Most of what is new in Condes 11 addresses one problem: events where not everyone runs off the same printed map. Unlimited canvases, Print Layouts, and printing several canvases in one operation work together to handle different maps, different scales, and map exchange. The rest are smaller additions to graphics, printing and navigation.
Create new canvases as needed
Earlier versions of Condes had a fixed set of 5 canvases. In Condes 11 you can create as many as the event needs.
A canvas holds a map and the courses you have placed on it. Each canvas has its own map, printout scale, graphics layout and set of courses — so you can now use one canvas per genuine variation of the printed map:
▪Different maps - a sprint map and a forest map in the same event, or two adjoining map sheets that a long course runs across.
▪The same map at a different scale - put the map on a second canvas and set a different printout scale under Canvas / Map, for example 1:10,000 for M16 and 1:7,500 for M55. You do not need a second map file.
▪The same map with different graphics - a canvas that uses the map from another canvas can either keep its own graphics layout or share that canvas's layout. Graphics layouts can display various map texts, club and sponsor logos, relay team name etc. Graphics for one set of classes therefore stay off the other printouts, and editing one layout cannot disturb the other.
▪Purpose-built canvases - relay legs, multi-day stages, the model event, the control pick-up map: each on its own canvas rather than as extra courses on a shared one.
Print Layouts then determines which canvas each part of a course is printed on.
Print Layouts – Full control over what prints from where
Print Layouts answer questions like these:
▪A course starts on one map, continues onto a second, and comes back to the first. Can the last part be printed on the same sheet as the first, or does it need its own?
▪M16 runs the course on a 1:10,000 map and M55 on 1:7,500. How do I make sure each class gets the right one?
If your event uses one map printed at one scale, none of this needs your attention — Condes sets it up for you. Read on if you recognize either question.
Each course has one or more Print Layouts. A Print Layout defines which parts of the course are printed together on one map, and which canvas each part is printed from. Classes are matched to a Print Layout by their preferred map scale, so each class gets the right version without you choosing it at print time.
What used to take several print runs and manual assembly is now part of the course definition. See Print Layouts
Every course always has at least one Print Layout. Condes creates it for you and points it at the first canvas the course is on, so there is nothing you need to set up.
Printing and Export – multiple canvases at once
Earlier versions of Condes printed or exported one canvas at a time. In Condes 11, the Print Maps with Courses and Export courses as PDF dialogs list every course with its Print Layouts, showing which canvas each layout prints from and which classes use it. You select what you need and print it in a single pass, including multipart courses that combine on the same page — so nothing gets forgotten. Printing a single canvas on its own still works as before.
Graphic objects – overprint effect and standard course color
Graphic objects (lines, text and so on) have always supported color. Condes 11 adds two settings:
▪Overprint effect — the object blends with the map colors underneath instead of knocking them out, the same way course overprint does, so rocks, paths and contours stay visible beneath it.
▪Standard course color — instead of picking a color, set the object to follow the standard course color. It then matches the control circles and lines, and follows any later change to that color.
Text on back of map – now with event name
The text page printed on the back of the map can now include the event name, alongside the course, class and relay team texts. When several courses or several days are printed at once, officials can identify a stack of maps from the back without turning them over and exposing the course. See Setup Text on back of map dialog.
Google Street View – one click from map to terrain
Select the Street View button in the toolbar and click a point on the map: your web browser opens Google Street View at that location. Drag instead of clicking, and Street View opens looking in the direction you dragged.
Useful for checking road access, parking, and arena and spectator areas without driving out to the terrain. The map must be georeferenced.
Zooming – smooth zoom, any zoom level, and Zoom to layout frame
Earlier versions of Condes zoomed in fixed steps between 20% and 5000%. In Condes 11 you can use any zoom level in that range:
•Zoom selector: the list in the toolbar still offers the familiar steps, and you can now also type any percentage, e.g. 130%, and press Enter.
•Ctrl + mouse wheel: zooms smoothly instead of jumping between steps.
•Zoom slider: a new slider in the status bar lets you drag to any zoom level.
•F7 / F8: Zoom in and Zoom out work as before, one step at a time.
Zoom to layout frame is a new command that joins Zoom in, Zoom out and Zoom to course. It sets the zoom level to fit the window to the layout frame, the area that will actually be printed. Use it when adjusting the layout frame or checking that a course fits the page.