Instructions for use

When we need to add Scale for Mapin the current layout, we can do it through Draw Scale.

Operation steps

1. Select the Map that requires Draw Scale in Layout.
2. Click the Scale button in the Object Operation tab-> Object Drawing group.
3. Click and drag the mouse at the position where Draw Scale is required in the current Layout to draw the scale of the Map based on the attributes of the selected Map.
4. After drawing, you can modify the scale style through the Attribute item in the Scale Context Menu. The related Parameter Description is as follows:
   • Map Name: Displays the name of the map associated with the current scale.
   • Scale bar type: Used to set and display the scale bar type of Current Map. Click the Drop-down Button on the right side of the combo box, and select any type of scale in the pop-up drop-down menu. The scale in Layout will be refreshed in real time according to the selected type of scale.
   • Scale unit: Sets and displays the unit of the current Map Scale. Click the Drop-down Button on the right side of the combo box, and select a scale unit from the drop-down menu that pops up. The system provides 18 types of units in Chinese and English, including millimeter, centimeter, decimeter, meter, kilometer, inch, foot, mile and yard.
   • Main Scale Value: It is used to set the width of the main scale of the current Map Scale, as shown in the following figure. It is set to 400.

     

   • Number of main divisions: It is used to set the total number of main divisions of the scale. As shown in the figure above, the number of main divisions is 2.
   • Number of divisions: Used to set the number of divisions between major divisions in the scale bar. The number of divisions is 2 by default, as shown in the figure above.
   • Scale Frequency: Set the scale frequency, and provide four selection parameters: Zero and End, Major Scale, Major Scale and First Bar, and Major Scale and All bar, as shown in the above figure. Set to Major Scale and All bar.
   • Numeric Frequency: It is used to control whether the scale displays the numeric label. The selection parameters provided are consistent with the scale frequency. It is recommended to set the same parameter as the scale frequency, or set the display frequency less than scale frequency, as shown in the figure above, as Main Scale.
   • Main scale height: Used to set the height of the main scale.
   • Division Height: Used to set the height of the division.
   • Font Style: Click the Settings..: button on the right of the tab to pop up the Font Style Settings dialog box, where you can set the style of the annotation font in the current scale. Refer to the Style tab page for the specific setting method.
   • Scale bar width: Displays the total width of the current scale bar.
   • Scale bar height: Displays the height of the current scale bar.
   • Lower left corner position: Used to display the coordinate value of the lower left corner of the current scale bar. The text box to the right of the X, Y label is only used for the coordinate value of the lower left corner of the Display Scale and cannot be set. When you select the scale bar with the mouse and move its position in Layout, the coordinate values displayed in the text boxes to the right of the X, Y labels here change accordingly.
   • Diaplay from right to left: If this check box is checked, the entire scale bar will be Diaplay from right to left, that is, the smallest scale is on the right and the largest scale is on the left.

Caution:

The Pre-condition of
• Draw Scale is that there is a drawn Map in the current Layout, which is in the selected state and is not locked.
The process of
• Draw Scale is consistent with the drawing of Geometry.