Point Symbol Style Settings Area

The Symbol Style Settings area in the Marker Symbol Selector allows you to make Style settings for the point symbol, including point Marker Size, color, angle, and other effects.

First, select a point symbol in the symbol list, and the style set in the Symbol Style Settings area will be applied to the selected point symbol.

Symbol Style Settings area

The following describes which styles can be set in the Symbol Style Settings area and how to set them.

Point Marker Size

Marker Size and Display Size

When making a point symbol, the Valid Range in the symbol editing area corresponds to the Valid Range of the point symbol after making, as shown in the following figure. In practical application, the display size of the point symbol in the map is determined by setting the Marker Size of the point, wherein the size of the point symbol is divided into Marker Size and Display Size:

  • The Display Size of the symbol is the size of the smallest Bounds of all Geometry contained in the pointer symbol.
  • Marker Size is the size of the Valid Range of the symbol.
  • When making a point symbol in the symbol editing area, the ratio of the minimum Bounds of all the Geometry drawn (within the Valid Range of the symbol editing area) to the width and height of the Valid Range of the symbol editing area. The minimum Bounds of all Geometry contained in the point symbol are always consistent with the width-to-height ratio of the symbol's Valid Range. Thus, by setting the value of Marker Size, the value of Display Size of the symbol can be calculated according to the scale, and vice versa.
  • When making a point symbol in the symbol editing area, the minimum Bounds of all the Geometry drawn (within the Valid Range of the symbol editing area) and the Relative of the Valid Range of the symbol editing area are made. The minimum Bounds of all the Geometry contained in the point symbol is always consistent with the Relative of the symbol's Valid Range. In this way, the position of the object content of the point symbol relative to the Valid Range of the symbol does not change no matter how the size of the point symbol changes.

The Marker Size of a point symbol is equal to the Display Size if the minimum Bounds range of all Geometry contained in the point symbol coincides with the Valid Range of the point symbol. Usually, the maker of the symbol and the user of the symbol are not the same person, so the user is not clear about the width-height ratio between the minimum Bounds of all Geometry contained in the symbol and the Valid Range of the symbol when the maker of the symbol makes the symbol. The setting of the Display Size of the symbol provides convenience for the user to directly control the display size of the contents of the point symbol.

Marker Size and Display Size Diagram

If the Marker Size of the point symbol shown in the figure above is set to 50 during Symbol Style Settings, and it is known that the width to height ratio of the Valid Range of the symbol and the minimum Bounds of all Geometry contained in the point symbol is 5:3, then, The Display Size of the symbol can be calculated to be 30; if the Display Size of the symbol is set to 60, the Marker Size can be calculated to be 100.

  • Symbol Size: The two value boxes of

    symbol width and symbol height are used to set the height and width of Marker Size respectively, and the unit is 0.1 mm. The value can be set by entering the value, or by clicking the arrow on the right to pop up the slider. The value can be set by adjusting the position of the slider or by clicking the zoom in or zoom out button.

    When using the Marker Symbol Selector to set the symbolization style of the point objects on the map layer, if it is necessary to hide the point symbol, the point objects on the symbolized map layer will not have any display style, that is, they will not be visible. You can set the Marker Size "or Display Size" to a value of -1.

  • Display Size：

    Display Width and Show Altitude are two value boxes, which are respectively used to set the height and width of the symbol Display Size, and the unit is 0.1 mm. The value can be set by entering the value, or by clicking the arrow on the right to pop up the slider. The value can be set by adjusting the position of the slider or by clicking the zoom in or zoom out button.

  • Lock Aspect Ratio：

    Check the Lock Aspect Ratio "check box. When setting the Marker Size and Display Size as well as the width value, the height value will be automatically adjusted according to the symbol proportion to ensure that the symbol width-height ratio remains unchanged; Conversely, when the height value is set, the width value is automatically adjusted. If the Lock Aspect Ratio "check box is not checked, you can set the height and width values of the symbol separately, regardless of the width-to-height ratio of the symbol.

The dot symbol rotates

Rotate: Rotation angle used to set the symbol. The unit of the value is: degree. The value can be set by entering the value, or by clicking the arrow on the right to pop up the slider. The value can be set by adjusting the position of the slider or by clicking the zoom in or zoom out button.

Point Symbol Color

Color: Used to set the display color of the symbol. Click the Drop-down Button on the right to pop up the color panel. Select or specify the color of the symbol. If the selected symbol is Raster Symbol, the color of the symbol cannot be set; If the selected symbol is a Vector Symbol, but some strokes of the symbol are set to Fix Color when the symbol is created, then after setting the color of the point symbol, the color is only effective for the strokes that are not set to Fix Color; the strokes of the symbol with Fix Color remain the original color.

Dot symbol effect

Transparency: Used to set the transparency of the symbol. You can set the symbol's transparency only on a Raster Symbol. Transparency can range from 0 to 100, where 0 is completely opaque and 100 is completely transparent. The value can be set by entering the value, or by clicking the arrow on the right to pop up the slider. The value can be set by adjusting the position of the slider or by clicking the zoom in or zoom out button.