In course setting projects, you can use the White background<\/em> symbol (760.000) as a quick solution. Select the White background<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n#02 Option: Layout Objects<\/strong> #03 Option: Map Objects<\/strong> #04 Option: Cut Away Parts of the Map<\/strong> Recommendations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more complex applications, we recommend using additional layout files<\/a> in conjunction with the Canvas<\/a> function.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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 SymbolIn course setting projects, you can use the White background symbol (760.000) as a quick solution. Select the White background symbol in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,35,46,1],"tags":[8,52,9,51],"class_list":["post-2192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ocad-11","category-ocad-12","category-ocad-2018","category-uncategorized","tag-course-setting","tag-layout","tag-orienteering-map-making","tag-printing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2192"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2239,"href":"https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192\/revisions\/2239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Open the Layout<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Define a new white color<\/a> (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<\/a> (Symbol>New>Area Symbol) where you use the newly created color as Fill color<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Alternatively, you can cut away<\/a> parts of the map instead of just cover them.
If so, make sure you are working with a copy and not the original map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n