Display Priority - Simrad Maris ECDIS900 Operator's Manual

Display priority

In the same way change the display characteristics of a selected object by choosing different
display attributes after the object has been selected.
Control the display priority amidst the objects of a same layer with the Order menu.
C
OLOURS
In the colour dialogue, click left button on the desired colour to set the colour for the lines
and right button for the colour of the filling patterns (area, circle or arc).
L W
INE IDTH
Select in the line width menu the line width for both lines and areas.
L T
INE YPE
Select in the line type menu the line type (plain, dotted etc.) for both lines and areas.
P
ATTERN
Select in the pattern menu the pattern to be used to fill up areas, circles or arcs.
I
CON
Left click and select in the list the standard icons to be used for isolated point.
IMPORTANT
Right click in the button displays the list of official S57 icons making possible to manually
update the chart.
C
HARACTER STYLE
Select the character type, style and size to be used for the free text displayed on the chart.
M
ODIFYING DISPLAY ATTRIBUTES
A newly created object is displayed with the current display settings, colour, line width or icon
type.
To change the way an object is drawn and change its display attributes:
Select the object.
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Select other display attributes with the setting tools.
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FOR EXAMPLE:
To change an isolated point icon, select the point and choose another icon from the icon
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list.
To change the filling colour of a circle, select the circle, click in the colour setting button
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and choose the new colour with the right button.
The objects of the same layer are drawn in the order which they have been created. But the
display priority between two objects can be modified: for example when a plain coloured
area, plotted after an isolated point, hides this point. To make it visible, select the area, click
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right button on that area, activate the menu Order and select the item To back.
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ISPLAY PRIORITY