MacroSystem Columbus 2 - Manual (Page 27)

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You will then see a section of this map and a
short diagonal yellow line with the starting and
finishing points of your route. To view the map
in its entirety, click once on the Editor detail icon.
You will now have three options for configuring
the editor area/map detail.
If you set the zoom control to a value of 40, the
map should be sufficiently reduced in size so
that all of it is visible on screen. In the case of
maps that have an even higher resolution, you
might have to move the zoom control to an even
lower value so that you can see the entire map.
You can now position the starting and finishing
points of your route on this zoomed out map.
Create, for instance, a route from Poland to
Spain. Clicking on the Preview button will then
show the path of the route as the camera moves
across the map.
If you also want to insert waypoints and key
points, we recommend you zoom further into
the map in the editor so that you can position
the points more precisely. To move the map
detail that is currently being shown in the editor
window, you can use the Horizontal (right/left)
and Vertical (up/down) slider controls. The
view of the map detail shown in the editor
window does not affect the final appearance of
the calculated route. You can use the Preview
function to check the final results in advance at
any time so that you can make changes to the
path of the route if necessary before carrying out
the calculations.
If you want a particular point to be emphasized
along the drawn route, you can make the
camera zoom into and out of the map as the
path is being drawn. To do so, first mark the
relevant waypoint or key point on the map and
then click on the Camera icon to display the
camera detail options. You can now decrease
or increase the value for Zoom. Then, when
the camera reaches this point, it will zoom into
or out of the map depending on the setting.
You can define a separate zoom value for each
waypoint or key point.
Make sure that the Camera -> Camera points
menu item in the Global settings menu is set
to all points so that the camera follows all the
points thus ensuring that the route section
currently being drawn is always visible on
screen.
Columbus 2 also allows you to change the head
object along the route. You can use this feature,
for example, to indicate that part of the journey
is covered by car and another part by train. The
head object can only be changed at a key point.
Click the trackball pointer on the relevant key
point on the map to highlight it in green. Next,
in the Look menu, select the Head object setting.
Then select Change in the Show head object
line. In the line below you can now select the
new head object that will be shown continuing
along the route after the marked key point has
been reached. You can, of course, change the
properties of the new head object, such as its
color and size. If you want, you can use a new
head object at every key point.