Condes Version 8 User Guide
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1. control site status was Section 15 now 16 added note re course annotations was Section 15 now 16 added note re importing controls was Section 15 now 16 added para re pin punches Section 16 adjusted wording on control circle colour para re created table of contents Condes Version 8 User Guide v 2 July 2008 checked for compatibility with Condes v 8 1 7 added section numbers and contents list added mention of Undo and Redo Section 1 minor re wording for emphasis throughout added bit re courses close time Section 14 minor re wording to refer to numbered sections Hilary Quick hilary scottish orienteering or CondesUG HQ v3 this version dated May 2009 page 18 of 182. to do before printing Print area Define the area of map that you want to print Print Maps with courses then choose the appropriate button on the left Then go back through those menu options to do the actual printing see below Circle colour By default Condes uses the IOF standard pinky purple colour If you are getting your maps printed professionally your printer might adjust colour contrast using OCAD to change the overprint colour in Condes go to the Course layout menu and select Setup overprint Frame By default a thick green line gets printed as a frame to your printed area make sure it doesn t look like a band of forest Use the black squares to move the print boundary This line indicates the boundary of the print area Click on it to modify You can change the colour of the frame or choose not to show it from Canvas then select Print area When the print area is active little black squares in the corners as shown above and cursor is 4 headed arrow cross you have to click outside it to de activate it before you can do anything within the print area Such as move a control Otherwise you just move the print area around CondesUG HQ v3 this version dated May 2009 page 12 of 18 12 Print Change the print scale in the Canvas menu at the bottom of the Map window To print go to Print menu select Maps with courses Put tick in box for each course required or All courses or All controls
3. to reverse this process They start by identifying specific features for control sites then reduce the magnification and join controls to produce the desired shape Whichever approach you prefer remember that what you see as a shallow re entrant when you use 400 zoom might be barely visible ona 1 15000 scale printed map Dim the map ayout Print Exp You can also dim the map to see your course more clearly click onthe Dim map 4 button and it ll take you to the next of the 3 available options You can also access this via the Course layout menu Dim map 17 Al TTA A n View courses or controls a ae At the bottom left of the screen is the Task bar where you choose whether to im look at individual controls or courses By default the top one will be selected OA Edit Courses blue on left and you ll be looking at an all controls view Edit Courses is perhaps more useful then select the course you want to see from the list on A 1 a Browse Courses Dg the left of the screen You can choose to hide or show the print boundary you ve currently ayout Print Export Help got set Use the Configure print window toggle button or the Sla alg Show hide option under the Course Layout menu i Configure print window 17 A ITA Ar e 14 90 When this option is on you can see how your map fits on the page and move the thick green or red line to change the print area Click o
4. 7 avoid printing 20 copies as before 12 change control description 7 change control number 7 change event name 1 change print scale 12 check attack angles 10 delete a class 9 delete a control from the event 7 delete a course 8 delete control from a course 7 dim the map 3 import stuff from another event 17 increase size of control number 8 make finish not taped 8 move a control 5 move control number 5 move text box 5 undo last action 1 re do last undone action 1 remove frame round print area 11 show area that will print 3 show courses close time 7 specify amount of climb 8 zoom in on the map 3 Summary of changes Condes Version 8 User Guide v 3b April 2009 reversed order of change log most recent now at top added new Section 16 annotations re numbered old Section 16 as 17 added note re multiple small bits of map on one page Section 12 adjusted wording of section 6 amp added ref to IOF added note re standard settings Section 12 consolidated sections 7 amp 17 checked against Condes v 8 1 13 a few minor bits of re wording improved the How do section Condes Version 8 User Guide v 3a October 2008 revised para re 2 symbols Section 15 Condes Version 8 User Guide v 3 August 2008 CondesUG HQ v3 this version dated May 2009 page 17 of 18 added new Section 9 Classes subsequent sections re numbered added note re crossing points different on different courses was Section 12 now 13 added note re
5. Condes Version 8 User Guide THIS DOCUMENT WAS BASED ON VERSION 8 1 13 OF CONDES IT WILL BE UPDATED AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE TO REFLECT CHANGES WITH NEW RELEASES OF THE SOFTWARE It s an on going project CONDES OFTEN GIVES YOU SEVERAL WAYS TO DO SOMETHING NOT ALL OF THEM ARE MENTIONED HERE There will always be things that have been missed from this document Please contact the author with observations of what should be added THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT ASSUMES REASONABLE COMPUTER LITERACY AND GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF EVERYTHING TO DO WITH COURSE PLANNING Birsemore map snippets reproduced by permission of Mar Orienteering Club Other maps SOA CONTENTS Section Page Interface notes and the really useful bits 2 2 Getting started 2 3 Controlling what you see on the screen 3 4 Creating courses 5 5 Move bend and break things 6 6 Change size of things 8 7 Change things to do with controls 9 8 Change things to do with whole course 10 9 Classes 11 10 Check things 12 11 Things to do before printing 12 12 Print 13 13 Crossing points 13 14 Graphics objects 13 15 Control descriptions the set 14 16 Annotations 15 17 Other bits 16 How do 17 Summary of changes 17 CondesUG HQ v3 this version dated May 2009 page 1 of 18 Tip 1 Always start your Condes session by saving your work with a filename that includes today s date File Save Event file as Then if it all goes pear shaped you ve still got yesterday s versio
6. Note that you have the option to fill a page with multiple copies of one course useful if you re doing small bits of map for a training event If you ve got a set of small courses to go on one page just define your print area to be as small enough move control descriptions if you wish so eg 4 courses fit on one A4 page Tick box for landscape if necessary Check in print preview what you re actually going to get and adjust to achieve desired effect Condes remembers the number of copies you last printed which could lead to a nasty surprise But you can change this from the File menu using the option for Standard settings for this PC If you ve got the facility to create PDFs this might be accessible through the print menu Use best quality to get the kind of resolution you ll need This can be useful if sending to someone to print where they haven t got Condes installed 13 Crossing points Insert in a leg in the same way that you insert a control Use the rotate button to angle crossing points appropriately You a Ej mi might need to move the toolbar to show this button you might need to drag and drop the line of vertical dots to reveal it i You then have to click on the Select course object button again to carry out other functions You can make a crossing point mandatory on one course but not on another via the Course leg properties window accessed by the right mouse button when you have highlighted the leg 14 G
7. d on the map canvas click on the New control descriptions button on the right hand side of the screen At this point you can specify various properties of that set Click somewhere on the map to place them Note this will create an additional set of control descriptions To delete that set click once on them then press the delete key and Yes to confirm To change the control descriptions later left click on them then right click and select Properties Under the Course menu there is an option View control description This creates another tab as for separate control descriptions See section 7 for details of allocating and changing descriptions for each control 16 Annotations Course annotations One useful communication tool is the Course annotations option accessed when you right click on the course Further comments can be added using the New button in this window thereby saving numerous separate Word documents CondesUG HQ v3 this version dated May 2009 page 14 of 18 Control annotations You can also add notes to individual controls using the menu that appears when you right click on the control circle or via the Controls menu Leg annotations Sometimes your text is for the leg not the control on either end of it If you want to add some text about a particular leg eg warning of road crossing you can double click on the leg then make the appropriate selection and type your text in the window CondesUG HQ v3 C
8. ding and type or select as appropriate Note that you can import this information from an existing Condes file Mew Copy to the Clipboard Import from a file Class Course control ee Compe ee W14a NE Syebolic D Condes will calculate the total number of competitors at each control from this table and this total is displayed when you hover the mouse over the control circle CondesUG HQ v3 this version dated May 2009 page 11 of 18 To delete a class select it then use Class then Delete 70 Check things Attack angles Tip 5 Under the Course layout menu the last option is to Check attack Avoid having 2 courses angles gt 120 degrees This automatically dims the map and attacking a control from shows in red all the controls that require attention Highlight each near opposite directions it one in turn right click and select Control circle then click the gives random advantage button for Show attack angles The red segments show attack angles the blue show departure angles Course lengths Condes calculates the course from the length of the line joining the controls If you ve defined your compulsory routes etc this should be right However you can override it Right click in the course layout editor with Edit courses selected on the toolbar then select Edit course Remove the tick in the box for automatic calculation of length and type in the box It will accept anything you put in that box 11 Things
9. e control double click on the circle and select the Status and additional text tab This is also where you add text that will come after the control in the descriptions list Control 4 Marking status Textual control description Enter here the textual control description for the control IF this field is left blank Condes will generate a textual description from the names of the symbols used Site flagged Cancel Marker placed Dragons den Help Marker collected Score O points Additional text This free format test field if not blank will be printed in a separate box following the control decription of the control Beware of hungry dragon Control description Status and Additional Text Punch pattern J Score O points for this control 10 If we select verbal control descriptions the above produces the following in the control description sheet wt Milll LU l 2 AT pomes Beware of hungry dragons 3 48 Boulders Ao ola low antrarnt That Additional text box can also be used with the Finish control to give courses close time 8 Change things to do with the whole course Edit Course Right click anywhere on the screen when you re in Course layout editor with no particular control selected and select Edit course to change various things about that course In particular you can easily delete controls alter the order of controls or you can allocate a differ
10. ent start or finish This is also a good place to specify textual descriptions The Edit course window also allows you to change the format of the control numbering CondesUG HQ v3 this version dated May 2009 page 10 of 18 This is also where you specify amount of climb and change to textual descriptions You can also specify here if you want to print landscape If you ve got a choice of start or finish this is where you specify which one the course will use See below under Finish properties Finish properties The map snippet below shows a 483m final leg on our Brown course which is currently shown as a taped route broken line clearly not right We could insert a shared final control much closer to the finish and indeed have the taped route but this isn t actually necessary We could change the Finish properties right click Edit control to make it an unmarked route but that would affect all the courses probably not what we want Get round this by adding another Finish which can have the required properties Place the 2 finishes in exactly the same position and allocate appropriately to the different courses see Course properties above oe Control circle d HE Reset number position To delete a course when in Course layout editor window for that course go to the Course menu and select delete 9 Classes Allocate classes Create a new class via the Class menu Click in the box under each blue on grey hea
11. ick on a circle you have the option to re set the number position Move the map around the screen lf your canvas occupies more than the available screen size you can use the scroll bars or the cursor grabber hand to move the canvas on the screen But if you re using the grabber hand take care not to move a control circle by mistake If you need to move the map relative to the course select Canvas then move map Click OK then use the right mouse button to show how you want to move the map Then click on OK or Cancel Move text box or graphics Click on the Select graphics object button ae next to the Select course object button Then select your graphics item drag and drop it Bend lines By default if you bend a line between controls that bend will apply to all courses that use it If you want that bend only to apply to some courses double click on the line and tick the appropriate box To bend the line first you create a point at which it will bend click on the Add point button eae then click on the line as many times as necessary Then click on the Select course object arrow and just drag and drop the point s until the line is as you want it You can do it all in one go with the Add point button but it s easier this way To straighten the line out again just remove the point by clicking on the Remove point B button then clicking on the unwanted point CondesUG HQ v3 this version dated May 2009 page 6 of 18 B
12. isting controls to use it or click in a new site to create and insert a new one which you ll be prompted to number ee ee N a LOLH SE C Meeistorsk urses Je aE i Sy Mises Fh haf F GAER AEF S K S rae PON AE 7 ay Fig 3 The thick red line that follows the cursor when you re inserting a control To create a totally new control without immediately associating it with a course use the New control button at the top of the buttons on the right of the screen When that button is pressed a control is inserted at every point on the map where you click You can then insert them into courses as above CondesUG HQ v3 this version dated May 2009 page 5 of 18 5 Move bend and break things Move controls Click on control circle so it turns blue then just drag and drop the circle s f7 f Adjust control position Temporarily unlock For fine adjustment when the circle is blue highlighted right click on it and select Control circle then use the arrows to nudge it The large scale background map helps you position it precisely Fig 4 Arrows for fine movements of control circle Tip 3 Remember that when a control is on a feature that is NOT represented to scale eg boulder NE side the circle should be centred on the centre of the feature not to one side Move control numbers Click on control circle so it turns blue then drag and drop the number Note that if you right cl
13. n to go back to Perhaps also save separate versions as you progress 1 Interface notes and the really useful bits You can specify your choice of interface under View UI theme but the new interface is a great improvement and once you re used to it you probably won t want to change back Context sensitive help is available when you hover the mouse over a button 1 Little yellow boxes drop down from buttons Insert control there s guidance in bottom left of screen o gt Show and edit properties For the selected control course leg control description C ESSE and F1 gives indexed Help l a Course El Condes now offers you Undo and Redo functions Look for the buttons on the toolbar just below the Course menu option No little yellow boxes a ca 2 Getting started Condes creates event files which comprise the courses that you plan and a link to the map This event file is equivalent to the acetates that we used to use to plan in years gone by It s the layer that goes on top of the map If someone has sent you a Condes event file you will probably need to change the detail of the OCAD map file filename and folder When you start Condes it will usually open up the last event file you worked on But the first time you use the software you will go straight to the new event wizard screens which you also get if you select File New The guidance on the wizard screens is qui
14. of the control first select it single left click then right click and select Edit control or just double click on the A circle Now you can i e Re number the control simply swipe over the existing number in the Code box and type new number e Add or change description click in appropriate box in turn and select the required symbol using the tabbed choices on the right of the window Notice the buttons which allow you to have 2 symbols in a box and to add dimensions However if you need 2 symbols you should normally use columns 4 and 5 e Click onthe 3x5 button to add dimensions type them in the box that appears Distance I Use calculated distance Two symbols ea 2524 X Use of English rather than pictorial descriptions is a course related matter see next section or section 14 for one off wording for a control description To change your standard English wording associated with symbols close your event file then go to Symbols Open symbol Double click on the one you want to change type your preferred wording and click on OK Continue as required then click on close IMPORTANT NOTE wording changes relate to your installation of Condes The changed wording is not carried with the event file So if someone else prints the courses it ll pick up their version of English descriptions CondesUG HQ v3 this version dated May 2009 page 9 of 18 If you want special wording to describe th
15. ou havent started your course it only shows the map Other windows relating to the event can be accessed using the tabs Be aware that the tabs don t necessarily relate to the same course though they are clearly marked If you had selected more than one map or more than one scale these would be available under the canvas option list towards the top left of the screen You can have up to 5 canvases in one event file File Edit View Control Course Class Cour Oo Uae oF a ER OE Course Layout Editor 1 Fungle2O0V051bacd z 1 10 000 7 E3 1 Fungle20070516 ced 7 1 10 000 Fungle20070516 0ocd 1 15 000 3 lt NoMap gt 1 15 000 idae 4 lt NoMap gt lt 1 15 000 Fea bape z 1 15 000 gt Canvas Fig 1 Drop down list for Canvas CondesUG HQ v3 this version dated May 2009 page 3 of 18 3 Controlling what you see on screen Zoom in on the map One of the first things you ll want to do is increase the magnification of the map you re looking at Do this using the Zoom drop down list You ll probably chop and change between a zoom level that lets you see the shape of the course perhaps 75 or 100 and one that lets you see the fine detail of the control position perhaps 300 or 400 See tip 2 Tip 2 Many planners use a reduced 75 or 100 view to sketch the outline shape of courses then increase the zoom significantly to place controls on specific features However some people prefer
16. ourse leg properties ls this leg specitic to the course OK Condes can save settings for course leg shape and appearance in two different ways Cancel 1 The settings are stored for the event and they are shared Help by all the courses that do not have specitic settings for this leg 2 The settings are saved with the course and are therefore specitic for this course Share with other courses Specific for this course Line shape and appearance Follow taped route between controls Additional control description for this leg No additional control description Show a Mandatory Crossing Pot symboal Show a Mandatory Passage Through Out of Bounds zymbol Show a text Cross road with care this version dated May 2009 page 15 of 18 17 Other bits gr One handy new feature is the tape Bocd 41 10 000 Course All Controls Variatio _ measure which simply gives the distance qe a ee 5 between two points Just click on the button n i A to mark your start and finish Tape Measure Length o aoe points fey es gt Alternatively you can determine the length of any leg by simply holding the pointer over the jj pe N line YF 7 Si x j i E i Y Mi ee AE HE A OM ona Predefined Controls Punches Pin punches l To allocate a pin punch pattern to each control you Pra dsihisd unei can save effort by crea
17. raphics objects Condes v 8 automatically puts a text box containing the event and course name in the top right of the canvas You can move or delete this see below You can also create your own text box eg for emergency phone number To do this click on the New text box button then click on your map you can move the box later Type your text and change the font if you wish Note you can white out the map and add a border thereby making your text box more visible You can also specify whether the text box is for all courses or just the current 7a one Mew graphics CondesUG HQ v3 this version dated May 2009 page 13 of 18 To add graphics eg club logo click on the New graphics buiton and find your chosen graphics file You ll probably have to re size it To move or change any text or graphics boxes use the Select Graphics Object tool A Having selected a graphics object right click on it to edit it re format etc or left click Oo and press the delete key Change back to the Select course object tool when you ve finished otherwise pointer shows as a key symbol 15 Control descriptions the set By default the control descriptions will be automatically created and can be found off the top right corner of your map To move them just highlight drag and drop They ll be blank until you add a description for each control see section 7 To create a new set of control descriptions that will be printe
18. reak things If your circle or line obscures an important bit of map you should break it By default breaks like bends apply to all courses that use that leg You can specify whether a broken line is just for that course or for all courses that use this leg This distinction might be useful if you are breaking the line because it crosses another one Break the line Add points to determine segment lengths see above then use the toggle button to make segments visible or invisible when printed they ll show grey on screen Toggle segment Alternatively click on the Cut line button then click on the line you want Eno the break This will break the line in standard length segments Black iA l squares show the points that have been inserted at the ends of the Break the circle To break the circle right click on the circle and select Control circle Then use the pointer to toggle segments on and off Tip 4 Don t overdo the circle breaks remember to leave EHRE enough of the circle for it to E be clear And you don t break circles for lines eg paths Ey clicl switch that continue through them line CondesUG HQ v3 this version dated May 2009 page 7 of 18 6 Change size of things Circle size The default circle size 8mm radius is probably appropriate for courses However if you print All Controls Condes defaults to a smaller circle 2 25mm radius Both can be changed under Canvas
19. te helpful read it The first information you need to give is an event name On the next screen the file name defaults to the event name you gave but note that nothing is saved at this stage You can change the event name later via the File menu The event format defaults to foot O but note that other event formats eg MTBO are available The next screen shows one of the significant improvements in version 8 the ability to associate two maps or two scales of map with an event The instances when this might be useful are described on the screen and include events requiring the same course to be produced on different scales of map and long events requiring use of 2 separate maps CondesUG HQ v3 this version dated May 2009 page 2 of 18 You then use standard browsing techniques to identify the map file you want to use Don t worry about the window that shows the scale of the map file but you might want to change the printout scale the last option box If you choose one map at 2 scales it will show two boxes here with default scales of 1 15000 and 1 10000 Condes detects the scale of an OCAD file so you shouldn t have to specify it but it s worth checking If you ve opted for 2 scales you re then given the option of automatically cutting circles in the same places or doing it manually Manual is probably the sensible choice You are then presented with the course layout editor window this is the main window you ll use As y
20. then Setup circle and line dimensions Note this is also where you can specify a standard gap between line and circle Line width Use the Canvas then Setup circle and line dimensions options as above Number size From the Course layout menu select Setup overprint Click in the white box for the text whose size font you want to change However Condes defaults to IOF standard approved size of 18 pitch The above 3 points enable you to comply with the IOF recommendation that for multi age competitions in which both 1 10 000 and 1 15 000 maps are used the size of the symbols on the 1 10 000 maps may be 150 greater than on the 1 15 000 maps Font size in text boxes see below under Graphics and text boxes CondesUG HQ v3 this version dated May 2009 page 8 of 18 7 Change things to do with controls To move controls see section above To delete a control from a course select the Edit course button on the toolbar then click on the circle then press the delete button on your keyboard EL To delete a control from the entire event select Controls button on the toolbar click on the control circle then press the delete button on your keyboard and select OK to confirm the deletion Note that if you delete a control that is used in a course that course will now have a gap and Condes will probably die on you Condes tells you which courses use each control when you hover the mouse over it To change various characteristics
21. ting a pre defined set of punch patterns which you can re use To do this take the Print menu then select Master control cards then click on the standard punches button This set is saved in a file named punches dat in the default Condes installation folder and can be shared with other users Condes will use these patterns for the named control unless you override it in the Edit control window under the punch pattern tab T E Edit control Control circle Control site status One of the options when you right click on a control circle relates to the status particularly useful for communication Random order between planner and controller Simply el Reset number position click on the required status When required remove the tick by clicking on 4 Carlie ete aT Marker placed that option again Status is shown when Control Annotations Marker collected you hover the mouse over the control M Copy Ctrl C Delete Importing You can import controls positions descriptions some or all of them from another event file via the Control menu CondesUG HQ v3 this version dated May 2009 page 16 of 18 How dol Section see also add a text box 14 add controls to a course 4 add controls to the event 4 add notes about a control 7 add notes about a course 16 add notes about a particular leg 16 annotate controls 16 7 annotate courses 16 assign a class to a course 9 assign pin punches 1
22. utside it to return to normal course editing CondesUG HQ v3 this version dated May 2009 page 4 of 18 4 Creating courses Add start and finish Unlike previous versions of Condes you aren t automatically prompted to add start and finish at the outset If you want to add them early not a bad idea as they ll probably be your limiting factors use the buttons at the top of the column of buttons on the right of the screen Mew Finish Add controls Condes distinguishes between creating a new control but not yet associating it with a course and inserting a control into a course How you choose to use these will depend on your preferred approach to course planning and you ll need to choose the right controls or courses button as above To add controls to a course start by clicking once on the line joining the 2 controls between which you want to insert it thick AF Course Layout Editor red line appears Then use the Insert control button towards Canvas 1 Fungle20070516 0cd 71 10 the top left While the Insert control button is pressed the thick mmni rn Ta L o red line follows the cursor around the screen connecting it to the control either side This red line disappears when you go off the layout editor screen eg to scroll It s a good reminder to switch off the insert function which you do by clicking on the Select course object pointer When the Insert control button is pressed you can click on one of the ex
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