CityGuide DMS - Documentation

CityGuide DMS - Documentation - Drawing

The "Drawing-Mode" gives you control over an editor including a complete set of tools such as line, ellipse, rectangle, polygone, text, clipart and much more.

Along with this editor you can choose from the following menu options:

	Drawing off Turns the editor off.
	New Creates a new drawing.
	Open... A previously saved drawing can be loaded from you local hard drive.
	Save / Save as... A newly created or previously opened drawing can be saved to your local computer with this menu entry.
	Direct help... Invokes this program documentation.

Once the drawing mode is activated, a new toolbar of the editor is shown at the top border of the map window.

Please click on an area of the toolbar that you wish to learn more about:

If you start the editor for the first time, just go ahead and create a new drawing. By playing around with the embedded tools you will see how easy it is to use.

Drawing - Create Lines

Select the line symbol from the toolbar.
Now click on the map window with your left mouse button in order to add a new knot. Repeat this action for every new line you wish to add.
Click with your right mouse button on the map window in order to erase the last knot you added.
Grabbing the black handles with your left mouse button lets you move around the knots you created.
The options of the line can be set using the Properties Dialogue.

Drawing - Create Ellipsoids

Select the above tool symbol from your drawing toolbar.
Click on the map window with your left mouse button and hold it down.
Now open the ellipse by moving your mouse to the lower right. Pressing the [CTRL]-key at the same time will keep the origin of your ellipse in the center of the screen, otherwise it will be in the upper left. When holding the [SHIFT]-Key, your ellipse will be evenly opened.
Now release the mouse button.
Choose the Properties Dialogue in order to change the options of your ellipse, close it afterwards.
Using the black handles you may alter height and width of your ellipse at any time.

Drawing - Create Rectangles

Select the above shown symbol from the toolbar.
Left-click with your mouse on the map window and hold down the mouse button.
Now open the rectangle to the lower right. While pressing the [CTRL]-key at the same time you can keep the origin of the rectangle centered, otherwise it will be in the upper left. When pressing the [SHIFT]-key at the same time the rectangle will be opened as a perfect square.
Now release the mouse button.
Choose the Properties Dialogue to customize your rectangle and close it once you are done.
Using the black handles you can alter your rectangles width and height.

Drawing - Create Polygons

Select the above shown symbol from the toolbar.
Left-click with your mouse into the map window in order to create a new knot for the polygon.
Right-click into the map window in order to erase the knot you previously created.
Using the black handles you may move the knots of your polygon around until it fits your purpose.
The preferences of your polygon can be customized by using the Properties Dialogue.

Drawing - Add Text

Select the above shown symbol from the toolbar.
Left-click with your mouse into the map window in order to insert text at that location.
Choose the Properties Dialogue for your text. There you may also apply options to several rows of text. Close the dialogue afterwards.

Drawing - Insert Clipart

Select the above shown symbol from the toolbar.
Left-click with your mouse on the map window, a picture will be inserted at that location.
Use the Properties Dialogue to choose the filename of the desired picture and close it afterwards.
Using the black handles you can alter width and height of your picture afterwards.

Drawing - Select Elements

Select the above shown symbol from the toolbar.
Left-click with your mouse onto the desired element to activate it. Hold down the [SHIFT]-key to select more than one element.
Left-click with your mouse on the selected elements and keep the button pressed. Now drag the selection to the desired location and release the mouse button once you are done.
Double-click on an element to invoke the Properties Dialogue. This will however not work when more than one element is activated.

Drawing - Element Properties

Select the above shown symbol from the toolbar or press the [ENTER]-key alternatively.
Depending on the chosen element you will be displayed the respective Properties Dialogue, which allows you to adjust several parameters.
Activate the "Standard" check box in the dialogue window in order to use the adjusted properties for all new elements.

Properties of Lines

You can alter the following parameters of a line: line strength and line color.

Properties of Ellipses, Rectangles and Polygons

You can alter the following parameters for ellipses, rectangles and polygons: line strength, line color, fill mode and fill color.

Properties of Text Elements

You can alter the following text properties: text color, text font, font size, font style and the text itself. Additionally you may add several lines of text.

Properties of Images

You may insert pictures either from a given clipart or from a local file into the current drawing. Choose between <From template>, to add a given picture from prepared clipart or <From file:>, to add a picture from a local folder on your computer.

Drawing - Move Elements to the Front

Select the above shown symbol from the toolbar. All currently chosen elements in the drawing will be moved one layer up towards the user.

Drawing - Move Elements to the Back

Select the above shown symbol from the toolbar. All currently chosen elements in the drawing will be moved one layer down away from the user.

Drawing - Duplicate Elements

Select the above shown symbol from the toolbar or press the hotkey [CTRL-D]. All chosen elements will now be duplicated and located next to to their originals on the map window.

Drawing - Delete Elements

Select the above shown symbol from the toolbar or press the [DELETE]-key alternatively. All chosen elements will now be deleted from your drawing.

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