Create Knockouts Has Been Reworked for MAPublisher 11.4
We are excited to introduce you to the new version of the Create Knockouts tool available in MAPublisher 11.4. Create Knockouts is a tool that allows you mask off parts of features that may be covered by things such as text or points. The aim of this tool is to increase the readability of your map, especially in areas where features may overlap or look cluttered.
The previous version of the Create Knockouts tool only consisted of a single dialog box. This had the limitation of allowing knockouts to be created around only a single layer at a time, meaning that multiple iterations of the tool had to be run to create knockouts for several different layers. This also meant that correcting mistakes or modifying existing knockouts required the tool to be run again, which could be frustrating or time consuming.
The new version of the Create Knockouts tool features an improved tool architecture which introduces knockout settings stored as jobs and rules. Jobs and rules allow knockouts to be created simultaneously for multiple layers.
A job defines which layers are being masked and consists of one or more rules that will be used to form the knockouts. A rule defines the overall appearance of the knockouts and which layers the knockouts will be formed around.
One very useful thing about jobs and rules is that they are also transferable to your other map documents through the use of the Copy MAP Objects From tool.
The introduction of jobs and rules to the Create Knockouts tool makes it much easier for you to create multiple batches of knockouts at once while also being able to save their settings. This is very convenient if you come back later and wish to make modifications to your knockouts as your map evolves through its creation.
MAPublisher v11.4 also introduces adding Vector Basemaps within a selected area, WMS 1.3.0 import support, rotate characters path utility, default stroke and fill upon import, setting a leader line offset with the MAP Tagger tool, and several performance updates and bug fixes.
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