Layout drawing

To print the map, you need to create a layout. A layout is made up of one or more maps and other supporting elements such as a title, north arrow, legend, scale bar, and so on.

Here, the "Chengdu Metro Line Map" is made as a layout. The specific operation steps are as follows:

Create Layout

Select Create Layout in the Workspace Manager-> Layout Context Menu to create a blank layout by selecting the Layput Template in the window and selecting Blank Layout here.
In the Layout tab-> Page Setup group, you can set the Paper Orientation, Paper Size, and page margins of the layout page according to the actual needs of the plot. In this example, set the Paper Orientation to "Landscape". Paper Size is "A4" and margins are "Normal". In the Layout Settings group, you can set the number of horizontal and vertical pages of the layout page. You can consider adjusting the number of horizontal and vertical pages when plotting at a large scale or when the plotting range is large.

Insert a map

Click Object Operation tab-> Object Drawing group-> Map button, select Rectangle in the pop-up drop-down list, and directly drag and draw at the corresponding position on the layout page. The Select Fill Map dialog will pop up, and all the maps saved in Workspace will be listed in the drop-down list. Select the map to be plotted. In this example, select Chengdu Metro Line Map.
Select Lock Map in the Context Menu of LayoutMap to browse the Current Map by zooming in, zooming out, panning, etc. After the operation, click Lock Map again.

Insert text

Click Object Operation tab-> Object Drawing group-> Text button, directly click the corresponding position on the layout page to input Text Info, and right click to end the input.
Select Text Info, and you can adjust its position in the layout by dragging the mouse or pressing up, down, left and right keys on the keyboard.
Select Text Info, and select Properties in the Context Menu. In the Properties panel- > Text Info that pops up on the right side of the interface, you can set Text Style parameters such as Font, Font Size, Font Height, Text Color, etc. In this example, the effect of setting Text Style is shown in the following figure.

Insert a legend

Legends, scales, north arrows, etc. Are bound to the map, so to insert these features, you need to select the map in the layout first.

Click the Object Operation tab-> Object Drawing group-> Legend button to directly draw the legend at the corresponding position on the layout page.
In the pop-up Select Layer dialog box, select the layer to generate the legend. Here, select the "Subway @ Subway # 1" thematic map layer. All single values of the layer are generated by default. You can select Split Layout Elements in the Legend Context Menu to split the legend into separate elements for modification.
Select all the modified elements, and select Combine Layout Elements from the Context Menu to recombine them. In this example, the local effect after recombining the legend is shown in the following figure:

Insert Additional Layout Finishing Features

Other layout finishing elements, such as scale, compass, pictures, tables, etc., can be added according to the needs of the plot. The method of addition and the editing and modification of the element after addition are basically similar to the Insert Text and Insert Map mentioned above, and will not be described in detail here.

The following figure shows the preliminary layout:

Layout Output

The prepared layout supports Export as Image and PDF, but does not support direct printing.