ALT + F7
Right/Left/Up/Down Arrows
The + and -
Sounder Shift + (*)
Scroll Chart function (only available if the active window is the Chart window)
Zoom in or zoom out (only available if the active window is the Chart window)
(*)The inactive shortcut means that the corresponding module is not available in the software.
Accessibility Windows Options Keyboard Shortcuts
Press on Keyboard
Alt
RIGHT ARROW
LEFT ARROW
UP ARROW
DOWN ARROW
Action:
Activate the MaxSea menu bar without using the mouse (then use keyboard Arrows)
Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu * or move to the next right cell.
Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu * or move to the next left cell.
Move up in the menu * or move to the next upper cell.
Move down in the menu * or move to the next down cell.
(*) in case the Alt key, then use the Arrows keyboard to move in the menu bar.
TIPS - Palettes and Toolbars are accessed with the right and the left buttons of your mouse.
To select a tool, place the cursor over the tool, click the left mouse button once. The tool is selected and the cursor shows its icon.
Double-left-clicking over a given tool will erase that tool’s last actions, even if a different tool is active.
Double-left-clicking in each Palettes and windows title bar will dock them around the Chart Window.
Right-clicking on a palette tool brings up the context menu with options to change transparency, button size, or toggle text labels on/off.
Virtual Keyboard
In most cases you have to use the virtual keyboard when modifying details in all specific window properties. You will use it as you do with a standard keyboard.
Click on each virtual touch and click on the virtual Enter touch to valid after each action.
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Print Charts
To print the chart displayed on screen, select [File] on the menu bar then [Print].
Select your printer and set the parameters (Landscape mode, Paper size...). Click on OK to print.
If you select [Print Preview] from the [File] menu you will be able to choose the scale of the chart.
If you want more data on the printed paper, choose a smaller scale. To close the Print Preview, click on Close.
Saving Chart as...
To save a computer screen as a digital image:
1.Go to [File] and select [Save window chart as...].
2.Select the type of the picture (Bmp, jpeg, gif, tiff or png).
3.“Select “Save the picture”.
4.Pick a folder in which to place the image and name the file.
Note: Files can be e-mailed or viewed / manipulated in almost any graphics program.
Software Options
Setting Up PBG/2D/3D
Choose [Option: PBG/2D/3D] from the [Utilities] menu to call up the dialog box in which you can customize either the PBG or 2D or 3D data before displaying on the chart.
Related topics:
1.Personal Bathy Generator settings
2.Bathy 2D settings
3.3D settings
Personal Bathy Generator settings
Select [Option: PBG/2D/3D] from the [Utilities] menu, click the PBG tab to call up the window area which allows you to configure the PBG data display.
This zone of the window consists in three parts in which you can select easily the PBG resolution before imported data:
1.Check one of each radio button to choose the scale resolution for the PBG import.
2.The second part of the dialog box informs you about the chosen resolution value.
3.The third part on the bottom of the dialog box consists to a short definition that allows you to know in which case the chosen option is to be used.
Note: these customization features must be done before activating the PBG function on.
Bathy 2D settings
To emphasize the details of your 2D display charts, or accelerate the display speed, you can change the values of the 3D display properties.
•To do so, select [Option: PBG/2D/3D] from the [Utilities] menu
•Click the 2D tab index, The dialog box consists in four parts in which you can choose how to customize the 2D display on the chart.
(1)- Use data type
You can select the type of data you wish to display or not in 2D as well as the grid.
You can display one of each data type or all data types from "User data", " C-map" or "D.E.M.".
Note: check all boxes to display all data.
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(2) - Display density
Three modes are proposed:
1.The Normal density option allows to optimize the resolution of the 2D data display resolution.
2.Select Low density option if you want to obtain more display speed.
3.Select High density option if you wish to obtain more details of the 2D data display resolution.
Note: if you have checked the GRID box under the "display" zone, the grid is drawn only in a normal mode and does not appears when either the "low density" or the "high density" mode is checked.
(3) - Interpolation
The interpolation check box allows you to select either Spline or Dilatation algorithms to display the data.
The Spline mode is a smooth mode more adapted to high scales but is slower.
The Dilatation mode is faster and more adapted to situations where data is grouped in a small geographical zone. There is no smoothing in this mode, only calculated data is displayed.
Software Options
(4)- Display
•Check the D.E.M. box to display the data import grid
•And / or check the overzoom box to display data value for lower scales on the import value scale . (overzoom data value)
3D settings
You can change the values of the 3D display properties to emphasize certain chart details or improve performance.
1.Select [Option: PBG/2D/3D] from the [Utilities] menu
2.Select the 3D tab
3.Select the "Altitude Data filter" display by checking one of the radio buttons.
4.Several filters are available in the 3D tab as well as a check box to use hardware acceleration. You can display:
•All data, in this case no filter is used.
•Marine data only by removing land data.
•All data except for underwater data.
Hardware
The minimum hardware configuration required is 64 Mb RAM with an 8Mb RAM video card. Better performance can be achieved with more system and video memory and a card that supports 3D acceleration.
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Note : MaxSea will operate in "hardware" mode if the video card supports hardware acceleration.
Otherwise, all 3D graphics are calculated by the software.
: "Software" mode
: "Hardware" mode.
If your computer does not have a 3D video card, the mode stays in "Software" mode .
Hardware : the "Use hardware acceleration" check box is unchecked by default (the calculation is realized by the software) and check the box to allow the software to use the 3D graphic card.
3D Window Display Quality: this slider allows you to determine the display precision degree of the 3D charts. It defines the best report quality / performance depending on your equipment and your required level of detail.
Note : the slider is in Lowest "Quality/Fastest" position by default.
Setting up GPS and Track
Select [Option: GPS/Track... ] from the [Utilities] menu to bring up the GPS/Track... window which consists in four parts of settings.
A list of mobile is shown on left-hand of the window. This list contains one or several mobiles, first choose a mobile on which you want to apply settings.
Then select one of each tab to apply settings.
Track tab
Checking boxes to define how to save your track.
1.Enable track recording check box to record automatically each Target's track. At least one mobile must have the track activated to enable this function.
2.Record all input data check box will record all data received from all mobile.
3.Single user file for target trails check box will record the trail of each target in a single file.
Recording accuracy
Define the precision of your track ( the interval between two saved points) in either time or distance.
We would advise a frequency of between 120 and 300 seconds (2 to 5 minutes), which is sufficiently adequate for normal navigation requirements where land is in sight. The saving of tracks is generally not used in the open sea.
1.Choose either Time or Distance option.
2.left-click on each number unit to modify its value or use arrow to increase or decrease.
Note:
Software Options
To set up the measurement units that you normally use go to [Option: units] under [Utilities] menu.
Track line
1.Select line width option to define the width of track displayed on chart.
2.left-click on the pop-up menu to pull down a menu.
3.choose one track width.
Two ways for choosing a track color :
1 -Fixed Track color
select Fixed color option.
choose a single color from the color palette.
2 - Variable Track color
You could choose a variable track color in accordance with one of the data sources recognized by the software (e.g. speed of the ship, wind force factor, etc.).
1.click on "According to..." , to access the color palette range.
2.choose the data from which the color track will change (for example, speed).
3.click on the "Edit color range" button to bring up the window color range.
4.use the keyboard to select the delimiting speed values by successively selecting text zones (for example, speed of less than knots: blue track; speed exceeding knots: red track; speed between the two: variable color).
5.click on the Apply button to validate the display.
Note: the data sources are dependent upon the electronic equipment installed.
Display tab
Display is checked and the boat symbol will be displayed on screen.
Click on the color zone area of the symbol to choose in which color you want to the boat symbol.
Size an type of the boat symbol
Minimum ship size unit is defined in pixel unit. Choose a size.
The boat symbol cannot be less small than minimum size defined by the user.
ECDIS symbol display.
Ship symbol constant size display.
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Misc tab
Position alert
1.If the "Display" check box is enabled, a «bip» alert is permanently performed when no position is received by the software.
2.Unchecked it if you do not want to hear this alert anymore.
Security circle
1.check "Display" to show it on chart.
2.enter a value in Size input text to define a circle distance.
Vector
1.three check boxes allow to display vectors direction of your mobile ( Ground heading, Surface heading or the drift)
2.Choose to display all vectors or one of them.
3.select in which mode you want to display vectors with a fixed length or if it moves according to the speed that you have entered.
Average input data every...
You can choose the average rate, which will be used by the navigation logbook.
Characteristics tab
Mobile size
1.enter the length and the width of the selected mobile.
2.choose from the middle of the mobile axis of the GPS antenna position
Setting Up Display
Select [Option: display] from the [Display] menu to call up the Display window that allows you to define characteristics on the chart and consists in several categories of Display Options:
Colors
You should need a less bright display, in case of night navigation for example.
Day/Dusk/Night display darken the software color palette and allows you to not be dazzled in a dark cabin. It also applies on the following cartographic:
o Mapmedia
o ARCS
o NDI
o Maptech
o C-Map
Software Options
choose your display mode
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Dusk display mode chosen
Customizing "Colors" display
Background color / Grid color / world chart color
Left-click on one of each option to bring up the corresponding color palette in which you can choose a color.
Customizing display
This part of the "Display" window allows to change the characteristics of the selection tools by changing:
1.Line color
2.Line width drawn on chart.
Choosing a "Distances Measurement" display
Two categories of Distances Measurement between the Great circle or Rhumb line calculations
The software can work in Great circle or Rhumb line on the chart. You are advised to always work in Great circle method. Great Circle is checked by default.
Customizing and choosing "Miscellaneous" display options
Palette data font size
The pop-up menu can be used to specify the character size used for text inside the displays. Smallest is chosen by default.
Display chart outlines
Display Chart Outlines is checked by default and pink rectangles are displayed on the chart and show available charts. Uncheck this box to hide contours on chart.
Antemeridian
Select the box to choose a chart display centered on the antemeridian ( longitude 180°) which replaces the display centered on the Greenwich (longitude 0°) meridian .
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Display geographic grid
If you select this box, the grid of lat / lon coordinates is displayed on charts.
Display TD grids
If you select this box, the hyperbolic network(s) is displayed on the chart.
Scale
Uncheck this box to hide the scale detail displayed in Chart Window lower left. (checked by default).
Antialiasing
Uncheck this box to improve the system performance (checked by default)
Setting Up Units
Select [Option: Units] from the [Utilities] menu to call up the measurement units properties window.
1.Choose the measurements units that you normally use by calling up the corresponding pop-up menus.
2.Select an item in the corresponding pop-up menus (Distance, Short distance, speed, depth or height etc....)
3.Click on OK to validate the settings parameters.
4.Click Cancel to close without taking into account the setting parameters.
List of available units
1.Great distance : Nautical Mile (MN) / kilometer (km) /US Mile (M)/ Meter (m).
2.Short distance (used for the mobiles size for example):Meter (m) / Foot (Ft) / Centimeter (cm) / Inch (In).
3.Speed : Knot (Kn) / Meter per second (m/s) / Kilometer per hour (km/h) / Us Mile per hour (MPH)
4.Depth/Height : Meter (m) / Foot (Ft) / Fathon (Fa)
5.Volume : Litre (L) / US Gallon (US Ga) / Canadian Gallon ( Can Ga)
6.Temperature : Degrees Celcius (° C) / Degrees Fahrenheit (° F)
7.Surface : Square Nautical Mile (Mm²)/ Square meter (m²) / Square kilometer (km²) / Square US Mile (M²) / Square Foot (Ft²) / Hectare (Hect) / Are (Are)
8.Pressure: Millibar (mB) / Bar (B) / Pascal (P) / Inch of mercury (hg In) / Millimeter of mercury (hg mm)
9.Slope: Degree (°) / Per cent (%)
To change the distances measurement mode:
