Drawing tulips
Every time you add a reference, the Roadbook Designer opens the drawing screen so you can create the tulip (the drawing of the junction). The same screen is used for the information column of the reference and for the cover of the stages.
To open it again on a reference that already exists, tap the tulip (middle column) or the information (right column) of that reference.
Parts of the screen
Canvas (the white area at the top): where the tulip is composed.
Side buttons, to the right of the canvas.
Mode buttons, below the canvas.
Tool area, which changes depending on the mode chosen.
Cancel and OK, at the bottom.
References (tulip icon): gallery of complete tulips. When you tap one, it fills the whole canvas. It is the quickest way to start.
Objects (tree icon): gallery of symbols (trees, houses, signs…) that are placed on top of the tulip and can be moved.
FIA: symbols from the FIA standard.
USA: symbols from the American standard.
Draw (pencil icon): freehand drawing or shapes.
Text (T icon): write text and place it on the tulip.
Recent (clock icon): your saved symbols and the last tulips and information drawn, so you can reuse them.
The Designer remembers the last mode you used, separately for tulips and for information.
Moving, rotating and resizing
Drag with one finger to move a symbol.
Pinch with two fingers on a symbol to resize and rotate it at the same time.
Double-tap a symbol to change its size: 1 → 1.5 → 2 → 2.5 → 0.5 → 0.75 → 1.
In Draw mode:
Pen: normal or marker (semi-transparent).
Colour: erase, black, red, yellow, green, blue or sand.
Undo: removes the last stroke.
Thickness: four sizes.
Shape: freehand, line, zigzag, double line, rectangle, filled rectangle, oval and filled oval.
Style: solid, dashed or dotted.
Arrows: eight arrows that are placed in the chosen colour.
To mark the exact start point on the cover of a stage, use a dotted yellow line, as in Timed Stage and PCs.
Text
In Text mode, type the text, choose the size with - and +, the colour (black, white, red or green) and the font, and tap add. The text is placed on the tulip like any other symbol: you can move it and resize it.
Camera: the first tap opens the camera inside the canvas; the second takes the photo and places it on the tulip. Very useful for the stage covers.
Image: places an image from the phone's gallery. If you hold the button for 1 second, the image is rotated 90° before being placed.
Save: saves the current tulip as a new symbol in Recent, so you can reuse it on other references.
Erase all: clears the canvas.
To delete a symbol from a gallery or from your saved symbols, hold it for 1 second and confirm. It is deleted from the phone.
Saving the tulip