The Side Shot Settings can be accessed through the Edit menu, the Side Shot Settings button, or by right-clicking on the Drawing View drawing and selecting Side Shots… on the pop-up menu.
Side shots = Side shots, offsets and cross section points.
These settings are used when viewing, printing, or exporting the map.
Tells the Drawing View what color to use for side shots (Lines, Points, Symbols).
Choose the line type and line annotations for side shots.
Font
Select the Font, character size and font style (Thin, Light, Normal, Medium, Bold, Heavy) you want to use for the line annotations (Distance, Direction, Grade) you select.
Line, None
Enter the line type (dashed, solid, etc.) and width you want to use for your side shot lines. . Select the None button to turn off lines.
Distance, Direction, None
Choose how you want to label the side shot lines. Distance and Direction can be displayed Above, Below or not displayed (None) in your drawing. Select None to turn off Distance and Direction so that there are no line labels.
Line Leader
Turns on Line Leader(s) for line annotations that don't fit on a line.
Clear Background
Clear any pattern or bitmap fills to make the line labels easier to read.
Choose how you want your side shots displayed
Font
Select the Font, character size and font style (Thin, Light, Normal, Medium, Bold, Heavy) you want to use for the point labels. See Text Objects for more information on sizing text.
Point, Description, Z, Y/X, Station
Sets the point label options you want displayed on your map.
Point = Point Label
Description = Point Description
Z = Elevation
Y/X = Northing and Easting
Select the Point Symbol and size you want to use for Control Points.
None
Turn off the point symbol (no symbol will be drawn).
Browse
Select a symbol from the object library and add it to the symbol list. Once added, it can be used by any drawing in the survey.
Trim Symbols
With Trim Symbols turned on, the lines drawn between points will be trimmed to stop at the edge of the point symbols.
You can control the decimal settings for each traverse. Sets the number of decimal places to use for Distance, Direction, Elevations and coordinates.
This option is available only when viewing the Drawing Settings. It copies the current Sideshot Point Drawing Settings to each tagged traverse (the traverses that make up the drawing). This is an easy way to set all the traverses to the same settings before modifying the individual traverse settings to create the map you want.
This option saves the Side Shot Settings as the program’s default settings. These settings will be used for any new drawing that is created. Save is only available from the Drawing Settings. It is not available from the Traverse Settings.
Drawing Settings - If the top of the dialog says "Drawing Settings", this option resets the Side Shot Settings of the drawing to the default settings you saved for the program by pressing the Save button.
Traverse Settings - If the top of the dialog says "Traverse Settings", this option resets the Side Shot Settings of this traverse to the Control Point Settings of the drawing.
You will return to the Drawing View and your new settings will be in use when you click OK.
Returns you to the Drawing View without applying any changes.
Personal, Premium, Professional
Drawing Settings vs. Traverse Settings
Changing Control Point Settings
Changing Side Shot Settings
Labeling Points
Labeling Traverse Lines
Scaling the Survey
Control Point Settings Dialog
Lot Labels Dialog
Miscellaneous Drawing Settings Dialog
Object Labels Dialog
Dimensions Dialog