MaxSea Operator Manual version 12.6 - Furuno USA

MaxSea Operator Manual version 12.6
Displaying the geographic grid
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To display the geographic grid over the chart:
Note:
TD grids >> see note(2)
Geographic grid
1. Click on the Grid button in the Chart Toolbar to turn ON/OFF the grid display
2. Go to the menu bar point [Display] and left-click [Option: Display...], for changing the Grid color
• Select a color which is blue by default
• Click "OK" to confirm.
(1) - the Show/Hide function is applied in the active Chart window, in case two windows are opened and you can
decide to display the geographic grid in a window and not in the other one.
(2) - when you are using a specific Hyperbole system, you can display it on the chart (the name of the hyp1
and/or hyp2 checked boxes are replaced to the system name that you are using. In this case the
software allows you to select a display level for each hyperbole system) and the TD Grids is added in
the Grid menu list. When you are not ability to use Hyperbole system this part is not available.
Using contextual menus
MaxSea makes extensive use of "contextual menus", which let you access the most useful commands related to the
selected chart with your right mouse button.
To display the chart contextual menu
1 - Position the cursor over the chart any where in the Chart window.
2 - Right-click to bring up the context menu.
3 - All the available items depend of the selected chart format.
The menu lets you access (for both raster and vector charts):
Most common commands and tools (zoom in, zoom out, select scale)
Chart Properties window which supplies information available for the displayed chart.
Most common functions to ADD (waypoint, mark, line etc....)
If the selected chart is a vector chart, the menu also lets you access:
Chart Object properties