Menyanthes User Manual - KWR Watercycle Research Institute

4 Menyanthes overview4.1 Main functionalityThe main window opens automatically when Menyanthes is started. Initially, most of thefunctions and buttons are disabled. These functions become active when, for example, adatabase file (*.men, *.mat) is loaded via File and Open (see Figure 2).Figure 2: The main window of MenyanthesThe main window consists of five different sections:1. A menu and toolbar.2. A ‘Map’ showing the location of the observation wells and the explanatory series(upper left).3. An ‘Observation Wells’ section (upper right).4. An ‘Explanatory Series’ section (lower right).5. A ‘Time Series Models’ section (lower left).The five sections are discussed in the following sections of this chapter. The main window isreferred to as ‘quadrant view’ because of the four parts underneath the menu and toolbar.4.2 The menu and toolbarThe menu bar and toolbar largely contain the same functionalities. For functions dealing withfile management, select File or use the following buttons:Menyanthes Manual© KWR - 12 -