Defining the Visual for Categories and Classes

The term visual is used in SPRING to define the data graphic presentation characteristics (points, lines, polygons and texts). The visual is defined to each category model, and also, for the classes inside the category of the thematic model, for instance: a soil category (in the thematic model) can have a visual.

Setting Visual Parameters

Defining a presentation Visual

  • select aCategory, a Thematic Class, a Infolayer, or an Object.
  • click on Visual.... Notice that the window is divided intoAreas, Lines, Point and Texts tabs, which has to be changed according to the user requirements;
  • Options aviable on each tab are:
  • Options aviable on each tab are:
    • Areas: possible to define color and style;
    • Lines: possible to define color, width and style;
    • Points: possible to define color, height and style;
    • Texts: possible to define color, font, height, angle, width and spacing;
  • click on Apply to confirm the changes in each category or class selected.

Example:


NOTE: Originally the class visual is the same as the corresponding category visual, but it can be changed at any time. To return or substitute the class visual with the same category visual, execute the steps below:

Substitute the Class Visual:

  • select a Thematic Class in the list;
  • click on Substitute to apply the category visual in the selected class.


See also:
What it is and how to manipulate a Database in SPRING.
Defining Categories or Classes Attributes.
How to fill the tables attributes with data.

Defining a Data Model