Border Settings

In the Layout Map Properties window of the map, the user can set whether to display the Map Border and the display style of the border.

The Borders check box is used to control whether the map selected by the current Layout is Borders. Two border types, Single-line and Complex, are provided. After setting the border type, set the style parameter of the single-line or multi-line border.

Single-line Complex
  • Draw corner extension line: Select this check box to extend the outer border line of Map Grid to Map Border. If it is Complex, it will be extended to the inner border of the border. If Corner Label: is set in the grid Labeling Settings, the corner extension line and Corner Label: will be No Overlap, and will not be displayed by default. The corner extension line is shown in the following figure:

  • Single-line: Sets the border type of the selected Map to single-line.
    • Linetype: Click the "Select Linetype" Drop-down Button to pop up the Line Symbol Library resource list. You can select the symbols in the Symbol list as required, or click the "Symbol Design.." button at the bottom of the Line Symbol resource list. In the Symbol Library window that pops up, add another symbol library file as the linetype for the current Single-line.
    • Line Width: The spin box to the right of the label is used to set the line width of the line border. The default is 0.1mm.
    • Color: Set the color of the Single-line. Click the Drop-down Button on the right side of the tab to pop up the color panel. The user can select a color predefined by the system or customize a color to set the color of the Single-line.
    • Distance: indicates the distance between the current border and the underlying map. When the user selects Single-line, the spin box to the right of the Distance tab is grayed out and unavailable.
  • Complex: When the border type of Map is complex, the structure of the border is divided into outer border, inner border, outer border, inner border, border corner area and border filling area. The border of Map can be modified by setting the line type, color, thickness of various wireframes and filling the area part, which can basically meet the needs of users.
    • Inner/Inner/Outer/Outer: When the geographic border is selected as Complex, use Inner/Inner/Outer/Outer to set 0-4 borders for Complex, and set its line type, width, color, and spacing. The setting methods for various types of border lines are the same, and you can refer to the setting method of Single-line. If you set the width of a line to 0, the line is not displayed. Distance represents the distance between the current wireframe and the inner wireframe, and the inner wireframe represents the distance between it and the boundary of the inner map.
    • The Border Style tab below the Border Style: Layout Map Properties "window is used to set the fill content and fill direction for the area between internal and external lines in the Complex.

      Fill Direction: The system provides 2 rotation base points for hatch patterns: outside-in (the default) and inside-out. Outside-in indicates that the hatch pattern is filled from the outside to the inside; inside-out is the opposite, as shown above.

      Fill Settings： The Fill Settings area is used to set the fill pattern between the inner line and the outer line. The system provides three filling methods: No Fill, Text Fill and Picture Fill. The default is No Fill.

      (1) No fill: There is no fill content between the inner line and the outer line.

      (2) Text Fill: Fill with text between the fill patterns from the inner line to the outer line. The user can input text, number or symbol in the text box on the right side of the "Text:" label. The font and color can be selected. The content of the typeface can be selected or input by himself, but only 2 characters can be displayed. The user can click the Drop-down Button on the right of "Text Style:" to pop up the drop-down dialog box of Font Style Settings, in which the user can set the style of the filled text. Refer to the "Style" tab on the Change the style of the Uniform Label thematic map page for the specific setting method.

      (3) Picture Fill: Fill the space between the inner line and the outer line with a picture. Select Picture Fill ", below the tab The button is available. By clicking the button, the user can select a picture for filling in the pop-up Open dialog box. Import Picture can be formatted as *.bmp, *.jpg, *.png, *.gif.

    • Corner Fill: The Corner Fill tab below the Properties window is used to set the fill content and fill direction at the four corners of the area between the interior and exterior lines in the Complex.

      Start Mode: The system provides 4 rotation base points for corner patterns: bottom left, top left, top right, and bottom right. The default starting mode of the system is upper right, which means that the pattern at the upper right corner of the border is a normal view, and the patterns at the other three corners are the results of rotating them by 90 degrees in turn, as shown in the figure above.

      Fill Settings: The Fill Settings area of Corner Fill is exactly the same as that of Border Style. Please refer to the above setting method for details.