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Move, bend and break things
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Move, bend and break things
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Move controls Click on control circle so it turns blue, then just drag and drop the circle. For fine adjustment, when the circle is blue (highlighted), right click on it and select Control circle, then use the arrows to nudge it. The large-scale background map helps you position it precisely |
Fig 4 – Arrows for fine movements of control circle |
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Tip #3 Remember that when a control is on a feature that is NOT represented to scale (eg. boulder, NE side), the circle should be centred on the centre of the feature, not to one side. |
Click on control circle so it turns blue, then drag and drop the number.
Note that if you right click on a circle, you have the option to re-set the number position.
Move the map around the screen
If your canvas occupies more than the available screen size, you can use the scroll bars or the cursor grabber hand to move the canvas on the screen. But if you’re using the grabber hand, take care not to move a control circle by mistake.
If you need to move the map relative to the course, select Canvas then move map. Click OK then use the right mouse button to show how you want to move the map. Then click on OK or Cancel.
Move text box or graphics
Click on the Select graphics object button 
(next to the Select course object button). Then select your graphics item, drag and drop it.
By default, if you bend a line between controls, that bend will apply to all courses that use it. If you want that bend only to apply to some courses, double click on the line and tick the appropriate box.
To bend the line, first you create a point at which it will bend: click on the Add point button 
, then click on the line (as many times as necessary). Then click on the Select course object arrow and just drag and drop the point(s) until the line is as you want it. (You can do it all in one go with the Add point button, but it’s easier this way).
To straighten the line out again, just remove the point by clicking on the Remove point button 
then clicking on the unwanted point.
If your circle or line obscures an important bit of map, you should break it. By default, breaks, like bends, apply to all courses that use that leg. You can specify whether a broken line is just for that course or for all courses that use this leg. This distinction might be useful if you are breaking the line because it crosses another one.
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Break the line Add points to determine segment lengths (see above), then use the toggle button to make segments visible or invisible when printed (they’ll show grey on screen). |
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Alternatively, click on the Cut line button, then click on the line you want the break. This will break the line in standard length segments. Black squares show the “points” that have been inserted at the ends of the segments. |
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Break the circle To break the circle, right-click on the circle and select Control circle. Then use the pointer to toggle segments on and off.
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