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V2 Contour Range 9 years 2 months ago #8653

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I can't seem to figure out how to set upper and lower depth ranges. For example, I want my contour palette to display from 30 feet to 140 feet, but right now its the whole range of data like -17 feet to 190 feet. V1's setting was in the edit bar. "depth". Didn't see it in Layers or Edit bar on V2. I am not referring th the minor range limit in the project window, as I don't use minor contours anyway. Just a 3' major, raster, shaded relief.
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V2 Contour Range 9 years 2 months ago #8654

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Yep - this is one of the changes between v1 & v2, and it does get a mention in the "what's changed" section of the manual.

Briefly, the "fixed depth range" setting in map projects has been scrapped, and replaced by "fixed range palettes". This was a better fit to the new layers structure, and somewhat easier to use/re-use once set up. The idea is that you create a new "fixed depth" palette in the palette editor, and set the min/max depth range there. You can also set a colour for anything < min or > max (e.g. you might choose a "land" colour for < 0). To make creating new palettes faster, there is also a "clone existing" function in the palette editor.

To re-create a fixed depth range as you had in v1:
  • Open the palette editor (global settings), add a new palette of the required sort (AT5 or RGB - do try RGB if you are targeting HDS gen2 onwards).
  • Select the palette you want to clone, or create a new one from scratch if you prefer.
  • Check the "fixed depth range" option, and enter the min/max depth in the same way you would have done in a v1 project.
  • Close the settings and then use this palette in your project. You can assign it to isobaths, raster etc and they will all honour the specified depth range.
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V2 Contour Range 9 years 2 months ago #8655

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Thanks again Matt. I see it.
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V2 Contour Range 9 years 2 months ago #8656

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Is there a new manual, or updates to it? All I can find in the index and contents is the v1.8 information. Been just working through the new version by trial, error, and experimentation. I like it so far if I can figure out just a couple more quirks!
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V2 Contour Range 9 years 2 months ago #8657

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Yes - press F1 or the help button from within RM2 and the new manual should show up.
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V2 Contour Range 9 years 2 months ago #8658

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OK, thanks. I've had the forum open on one computer that doesn't have V2 yet, while just running V2 projects on the other. I just went right to work on the new V2!
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