Extensions

Extensions add functionality to HydroDesktop. For example, a Fetch Basemap extension might enable HydroDesktop to display basemaps from online maps services. This extension might add a few buttons to the HydroDesktop user interface to give the user control over the choice and display properties of the basemap. A nice thing about extensions is that they can contain very specific functionality when it does not make sense to include such specific functionality in the general HydroDesktop user interface. Extensions can also be created and added to HydroDesktop without requiring access to the HydroDesktop source code and without requiring rebuilding HydroDesktop from the source code.

Note

While it might be temping to enable all extensions, keep in mind that extensions often add buttons or other items to the user interface, and require memory to operate. To keep your user interface from getting cluttered, and to keep HydroDesktop running as efficiently as possible, it’s a good idea to only enable extensions that you use.

Tip

Extensions can be enabled by clicking the HydroDesktop Orb Button.

HydroDesktop Extensions:

• EPA Tools
  • EPA Delineation
    • Delineating Your Watershed
• Fetch Basemap
  • Selecting a Basemap Service
  • Changing Basemap Opacity
• HydroModeler
  • Introduction
  • Help Topics
    • How to Open an OpenMI Project File
    • How to Link Models into a Configuration
    • How to Run a Model Configuration
    • How to Change the Inputs for a Model Component
  • Tutorials
    • Tutorial 1: Quick Start
      • Starting HydroModeler
      • HydroModeler Plugin
      • Open an Existing Model
      • Accessing the output data
    • Tutorial 2: Creating and Running a Model Configuration
      • Overview
      • Creating the Configuration
      • Running the Configuration
      • Viewing Model Output
    • Tutorial 3: Creating a New Model Component
      • Installing Visual Studio
      • Downloading HydroDesktop Source Code
      • Create Hargreaves component using Microsoft Visual C#
        • Adding References
        • Create the Linkable Component Class
        • Creating the Hargreaves Component using SMW
        • Compiling
        • Create the Configuration XML File
        • Create the omi File
        • Viewing the Component in HydroModeler
        • Creating a Unit Test Case
  • Example Configurations
    • Example Configuration 1 - Smith Branch
    • Example Configuration 2 - Penman-Monteith
    • Example Configuration 3 - Bidirectional Link
    • Example Configuration 4 - TOPMODEL
  • Glossary
    • config.xml file
    • *.dll file
    • *.omi file
    • *.opr file
    • *.shp file
    • SMW
  • Authors and Developers
    • List of Authors and Developers
• HydroR
  • Introduction
    • Prerequisites
  • Opening the HydroR Extension
  • Loading Data Series Into R from HydroDesktop
  • Creating R Commands in the HydroR Script Editor
  • Executing R Code from the HydroR Script Editor
  • Saving R Scripts and Opening Them Later
  • R Commands Included in the HydroR Package for R
  • Closing the R Console
  • Changing the R Version
• Graph Tab
  • Introduction
  • Visualizing Data in the Graph View
  • Zooming In and Out On Plots
  • Changing the Plot Type and Displaying Summary Statistics
  • Setting the Date Range
  • Changing the Plot Options
  • Exporting the Plot Image
• Edit View Tab
  • Introduction
  • Selecting Data Series to Edit
  • Selecting Data Values to Edit
  • Changing the Value of Selected Data Values
  • Interpolating Selected Data Values
  • Flagging Selected Data Values with Qualifiers
  • Inserting Data Values
  • Deleting Data Values
  • Restoring Data Series Values
  • Saving Data Series Edits to the HydroDesktop Database
  • Deriving New Data Series
  • Zooming In and Out on Plots
• Metadata Fetcher
  • Managing Services
  • Adding Services
    • Adding a Single Service
    • Adding Multiple Services
    • Options