These are very simple questions that are clearly answered in the begining pages of the Maptitude manual. There you will also find quick tutorials to do yourself, which many users have found extremely helpful.
Obviously you use a line layer for creation of line features such as streets or railroads. An area layer would be used for...areas, and points for points. The attribute fields can be added at any time, but you can start adding attribute fields after you click on "file" "New". Just follow the prompts or click on the appropriate dialog box.
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Pam Lardear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Pam Lardear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Peter,
Thanks for your response; I'm not quite getting it though.
When I create a new geographic layer, on which I want to draw roads and
buildings, what kind of layer do I use, and what do I do for the attributes?
It would be great help to be able to figure this out.
Pam
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-----Original Message-----
From: Peter H. Van Demark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 11:03 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Maptitude] freehand line size
Pam:
So far no one has responded to you, so I will try to answer your question:
>I am trying to draw in roads using the freehand line tool, and am having
>trouble with the size. I know there s a setting for changing the size of
>freehand items when page size changes, but that does not seem to have any
>effect. I have a number of freehand boxes (buildings) which change sizes
>when I zoom in and out, so the relative size to the map stays in
>proportion. But the roads seem to stay constant, so when I zoom out the
>road are disproportionately large. What can I do to make all of my
>freehand items stay in proportion when I zoom in and out?
First, features such as roads and buildings are normally created and edited
in geographic files, not as freehand items. Use the File-New command to
create a new line or area geographic file, then use the Tools-Map
Editing-Toolbox command to open the Map Editing toolbox to create and edit
road lines or building areas.
Second, buildings are two-dimensional so as you zoom in or out they should
get larger or smaller. Roads are one-dimensional so they should get longer
or shorter, but not wider. The width is controlled by the style of the
layer; choose Map-Layers, highlight the layer, and click Style to change
the style of a layer.
So, if you use geographic files to add road or building layers to your map,
I think you will get better results.
Peter
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