This window is reached using the menu option "Edit->Episodic events" from the main window. This window allows you to set up silvicultural treatments and planned mortality episodes.
The purpose of the main window is to display episodic events which have already been defined, and to provide the starting point for creating new episodic events or editing existing ones. On the left is a panel with three tabs labeled "Harvests", "Plantings", and "Mortality Episodes". (Click for more on harvests, planned mortality episodes, and planting.) On the right is a map of the plot. On this map is displayed the plot grid cells to which a episodic event is applied. In addition, if there has been a tree map defined, existing trees are also displayed. The color key for these trees is at the far right.
The grid cell size for all episodic events defaults to 8 m by 8 m. You can change the grid cell size for harvests and mortality episodes using the "Change grid cell size" button. (If harvests or mortality episodes of already been defined, you can also use the Edit-> Grid layer setup function from the main window.) All harvests or mortality episodes in a single run must use the same grid cell resolution. If you change the resolution, any harvests are mortality episodes that have already been defined will be updated to the new resolution. If you are using harvests and mortality episodes in the same run, they can use different grid cell resolutions.
To display existing episodic events, choose the tab of the type of episodic event you would like to see. The episodic events are numbered in the order that they were entered. You will see the currently displayed episodic event and what its number is of the total (for example, "Showing harvest 3 of 5"). Use the backward and forward buttons to move back and forth through the current episodic events. On the left, you will see information about the episodic event. On the map to the right, the current episodic event cells are displayed in color. Untreated plot cells are white.
For more on what displayed information means, see the topics on episodic event entry, below.
Choose the tab of the type of episodic event you would like to create. Then click "New". A new window will come up where you can enter the episodic event. For more on how to enter the episodic event, see the topics on episodic event entry, below.
Choose the tab of the type of episodic event you would like to edit. Use the backward and forward buttons to navigate through the episodic events and display the one you want to edit. Then click "Edit". A new window will come up displaying the episodic event. Edit it as you wish. For more, see the topics on episodic event entry, below.
Choose the tab of the type of episodic event you would like to delete. Use the backward and forward buttons to navigate through the episodic events and display the one you want to delete. Then click "Delete".
If you need to know the initial tree population and distribution in order to create your episodic events, use a tree map. If you want to create a tree map with a random distribution of trees from size class data, do the following: