• File Menu
• Edit Menu
• Display Menu
• Tools Menu
• History Menu
• Bundles Menu
• Window Menu
• Help Menu

• New Display Window - Opens a new display window which can be a map or globe display with one to four panels. Other speciality displays are also available.
• New Display Tab - Adds a new display tab to your currently open display window. This tab can be a map or globe display with one to four panels. Other speciality displays are also available.
• Open File... - Opens an Open File window, that allows you to load a bundle into your session. There are four options you can use when loading in a bundle:
• Create new window(s) - Displays the bundle's data in a separate Main Display window without changing anything with your previously existing Main Display window.
• Merge with active tab(s) - Adds the a display of the bundle's data to your currently active tab in the Main Display window. This will not remove any previously existing displays in the tab.
• Add new tab(s) to current window - Adds tabs to your previously existing Main Display window to display the bundle's data. This will not remove any previously existing displays in other tabs.
• Replace session - Removes any previously existing displays, data, and tab/panel configuration to load the bundle in from scratch.
• Save Favorite - Allows you to easily create a set of favorite bundles and readily access them through the Bundles menu. A favorite bundle can also be used as the Default Bundle.
• Save Bundle - Allows you to save the current application state as a bundle.
• Default Layout - Allows you to manage the default layout of McIDAS-V. The default layout saves the window placement and the number of tabs and panels.
• Save - Saves the current layout as the default layout. This creates a layout.mcv file in your McIDAS-V directory.
• Remove - Removes the currently saved default layout.
• Note: Saving the default layout does not affect the maps displayed in each panel or the data loaded at the beginning of each McIDAS-V session. Map defaults can be set in the Layer Controls tab of the Data Explorer in the Map Controls. To change map defaults, use the File->Default Maps->Save as the Default Map Set menu item. Change the default projection in the Display Window tab of the User Preferences window, or automatically load a Favorite bundle by selecting a default bundle in the Defaults panel of the Advanced tab of the User Preferences window.
• Exit - Exits McIDAS-V.

• Remove - Lets you choose to remove all layers, all data, or all layers and data from the main display.
• All Layers and Data Sources - Removes all layers and loaded data sources.
• All Layers - Remove all layers. This will remove any displays or items listed in the Legend of the Main Display window, but no data will be removed.
• All Data Sources - Removes all loaded data sources without removing any layers. This will retain the displays.
• Preferences... - Opens the User Preferences window, allowing you to edit settings for McIDAS-V.

• Create Layer from Data Source... - Takes you to the Data Sources tab of the Data Explorer.
• Layer Controls... - Takes you to the Layer Controls tab of the Data Explorer.
• Add Range Rings - Creates a Range Ring display, with the initial position centered in the current projection.
• Add Range and Bearing - Adds a Range and Bearing display to show the distance, azimuth, and back azimuth of a great circle line connecting two positions on the Earth's surface. The initial position is near the center of the current entire map area. If you are zoomed in, the range and bearing line may be off screen.
• Draw Transect... - Opens the Transect Drawing Control window that allows you to view, create and modify transects for the Transect View.
• Drawing Freely... - Opens the Drawing Control window which allows you to draw polygons, lines, shapes, and annotate McIDAS-V displays.
• Add Location Indicator - Creates a location indicator cross-hair on the display. See the Location Indicator Controls page for more information.
• Plot Location Labels - Lists a variety of point location plots that can be created: NEXRAD sites, state names, state locations, etc. This will create a Location Control with the chosen location information.
• Add Background Image - Adds a background image to the display that can be changed using the Web Map Server(WMS)/Background Image Controls.
• Reset Map Layer to Defaults - Resets the map layer to default, or redisplays the map if it has been deleted.

• Manage ADDE Datasets - Opens the ADDE Data Manager, which allows you to create and edit remote and local datasets.
• Text Data - Allows you to to access local text products or ATCF storm data.
• Weather Text Products (from server) - Shows the Weather Text Products window.
• Weather Text Products (from NWX files) - Opens a window where you can load in GEMPAK tables.
• ATCF Tropical Storm Data - Adds ATCF Storm Data as a data source in the Field Selector tab of the Data Explorer.
• Color Tables - Opens the Color Table Editor, which allows you to view, create, and modify color tables.
• Station Model Template - Opens the Station Model Editor, which allows you to view, create, and modify station models for plotting point data.
• Parameters - Contains items related to parameters in McIDAS-V. Parameters are used to determine how field names from different data sources are read and interpreted into McIDAS-V.
• Aliases - Opens the Parameter Alias Editor, which allows you to define aliases for parameters in data sets that McIDAS-V does not know about.
• Defaults - Opens the Parameter Defaults Editor, which allows you to define the default display conventions (e.g., color tables, ranges, etc.) for parameters.
• Groups - Opens the Parameter Groups Editor, which allows you to define the groups of parameters for use in derived data formulas.
• Projections Manager - Contains items related to projections.
• Edit Map Projections - Opens the Projection Manager, which allows you to choose, edit, and save map projections for use in McIDAS-V.
• Restore Saved View - Restores the previously saved view. This will list out various previously saved views and allow you to delete previously saved views as well.
• Delete Saved Views - Deletes a previously saved view.
• Save Current View - Saves the current view. This does not include any layers that are loaded in, only the zoom level, projection, and location. When you save a current view, you can apply a name to the viewpoint. This name will be used to list out the viewpoint under the Projections menu of the Main Display as well as under Restore Saved View. Any saved viewpoints will be saved in the viewpoints.xml file stored in the McIDAS-V directory.
• Formulas - Contains items related to end user formulas.
• Create Formula - Opens the Formula Editor to allow you to create a new formula.
• Edit Formulas - Gives a list of all current formulas to edit. Selecting a formula will open the Formula Editor with that formula entered into the fields.
• Jython Library - Opens the Jython libraries window.
• Jython Shell - Opens the Jython Shell window.
• Import - Imports a formula from a file.
• Export - Exports a formula to a file. This opens an Export Formulas window that lists out all of the native formulas in McIDAS-V, as well as any formulas you may have created yourself. The format of the file containing the formula is *.xml.
• Plugins
• Create... - Opens the Plugin Creator window, which allows you to create plugins.
• Manage... - Opens the Plugin Manager window, which allows you to manage McIDAS-V plugins.

This menu lists the recently accessed data sources and layers and allows you to easily load them. This includes data sources from your current McIDAS-V session, and from previous sessions.

• Manage... - Brings up the Local Favorites Bundles Manager.
• Favorite Bundles - Brings up the folders and list of bundles saved as favorites. Note that this menu item is only available if you have a favorite bundle saved.

• Show Data Explorer - Brings the Data Explorer to the front.
• Next Display - Brings the next display tab/window to the front. Note that this menu item is only available if you have more than one tab or window open.
• Previous Display - Brings the previous display tab/window to the front. Note that this menu item is only available if you have more than one tab or window open.
• Select Display... - Opens a Select Display window, which allows you to select which tab/panel you want to view. Note that this menu item is only available if you have more than one tab or window open.

• User's Guide - Opens the McIDAS-V User's Guide.
• Getting Started - Opens to the Getting Started section of the McIDAS-V User's Guide.
• Show Help Tips - Shows the McIDAS-V Help Tips window.
• Show Console - Opens a Console window which has the error messages and other text output from McIDAS-V.
• Show Support Request Form - Opens a Request McIDAS-V Support window that allows you to post support requests to the McIDAS Help Desk.
• Visit Online Forums - Brings up the McIDAS-V Support Forums in your default browser.
• Check for new version - Checks to see if your current version of McIDAS-V is up to date.
• Check for new notice - Checks to see if a new notice about McIDAS-V is available.
• Release Notes - Displays the Release Notes for this version of McIDAS-V.
• About McIDAS-V - Gives information about your version of McIDAS-V.