Cadcorp SIS Workspace Templates (SWTs)

What is a Cadcorp SIS Workspace Template (SWT)?

Creating a new SWT

Creating a default SWT

Opening an existing SWT

What is a Cadcorp SIS Workspace Template (SWT)?

A Cadcorp SIS Workspace Template (SWT) is a saved collection of overlays and a view. This can be used as a base map with which to create individual SIS Workspace Definitions (SWDs).

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Creating a new SWT

1. Navigate to the Program Files/Cadcorp SIS folder and create a new folder called Templates. This will be the default folder for storing your SWT files.
   
   
2. In SIS, either:

Select New:



Select Map Template in the File Types dialog:



This creates an SWT in the Maps Control Bar called Template, suffixed with the number of the SWT in the Maps Control Bar.

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• Create a new SWD as usual (see Cadcorp SIS Workspace Definition (SWD)) and save using Save Copy As [File-Save As]. 

3. Add the required overlays to this map document.
   
   
4. Use Save Copy As [File-Save As] to save the SWT. The SWT is saved as type; *.swt. The default destination for the SWT is the Templates folder created in Step 1. However, the Browse Folders function enables the SWT to be saved to any destination, a shortcut to the SWT can then be created and pasted into the Templates folder. This may be useful if users need to share access to an SWT.

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    Creating a default SWT

A default SWT will be opened when the command New SIS Workspace Definition [File-New] is used. A default SWT may be useful in certain scenarios, for example in a local authority. Here there may be one SWT for the whole council which would form the basis for individual departmental SWDs (e.g. for Planning, Environmental Health, etc.).

To create a default SWT carry out the Creating a new SWT procedure above and save the SWT to the Templates folder (C:\Program Files\Cadcorp SIS\Templates) as Default.SWD.swt. When the New SIS Workspace Definition command is selected this default SWT will be taken as the basis for any newly created SWD.

Note: A default SWT must be saved into the Templates folder, a shortcut to a default SWT will not open automatically

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Opening an existing SWT

1. Select New:
   
   
   
   
2. Choose Map Template from the File Types dialog:
   
   
   
   Click Next.
   
   You will see thumbnails of all available templates in the right-hand pane as you click on them in the left-hand pane.

3. Click Finish when you have chosen the required SWT. This loads the map as a new SWD in the Map Window.
   
   
4. You can add new overlays to this, and save it as an SWD.
   
   
5. Use Home [Home-Zoom] to go back to the extents of the original SWT.

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