Contour A Grid - Style tab

 

The Style tab changes how Petra draws and labels grid contour lines.  

Petra can draw lines either as a "normal" or "bold."  Bold lines can be useful for decreasing visual clutter or for showing a larger interval - bolding every 4th line on 25' contour interval quickly shows a gradation of 100', for example.

MapContourGridStyleTab

Normal Line Width

Sets the line width for drawing normal contour lines.

Normal Line Style

Sets  the style for drawing normal contour lines.

Number of Decimals in Label

Changes the number of decimals displayed on the label.

Bold Line Width

Sets  the line width for drawing bold contour lines.

Bold Line Style

Sets  the style for drawing bold contour lines.

Bold Every Nth Contour Where N=

Sets the interval for drawing bold contour lines.

Label Every Nth Contour Where N=

Sets the interval for labeling contour lines.

Label Size (XY Map Units) -

Sets  the height of the contour labels in XY map units, i.e., feet or meters on the earth's surface.  Set the size to zero for the default of 0.1 inches.

Label Distance (XY Map Units)

Sets the distance between contour labels in map XY units, i.e., feet or meters. Set the distance to zero for default value.