Convert/Copy - [EBPEdit Help Contents]

The Convert/Copy utility changes map content from one type to another or duplicates it. Choose the Edit, Convert/Copy pull down menu. There are two frames within the window, one for mileposts the other for drawings.

Before using the utility, select an area of the map on which to operate (point to one corner of the area, click and hold down the left mouse button, drag the mouse to the opposite corner, and release the button). Use is best illustrated by example.

CONVERT MILEPOST

Example: after having placed scattered alpine type mileposts on your map, you decide you'd rather they were mountains. Select the map area containing the alpines, then choose Edit, Convert/Copy. In the Milepost frame, set From to Alpine, To to Mountain, then click Convert. All alpines in the selected area will be changed to mountains.

COPY MILEPOST

Example: you decide all mountains in a certain area of the map should be desert mountains. Select the map area, then choose Edit, Convert/Copy. In the Milepost frame, set From to Mountain, To to Desert, then click Copy. All mountains in the selected area will be marked as desert as well.

CONVERT DRAWING

Example: after having drawn a yellow border, you decide it should have been a green border. Select the map area containing the yellow border, then choose Edit, Convert/Copy. In the Drawings frame, set From to Yellow border, To to Green border, then click Convert. All yellow borders in the selected area will be changed to green borders.

COPY DRAWING

Example: after having drawn all the ocean coastline, you decide no tracks should be allowed to cross it. Select the map area, then choose Edit, Convert/Copy. In the Drawings frame, set From to Ocean Coastline, To to Barrier, then click Copy. The ocean coastline in the selected area will be marked as barrier as well.

UNDO

The utility offers an undo feature that restores the map to the way it had been when you opened the Convert/Copy window.