Peg Relay on OCAD

[Becks]

Is it possible to easily plan a peg relay in OCAD, or am I best just hand drawing on blank maps? There's not many kids to draw for!

[Sloop]

Dead easy.
Use normal connection lines between the mandatory controls, and marked-route dashed lines for the extra loops.
Then a bit of fiddling to lay the control descriptions out to your taste, and you're done.
I can provide examples.

[DeerTick]

Dead easy.
Use normal connection lines between the mandatory controls, and marked-route dashed lines for the extra loops.
Then a bit of fiddling to lay the control descriptions out to your taste, and you're done.
I can provide examples.

I'm in the middle of planning one using OCAD.

For one attempt I've made the course a two lap relay. The mandatory controls are on the first lap and the extra loops added to the second lap using the leg variation option. This means no hastle with control descriptions, but the extra loops are solid lines, not dashed. I'd be interested, Sloop, in how you change a normal solid line connector to a dashed one.

My earlier attempt involved copying the symbols for control and marked route, editing the copies to switch off the "use for course marking" option, then drawing dashed lines and control circles for the loops using these new symbols. Looks nice, but control descriptions for the loops don't feature. I'm thinking of going with this option and not printing any descriptions as they are all path junctions, path ends.

I recently did a peg relay using Condes which worked well but involved cutting the solid line symbol to make a dashed line - fiddly.

AP

[Sloop]

I just checked my old filestore ... apparently I do a single course with all the extras included. Normal connection lines go round what is effectively the longest route, and the control descriptions come in a sensible order.
Then I do a "marked route" for all the cutoffs.
I can send you an example file, but I wasn't allowed to attach it to this reply.

[Sloop]

And what I meant to say in answer to your question ... if you export the course file, you can edit everything to your heart's content ... in particular the control descriptions can be amended/indented and the connection lines can become anything you like.

[Becks]

This is a bit late now, but thanks both. Digging out of 40 inches of snow took priority for a few days - luckily we're thawing now so I hope our training will still happen! Just trying out your suggestions now. (Btw - I still hate OCAD).

[DeerTick]

Go with Sloop's suggestion - it's just what I wanted. Exporting the course file allows you to edit to your heart's content (e.g. solid lines to dotted, etc). He sent me an example file which I could forward if you PM your email address.

AP

[Becks]

I have done it, thanks! Not sure I did the line editing in the most straightforward way, but it looks fine.