[APBeta] Display/FOV question

Paul Rodman paul at ilanga.com
Sat Aug 22 11:37:35 PDT 2009


On Aug 22, 2009, at 11:21 AM, David Crum wrote:

> Paul, that is exactly what I was looking for :)
>
> I did not know the template tool was also for the FOV as well (makes
> sense now that I think about it).  Guess it applies to the ENTIRE
> plan??

Yes, effectively a duplicate of the template plan is made, and all the  
objects removed. Everything else remains as-is, including list  
columns, FoV and Sky chart settings, etc.

Paul R.

>
> On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Paul Rodman<paul at ilanga.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Aug 21, 2009, at 7:03 PM, David Crum wrote:
>>
>>> I have a question (not a bug report) concerning the Display and FOV
>>> defaults.  Is there a way to define them for ALL plans?
>>>
>>> For each plan I make I am having to go into the FOV tab, uncheck the
>>> Images box, and under the catalogs, check, Hubble Guide Stars, Tycho
>>> II Stellar catalog, and NGC catalog (including label), and then move
>>> the display and Catalogs boxes in size.  Is there a setting I have
>>> missed which will set these for me for each plan??
>>
>> You can set up an existing plan as a "template" to be used for any  
>> _new_
>> plan (in Edit->Preferences->General). Not for existing plans  
>> however. If you
>> want that, feel free to file an enhancement request.
>>
>> Paul R.
>>
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