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Terrain
Relief
Terrain and Relief
Grid
Selections
Selections Info...
Go to Hole...
Preview...
Scorecard...

Terrain

When this command is chosen, the Top View is shown as a two-dimensional representation with the different terrain types appearing as different colors.
 

Relief

When this command is chosen, the Top View is shown as a topographical perspective where different shading represents different elevation. Darker colors represent lower elevations and lighter colors higher elevations, with green being the highest parts of the course.
 

Terrain and Relief

This command combines the other two modes in the Top View, giving you shaded altitude information while revealing terrain types by shape and color.
 

Grid

This command superimposes a grid over both the Top View and the Camera View. The Top View shows large grids (although you can see the small grids if you zoom in far enough), while the Camera View shows small grids only. A large grid is made up of a square 32 small grids by 32 small grids.

You can edit the grid by choosing Grid from the Edit menu and using the mouse to drag the intersections of grid lines. See the Smooth Tools for more details.
 

Selections

When this command is chosen, marquees appear around areas you've selected with the various selection tools. When the command is unchecked, you will not see the marquees (but the areas within them are still selected until you choose to de-select them).
 

Selections Info...

This command brings up the Selection Info dialog box. See Control Square for more details.
 

Go To Hole...

This very useful command brings up a dialog box that lets you move the active camera instantly to any tee or flagstick of any hole on the course. Just specify where you want to go and the camera will be there instantly, showing you the scene.
 

Preview

This command brings up a dialog box that will play a little movie of what it looks like to walk any hole on your course, from tee to flagstick. Since the grid is on in the movie, this is an excellent way to see how the grid is laid out on the course.

Select which hole you want to preview and click the Test button. You will be taken for a walk along the center line from the tee to the green of that hole.

The Save button will let you save the preview in case you later want a record of what a hole looked like.
 

Scorecard

This command brings up a dialog box that lets you alter some details of the way the scorecard will appear when you play this course in SimGolf. The top field allows you to change the course's name (but not the file name the computer stores it under). Below that are the official distances from each of the tees to the pin for each hole; these can only be changed by redesigning the hole itself. Below that are fields that let you set the par and handicap for each hole. (If you set the par high enough, you can always play "well under par," at least on your home course.)

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