Autodesk 15606-011408-9008 User Guide - Page 110
Symbol Manager
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Help Index symbols Symbol Manager Symbol Manager This application, which is installed with Autodesk MapGuide Author, enables you to create your own SMB files or modify SMB files installed with Autodesk MapGuide. SMB files and the individual symbols they contain can be composed of bitmap images and vector graphics. This enables you to combine vector graphics and bitmaps in one symbol, create new SMB files, or modify existing SMB files by adding and removing symbols. You can also modify the display properties of specific symbols within SMB files to specify where the symbols are inserted in a map layer and to make a bitmap color in a symbol transparent. After you modify SMB files using Symbol Manager, you use one of the other symbol managers to access the SMB file and apply the symbols in the SMB file to a point layer or redline layer. Using the Point Layer Symbol Manager dialog box from within Autodesk MapGuide Author, you can select a point layer and add symbols. For more information, see "Point Layers and the Point Layer Symbol Manager" on page 111. Using the API Symbol Manager dialog box from within Autodesk MapGuide Author, you can make symbols available to a redline layer. For more information, see "Redline Layers and the API Symbol Manager" on page 112. As well as enabling you to modify SMB files, Symbol Manager includes the following features not available in the Point Layer Symbol Manager or API Symbol Manager dialog boxes: Creating and modifying SMB files Importing TrueType fonts to use as symbols Setting symbol reference points For detailed information, choose Help Contents, click the Index tab, and look up "symbols, Symbol Manager." To start Symbol Manager From the Start menu, choose Programs Autodesk MapGuide Release 6 Symbol Manager. 110 | Chapter 5 Working with Data in Autodesk MapGuide