User's Manual

English
32
5. The program now asks you to define the properties of the
layer. The table below summarizes the different properties
you should define for the layer, according to its type.
For more information on layer properties and how to define
attributes, see Layer Properties on page 33.
6. Tap OK when you are finished with the properties of the
layer. A message then asks you whether you want to add a
new layer.
7. Add as many layers as necessary, using the above
procedure.
Very Important! As long as you do not log a feature through a
given layer, you can still add new attributes to the layer but
once a feature has been logged, no more changes, apart from
those linked to the appearance you give to the features on the
screen, are allowed in the layer.
Adding Layers into a DXF Job
The procedure is quite similar to attaching a layer to a Map
job. Among the similarities are first the prior necessity to
define a coordinate system for the job and second, the
availability of the same viewing options and attributes for the
features you will log through a given layer (see Adding
Existing Layers to a Map Job on page 35 for the details).
But unlike Map jobs where layers are separate files, DXF jobs
cannot use or re-use layers that are external to the job. With
DXF jobs, you can only create one or more new layers within
the job, right after defining the coordinate system. Another
difference lies in the absence of an assumed feature
geometry in a layer, which means all types of features,
whether points, lines or polygons, can be logged through the
layer.
Properties
2D or 3D
Point
2D or 3D
Line
2D or 3D
Polygon
Mif
layer
Csv layer
Symbol • • •
Color • • •
Style • •
Fill • •
Attributes • • • • •
Label • • • • •
Scale • • • • •