Create the first course...

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 way of working.

We assume that at this point you have the map on the screen.  If not, please click here for instructions.

1. Start by creating your start and finish points.  Use the "New Start" and "New Finish" tools in the Course Symbols toolbar.
2. Create a course.  Use the menu item  Course / New Course (or the toolbar button ).   Enter the name of the course in the dialog box that pops up.
3. The course will automatically pick up the start point and the finish point that you created.
4. Now add controls to the course.  Use the "Insert control" tool.  Notice that there is now a red "rubber band" between the start triangle and the finish circles.
5. Drag the rubber band and click where you want the control 1 on the course.
6. Condes suggests a control code for the control.  You can accept this by clicking OK, or you can change the code.  You can also change the code later.
7. Notice that the rubber band is now between control 1 and finish.  Now drag the rubber band and click where you want control 2.
8. Continue steps 7 until you have completed the course.  This should feel almost like "drawing" the course...
9. 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 in 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.