Monthly Archives: September 2025

Transfer OCAD Single User License Yourself

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We repeatedly receive support requests from users who want to reactivate OCAD on a new computer.

OCAD Single User licenses can be activated independently on a new device, even if the old device is no longer accessible!

Simply install OCAD on the new device and start the activation process. During the activation process you will see on which devices the Single User license has been activated and you will have the option to deactivate the license on another device.

You can then complete the activation process yourself.


Reminder: Transfer of OCAD Team licenses

For OCAD Team licenses, we recommend to set the option Deactivate this license automatically when closing OCAD in the License Manager tool in the Help menu,

If a Team license got stuck somewhere (e.g. hard disk failure, license transfer has not worked correctly or due to an inactive user), use the Transfer form on our website. We will reset the license so it can be installed and activated again on a new device.

Cover Parts of the Map

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Sometimes you may want to hide certain parts of the map to make more room for logos, control descriptions, or layout elements.

What options are available in OCAD?

#01 Option: White background Symbol
In course setting projects, you can use the White background symbol (760.000) as a quick solution. Select the White background symbol in the symbol box and cover parts of the map with white color.
However, make sure that you do not cover any course objects (controls, control numbers, connection lines, …), as the withe color that is used in symbol 760 will cover course objects.

#02 Option: Layout Objects
Open the Layout menu (Layout>Edit Layout Objects) and add a new white area object.
Make sure the white area objects are at the bottom of the object list, if there are other layout elements in the list to not cover them.

#03 Option: Map Objects
Define a new white color (Map>Colors>Add) and move it to desired position in the color table (e.g. to the very top).
In a second step, create a new area symbol (Symbol>New>Area Symbol) where you use the newly created color as Fill color.

#04 Option: Cut Away Parts of the Map
Alternatively, you can cut away parts of the map instead of just cover them.
If so, make sure you are working with a copy and not the original map.

Recommendations

It is generally up to you whether you use the options listed above directly in the map file, in the course setting file, or in a layout file.

For more complex applications, we recommend using additional layout files in conjunction with the Canvas function.