Changing and Customizing Maps TransCAD Changing and Customizing Maps 2019/4/29

Maps Maps convey information in many different ways. You can use styles, labels, and legends to enhance a map so that it communicates more effectively and looks more attractive. TransCAD uses the term style to talk about the colors, patterns, symbols, and lines that are used to draw map features. Symbol sizes, line widths, and area borders are measured in points, a standard unit of size for Windows applications. There are 72 points per inch. 2019/4/29

Styles for Point Layers Features in a point layer are drawn with your choice of symbol type: Font character from a Windows True Type font: you can choose the font, the symbol or other character, the color, the size, and a few other settings. Color bitmap: you can choose the bitmap (.BMP) file and the size. You can use any bitmap, though small bitmaps will display more quickly. 2019/4/29

Change the Style of a Point Layer 2019/4/29

Styles for Line Layers 2019/4/29

Styles for Area Layers 2019/4/29

Change the Background Style 2019/4/29

Label a Map Automatically 2019/4/29

Label a Map Manually 2019/4/29

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Manage Feature Display Settings 2019/4/29

Using Legends 2019/4/29

Changing the General Appearance and Location of the Legend 2019/4/29

Using the Drawing Tools Text, Curved Text Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Circle, Polygon Line, Curve Symbol, North arrow, Bitmap 2019/4/29

Operate Freehand Item Select, Change Size, Control the Size and Position, Rotate a Text of Symbol Item, Move Freehand Items, Edit Freehand Items 2019/4/29

Align Freehand Items 2019/4/29