Install Plugin¶

One of the nice things about uDig is the ease to download and install additional plug-ins provided by the developer community.

• Open up Help ‣ Find and Install

  

• Select Search for New Features to Install and press Next.

  

• Press the New Remote Site button and type the following parameters:

  • Name: uDig Community Updates
  • URL: http://udig.refractions.net/update/1.2/community

  

• Check the new uDig Community Updates option and press Finish

  

• Please wait while the program checks the update site for new features.

  

• Once the program finishes getting the complete list of plug-ins, you will see something like this:

  

• Check the latest es.axios.udig.editingtools version from the list and press Next.

• Accept the terms in the license agreement and press Next.

  

• Finally confirm the installation location and press Finish.

  

• Many of the community features have not been formally signed, please click Install All when presented with a warning.

  

• You will need to Restart when the installation finishes.

  

• You may have noticed some new options in the toolbar, such as the merge tool described in the next section.

Merge¶

• We are going to test the Merge feature.

• Load a test layer, like countries and select the Merge tool.

  

• Select some features in your layer.

  

  

• A new View called Merge Tool will appear in the lower box.

  

• Click on the green check Apply button in the Merge view toolbar to run the merge of the features.

• The result will be something like this: