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<li> Set the position. This is only the starting position and can be moved later in the print layout.
<li> Set the plot properties. When the user clicks this button, TUFLOW Viewer will calculate the min/max for the plot axes. For lines on the cross-section and vertical profile plots, this can take some time as TUFLOW Viewer will need to step through every timestep to find the min/max values.<br>
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<li> Label position relative to the graphic object
<li> Label properties:<br>
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<li> '''Images''' - Adds static images (e.g. company logo) to the maps. Adding images can also be added / edited later in the print layout.<br>
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<li> Use the add button [[File: plus_icon_01a.png]] to add an image.
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<li> Position - this is the starting position and can be changed later in the print layout.
<li> Image properties:<br>
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* '''Output''' - output location of map.
<li> Users can import a list of maps from a csv file using the '''Import''' button. This allows users to use a program such as MS Excel to populate the map list.<br>
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<li> Once all layout items have been chosen and added, clicking '''Preview''' will allow the user to view how it's going to look.<br>
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<li> Clicking the preview button will open up the layout in the QGIS print layout. In this layout, the user can modify, move, resize, add, and remove items in the layout. The following items must retain their IDs:
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Some of the useful information and tools in the print layout are:
* All plot items are listed in the 'Items' box and their corresponding ID. Items can be selected in this box to show their properties and allow users to edit them (they can also be selected in the print layout).<br>
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* Item properties can be edited using the '''Item Properties''' tab below the 'Items' box.<br>
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* Use the tool '''Interactively Edit Map Extent''' [[File: Interactively_edit_map_extent_icon_01a.png]] to edit the zoom and position of the map in the print layout.
* When the map zoom and extents are adjusted the graphic objects will no longer be in the correct position, however that's ok because the next time either the preview is clicked or if the export maps tool is run, they will be placed in their correct position.
* Use the tool '''Select / Move Item''' [[File: select_move_item_icon_01a.png]] to move and resize items in the print layout.
* Use '''Add Item''' menu to add other custom items such as a north arrow or scale bar.<br>
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<li> Save the print layout as a template (.qpt) via the menu '''Layout >> Save as Template'''.<Br>
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<li> Close the print layout.
<li> Select the '''Custom Layout''' radio button in the layout tab in the export animation dialog and browse the saved template file (.qpt).<br>
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Note that all the default layout items will be
▲Note that all the default layout items will be overriden with the '''Custom Layout''' except for the plots and dynamic text. The plot position and size from the custom layout template will be used, however the plot content will still be taken from the '''Default Layout'''. Likewise for the dynamic text, the text will be taken from the '''Default Layout'''.
<li> The '''Preview''' button can be used multiple times to check that the layout is correctly being imported from the template.
<li> Click '''Ok''' to run the tool and export the maps.
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