Point Symbol Style Settings (map and layout)

As shown in the following figure, the symbol library window is currently loaded with the Marker Symbol Library.

The Preview area in the Symbol Style Settings area of the Symbol Library window is used to preview the Marker Style set by the user.

Symbol Type Displays the type of the selected symbol.

In the Symbol Style Settings area of the symbol library window, you can set the style of the selected point symbol. The following describes how to set the point symbol through the symbol library window:

  1. Select point symbol: In the Marker Symbol Selector, select the desired symbol.
  2. Set the display style of the symbol:
    • Width: Sets the width of the point symbol. The user can enter the value in the spin box to the right of the symbol or click the arrow to the right of the spin box to adjust the width of the symbol using the slider that pops up. Unit: 0.1mm.
    • Height: Sets the height of the point symbol. The user can enter the value in the spin box to the right of the symbol or click the arrow to the right of the spin box to adjust the height of the symbol using the slider that pops up. Unit: 0.1mm.
    • Use Original Size: When this check box is checked, the default width and height of Marker Size are 6.0mm and cannot be modified.
    • Use the original color of the symbol: When this check box is checked, Color defaults to the original color of the symbol and cannot be changed. This check box can only be used for SVG symbols.
    • Lock Aspect Ratio: This check box is used to set whether to fix the ratio of the symbol width to the symbol height when changing the symbol width or the symbol height. This check box is checked by default. If this check box is checked, whichever of the two parameters, symbol width and symbol height, is set, the other will change accordingly.
      Caution:
      • This setting is not available for System Symbol, that is, the aspect ratio of System Symbol is fixed.
    • Symbol Color: Set the color of the point symbol. Click the Drop-down Button on the right side. The user can select Default Color in the pop-up color panel or customize Other Color.
    • Rotate: Set the Rotation angle value of the point symbol. The user can enter the value in the numeric display box on the right side to set it; or click the arrow on the right side of the numeric display box and use the pop-up slider to adjust the angle value. The point symbol angle setting is applied when the Enter key is pressed or when the text box loses focus.
      • Rotation angle is counterclockwise when it is a positive value; otherwise, it is clockwise;
        • The Numerical Precision of the
      • point symbol Rotation angle is 1 in degrees.
    • Transparency: Sets the transparency effect of the point symbol. The user can enter the value in the spin box to the right to set it, or click the increase and decrease buttons to the right of the spin box to adjust the transparency. The value of transparency is any integer between 0 and 100, with 0 being completely opaque and 100 being completely transparent.
  3. After setting, click the OK button in the symbol library window to apply the symbol settings.
Caution:
  • When the Point Layer Settings style is used, if the point symbol used is a TrueType font, it is not supported to set the Marker Size with unequal width and height values, that is, the width and height ratio of the symbol is always 1:1. When the user sets a Marker Size with unequal width and height values, the system automatically sets the width and height values of the Marker Size to be equal and equal to the height value specified by the user.