A checkbox in the Course dialog allows you to control whether Condes will use a calculated course length or a fixed text that you enter, when printing the length field of the control description.

Calculated course lengths are based on the co-ordinates of the controls, including start and finish points.  Co-ordinates are measured at 0.01 millimeter accuracy on the map.

Condes uses the map scale when converting the course length from millimeters on the map to meters in the terrain.  It is important for this conversion that the map scale is entered correctly.

If the course includes a "control" designated as a mandatory crossing point, the course length calculation will take this into consideration and include the additional length due to the crossing point.

Condes also takes into consideration the shape of the line connecting the controls, i.e. if the line has been "bent" to avoid covering features on the map, this will affect the course length.

Finally, in case you want to include the distance from the time start to the start of navigation (the start triangle), you can assign this distance to the start point by entering the value in the appropriate field of the Control dialog for the start point.