The Menu Bar

The menu bar at the top of the RustEdit window has the File, Edit, Interface, Tools, Map, Sharing and Help menus. This page lists what each item does.

Tools has a submenu for each kind of tool: Terrain, Prefabs, Profiles and World. Each item is in one menu only. A line splits a menu's panels from its other items. A menu item shows its keyboard shortcut next to its name. Items that need a paid tier are hidden without that tier, and a menu whose items are all hidden is not shown. See Free, Plus, Pro and Sponsor.

File

Item	What it does
New	Makes a new map or monument. See New Map.
Open	Opens a scene (.scene), a Rust map (.map) or a monument (.asset).
Open Recent	The last 10 maps and scenes you opened. It says No recent maps when the list is empty.
Reload	Opens the map again from its last save. Unsaved changes are lost.
Start Screen	Shows your recent maps and monuments as cards. See Start Screen.
Save	Saves the map. A map that was never saved, or that you opened from a .map file, opens the Save Scene dialog. Ctrl+Shift+S
Save As	Saves the map to a new file, in the Save Scene dialog. It starts with the open file. Ctrl+Alt+S
Export Map	Writes a .map file for a Rust server. It does not save the scene. See Export Map. Grayed out until the map is saved as a scene, and while a monument is open. Ctrl+E
Publish To RustHQ	Sends the map or monument to the RustHQ marketplace. See Publish To RustHQ.
Settings	Opens the Settings dialog.
Quit	Closes RustEdit. It asks first, because unsaved changes are lost.

Edit

Item	What it does
Undo	Takes back the last change. Ctrl+Z
Redo	Does the change again. Ctrl+Y
Duplicate Selection	Copies the selected objects. Ctrl+D
Delete Selection	Deletes the selected objects. Delete
Lock Selection	Locks the selected objects and the objects under them, so you cannot select or move them in the scene view. Ctrl+L
Unlock All	Unlocks every locked object. Ctrl+Alt+L
Hide Selection	Hides the selected objects and the objects under them. Ctrl+H
Show All	Shows every hidden object again. Ctrl+Alt+H
Snap to Ground	Puts the selected objects on the terrain. Ctrl+Alt+Mouse Middle
Reload Socket Files	Reads the socket files in Configuration/sockets again. See Sockets.
Reload Custom Data	Reads the custom data manifests in the Custom Prefab Fields folder again. See Custom Data.

Locking and hiding are undo steps, and the scene file keeps them. Edit›Show All shows every object you hid, also the ones you hid in the Hierarchy. See Duplicate, Lock and Undo.

While you edit a spline, Duplicate Selection and Delete Selection work on the selected knots. See Editing Splines.

Interface

Item	What it does
Hierarchy, Inspector, Content Browser, Notifications	Open the main panels. See The Interface.
Performance	Opens the Performance panel. Ctrl+Shift+P
Layouts	Pick a built-in panel layout, or save and load your own. See Layouts.
Color Scheme	Changes the colors of the interface. See Color Schemes.

Tools

Terrain

Item	What it does
Terrain Tools	Shape and paint the terrain. See Terrain Tools.
Custom Topology Layers	Your own topology layers. See Custom Topology Layers.
Cliff Brush RustEdit Pro	Places rock and cliff sets. See Cliff Brush.
Terrain Graph RustEdit Pro	Makes terrain from a node graph. See Terrain Graph.
Brush Graph RustEdit Pro	A node graph for a terrain brush. See Brush Graph.
Spline Profile RustEdit Pro	A node graph for the shape of a spline. See Spline Profile.

Prefabs

Item	What it does
Prefab Brush	Paints prefabs onto the map. See Prefab Brush.
Building	Builds bases from Rust's building blocks. See Building Tool.
Physics Tools RustEdit Pro	Drops and scatters prefabs with physics. See Physics Tools.
Scatter Graph RustEdit Pro	Places prefabs from a node graph. See Scatter Graph.
Replace Prefab, Remove Duplicates, Generate Text, Convert CopyPaste	Change many prefabs at once. See Prefab Tools.

Profiles

Item	What it does
Prefab Profile Editor	Makes prefab profiles for the Prefab Brush and prefab splines. See Prefab Profiles.
Loot Profile Editor	Makes loot profiles for loot containers. See Loot Profiles.
Vending Profile Editor	Makes vending profiles for vending machines. See Vending Profiles.
Loadout Profile Editor	Makes loadout profiles for NPCs. See Loadout Profiles.

World

Item	What it does
Procedural Generation	Makes a map the way Rust does. See Procedural Generation.
Spawn Groups	Shows what spawns where. See Spawn Groups.
Time and Weather	The time of day and the weather in the scene view. See Time and Weather.
IO Circuit RustEdit Plus	The map's IO wiring as a graph. See IO Circuit.

Map

Item	What it does
Map	Opens the Map panel: the whole map from above.
Map Check RustEdit Plus	Finds problems in the map before it goes on a server, with a heat map. See Map Check.
Map Notes RustEdit Pro	Notes pinned to places in the map. See Map Notes.
Rust Update Check RustEdit Plus	Lists the prefabs a Rust update removed, renamed or changed. See Rust Update Check.
Tunnel Editor RustEdit Plus	Lays out the train tunnels under the map. See Tunnel Editor.
Rotate Map, Resize Map, Terrain Resolution, Merge Map, Import Heightmap	Change the whole map at once. See Map Tools.

Sharing

Item	What it does
Multiplayer RustEdit Pro	Edit a map together with other people. See Multiplayer.
Gallery	Share pictures of your maps. See Gallery.

Help

Most items open a page in your web browser.

Item	What it does
Documentation	Opens these docs.
Keyboard Shortcuts	Opens the Keyboard Shortcuts page.
RustEdit Forum	Opens the RustEdit forum on RustHQ. Ask questions and report problems there.
Discord Server	Opens the invite to the Discord server.
Check for Updates	Looks for a new RustEdit version now. See Updates.
Credits	Lists the RustEdit Sponsors (in gold, first) and RustEdit Pro members (in red) who chose to be listed, with a link under a name when the person gave one. The dialog also has a Become a Sponsor button. See Free, Plus, Pro and Sponsor.
Get RustEdit Plus or Pro	Opens the RustEdit subscribe page. It shows only while you have no paid tier: when you are not signed in, or your account has no subscription. See Free, Plus, Pro and Sponsor.

To open the docs page of an Inspector panel, use its ? button. See The Interface.

Related

• The Interface
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Settings
• Free, Plus, Pro and Sponsor