To create a new track, follow these instructions:
1. Open the track edition bar (vectorial editor) and select the main menu option ‘Tracks > Create > New track’.
NOTE: If you have not loaded a file (a map, a landscape, waypoints…) the software will warn you that you cannot create a track without information about the coordinates you want to work with. If this is the case, you will have to load some type of file (preferably a map and a relief) that will supply the software with information about the area where you are working in.
2. Using the edition bar, choose one of the following option to draw the course of the track:
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Add
points: With this option activated, left click with the mouse to mark the
point that will be the start of the track, then move the mouse to the next point
of the track. Now left click again to mark this new point. Keep on carry out
these steps until you have added all the points you need. When you have finished
drawing the track, click with the right-hand button of the mouse to exist the
add points tool.
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Draw by dragging the mouse: When you have activated this option, you
can draw the course of the track free hand. To do this, click and hold down the
left-hand button of the mouse and move it on the map while you draw your track.
When you let go of the left button, the software will ask you if you agree to
the track you have drawn and if you want it to be a track. If you do, click on
‘Yes’, if no click on ‘No’ or ‘Cancel’ and the drawing will
disappear.
3. If you are pleased with your track, close the track edition bar (vectorial editor) by clicking on the cross on the left. You can now carry out any of the usual operations with track such as consult and edit the track’s properties or view it’s graphics (remember, the track will not include altitude readings if you did not load a 3D landscape before you created it).
4. If you want to assign time values to each of the track’s points (these are necessary if you want to view the animation of the track) you will have to use the option Assign time and speed (accessible from the tool section of the track context menu in the main window or the Data Tree). The window that opens will allow you to introduce a starting time and a constant speed value. Land/Air will then calculate the time prognostic for each point of the track.