Simutrans Starter Guide A Starters Guide to Operating Simutrans.
• • • • • • • • • • • When you are building a map to edit, there are several items to consider that will make your editing experience easier and more successful. These involve assembling your data; using the Layer Properties dialog box to (1) prepare symbology, (2) simplify attribute fields, and (3) set a display expression; and authoring feature templates. Doing these for each layer you plan to edit can help make your data compilation tasks easier and straightforward. Preparing the layers All the layers you want to edit together should be in the same workspace, where a workspace is a single geodatabase or a folder of shapefiles. If the feature classes are not stored together, you will not be able to edit them at the same time.
When you add the layers to the map, all the layers you want to edit together should be within the same data frame, since editing only occurs in one data frame at a time. The coordinate systems of all the layers should match each other and should match the coordinate system of the data frame. If layers are being, there may be unexpected alignment problems when making edits. In addition, consider projecting data in a geographic coordinate system to an appropriate local projection to improve accuracy when editing. This will also make it easier when you need to enter values, such as lengths. If your map is in WGS 1984, for example, ArcMap is expecting the lengths to be entered in decimal degrees.
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In addition, you are also only able to use distance units abbreviations to enter values when a projected coordinate system is being used. Distance units abbreviations allow you to specify measurement values when editing in a unit different from the map units. A data frame maintains its own x,y tolerance, resolution, and domain values, which are taken from the first layer added to the map. Certain edits may fail, or features may collapse unexpectedly, because of the differences in these values between the data frame and the layers you are editing. The map tolerance is not exposed in the user interface, but you can reset the spatial reference properties of the data frame to match those of a particular layer. When you do this, the data frame takes on the coordinate system of the layer as well as the other properties. Name your layers clearly and accurately, since feature templates are grouped under the layer name by default.
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You can rename a layer in the table of contents. Preparing the symbology The Layer Properties > Symbology tab allows you to set the symbols used to draw the layer. Since feature templates are based on the symbols used in the map, be sure to symbolize your layers appropriately before you start editing a layer for the first time (ArcMap creates templates automatically then), or when you go to create feature templates yourself. If you change the renderer type after you create feature templates, you will end up with templates that do not reflect the features you want to create. When creating features, you should use either the Single Symbol or Unique Values renderer. If you are symbolizing with unique values, make the labels for your symbols meaningful, as the symbol labels become the names for the feature templates.
For example, a parcels layer has symbol category labels taken from the raw attributes of AGR, COM, IND, RES, and UNK, which are shortened versions of various types of land-uses. Expanding the text of the symbol labels to Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial, Residential, and Unknown will reduce the cleanup needed on your feature templates after they are created and help other editors understand which features they are creating. The symbol labels are also used in the entries in the table of contents and the map layout legend, so there are additional reasons to do this. The symbols on the Symbology tab on the Layer Properties dialog box You can edit the labels for the symbols on the Symbology tab of the Layer Properties dialog box. The resulting feature templates in the Create Features window Create Features window with the feature templates reflecting the clearer symbol labels When there is a problem with the symbol for a feature template, the Template Properties dialog box displays an exclamation point icon in the preview area.
The template is also shown in the Create Features window as a silver layer icon, rather than the symbol that will be assigned to the new feature. This often happens when the symbology was changed dramatically after the feature template was created, such as switching renderers or symbol categories. If this occurs, look at the feature template's default attributes to ensure they match the current symbology or symbol category. You can also simply delete the template and re-create it to synchronize the symbols. Simplifying the attribute fields Editing attributes is an important part of the editing process. When you look at your parcels layer in the Attributes window, by default, all the fields are displayed in their original order and with their names as they appear in the data source.