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Hi Tom, We received your inquiry via our form for CAVE beta version 20.3.2-0.1 >I don't see a way to import GIS shapefiles in this new version using the >Virtual Machine. You should be seeing this in the same location as it was, in version 18. Have you looked at File->Import->GIS Data? The following blog references this (for version 18), but it should be the same for our beta version. Are you able to see that? https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/awips-tips-import-shapefiles-in Thanks, Tiffany Meyer AWIPS Lead Software Engineer UCAR-Unidata If you're interested, please feel free to fill out a survey about the support you receive: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDIkdk8qUMgq8ZdM4jhP-ubJPUOr-mJMQgxInwoAWoV5QcOw/viewform