CARIS HPD : Command Reference : C : Create 4W Grid
 

Create 4W Grid

* CARIS HPD Paper Chart Editor

* CARIS Paper Chart Composer

 

Menu

Create > Areas > 4W Grid

Overlay a Four-Whiskey (4W) Grid over a panel.

Columns are represented by alphabetic characters (always starting at A and always upper-case) except O and I. Rows are represented by numbers.

Related commands:

Interface

Property

Description

Output

Grid

Select the area feature to be used as a grid.

1. Choose <Select/Edit Object> from the list.

The Select Object dialog box is displayed.

2. Type a name for the grid object.

3. Select an area feature from the Object list.

4. Type values in any of the attribute fields.

5. Click OK.

The Select Object dialog box is closed. The name of the area feature is displayed in the Grid field.

To remove the area feature:

Select Delete Grid Object from the list.

The feature name is no longer displayed and the feature is deleted.

Text

Select the text feature to be used for labels.

1. Choose <Select/Edit Object> from the list.

The Select Object dialog box is displayed.

2. Type a name for the text object.

3. Select an text object feature from the Object list.

4. Type values in any of the attribute fields.

5. Click OK.

The Select Object dialog box is closed. The name of the text feature is displayed in the Text field.

To remove the area feature:

Select Delete Text Object from the list.

The feature name is no longer displayed and the feature is deleted.

Typeface

Font used for text annotation

Select a typeface from the list.

Centre Position

Latitude

The latitude of the centre point of the grid.

Type the values in the field.

Longitude

The longitude of the centre point of the grid.

Type the value in the field.

Cell Size

X

The horizontal dimension of a grid cell.

Type a value in the field.

Y

The vertical dimension of a grid cell.

Type a value in the field.

Grid Size

Rows

The number of rows in a grid.

Type a value in the field.

Columns

The number of columns in a grid.

Type a value in the field.

Orientation

The angular orientation of the grid using the reference angle option for the application. Grid is initialized as north-up.

Type a value in the grid

Procedure

1. Select a Panel data layer.

2. Select the Create 4W Grid command.

The 4W (Four Whiskey) Grid dialog box is displayed.

3. Complete the grid properties (see above) and click OK