPU
Compute SIPS Towfish Navigation
Create HIPS Grid
Create SIPS Beam Pattern
Create SIPS Mosaic
Detect HIPS Critical Soundings
Filter HIPS Attitude
Filter Observed Depths
Filter Processed Depths
Import Generic To HIPS
Import HIPS From Auxiliary
Import Multiple Detections To HIPS
Import Tide To HIPS
Import To HIPS
Merge HIPS
Recompute HIPS Grid
Remove From HIPS Grid
Remove From SIPS Mosaic
Reset HIPS Status
Set HIPS Navigation Source
Shift HIPS Navigation
Sound Velocity Correct HIPS
Update HIPS Additional Bathymetry
Update Raster CUBE Disambiguation
Update SIPS Contact Positions
Support Files
CARIS Environment
Environment Settings
Coordinate Reference Systems
Map Definition File
Datum File
Transformation Linking File
Grid Transformations
Catalogues
Overview
Catalogue Control File
Catalogue Dictionaries
Catalogue Profiles
Mapping
Mapping File Structure
Meta Data
Attribute Mapping
Object Mapping
Mapping Functions
Many-to-One Mapping
One-to-Many Mapping
Mapping CARIS Objects
Meta Data
Object Mapping
Attribute Mapping Scripts
Mapping DGN Objects
Meta Data
Object Mapping
Quality Control
QC File Structure
Meta Data
Global Tests
Individual Tests
Test Assignment
Validation Functions
Filters
Logical Operators
Comparison Operators
Regular Expressions
Not-Equal-To Tags
Filter Examples
Internal Functions
Portrayals
Introduction
Portrayal Control File
S-52 Portrayals
S-101 Portrayals
INT1 Portrayals
Portrayal Files
Lookup Tables
Master File
Annotations
Colour Map
Feature Code Colours
Colour Tables
Symbol Files
Sounding Rounding
Structure
Rule
Range
Hydrographic Agency Rules
AHOI
IHO
NAVOCEANO
NGA
NOAA
UKHO
Datum Mapping
Sample Data
Sample Data Files
BASE Editor Module Support Files
breaklineobjects.xml:
rasterproducttemplate.xml
spatialref.db
publication.dic
BASE Manager Module Support Files
bdbattributetransform.xsl
Engineering Analysis Module Support Files
catalogue_matching_file.xml
shoal_record_associations.sra
Classifications Files
Publication Templates
Limits and Boundaries Module Support Files
Catalogue Files
Templates
Bathy DataBASE Server Support Files
csar_attribute_mapping.xsl
bathynodemanagerconfig.xml
FilesystemTable.bfs
Server/System Pool/Profile.xml
environment.xml
HIPS and SIPS Support Files
Contact File Formats
ContactLine
ContactSingle
ContactMulti
ContactMultiPoints
Tide File Formats
Tide files (*.tid)
COWLIS
NOS Preliminary Tide Data
NOS Final Tide
NHS (Norwegian Hydrographic Service)
Tide Zone Definition Files
Sounding datum models
Format Info Files
Sample files
INFO file
File structure
Position components
Additional Attributes
Invalid Attribute Values
Supported sonars
Colour map file (*.cma)
Depth Range Files
Sounding Radius Table
CARIS Geomatics Reference Guide
General Mapping Information
Earth’s Physical Form
Great and Small Circles
Meridians and Parallels
Scale
Projection
Ellipsoid
Coordinate Reference System
Resolution
Map Projections
Projection Types
Mercator
Transverse Mercator
Oblique Mercator
Miller Cylindrical
Robinson
Sinusoidal Equal Area
Orthographic
Stereographic
Gnomonic
Azimuthal Equidistant
Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area
Albers Equal Area Conic
Lambert Conformal Conic
Equidistant Conic (Simple Conic)
Polyconic
Summary
References
CARIS BASE Editor
References
VisiblePropertiesDialog
Selection window:Reset Columns; Reset Columns
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NewClassificationDialog
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SelectCRSDialog
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FilterDialog
NewFeatureDialog
CoverageExpression
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OpenConnectionDialog
NewConnectionWizard
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EnterURLDialog
SelectSourcesDialog
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ClassificationsDialog
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NewFeatureLayerDialog
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Export2FileAdvancedOptionsDialog
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Export2ShapefileAdvancedOptionsDialog
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ProcessLineageDialog
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ChangeTileResolution
ClipRaster
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ExportRaster
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ExportVRSurfaceToBAG
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NewMosaicMainDialog
NewMosaicSourcesDialog
CreateAndPopulateVRSurface
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SourceBandPickerDialog
RenderRaster
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SmoothContourDirectionBias
AddSmoothedBand
SmoothTIN
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ClassificationFilterDialog
ThinPoints
TileRaster
VectorizeRaster
ShiftElevationBands
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AddCoverageToDatabase
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