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[[Category: Course Setting]][[File:Pro40px.PNG|This function is available in OCAD Professional.|link=https://www.ocad.com/en/products/ocad-for-cartography]][[File:Std40px.PNG|This function is available in OCAD Orienteering.|link=https://www.ocad.com/en/products/ocad-for-orienteering]][[File:Sta40px.PNG|This function is available in OCAD Starter.|link=https://www.ocad.com/en/products/ocad-for-orienteering]][[File:CS40px.PNG|This function is available in OCAD Course Setting.|link=https://www.ocad.com/en/products/ocad-for-orienteering]]
''(This function is only available in course setting projects!)''
''(This function is only available in course setting projects!)''


Choose the '''Options''' command from the '''Course Setting''' menu to display the '''Course Options''' dialog box.
[[File:CourseOptions.PNG]]
===Titles===
====Event Title====
Enter the name of the event. The event title appears on top of the control description.<br />
====Course Title====
Choose wheter the '''[[Add_Course_Setting_Objects#Add_a_Course_Title|Course Title]]''' shall be displayed with the '''[[Create a New Class|Classes]]''', the '''[[Create a New Course|Course Name]] and [[Create a New Class|Classes]]''' or the '''[[Create a New Course|Course Name]] only'''.
[[File:CourseTitleHelp.PNG]]
===Controls===
====Numbering====
Choose wheter the controls shall be numbered with the '''Number''', the '''Number and Code''' or the '''Code only'''.
[[File:NumberingHelp.PNG]]


This dialog box appears when clicking '''Options''' in the '''Course''' menu.
====Distance from Circle to Number====
Enter the default distance from the control circle to the number in mm.


In this dialog box you define options for all courses.
[[File:DistanceFromCircleToNumberHelp.PNG]]


====Full Stop Behind Control Number====
Check this option if a full stop shall be placed behind each control number.


'''Titles'''
[[File:FullStopHelp.PNG]]


'''Event title:''' Enter the name of the event. This appears in the control description and on the map for the course title symbol. See also Adding a Course Title.  
==== White Outline on Control Number====
This function is only available for ISSOM 2007 and ISOM 2017 course setting projects.
ToDo.


'''Course title:''' If you have placed a course title object you can choose here what should appear in the course title. The same course title will appear in control descriptions (on the map and in separate control descriptions). Choose one of the following options:
===Connection Lines===
Define a distance from the circle to the connection line in this field.


*Classes
[[File:DistanceFromCircleHelp.PNG]]
* Course name and class(es)
* Course name only


===Control Description===
====Thicker Horizontal Line====
Choose between a thicker horizontal line in the '''[[Edit_Course_Setting_Objects#IOF_Symbol_Control_Description|IOF Symbol Control Description]]''' every third or every fourth line or not at all.


'''Controls'''
[[File:ThickerHorizontalLineHelp.PNG]]


'''Numbering:''' Define how the control shall be labeled. Choose one of the following options:
====Maximum Length====
Define the maximum length of the control description in rows in this field.


- Number (e.g. 7)
[[File:MaximumLengthHelp.PNG]]
- Number and code (e.g. 7-84).
- Code only (e.g. 84)


'''Distance from circle to number:''' Enter here the distance of the control numbers from the circle. Standard value is 1 mm.
====Number of Start====
Check this option so that the number of the start appears in the control description.


'''Full stop after control number:''' See Hint in the dialog box.
[[File:NumberOfStartHelp.PNG]]


===Control Description on the Map===
====Box Size====
Define the size of a box in the control description in this field. Click the '''Standard''' button to set the value to '''6.00 mm'''.


'''Distance from circle to connection line'''
[[File:BoxSizeHelp.PNG]]


In some countries it is common that the connection line does not start at the circle, but only at a certain distance from the circle. Enter here this distance if a gap is required otherwise leave this distance at 0.00 mm.
[[File:Hint.jpg|Hint]] [http://orienteering.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IOF-Control-Descriptions-20041.pdf IOF International Specification for Control Description 2004]: The description sheet boxes should be between 5mm and 7mm.


====White Background====
Check this option to get a white background behind the control description on the map.


'''Control description'''
[[File:WhiteBackgroundHelp.PNG]]


'''Thicker horizontal line:''' Select which horizontal line shall be rendered thicker. Choose one of the following options:
Check the '''Draw white background even in draft mode''' option to show the control description with white background also in draft mode. Use this option if you prefer to print your maps in draft mode.


* Not: No thicker line
Activate the option, switch to draft mode and move both draft mode sliders in the View toolbar to the right position. [[File:DraftModeSliders.png]]
* Every third: Every third line will be drawn thicker
* Every fourth: Every fourth line will be drawn thicker


'''Maximum length:''' Select the maximum rows per column for the control description. If the number is exceeded the control description will be drawn in two columns.  
[[File:ControlDescriptionBlockout.png]]


'''Number of start:''' See Hint in the dialog box.
Select a course and click the '''Preview''' button. The course overprint now is transparent, but the white background of the control description is opaque and blocks out the orienteering map.




'''Control descriptions on the map'''
OCAD does not block out only the control description. Furthermore, OCAD blocks out all objects drawn with this opaque color used in the symbol '''760.00 White background'''. By default it is the color number '''203 White background.'''


'''Box size:''' If you print the control description together with the course you can enter the box size. The default value is 6 mm. If you enter an other box size then 6 mm the text control description will be expanded/reduced accordingly.
'''Example''': If you also like a framing of the control numbers in draft mode, select the symbol '''703.000 Course: Control number''', edit the symbol and change the color from '''204 Purple transparent''' to '''202 Purple'''. Click on the Framing tab, enter the new '''Line width''' (0.2mm) and change the '''Framing color''' to the opaque color '''203 White background.'''


'''White background:''' Activate this check box to blockout the map below the control description.


'''Add control description for all controls:''' Activate this check box to print all control description to the course.
Close this dialog. The control numbers have now a white framing.


[[File:ControlNumberFraming.png|600px]]


'''XML Export'''
====Add Control Descriptions for All Controls====
Check this option to add the control description on the '''All Controls''' map, too.


Activate this check box to export the relay variation also within the XML export. This is an extensions of the IOF specification.
[[File:AddControlDescriptionHelp.PNG]]


===XML Export===
Activate this check box to export the relay variation within the XML export, too. This is an extension of the IOF specification.


Back to [[Course Setting for Orienteering]]
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Back to the '''[[Course Setting for Orienteering]]''' page.

Latest revision as of 17:35, 10 April 2017

This function is available in OCAD Professional.This function is available in OCAD Orienteering.This function is available in OCAD Starter.This function is available in OCAD Course Setting.

(This function is only available in course setting projects!)

Choose the Options command from the Course Setting menu to display the Course Options dialog box.

CourseOptions.PNG

Titles

Event Title

Enter the name of the event. The event title appears on top of the control description.

Course Title

Choose wheter the Course Title shall be displayed with the Classes, the Course Name and Classes or the Course Name only.

CourseTitleHelp.PNG

Controls

Numbering

Choose wheter the controls shall be numbered with the Number, the Number and Code or the Code only.

NumberingHelp.PNG

Distance from Circle to Number

Enter the default distance from the control circle to the number in mm.

DistanceFromCircleToNumberHelp.PNG

Full Stop Behind Control Number

Check this option if a full stop shall be placed behind each control number.

FullStopHelp.PNG

White Outline on Control Number

This function is only available for ISSOM 2007 and ISOM 2017 course setting projects. ToDo.

Connection Lines

Define a distance from the circle to the connection line in this field.

DistanceFromCircleHelp.PNG

Control Description

Thicker Horizontal Line

Choose between a thicker horizontal line in the IOF Symbol Control Description every third or every fourth line or not at all.

ThickerHorizontalLineHelp.PNG

Maximum Length

Define the maximum length of the control description in rows in this field.

MaximumLengthHelp.PNG

Number of Start

Check this option so that the number of the start appears in the control description.

NumberOfStartHelp.PNG

Control Description on the Map

Box Size

Define the size of a box in the control description in this field. Click the Standard button to set the value to 6.00 mm.

BoxSizeHelp.PNG

Hint IOF International Specification for Control Description 2004: The description sheet boxes should be between 5mm and 7mm.

White Background

Check this option to get a white background behind the control description on the map.

WhiteBackgroundHelp.PNG

Check the Draw white background even in draft mode option to show the control description with white background also in draft mode. Use this option if you prefer to print your maps in draft mode.

Activate the option, switch to draft mode and move both draft mode sliders in the View toolbar to the right position. DraftModeSliders.png

ControlDescriptionBlockout.png

Select a course and click the Preview button. The course overprint now is transparent, but the white background of the control description is opaque and blocks out the orienteering map.


OCAD does not block out only the control description. Furthermore, OCAD blocks out all objects drawn with this opaque color used in the symbol 760.00 White background. By default it is the color number 203 White background.

Example: If you also like a framing of the control numbers in draft mode, select the symbol 703.000 Course: Control number, edit the symbol and change the color from 204 Purple transparent to 202 Purple. Click on the Framing tab, enter the new Line width (0.2mm) and change the Framing color to the opaque color 203 White background.


Close this dialog. The control numbers have now a white framing.

ControlNumberFraming.png

Add Control Descriptions for All Controls

Check this option to add the control description on the All Controls map, too.

AddControlDescriptionHelp.PNG

XML Export

Activate this check box to export the relay variation within the XML export, too. This is an extension of the IOF specification.

Back to the Course Setting for Orienteering page.

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