To manipulate the SCARTA

The "Scarta" is a module of the SPRING product, which allows the user to elaborate and print a chart. This module allows the introduction of some of the most commom and necessary elements to represent your work in paper. Tools for text introduction, symbols, legends, coordinate grids, lines etc are available.

The following image presents the edition of a chart on the SCARTA within SPRING. The main components of the SCARTA module are the SCarta Menu, the Tool Bar and the characteristics, Frames, Lines, Elements Management and Elements Edition windows.


The pre-requisites to start the SCARTA operation are:

The SCARTA is integrated to the SPRING interface and have the same drawing and window manipulation properties. The SCARTA tool to Chart manipulation can be accessed from the Elements Addition and Edition main windows. The SCARTA has in its main interface an area specially reserved for the drawing of the chart itself. This area is technically called canvas. Located above the canvas, a menu bar will command the edition procedure. Below the canvas, a text area provides information of the coordinates and scales, and below this area are located some buttons considered of immediate action.

To start the SCARTA:

A new window will be created and added to the SPRING windows tab. On the chart's window will be enabled the access to the characteristics and tools of the chart through the SCARTA Menu and the SCARTA Tool Bar (which are enabled only on the chart's window).

See also:

How to create a Chart or Templatee ?

How to insert Elements on a chart.

Introduction to Chart's Elaboration.


Data Base Manipulation on SCARTA

On this item the user can choose the data base using the "Data Base" interface and change the category's visual, if he wishes to.

Connecting to a Data Base:

  1. click on File on the main menu and select the Data Base or click on the icon that corresponds to the data base. The interface of the Data Base will be presented;
  2. select a base on the Data Base list.
  3. click on the Activate button.

Changing the visual of Classes/Categories of the DB:

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Project Manipulation on the SCARTA

For every chart the user will create, it is   necessary   to connect in advance to a DB and activate a Project, because, only this way the data (ILs) will be available for the chart's creation.

Activating a Project:

  1. click on File on the main menu and select Load Project or click on the icon ;
  2. select on the Projects list, the project you want;
  3. click on Activate.

NOTE: To deactivate or close a project and activate another one, it is mandatory that no other chart is active.

Deactivating a Project:

  1. click on File on the main menu and select Close Project.

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Presentation on the Drawing Area

The items presented here are:

Draw

Every time you make a change on the Control Panel the drawing area of the Chart will be automatically redrawn as happens to SPRING

Click on Draw () to force the redraw.

If the wanted scale does not allow the visualization of the whole information on the data area, redimension the data area and the sheet type, on the Characteristics window.

If the given rectangle is not within the project's area, when you select the Draw option, the system shows an error message: "The data box is not inside the project". Click on "Continue" and type the new coordinates.

Recompose

Redraws the chart, undoing the zoom.

Zoom

Amplifies an interest region of the chart.

  1. click on Zoom. The cursor is presented in a different way, indicating that   it is activate to select areas for zoom;
  2. click on the upper left corner of the area to be defined for the zoom and on the lower right corner, defining the area;
  3. click on Draw. The selected zooming area is presented on the screen;

NOTE : To disable the zoom cursor, click with the right button or on the zoom icon. The cursor is disabled and returns to its original shape.

NOTE : The zoom cursor tool performs the automatic zoom on the defined area.

Fly

Allows the visualization of chart's area that are not being shown because of a previous zoom application.

  1. after performing the zoom (see above), click on Execute - Fly or ;
  2. the cursor is presented in a different way from the original, indicating that it is activate for the flying;
  3. press LB of the mouse over the point of the image that will be dislocated, drag the cursor to the position you want to move the chart and release the mouse button;

NOTE: To disable the cursor for the flying, click on the disabled mouse right button or on the flying icon. The cursor is disabled and returns to its origninal shape.

Screen Zoom

The user has another option for zoom on the chart area through a window that amplifies the cursor position as it moves over the chart's drawing area.

Amplifying the Chart's Area:

  1. click Amplify on the SPRING's Main Tool Bar and select one of the options Amplify 2x, Amplify 4x or Amplify 8x... . The Zoom Window is presented;

Browsing the Chart

As you move the cursor through the chart it is possible to have in real time the coordinates of the sheet or the data (planes or geographic coordinates), or present the ratio between sheet and screen to have an idea of the real size of the chart presented on the video screen.

Operation::

  1. on the main screen click on coordinates;
  2. select Planes Coord., Geographic Coord. or Scale.

NOTE: If your option is Plane Coord. or Geographic Coord, move the cursor over the drawing area and note that the X/Y values (cm of paper) are presented when over the paper area and Long/Lat or X/Y (UTM coordinates in meters) when over the data area.

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