Hi MK, Try Tools-->Geographic Utilities-->Mask...
Regards, Rudy B. Maptitude 5.0 & 6.0 2012/1/20 Reinaldo Paul Pérez Machado <[email protected]> > ** > > > ** Hi, > > Another way is to select all the counties you *do not* want to show on > the map (easily acquired by Selection->Combine selection->By->Choosing > features not in) and then Changing the Status of the Not selection to > Invisible (on Selection Settings). > > Cheers, > > Reinaldo > > ------------------------------ > > furyqba wrote: > > > > > > There are a couple of ways you can emphasize just one region in a map or > layout, and yes, you'll be using selection sets. > > If you just want to "white out" all the counties except one, change the > layer style for the Counties layer to have a solid white fill, then change > the fill style of your selection set to "None". Note that this will only > fill in the areas with the selected color; you may need to change your > layer order to get it to cover up other layers. Also, if your Counties > layer has a border style selected, that will appear even for the > "blanked-out" counties. > > Another approach (and this is what is frequently used in the tutorials) is > to create a new geographic file that contains only the areas you're working > in. For example, if you were planning on making a number of maps focusing > on the state of Kentucky and wanted a "Counties" layer that only included > the counties in Kentucky, you would: > > 1. Open the geographic file you want to work with (for example, > ccCounty.cdf) > 2. Select the areas that you want to include (all the counties in Kentucky) > 3. From the Tools menu, choose Export... (the first drop-down, "Export", > should have "Selection" as your choice) > 4. Click OK and choose a name to save your new geographic file (for > example, you could call it KentuckyCounties.cdf). > > When you open KentuckyCounties.cdf, you'll only see those counties that > were in your selection set. If you're frequently working within a single > region, making a local version of each of the geographic files you use will > save you lots of time and hassle in the future. > > HTH > > -- > Keiran > > --- In [email protected], "mdkarkowsky" > <mdkarkowsky@...><mdkarkowsky@...>wrote: > > > > Hi, > > Novice question. > > All the maps in the tutorial book have this nice way of giving detail to > the area being analyzed while giving blank solid color to everything > surrounding. Its like putting your county on a blank background. I can't > figure out how to do that (with selection tools?), and can't seem to find > the right page in the help guide. I guess its so obvious even a novice > should know how to do it. > > Thanks for any help > > MK > > > > > -- Aniruddha Banerjee, Ph.D.
