CARIS HPD : S-57 Composer : Workflow
 

Workflow

The basic workflow looks like this:

Typically, you process data in the order of the tasks in the chart, although much of the work will be an iterative process where you repeat one or more steps until data is ready for export.

The following commands are used in this workflow.

Open Product

Open an existing product.

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Open an existing product

Open File and search for S-57 Product File (*.prd)

Create Product

Create new products or open existing products and external data.

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S‑57

Open an external data set

Open File

Create S‑57 product from scratch.

Create S-57 Product

Create product from an existing file

Create S-57 Product from S-57 Dataset

Create product from multiple files.

Create S-57 Product from Multiple S-57 Datasets

S-100

Create S-100 product

Create S-100 Product

Import External Data

Import external data into a new or existing product file. Also, grab specific features from external data sets.

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Open external data

Open File

Import selected data

Import Selected Objects

Import as update

Import as Update

Import data files

Object Import Utility

Grab features from external data sets.

Grab

Create vector features from raster data.

Line From Image

Add/Modify Product Specific Features

Create new features using S‑57 Composer’s digitizing tools or templates. Modify new and existing features using various editing tools. Establish collection and parent-child relationships.

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Create product-specific features (All)

Create a new area feature

Create Area Feature

Create a new line feature

Create Line Feature

Create a new point feature

Create Point Feature

Create a new sounding feature

Create Sounding Feature

Create a feature using templates

Create Custom Features

Copy feature class or geometry

Copy Feature Class

Copy Feature Geometry

Import selected or superselected features from an external data set

Import Selected Objects

Import data from a text file or product.

Object Import Utility

Import a feature as an update to an existing feature.

Import as Update

Create product-specific features - S‑57

Create a collection object

Create Collection

Create a parent-child relationship

Create Relationships

Create product-specific features - S-100

Create information objects

Create Information Object

Edit and delete product-specific features

Change object type or attribute

Change Selection

Delete a selection or superselection

Delete Features

Edit feature geometry

Edit Feature

Modify features

Edit Mode

Apply minimum display scales to features.

Assign Scale Minimum Values

Remove overshoots

Repair Overshoots

Remove undershoots

Repair Undershoots

Edit collection objects

Edit Collections

Edit parent-child relationships

Edit Relationships

Edit information-type objects

Edit Information Objects

Group Soundings

Group Soundings

Divide lines by edges

Divide Lines by Edges

Intersect and cut features

Cut Features

Intersect

Cut and remove features

Cut and Remove Features

Redo the last undone action

Redo

Undo the last action

Undo

Run Validation Checks

Test external and product data for structure and logical consistency. S‑57 Composer uses custom checks and checks based on the S-58 standard for ENC validation.

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All

Check data structure and consistency

Validation

Check for dangling edges, overshoots, and undershoots

Check Geometry

Match features in an external data set to a selected layer.

Report Difference Layers

Generate a list of features and associated attributes

Generate Statistics

Export

Export data to an ENC/AML exchange set, as defined in the new product wizard. Export selected features from the product to another file format.

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Modify an exchange set or create a new one.

S-57 Exchange Set Editor

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Export selected features to an ASCII file

Export Selection to ASCII

Export selected features to a GML file or KML file.

Export to GML/KML/Formatted ASCII

Export selected features to a HOB file.

Export to HOB

Export selected features to a Shape file.

Export Selection to Shapefile

Export selected features to a GeoTIFF image

Export to TIFF

Export selected features to a CARIS file

Export Selection to CARIS