Course dialog

The following fields in the course dialog allow you to define the course.

Course type

The type of the course:

Normal course: Ordinary course

Score O Course: The course consists of a number of controls which can be taken in random order and which each gives a number of points. The course is drawn without connecting lines between controls, and with the number of points for the control next to the circle. The number of points is assigned to each control in the control's dialog under "Status and Additional text".

Mountain Bike O Course: This course length of a MTB-O course must be measured along the optimal route choice. Therefore, this type of course has an extra "leg line" from start to finish, which is used for length calculation only. Manipulate this line to follow the optimal route choice. The line will NOT be shown on printouts.

Ski O Course: A ski-O course has a dot at the center of each circle to highlight the center spot.

Trail O Course: The control descriptions for Trail O courses displays "A-B", "A-C", "A-D", or "A-E", in column B instead of the control code. The text indicates the number of markers placed in the terrain for this control.

String Course: In the terrain, the course follows linear features and is marked with streamers. Controls are placed on the marked route. On the map, the course is drawn as a line from start to finish. Controls are marked with circles as usual. The length of the course is calculated along the marked line.

String Course with Controls: Similar to String Course, except that controls are not necessarily placed on the line, but on adjacent features. The length is calculated as the sum of beelines between controls.

Length

The text to appear in the length field of the control description header.

Use calculated length

Check this box to automatically calculate the course length using the controls' co-ordinates. See also: How to calculate course lengths.

Climb (Optional)

The text to appear in the climb field of the control description header.

Start

The control code for the course's start point. See also: Control.

Finish

The control code for the course's finish point. See also Control.

Relay legs

If you are designing a relay course, this is where you enter the number of runners on a team, i.e. the number of "relay legs".

Number Format

You can use this feature to control the format of the control numbers shown on the map. Choose "Use standard" if you want the numbers on this course to follow the standard setting made for this event (menu Course Layout / Setup Overprint)

Control Description appearance

Use this feature to control whether the control descriptions are symbolic or textual.

Controls

This is a list of the control codes for the controls that make up the course.

Add a control:

First select the point in the course where to insert the new control. The selected control becomes the one after the new control.
Pick the new control from the list of control codes - then click the Insert button or double click the control code.
The new control will be inserted immediately in front of the existing selection in the course list.

Delete a control by selecting it in the list and pressing the Del button on the keyboard, or clicking the "delete" button in the toolbar below (a red cross).

Relay forks can have up to 20 branches, named A, B, C, …, depending on the setting in the "Relay legs" box. Use the "insert fork" button in the toolbar below the course.

See Fork Behavior for more about relays

Random order controls: if a part of the course has controls that can be taken in random order, then use the "Random order" button below the course to mark the relevant controls as "Random order" controls.

When using random order controls, there will be no leg lines to these controls, and they will not have any control number next to them.

Competitors estimate

This box shows the estimated count of competitors or teams on this course.

The box has two modes. It can have:

Gray background

It will have a gray background if you have created any classes that run this course and entered a competitors' estimates for these classes. In this case, the box shows the accumulated number of competitors for the classes.

White background

It will have a white background, and you can enter a value in the box, if you have NOT created any class that runs this course, or you have not entered any estimates for any classes that run this course.