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The Map Menu
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The Map Menu
EPICenter’s Topology applet provides a number of ways to view and manipulate the layout of a
topology map.
The size and layout of map nodes is saved at every map operation (except for the map zoom level).
Layout Map
You can drag map nodes around on the map yourself, or you can have EPICenter lay out the map
nodes for you. To have EPICenter do the map layout, do one of the following:
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Select Layout Map from the Map menu.
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Click the “Layout” icon on the tool bar.
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Right-click on the map background to display the pop-up menu, then select Layout Map .
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Enter [Ctrl]+L from the keyboard.
The Layout Map function calculates a default map layout, optimizing for node and link placement to
minimize overlap. If necessary, the Topology Manager may create a layout that is larger than the visible
window area. In this case, scroll bars allow you to view different parts of the map.
If there are a large number of nodes, the Topology Manager gives you the option of using a grid layout
instead of the default layout. See
“Node Placement Criteria in an Auto Populate View” on page 293 for
more information on how layouts are determined.
Figure 143 shows the visible portion of the default layout produced for a map with approximately 100
nodes.
Map Specific Properties
Display device names Uncheck to hide device names on the maps. The default is to display the names.
Changing this affects only nodes created after this setting is changed; existing
nodes retain their settings unless you also check the
Update all maps in this view
setting.
Display node icons Uncheck to use plain boxes to indicate map nodes instead of icons representing
specific device types. The default is to use device icons. Changing this affects only
nodes created after this setting is changed; existing nodes retain their settings
unless you also check the
Update all maps in this view setting.
Map Node Font Size Change the size of the font used for map node labels (names, annotations, IP
addresses, and so on). The default is a 12-point font. Changing this affects only
nodes created after this setting is changed; existing nodes retain their settings
unless you also check the
Update all maps in this view setting.
Update all maps in this view Check to override the individual map settings for all current maps in this view. If
unchecked, existing maps will retain the current values of their map properties.
However, all new maps created within this view will use the changed properties.