Changing the Appearance of Analysis Points on the Map

The Map tab of the PLAN Options dialog box allows you to change the appearance of some analysis points on the map. This helps to emphasize the point and make it easier to view.

Changes that you make to the appearance of a point is temporary. If you close Trapeze4, and then reopen it, the appearance of the points reverts to the default.
  1. In the Spatial Analysis screen, do one of the following steps:
    • Click Analysis > Setup.
    • Click the Setup button: Setup button
    The PLAN Options dialog box appears.
  2. On the Map tab, select any of the following point types from the Point Type drop-down list:
    • Path Point: Affects points that appear briefly when you are drawing a temporary route.
    • Location: Points that are generated from a location analysis.
    • Selected Location: Points that are generated from a location analysis and those that you have selected on either the Map or the Locations tab in the Spatial Analysis screen.

    • Client: Points generated from a PASS Booking analysis. You can change the shape, size, and color of the point representing the client (trip origin), but only the shape and size of the destination point.

    • Selected Client: When you select a client record from the Locations tab after running a Pass Booking analysis, the selected record (trip origin) appears different compared to the other client (trip origins).
      Map tab of the PLAN Options dialog box
  3. Click Appearance.
    The Point Appearance dialog box appears.
    Point Appearance dialog box
  4. To change the appearance of points on the map:
    1. In the Type drop-down list, select the shape of the point.
    2. In the Radius field, enter the size of the radius.
    3. In the Frame Width field, increase or decrease the size of the border around the point or click the up or down arrow beside the field until you arrive at the appropriate size.
    4. In the Fill drop-down list, select the style of the line within the point.
    5. In the Fill Color drop-down list, select the color of the shadow within the point.
    6. In the Frame Color drop-down list, select the color of the border of the point.
      The Example frame allows you to view the changes that you have made to a point type.
  5. Click OK.
    The changes are shown on the points on the map.
  6. In the PLAN Options dialog box, click OK.