ManualOperator

Routes

Routes Center

All your Routes are displayed in the Routes Center, and they are automatically saved in a database. The first time you launch the software, the Routes Center is empty. You can create or import as many routes as you wish.

To call up the Routes Center select [Centers] from the [Route] menu and choose [Routes]

The Routes Center window appears at the bottom of the screen and lists all previously created routes. Click on the box to the left of any route to select the route you want to work with. Once a route is selected, the box to the left of that route will turn blue. Simultaneously the route is selected and colored in orange in the Center and on the Chart. When a Route is selected, all details about the trip are reported in the Selected Route Center.

TIP - You can also select the Route directly on the chart by clicking on it with the Finger Tool

The Routes Center has a Toolbar that allows you to do specific tasks :

Use this button to un-select the route

Use this button to center the chart on the selected route

Use this button to access and modify the properties of the Center

Use this button to display the Route Properties dialog box

Use this button to search for a route that contains specific key-words or terms in the Center

•Use the Sort Menu to sort routes according to specific parameters. Note that you can also double click directly on the Column Title

•Use the Action Menu to perform specific actions like reverse, delete or export the selected route

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Only one route can be selected at a time.

TIPS - Double-click on a line to display the appropriate Center (Planning or Active Route Center.) Use the Right-click on a line for displaying the Contextual menu.

Routes Properties

How to Display Each Route Properties dialog :

Under the Routes Center, select a route and click the Properties button on the Center toolbar or use the right-click menu on a chosen line.

Then the "Routes Properties" dialog appears on screen and gives you the possibility to enter:

1.A route's name to easily and quickly retrieve it in the Routes Center list.

2.A started point location's name and destination location's name.

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(*)all data information in a cell colored in grey are defined by default and can't be modified.

Selected Route Center

If you have just drawn or selected a Route, the Selected Route Center allows you to view details (like leg distance, time to go, total distance) and enter some information about the Route (like estimated speed and date.) The Selected Route will appear graphically on the chart colored in orange.

To open the Selected Route Center, select [Centers] and choose [Selected Route] from the [Route] menu.

Note that the Selected Route Center is empty if no Route is selected. See also related topics for getting information on "How to create a Route" and "How to select a Route".

The Planning Route Center consists in a route plan report. Each line gives information about :

•A Waypoint and its associated leg.

•Distance and bearing information such as Total Distance, Leg Distance and COG

•Constraint values (ETA and SOW) that can be set by the user

•Not modifiable values (gray) such as TTG and Total TTG that depend on constraint values

TIPS - A leg in the selected route center colored light blue indicates that a constraint value has been entered. This means that information such as estimated speed or ETA have been set by the operator. MaxSea will then use these parameters to calculate the other leg / route parameters. To free a constraints and set to default, right click on the line (leg) and choose "Free Constraints."

How to print Route Information:

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•Select the Action Menu and choose "Print"

•Or right-click on the Center and choose "Print"

TIPS - You can also select the Action Menu to Copy the Center to the Clipboard and paste it in Excel. This will allow you to edit the layout and remove unwanted information.

How to move in the Planning Route Center (by using the mouse or the keyboard):

•Vertically or Horizontally navigation into the Planning Route Center, use the arrows on the keyboard.

•The selected line appears surrounded with dotted line.

To change the "Planning Route Center" table display configuration:

•Click the "Grid Option" button to configure the table:

1.To Hide or show desired columns by checking appropriate boxes

2.To Move columns in the Planning Route Center click on UP or Down

•Change the order of column

1.Click on the Title of the Column to select it

2.Drag it to the new position

IMPORTANT - After each modification, the values of the route plan are immediately updated. Please make sure to choose the DOT (not comma) when entering decimal values.

Selected Route Leg Properties

Each line along a route between two waypoints is known as a Leg. The Leg Properties dialog depends on the category of the selected Route. There are two sorts of Leg, the Planning Leg drawn in orange and the Active Leg drawn in red on the chart. The Active Leg consists of your boat traveling (see related topic on Activating a Route for more information) and the Planning Leg is your draft. You can easily edit each Leg of Selected Route after placing it on the chart. A Selected Leg can be customized as many time needed, and MaxSea enables to create as many back-up routes with the Duplicate function as you wish.

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After plotting a route on a chart, you can use the Properties dialog to calculate the speed of each selected leg, to edit waypoint position and others data values, to estimate the arrival time (ETA) and speed over water (SOW) of the trip, to define the waypoint approaches such as the auto scale value, "Out of limits" positioned ( XTE) and passage mode.

Select a Route Leg to edit and modify Properties

1.Under the chart display, double left-click with the Select tool a Lef on along the Route or apply a long click on a leg and the quick link.

2.Under the Selected Route Center list, select a line and click on the Properties button or use the right-click menu on a chosen line.

The Leg Properties dialog appears and gives following details:

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Notes :

(1)- all data in gray cells can not be updated

(2)- data values in blue cells correspond to constraint values. To free a constraints and set to default, right click on the line (leg) and choose "Free Constraints."

Edit & Modify the Route

Edit and Modify a Route

Thanks to the MaxSea Toolbar, it is very easy to edit Routes and Waypoints.

These Tool are used to:

1.Add Waypoints to a Route

2.Move Waypoints/Routes

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3. Cut the Selected Route in Two Parts

4. Delete Waypoints

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Note: Edition Tools apply to the Selected Route

Edit and Modify a Route

Thanks to the MaxSea Toolbar, it is very easy to edit Routes and Waypoints.

These Tool are used to:

1. Add Waypoints to a Route

2. Move Waypoints/Routes

3. Cut the Selected Route in Two Parts

4. Delete Waypoints

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Note: Edition Tools apply to the Selected Route

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