This is a very brief tutorial on how to draw your first course in Condes.  Condes is flexible, and there are many other ways to do this.  When you get more familiar with Condes, you'll find your own style of working.

We assume that at this point you have the map on the screen.  If not, please visit Get a quick start for instructions.

1. Create your start and finish points
2. Use the "New Start"   tool in the Course Symbols toolbar to the right of the map.
3. When you have selected the "New Start" tool, the cursor will show a small triangle next to a cross hair pointer.  Click the mouse on the map where you want to place the start triangle.
   Condes will ask you for a code to identify the start point.  For now, leave the code suggested by Condes and click OK.
4. Similarly as in item 2) and 3) use the "New Finish" tool to place the finish circles.
5. Create a course
6. Use the menu item  Course / New Course (or the toolbar button ).   Enter the name of the course in the dialog box that pops up.
7. The course will automatically pick up the start point and the finish point that you just created.
8. Add controls to the course
9. Use the "Insert control" tool.  Notice that there is now a red "rubber band" between the start triangle and the finish circles.
10. Drag the rubber band and click where you want to place control 1 on the course.
11. Condes suggests a control code for the control.  You can accept this by clicking OK, or you can change the code.  You can change the code later if you need to.
12. Notice that the rubber band now goes between control 1 and finish.  Drag the rubber band and click where you want to place control 2.
13. Continue steps 9-11 until you have completed the course.  This should feel almost like "drawing" the course...
14. Keep in mind that a control can be moved just by dragging the circle with the mouse, so you are not lost just because you have placed the circle slightly off the control feature.

A couple of hints...

• When you wish to change the control description or the punch pattern of a control, double click the mouse inside the control's circle, and you will get a control dialog with the control description and other settings for the control.
• When you wish to fine tune the control circle, right click in the control's circle, and you will get a control circle dialog, which will let you shift the control and cut parts of the circle that covers for important map features.
• When you wish to edit properties of the course, or edit relay forks, double click anywhere on the map, outside of controls and other course objects, and a course dialog will pop up.
• Don't forget to place registration marks on the course layouts, if you want to use a printer or pen plotter to overprint course layouts onto competition maps, or export courses as EPS or OCAD files.