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|'''Marks''' - Use to add marks to the chart. Choose a name and icon for your mark. Useful for marking all sorts of point annotations on the chart, such as turning marks, boat positions, action reminders on tracks for course changes & weather updates, etc. | |'''Marks''' - Use to add marks to the chart. Choose a name and icon for your mark. Useful for marking all sorts of point annotations on the chart, such as turning marks, boat positions, action reminders on tracks for course changes & weather updates, etc. | ||
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| + | |'''Circle''' - Use to draw a circle or a set of concentric circles centred on the clicked location. Good for marking clearances around marks, range circles around a destination point, etc. | ||
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|'''Pointer''' - Use to select things in the desktop. It will show the associated text (mark name, track point text, wind speed etc). | |'''Pointer''' - Use to select things in the desktop. It will show the associated text (mark name, track point text, wind speed etc). | ||
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Revision as of 03:15, 30 September 2014
In the toolbar you can choose from the following tools:
Basic Tools
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Zoom - Left-click the mouse button to zoom in, right-click to zoom out. You can also zoom in and out using a scroll-wheel on your mouse - this works while you are using any of the tools below. |
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Hand - Press the left button and drag the chart. While using any of the other basic tools this tool can be temporarily selected by holding down the Ctrl key. |
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Ruler - Use it to measure distance and course (if the wind grid is loaded it will calculate boat speed, track time and recommended sail, using the polars). |
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Route designer - Use it to draw routes. Right click the last point to finish and give the new route a name. Routes are simple lines drawn on the chart, like pencil lines on a real chart. Use for plotting laylines, finsh lines, setting out constant TWA curves, etc. |
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Track designer - Use to draw tracks. Tracks are similar to routes, but are linked to the underlying weather. If winds are loaded, the program will calculate date/time for each point on the track. While designing the track, when you advance across each 12-hour interval the wind forecast used to calculate the track data changes automatically. |
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Marks - Use to add marks to the chart. Choose a name and icon for your mark. Useful for marking all sorts of point annotations on the chart, such as turning marks, boat positions, action reminders on tracks for course changes & weather updates, etc. |
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Circle - Use to draw a circle or a set of concentric circles centred on the clicked location. Good for marking clearances around marks, range circles around a destination point, etc. |
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Pointer - Use to select things in the desktop. It will show the associated text (mark name, track point text, wind speed etc). |
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Latitude/Longitude - Displays the chart latitude/longitude of the tool. |
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Forecast Selector - Use to select the active forecast. The currently active forecast is displayed on the chart and is used by the tools to calculate boat speed, select sails, etc. The forecast advances automatically as a track is laid. |
Advanced Tools
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Winds - Starts the NOAA import module, used to download weather forecast GRIB files directly from the NOAA weather server. |
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Regatta - Starts the Regatta Runner module. |
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Webserver - Starts the Web Server module. |
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Routing - Starts the Weather Routing module. |
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Leg Calculator - Used to generate Great Circle and Rhumb Line routes for display on the chart. |
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3D - Opens the 3D View window. |
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Collision Detection - Opens the Land Collision Detection window. |
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Firefox Import - Opens the Firefox Import Data window. |
Display Switches
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Show/hide the latitude/longitude grid on the chart. |
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Show/hide the Tracks/Winds/Boats/Others control panel tabs. The various control panels on these tabs are described in the next section. |
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Show/hide the Boat Attitude panel. |
Control Panel Tabs
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Tracks Tab - Contains the following control panels:
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Winds Tab - Contains the following control panels:
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Boats Tab - Contains the following control panels:
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Other Tab - Contains the following control panels:
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