You can add a drop shadow to a frame using the Layout menu. Using the Drawing toolbar, you can add text, lines, regions, and symbols to the layout. You can reorder objects in order to see the frames that are hidden by overlapping frames. You can also add a scale to the map window using the Tools toolbar.
To create a drop shadow
1 Maximize the layout window.
2 On the Main toolbar, click the Select button, and then click the signal strength map.
3 Choose Layout➤Create Drop Shadows. 4 In the Horizontal box, type 0.2.
5 Click OK.
To delete a drop shadow
■ Click the drop shadow, and press the DELETE key. To add a border to a frame
1 Double-click the signal strength map in the Layout window. The Frame Object dialog box opens.
2 Write down the values shown in the
■ Center X box ■ Y box
■ Width box ■ Height box 3 Click OK.
4 On the Drawing toolbar, click the Rectangle button, and draw a rectangle of any size.
5 On the Main toolbar, click the Select button, and double-click the rectangle.
The Rectangle Object dialog box opens.
6 Change the values in the Center X and Y boxes to match those of the map.
7 Change the values in the Width and Height boxes to be 0.4 cm larger than those for the map.
This creates a rectangle that is 0.2 cm larger on either side of the frame.
8 Click OK.
9 On the Drawing toolbar, click the Region Style button. The Region Style dialog box opens.
10 Click the down arrow for Style, and choose a solid line.
12 Click OK.
13 Choose Layout ➤ Send to Back. To create a scale bar for the map
1 Minimize the Layout window.
2 Choose View ➤ Toolbars.
The Toolbar Options dialog box opens.
3 Enable the Show and Floating check boxes for Tools, and click OK. The Tools toolbar opens.
4 Click the Run MapBasic Program button.
5 In the Run MapBasic Program dialog box, choose the Program Files\Planet EV\Mapinfo\Tools folder, then choose the Scalebar.mbx file, and click Open.
The Draw Scale Bar button is displayed on the Tools toolbar.
6 Click the Draw Scale Bar button.
7 Click the title bar of the signal strength Map window to activate it.
8 Click the map where you want the scale bar to appear. The Draw Distance Scale in Mapper dialog box opens.
9 In the Width of Scale Bar box, type 5000.
10 Choose meters from the units list.
11 Click OK.
12 Maximize the layout window. The scale bar is visible on the map.
13 Choose File ➤ Save Workspace.
14 In the Save Workspace dialog box, click Save.
15 Click Yes.
To close all tables and the project
1 Choose File ➤ Close All Tables.
2 In the Save Modified Table Data dialog box, click Save All.
3 Choose File ➤ Close Project. 4 Click Yes.
Summary
In this lesson, you have learned to
■ use the Legend Generator to create legends for your grids ■ create legends for vector map objects, such as roads ■ add graphics files to a layout
■ change the layout of a map
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Index
■ editing 39 A
AMT. See Automatic Model Tuner (AMT) Analysis Info tool
configuring and using 68 Analysis layers types 11 Antenna patterns 39 adding 40 deleting 39 editing 39 viewing 39
Automatic Model Tuner (AMT) overview 72 using 54 C CAL values interpreting 53 Clutter
interpreting CAL values 53 property assignment 62 selecting a .cpa file 64
using to tune the CRC-Predict model 53 Clutter absorption loss (CAL) values
interpreting 53
Clutter property assignment file 62 Configurations
defining for Analysis Info tool 68 Coverage layers 11
CRC-Predict model description 51
setting up a .cpa file 63
Customer support 7
D
Data
using the training data set 3 Demographic analysis performing 134 tool 133 Documentation using 3 F Files
clutter property assignment 62, 63 network analysis parameters 63 opening 28 opening graphics 152 propagation models 63 site configuration 32, 63 structure 12 Flags 44 adding conditions 44 creating 44
defining conditions for a sector 45 displaying 45
Frames
adding a border 157 aligning 154
deleting drop shadow 157
manipulating in a layout window 154 moving 154
removing border 155 resizing 154
162 G Global edit editing sites 46 Graphic file opening 152 Grid
calculations for multiple grids 129 calculator 128
classified 12
creating queries 130
customizing for a project 137 merging 140 numeric 12 reclassifying 142 reprojecting 144 resizing 144 splicing 140 trimming 139
using a region to trim 139 view legend 143 Grid files 12 Grid legend displaying 67 H Help accessing 3
getting technical support 7 HTML Help 3 I Information on grids 68 Interference layer 12 Interference matrix
creating a Local Knowledge IM 110 creating a Modeled IM 105
creating a Network Data IM 108 displaying 107 generating 101 Local Knowledge 102 merging 112 Modeled 102 Network Data 102 types 102 L Layer Control 26 Layers arranging 26 Layout windows 147 adding a title 155 cartographic symbols 151 creating a layout 153 creating a legend 148 manipulating frames 154 modifying content 156 printing 156 vector objects 151 M Map windows
changing the view 26 creating a legend 148 creating a scale bar 158 Model tuning
Planet EV 3.1 Training DRAFT
163 N
Neighbor list
based on interference matrix 120 comparing 124
displaying in a Map window 124 generating 117
generating a best server list 119 setting handover priorities 123 Neighbor list tool 118
Neighbor lists description 117 Network analysis 11
choosing analysis layers 66, 80 Network analysis layers
getting information on 68 Network data
binding 84
creating binding rules 84 displaying 86
importing 81, 83 using 81
Network data tool 82
O Online Help 3 P Path Loss Planet model 77 Path loss 11 factors affecting 52 Planet EV terminology 11 Planet General model
automatically tuning 54 Planet Model
path loss equation 76 path loss sources 77 Planet model
settings 75
Predictions 11
factors affecting 52 generating 66, 80
viewing individual sectors 67 Project
building a project area 137 closing 26
creating 19, 22
creating a new ID 54, 73
creating with the Project Wizard 23 General 22 opening 26 saving 26 types 20 Project Explorer 10 Project settings defining 25 dialog box 25 Project Wizard 21 using 23
Propagation Model Editor exploring 60 Propagation models CRC-Predict 51, 63 tuning 50, 72 S Scale bar creating 158 Sector creating a group 42 defining flag conditions 45 definition 32
displaying a group 43 displaying flag conditions 45 setting properties 35, 36 Sector group
creating 42 displaying 43
164
Settings
for Analysis Info tool 68 Signal strength 11
Signal strength predictions factors affecting 52 Site configuration 34 configuration file 32 creating a configuration 34 definition 32 deleting 41, 42 editing 41 global editing 46 moving 41 placing 37 saving a configuration 37 setting properties 35, 36 Site table global editing 46 Sites
configuring and placing 31 Spatial data working with 127 Splicing grids 140 Survey data aggregating 50 filtering 50
removing extraneous points 50 System settings defining 25 T Table opening 28 Technical support 7 Tools Analysis Info 68 Traffic map adding roads 93
applying clutter weighting 95 converting 98
creating based on regional subscriber data 91
generating 89 scaling 97
Traffic Map Generator 90 Tuning models overview 50, 72 U User interface 10 menus 10 Project Explorer 10 V Vector files 12 W Workflow
building a project area 138 configuring and placing sites 33 creating a project 21
generating a traffic map 90
generating an interference matrix 104 generating neighbor lists 118
streamlining 15
tuning Predict propagation model 54 tuning the Planet General model 73 using network data 82
working with layout windows 148 working with spatial data 128