The Course Layout Editor is a graphical editor for on-screen course design.  The Course Layout Editor is also known as the CLE.

The Canvas and the Task Bar

The main portion of the Course Layout Editor window is called the Canvas, and this is where the map and the course are shown.

Anywhere on the canvas, you can use the right mouse button to open a pop-up menu that gives you options depending on the circumstances.

To the left of the canvas is a Task Bar.  The task bar has three panes, which you switch between by clicking on their headings:  "Controls", "Edit Courses", and "Browse Courses".  

The task bar controls what is shown on the canvas:

When "Controls" is selected in the task bar, the canvas will show all the control locations on the map. 

When "Edit Courses" is selected, then the course which is highlighted in the course list is shown, and you can edit this course; add controls to, and delete controls from the course etc.

In the Course Layout Editor, the course will normally appear in the color "magenta", regardless of which color you have configured Condes to use when printing the course overprint on a printer.  Under certain circumstances, other colors are used to highlight the control or the course.

When "Browse Courses" is selected, then multiple courses can be shown on the canvas at once, allowing you to get an overview of course layouts. 

Each course is shown it its own colour so that you can distinguish courses from each other.

Controls

You can create a control, a start point, or a finish point, by selecting the appropriate tool in the Course Symbols toolbar to the right of the canvas, then click on the canvas where you want the control (or start or finish) to be located.

If you want to move a control's circle or control number, you need to select the control.  Click inside the circle. Four black squares will appear at the corners of the enclosing rectangle for the control, and the control will change color to blue.  This indicates that the control is selected.

When a control is selected...

• You can move the control circle.  Drag the circle with the left mouse button pressed down. 
• You can move the control number.  Drag it with the mouse.  This will have effect only on the course shown.  You need to place the number individually on each course.
• Double click inside the control circle to open a control dialog window where you can define the control description for the control, and set various options for the control.
• You can manipulate the control circle directly on the map, toggle on/off segments of the circle, by selecting the "cut" tool (the scissors).  Alternatively, use the right click menu "Control circle" to take a magnified view of the control at different map scales.

Courses

You can create a course by right clicking on the canvas and selecting the menu option New Course, or by using the main menu option Course / New.

When a course is selected and is shown on the canvas, you can double click anywhere on the canvas to open a Course dialog window where you can manipulate various properties of the course, including the controls that are on the course.

When you have created a course, you can "draw" the course by using the "Insert Control" tool.  See for example Introduction to on-screen course planning

When a course leg is selected...

• You can manipulate the course leg between two controls; bend it, toggle off/on a segment etc. 
• When you manipulate a course leg, the result will have effect for all courses that share this leg.
• You can double-click on the course leg to open a Course Leg dialog window that lets you control whether the properties of the leg, i.e. the bends, cut-outs, etc. apply on this course only, or on all courses.
• This is also where you can control whether the course leg is drawn as a solid line, or as a dashed line.

Browse Courses

The Browse Courses mode in the Course Layout Editor lets you see multiple courses simultaneously.  Each course is shown with a different color, and you can select/unselect each course individually via the navigation bar to the left of the canvas.

Course Editing mode vs. Graphics mode

The Course Layout editor has two "modes": Course Editing mode, and Graphics Editing mode.

The two modes are there in order to facilitate editing without accidentally selecting and moving the wrong type of object. thus:

• When you are in Course Editing mode, you can select course items: controls, leg lines, course symbols, etc.  
• When you are in Graphics Editing mode, you can select graphics items:  Texts, Overlaid Graphics, and Condes Logos.

You select the mode by choosing the "Select Course Object" tool or the "Select Graphics Object" tool.

Toolbars

There are four toolbars associated with the CLE:

• the Course Edit standard toolbar
• the Course Edit Tools toolbar
• the Course Symbols toolbar
• the Special Symbols toolbar

In addition there is the Condes standard toolbar

Each of these toolbars are described below.

Course Edit Standard toolbar

Above the canvas is the Course Edit Standard toolbar.  It lets you choose between the five canvases supported by Condes, and it shows which course and variation is currently shown, as well as the zoom level and the course length.

Course Edit Tools toolbar

The Course Layout Editor has a toolbar at the right border, which lets you select among the tools you can use to design the course and the course layout.

Course Symbols toolbar

This toolbar has the tools to draw symbols that are normally used on a course, such as controls, start points, finish points, end of marked route, control descriptions, and texts.

Special Symbols toolbar

This toolbar has the tools to draw symbols that are less common on a course, such as  Out of Bounds areas, boundary lines, masked areas, refreshment point symbols, registration marks, mandatory crossing symbols, first aid symbols, forbidden route symbols, overlaid graphics, and condes logos.

Condes Standard toolbar

The following buttons in the Condes standard toolbar are particularly useful in the Course Layout Editor: