Draw a map

Instructions for use

The Map Drop-down Button provides the ability to draw a map in the current Layout. Clicking on the button will bring up a drop-down menu, and further functions can be achieved by selecting items in the drop-down menu. The Drop-down Button menu provides six map filling shapes including rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, polygon, ellipse, oblique ellipse and circle.

Mode of operation

  1. Click the "Map" Drop-down Button, select the "Rectangle" item in the pop-up drop-down menu, and the mouse status in the current Layout will change to the drawing status. 。 (You can also click the button corresponding to the Other Type fill shape in the drop-down list to draw the map with the selected fill shape.)
  2. Click and drag the mouse at the position of the map to be drawn to draw a rectangular box for filling the map in the current Layout according to the method of Draw Rectangle.
  3. After the rectangle is drawn, the Select Fill Map "dialog box will pop up, asking the user to select a map.
  4. The user can click the Drop-down Button on the right side of the "Select Map:" tab, and select a map that already exists in the Current Workspace in the pop-up drop-down list for filling.
  5. When you click the OK button, the selected map is drawn with a rectangular fill.
  6. In addition to the Draw Rectangle fill box, the user can also select other map fill shapes in the drop-down list of the "Map" Drop-down Button, such as Rounded Rectangle, polygon, ellipse, oblique ellipse, circle, etc., to draw the map in Layout with other fill shapes. The effect of filling the map with different shapes is shown in the following figure.
    Figure: Rectangle Fill Figure: Rounded Rectangle Fill Figure: Ellipse Fill
  7. Modify map properties: Double-click the Map with properties to be modified; or select the Map, right click, and select the "Properties" item in the pop-up Context Menu to pop up the "Layout Map Properties" window.
      The Drop-down Button to the right of the Maps tab in the
    • Specify associated map: Layout Map Properties "window is used to display and set the map associated with the current fill box. Click the Drop-down Button to the right of the label to select any map existing in the Current Workspace in the drop-down menu as the map associated with the current fill box. When any map is selected as the map associated with the current fill box, the map displayed in the fill box changes to the specified map accordingly.
    • Scale: Display scale of the Current Map in the layout. Users can set the appropriate scale according to the needs of the display. After setting, click "Lock Map" to display the set scale bar size.
    • Angle: You can rotate the Current Map in the layout by specifying an angle. After setting, click "Lock Map" to rotate the map according to the specified angle.
    • Map Center Point: The Center Coordinates of the Current Map area are displayed on the right side of the X and Y labels, which supports copying and pasting the center point of the map layout.
    • Grid Settings: You can add a grid of uniform size to the map in the layout. It provides two types of grid: longitude and latitude grid and kilometer grid. It supports functions such as grid addition, Style Settings, and Labeling Settings. For detailed description of Map Grid, please refer to Map Grid Settings .
    • Border Settings: The Layout Map Properties "window associated with the Map can be used to set the properties of the Map Border. Refer to Border Settings for specific setting methods.

Precautions

  1. After drawing a map in Layout and drawing layout elements such as legend, north arrow, and legend based on the map, if the original map is modified, the legend, north arrow, and scale that have been drawn and associated with the map will not change accordingly.
  2. Map fill shapes are drawn in exactly the same way as they are in the Map and LayoutDraw Surface Objects.
  3. If you need to replace an already drawn map with another map, you can select the map you want to modify and specify the map again in the "Map" group of the "Layout Style" tab.

Related topics

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