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Add and Manage Curves

You can easily draw routes on your map by following this guide.

Add curves

Add Curves on the map
  1. Make sure that you are in Edit Mode. Click the Edit Mode button below the horizontal toolbar if you are not.
  2. Click the Add Map Curves button on the vertical toolbar.
  3. Click on the map to as the starting point of the curve line, and click on another location to denote the end point.
  4. Then move your mouse sideways to define the curvature of your curve line. When it matches what you need, right click on the map to confirm with the curvature of your line.

Follow this video tutorial for the add curve lines procedure.

Edit a curve

  1. You can change the course and curvature of the line in the following ways.
    • Click the Select button on the vertical toolbar, and choose the curve line you want to change.
    • Expand the Map Curves Panel to the right hand side and select the curve line from the list.
  2. Anchor points are shown at the two ends and the curvature of each curve line.
    • You can drag the starting and ending anchor points to adjust the orientation and length of the curve line.
    • You can click the curvature anchor point to change how the curve line bends.

Curve properties

You can change the properties of each route in the following ways.

  • Click the Select button on the vertical toolbar, and select the route you want to change.
  • Expand the Map Curves Panel to the right hand side and select the curve line from the list.

Here is the complete list of Curve Properties.

Properties Description
Category ID Assign the map curve to a category.
Stroke
Color Change the color of the curve line from the color palette.
Width Change the thickness of the curve line from the drop down menu.
Style Change to solid or dashed lines from the drop down menu.
Symbol Select symbol for Start and End point.
Action
Link to Web Address Set the URL of the curve line so that it would open the link when it is clicked. Enter your desired web address in the first box, and choose the target of the link in the second drop down menu. Here are the options:
  • New Window (_blank)
  • Same Frame (_self)
  • Parent Frame (_parent)
  • Root Frame (_top)
  • You may enter the name of the frame as the link target.
Show infobox Enter the content you want to display upon hovering the route with cursor. Our infobox supports HTML content, so you can add formatted text, images, videos and even forms to the infobox. Please ensure that your content is well-formed and syntactically correct to avoid any display issues.

If you are not familiar with coding, you could add infobox content using Rich Text Editor.
  • Select "Rich Text Editor"
  • Mouse click in the space below, and then an "Infobox Wizard" will be popped up
  • Select an infobox layout
  • Upload an image and edit the size of it
  • Enter and edit text content using tools in the menu bar
  • Click "OK" to complete the editing

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