Creating a BattleMap

A Step-by-step Guide :

Follow the steps below to produce and view a simple BattleMap. After that you will be able to explore the other features in more detail.

The essence is to follow the top menu items from left to right. The basics of this process are shown below.

Note that you will be unable to do any of this until you have successfully licensed the product. Click here to find out how.

The BattleMaps screen layout

• An overview of the main screen layout

BattleMap files

• Start a new BattleMap (and find out how to save it).

Map & background

• Add information and notes on the battle and the map
• Prepare the background and size of the map
• Set up the legend
• Add additional items to the legend

Order of battle

• Enter the details of the opposing forces

Phases

• Phases - what are they?
• Add objects to the background layer
• Add a phase
• Changing the details of phases
• Changing the position and order of phases
• Adding objects to phases
• Duplicating a phase

Objects

• Objects - what are they?
• Adding military objects units to the map
• Adding non-military shapes
• Drawing other kinds of objects on the map
• Choosing object line styles
• Choosing object fill patterns
• Object labeling and label formats
• Changing, duplicating and removing objects
• Working with objects on the screen - moving, rotating, re-sizing.
• Object information in the tree panel

Tools

• Using the toolbar
• Distance measuring and scale setting
• Preparing handouts
• Creating separate image files of the maps
• Using keyboard shortcuts

View

• Changing the views of the map

Slideshow

• Running the slideshow view
• Changing the slideshow settings