With the last update, the Define Paper Size function was added to OCAD. The paper size is visible in the drawing area and the area outside is grayed out.
This is useful for displaying a print area or creating a map layout.
You can find detailed information about the function in our OCAD Wiki.
Thanks to the Background Favorites option, you can quickly and easily switch between different background maps when drawing.
In the Manage Background Maps dialog, you can make a background map visible in the background favorites by turning on the eye icon in the corresponding cell.
In this example, four different background maps are loaded: An areal image, a slope gradient map, a hill shading map and a vegetation height map. The last two are marked as background favorites.
As you know, the topmost visible background map is displayed in OCAD. In this example, the aerial image is therefore displayed, when we switch to Draft Mode.
If you now switch to the Draft Mode (Only Background Map Favorites), the two background maps marked as background favorites are displayed (in our example the hill shading map and the vegetation height map). The hill shading has been set as transparent so that both files are visible together.
You can switch the View Mode in the Status Bar (see image above) or in the View menu. You can also set a Shortcut to quickly navigate through the different View modes, e.g. Alt + V.
Which View modes appear in the loop can be set in the OCAD Preferences. For example, if you are not working with Spot colors, you can omit this mode.
OCAD has updated its symbol sets for orienteering and sprint orienteering after a revision by the IOF.
The new symbol sets are valid from 1st February 2024 and mandatory for IOF events from 1st January 2025.
The most important changes:
The most important changes:
In OCAD, you can update a map drawn with ISOM 2017-2 or ISSprOM 2019-2 to the latest symbol set by using the function Update Symbol Set.
For maps that are drawn with an older symbol set, use the function Symbol Set Conversion. Check the page Symbol Set Overview to find out which symbol set you are using.
We have added some new features to the OCAD Sketch App.
To update the app, go to Google Play Store (Android) or Apple App Store (iOS), search for OCAD Sketch and update the app.
See here a short video of what has changed.
– Sketch colors can now be filtered and sorted.
– Zoom buttons can be hidden – see project settings.
– The Eraser can be resized – see project settings.
– The Sketch layer can be hidden or just dimmed – see layers menu.
– All background layers can be shown or hidden all at once – see layers menu.
– Bug fixes and performance improvements.
We hope you all had a good start to the new year and wish you all the best for 2024.
In this blog post, we take a look at what has been added to OCAD over the last year in terms of functionality and learning aids.
OCAD Route Analyzer 2.0
The Route Analyzer 2.0 now also takes into account the relief and the runnability. With it, the fastest routes can be calculated in urban as well as in classic forest terrain.
Optimized DEM for Course Setting Available
To ensures that the climbing and slope gradient are included in the route calculation of Route Analyzer 2.0, an optimized elevation model can be embedded directly into the map or course setting file. This significantly reduces the file size of the DEM and makes it easier to exchange.
OCAD Sketch App Improvements
Improvements have also been made to the OCAD Sketch App:
– A scale bar to improve the distance feeling within the app
– Additional colors for sketching
– Improved position display of the internal GPS on Android devices
Learning Aids
The following symbol sets have been updated in 2023:
– ISMTBOM 2022
– ISCD 2024
