User guide

Draw

What are Area Objects?

Area objects are those objects consisting of one or more closed line objects, such as:

• Polygons

• Rectangles

• Circles

For more information, see Area Objects Overview on page 88.

What are Point Objects?

Point objects consist of one anchor point attached to either a waypoint, symbol, MapNote, or text label.

The anchor point is the pixel position on the symbol which corresponds to the geographic coordinate of

the point selected on the map when the symbol is placed.

For more information, see Point Objects Overview on page 94.

Hidden Draw Tools

The Draw tab provides tools which allow you to add routable roads and trails, waypoints, tracks, lines

(straight lines, arcs, and splines), shapes (polygons, rectangles, and circles), highlights, MapNotes, text

labels, and symbols to a draw file. Some of these tools exist as hidden tools available in pull-out menus.

To View the Hidden Draw Tools

Four draw tool options provide pull-out menus with hidden tools. These draw tools each have a small

arrow at the bottom-right of the draw tool button as shown in this sample .

Use the following steps to view the hidden draw tools.

1. Click the Draw tab to open the Draw dialog area.

2. Click and hold one of the current visible tools below to display and select one of the options.

Note: Selecting a hidden tool from a pull-out menu changes the default option.

Routable Roads/Routable Trails/Waypoints/Tracks Tool

Line/Arc/Spline Tool

Polygon/Rectangle/Circle Tool

Symbol/MapNote/Text Label Tool

Exporting Draw Files to Text Files

Topo USA 4.0 allows you to export draw files as text files. Draw objects exported to text files contain

coordinate information for each line, area, or point object. These text files can be opened in other

DeLorme products.

Note: When draw objects are converted to text files, each object is represented by coordinate positions

within the text file.

To Export Draw Files to Text Files

Use the following steps to export an existing draw file to a text file.

1. Click the Draw tab to open the Draw dialog area.