Dialogs and Views > Course configuration dialogs > Course dialog > Course dialog

This is a tab in the Course Dialog, controlling settings for a given course.

The left hand side of the dialog window has the settings for course type, start/finish, overprint, control descriptions, and estimated load.

Discipline

When you created the Condes event file, you selected an event discipline. When you create a new course, the Discipline setting will automatically be set to the event discipline. You can override this by selecting a different discipline here. Refer to Event Disciplines to see the characteristics of each discipline.

Course type

The type of the course:

oNormal course

oScore-O Course

oString Course, no leg lines

oString Course, leg lines

oTrail-O Course, no leg lines

oTrail-O Course, leg lines

Length

This the the length that appears for example in the length field of the control description header.

The length can be calculated automatically, or it can be entered manually. This is controlled via the

Use calculated length check box.

Check this box to automatically calculate the course length using the controls' co-ordinates. The course length is calculated along the course leg line.

Calculate along "route choice" check box.

Check this box to calculate the course length along the "route choice line" - as required for MTBO courses.

Climb (Optional)

The text to appear in the course climb field of the control description header.

Auto-calculate the climb

When checking this box, Condes calculates the climb for the course using the climb values that you have entered for each course leg. See How to calculate course climb for details

Rogaine

A Rogaine course is essentially Score O course. To support Rogaine conventions, there are two additional Rogaine related settings for Score O courses

This course has all controls When this option is checked, Condes automatically adds all controls to the course. If you create a new control, it will be automatically added to this course

Use Rogaine points convention When this option is checked, the points value for each control overrides the configured points value for the controls, and instead uses the Rogaine convention, where the points value is equal to the control code rounded down to the nearest multiple of 10.

Control Descriptions

Use this setting to control whether the descriptions for this course appear as symbolic or textual.
The setting applies for

ocontrol descriptions printed separately

ocontrol descriptions printed on the map if not overridden in the properties dialog for the control description. To override, double click on the control description and select the "Appearance" tab.