A number of settings can be performed here. The settings are saved for each user.
Open the Settings window
Select Settings > Preferences. The Settings window opens.
Tabs in the Settings window
The following tabs are available in the window:
•Basic
•Color
•Handling of file types
•Snapping
•Export/Print
•Screen scaling
Settings in the Settings window
Tool buttons
OK
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Activates new settings and closes the window.
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Apply
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Activates new settings without closing the window.
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Reset tab
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Returns to the original settings.
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Cancel
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Closes the window. Any changes are not activated.
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Tab Basic
Selection
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Click accuracy
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The click accuracy setting controls how close to a component you must left-click for it to be selected. The value also affects the number of selectable components displayed when you right-click in the graphical view.
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Map data load
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Rita under laddning
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Select the check box if you want map objects to be drawn as data is loaded from the database. Otherwise, the loading takes place completely before drawing on the screen is started.
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Drawing
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Fill polygons
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Select the check box if you want polygons and symbols to be displayed with fill color.
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Use complementary color when needed
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Select the check box if you want graphics in, for example, reference files to be drawn in the complementary color of the background color when necessary, and thus always be visible in the graphical view.
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Other
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Show scale
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Select/unselect the checkbox if you want to show/hide a scale log in all graphical views.
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Show tooltips for objects
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Infotext is a box with informative text that appears when you rest the mouse pointer over an object, for example the object's ID.
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Zoom around view center
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Affects the function when zooming where the Shift key and the right mouse button are used at the same time. Select the check box if you want the zoom function to occur around the center point of the active view.
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Graphical changeset selector
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Clear the check box to use the old look for the Select Changeset window.
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Tab Color
Changeset specific settings
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This option can be used when changes are to be saved in the specific changeset that the user is logged into, instead of per user.
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Color
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Background
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The background in all graphical views.
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Highlighted
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Color of objects covered by e.g. the result of a trace.
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Object
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Colorize changed object
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Select the check box if you want all components in the current changeset to be displayed in a different color. If the checkbox is not selected, modified components are displayed according to their normal drawing attributes.
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Colorize locked object
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Select the checkbox if you want map objects that are locked - i.e. which is edited in a different changeset - should be displayed in a different color. If the checkbox is not selected, locked map objects are displayed in the default map settings.
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Grid
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Locked grid
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Color of the support points in the grid. When the grid is locked, vertices are automatically snapped to the grid support points.
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Unlocked grid
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Color of the support points in an unlocked grid.
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Tab handling of file types
In the Handling of file types tab, you can edit how the application should handle the exported pdf and xlsx file types. Exported pdf and xlsx files are listed in the tab.
1.For example, open an attribute form or run a query in the Query Tool.
2.Choose to export the result in the window to, for example, a pdf or spreadsheet program. A dialog box will open.
3.Choose how you want to manage the file type by choosing Open or Save and if you want the settings to be remembered, check the box Remember my settings.
4.The pdf or excel file will then be listed in the File Type Management tab of the Change Settings window with the settings just selected. Here you can then change the default action using the drop-down list for the respective file type.
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Tab Snapping
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To snap using the different snap modes, press the middle button or scroll wheel on the mouse.
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Select snap mode
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Vertex
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The line on the image is defined by vertex a, b, and c. The function suggests vertex b, which is closest to the mouse cursor. Does not snap to vertex of point symbols.
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Vertex, symbol justification point
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A symbol's justification point is the same as its center point or insertion point. Snaps to the vertices of both lines and polygons as well as to the justification point of point symbols.
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Mid point
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Snaps to the mathematical midpoint of a line segment regardless of where on the line you click. Example: the line b - c in the figure.
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Closest point
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The function suggests a new point on the component closest to the mouse cursor when snapping. The search radius of which components can hit is controlled by the value of Selection Distance (m) under the Basic tab under Settings.
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Intersecting pair of points
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1) Snap to point 1 and point 2. They define the first imaginary line.
2) Then snap to point 3 and point 4. They define the second imaginary line.
3) Confirm the proposed intersection with the left mouse button, or reject with the right mouse button.
The function gives an intersection point between the imaginary lines (and the possible extension of the lines) that arise from the respective pair of points. Snapping can be done to vertices on lines and polygons and to adjustment points of symbols.
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Intersecting lines
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Snap first on line 1, then on line 2. The function suggests the point where the two lines intersect.
Confirm the proposed intersection with the left mouse button, or reject with the right mouse button.
The lines do not have to intersect visually.
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Symbol justification point
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Snap setting works like Vertex, symbols justification point but prioritizes snapping to symbols.
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Perpendicular to line
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1) Snap to a starting point.
2) Snap to an existing line.
The function creates a new point at the intersection of an existing line (and its possible extension) and an imaginary line perpendicular to the existing one, where the imaginary line starts at a specified starting point. The function suggests the point on the line (or its imaginary extension) that gives the shortest distance to the starting point.
Zooming, panning, or right-clicking with this snap mode set will "reset" the snap mode and you need to reinitialize the function by first snapping to the last point you created.
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Snap on text components
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The function snaps to text components.
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The function snaps to the text component vertices. To display them:
1.Select Show > Geometry for component.
2.Select the desired text component. |
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Tab Export/Print
PDF
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Background color
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White
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always displays the pdf file with a white background.
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Black
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always displays the pdf file with a black background.
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Current color
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always displays the pdf file with the color setting made under Change Settings > Background Color.
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Fonts
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Show warning about missing fonts
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The Show missing fonts warning check box allows you to check and restore fonts.
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Check and reset fonts
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When you click, the program starts a search for missed fonts.
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Free plot preview
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Window size
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The Freeplot Preview Window Size slider allows you to change the Freeplot Preview window size by adjusting the slider.
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Hide scale ruler
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Hides scale bars when printing a map area on multiple print sheets.
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Hide page number
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Hides page numbers when printing a map area on multiple print sheets.
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Printer
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Resolution
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The Force printer resolution (dpi) checkbox provides a drop-down list of options to select a forced resolution.
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Settings dialog
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Java
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The Java Dialogs radio button uses Java's dialogs for printer settings and this setting is recommended.
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Operating system
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The Operating system native dialogs radio button uses operating system native dialogs for printer settings. This setting is recommended if printer settings cannot be affected with the Java window.
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Tab Screen scaling
In the Screen Scaling tab, there are options to adjust the screen scaling settings via a slider. This is especially useful where 4K screens are used. The scaling settings change the size of text and tool buttons.
The settings are stored per client computer and per user, which means that each user can have individual settings.
Drag the slider to change the scaling settings. Examples of the result are shown below the slider and you are asked if the application should be closed when the settings have been changed.
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The application must be restarted for the settings to take effect.
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