WiseImage Document
Brief description: This
lesson is devoted to WiseImage documents and document properties. You
will learn how to customize the document and set a user coordinate system.
This lesson also demonstrates the main dialogs - Inspector, Image manager,
Layer manager, and Block manager.
A WiseImage document can contain both raster images and
vector objects at the same time; its workspace is unlimited. You can load
an unlimited number of color, greyscale and monochrome raster images (of
course, capability and work speed depend on your computer resources).
The document also stores tool settings, which are used in the working
process.
If the document contains several raster images, you can work simultaneously
with them.
WiseImage supports multi-document interface (MDI), i.e. the program can
have several documents loaded, and you can simultaneously run different
operations in all of them.
WiseImage document files have a CWS extension.
How are raster images stored in the document?
- Linked raster images - are stored separately from the
document file.
- Embedded raster images - are stored in the WiseImage
document file.
WiseImage Document Properties
If you start working with a new WiseImage document, you
can set its properties. The tuned document can be saved as template for
further use.
See section Customizing
Program Parameters for information on template selection.
You can set up font type and height, color, current layer;
line type and width, etc. as properties of a document.
The properties of WiseImage objects may be set By layer
(in this case the properties of created objects inherit the properties
of the layer they belong to); or By block (in this case,
the objects comprised in the block inherit this block's properties).
See section Layer Manager for information
on setting layer properties.
How to set up document properties:
- Open the Inspector (choose Inspector from
the Tools menu)
- Make sure, that no object is selected - otherwise the Inspector
displays its properties.
To unselect all you can press the UnSelect All button,
located on the Select toolbar (utmost right).
- Make sure that no command is being executed - otherwise the
Inspector displays its parameters. Press Esc
to cancel all commands.
- Select desirable values from the combo-box or enter them in
the corresponding fields of the Inspector.
IMPORTANT: You can save the
tuned document as a template for further use.
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Document Coordinate System
You can work in World Coordinate System or set up a User Coordinate System
(UCS).
- Choose Coordinate System from the Tools
menu.
- In the Units tab, specify linear and angle measurement
units and their accuracy
IMPORTANT: You can specify
units for measuring line width separately in the User
field of the Units tab.
- In the Coordinate System tab, choose User
Coordinate System radio button.
- Choose UCS axes direction using one of the four corresponding
radio button.
- Define UCS parameters - origin, skew angle relative to
X-axis, and scale
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IMPORTANT: You can specify the origin
relative to another point which coordinates are known to you,
for example - points with known coordinates on a map. To do
so, use the rulers of Origin to specify a point
with known coordinates on the screen, and then enter its real
coordinates in To:
In case you also need to specify a new scale, first
specify the desired scale, press Apply, and then specify the
relative origin position as described above.
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Inspector
Using the Inspector you can view and edit the following
information:
How to open the Inspector:
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Choose Inspector from the Tools
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Or press the Inspector button,
located on the Properties toolbar |
Image Manager
Using the Image Manager you can:
- view all images loaded in the document;
- get information on image properties and edit some of them;
- save, delete and create new raster images;
- turn on/off visibility and lock (unlock) raster images;
- change the way of storing raster images in the document (in a separate
file - linked, or in the document file - embedded);
- change the page order in a multipage TIFF-file.
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To embed a raster image saved in a separate file to
the document, select this image from the Image Manager list, and then
press the Embedded button. |
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To save the embedded raster image in a separate file,
select this image from the Image Manager list, and then press either
Save or Save as button. |
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To change the page order in the multipage TIFF-file,
select the image and move it up or down using Move Up
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How to open Image Manager:
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Choose Images from the Tools
menu |
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Or press the Image Manager button
located on the Properties toolbar |
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of the Images dialog you will get all information on
the selected image properties, some of which can be edited. |
Layer Manager
A WiseImage document consists of layers on which all
objects are placed. Layers have properties (color, line type and line
width, font, etc.). Objects can have their own properties or inherit properties
from the layer on which they are placed.
Using the Layer Manager you can:
- view and edit information on layer properties;
- set the current layer - on which new objects will be placed;
- create new layers and delete existing ones;
IMPORTANT: You can only delete
a layer if it does not contain any object and it is not current.
- turn on/off layer visibility; allows or prevents the selection or
modification of objects that belong to a certain layer.
How to open Layer Manager:
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Choose Layer from the Tools
menu |
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Or press the Layer Manager button located
on the Properties toolbar |
Block Manager
Using the Block Manager, you can:
- get information on all blocks and their insertions in a document;
- view blocks in the Preview window;
- edit block properties (if a block has only one insertion);
- save blocks as separate files.
How to open Block Manager:
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Choose Blocks from the Tools
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Or press the Blocks Manager button located
on the Properties toolbar |
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