Overlaid Graphics dialog

This dialog is used to configure the Overlaid Graphics object.

An Overlaid Graphics object is a picture that you can place on top of the map. It can be a logo, a legend, an enlarged part of the map, or any other picture.

By using Overlaid Graphics objects, together with Text objects, you can design your own layout of the map.

An Overlaid Graphics object can either use graphics directly from a file (Condes can use bitmap files, Windows Metafiles, and OCAD map files) or it can use a "snippet" of a map from another canvas.

Shown on

Mark one or more elements from the list of courses. When you mark "All courses", the Overlaid Graphics object will be shown on all courses, including those courses that are not marked in the list

Mark one or more elements from the list of canvases. When you mark "All canvases", the Overlaid Graphics object will be shown on all canvases, including those canvases that are not marked in the list.

From where

This is where you tell Condes whether to get the graphics from a separate file, or to use graphics from a map on a canvas

From a file

Use the "Select File…" button to enter a path to the graphics file from which to read the graphics contents.

Use the "Refresh from file..." to refresh the graphics contents if the original file has been updated.

Use the map from a canvas

Use the drop-down list to indicate which canvas to take the map from.

Show the course on the map

Check this box to show the course on the map that comes from another Canvas. This can be used to show for example an enlarged section of the map with the course - see Adding an enlarged section of a map

Course Part

If the course has map exchanges, you can choose which part of the course is to be shown. See Showing multiple parts of the course side-by-side on the same page for an example of how to use this option.

From a file:

When you configure the Overlaid Graphics object to use graphics from a file, the contents of the graphics file is read by Condes and stored in the Condes event file.

Please note the following:

When you exchange the event file with others, the Overlaid Graphics is "embedded" in the Condes file so that you don't need to exchange the graphics files separately.
The event file grows in size to hold the graphics contents, and you should be careful not to add too many very large graphics objects.
When the original graphics file is changed, this will NOT automatically be reflected in Condes. You can use the "Refresh from file" button to read the contents of the updated graphics file into Condes, or you can use "Select File..." to import graphics from a new file.

From a canvas:

When you configure the Overlaid Graphics object to use the map from a Canvas, the graphics is updated automatically as the map is updated.

Background

Draw white background

Check this box to draw a white background behind the graphics object.

Transparency

Drag the slider to configure transparency of the white background. The area can be completely Transparent, where the white background is invisible, or it can be Opaque, where the background is solid. Keep in mind that when printing on a PostScript based printer, transparency is disabled.

Scale

Use this setting to control the size of the graphics object, compared with the original size.

You can also scale the size of the graphics by selecting the graphics object, and dragging the corner points with the mouse.

Crop from

Use this setting to control the cropping of the graphics object, from each side. Measured in mm.

You can also crop the graphics object by selecting the graphics object, and dragging the point at the center of the side.