The toolbar at the top of the page allows you to work with diagrams. You can also access Maintain Diagram Layers and Label Preferences here.
a. Switch mode
d. Select, add and edit RT lines, and draw abuttal lines
f. Enlarge and reduce diagrams
g. Maintain Diagram layers, Label Preferences, Feedback, and Help
Using the icons
a. Switch mode
Switch mode/Return to
Left-click the Diagrams button. A drop-down menu opens where you can switch between Define Diagrams and Layout Plan Sheets, or return to the Plan Generation landing page or your survey capture.
- You can switch between these pages freely.
- You can only have 1 open at a time.
Switch mode in Layout Plan Sheets
If you are in Layout Plan Sheets, to switch mode left-click the Sheets button.
b. Delete
Delete selected feature(s)
Allows you to delete your selected item or items.
c. Zoom functions
Zoom in and out
Select the plus to zoom in and the minus to zoom out.
You can also use your mouse to zoom in or out.
Use the scroll wheel to:
- zoom in and out
- left-click and hold then shift your mouse to pan the map around.
Alternatively, double-left-click your mouse and the screen will zoom in, or hold the Shift key on your keyboard while double-left-clicking to zoom out.
You can also hold down the Shift key then left-mouse-click and drag to draw a rectangle. When you release the left-mouse-click the screen will zoom in to that rectangle.
Zoom to fit
Scales the window to the full extent of your diagrams.
d. Select, add and edit RT (Record of Title) lines, and draw abuttal lines
Changes you make to lines with these tools will display on every plan sheet, for relevant diagrams where these layers are included.
Select RT lines
Allows you to select existing RT boundary lines so that you can show them on your plan sheets.
Add RT lines
Allows you to add the RT lines you’ve selected to the plan as RT boundaries.
Draw abuttal line
Allows you to draw additional abuttal lines where they don't exist in Landonline.
Select line
Allows you to select any added RT or abuttal lines so you can delete them.
For details on working with RT boundaries and abuttal lines in Define Diagrams, go to:
RT boundaries and abuttal lines
e. Define and select user-defined diagrams
You can define new Primary, Non-primary, and Survey diagrams as rectangles or polygons. You can also select your defined diagrams in order to make changes.
These diagrams will show in the Layout Plan Sheets.
Define primary diagram
Allows you to define a new primary diagram by rectangle or polygon.
Define non-primary diagram
Allows you to define a new non-primary diagram by rectangle or polygon.
Define survey diagram
Allows you to define a survey diagram by rectangle or polygon.
Select diagrams
Allows you to select your defined diagram so you can edit or delete it.
For details on how to define a diagram, go to:
Define a user-defined diagram
f. Enlarge and reduce diagrams
Enlarge diagram
Allows you to enlarge an already defined diagram by rectangle or polygon
Reduce diagram
Allows you to reduce an already defined diagram by rectangle or polygon
For details on how to enlarge or reduce a diagram, go to:
Enlarge a user-defined diagram or Reduce a user-defined diagram
g. Maintain Diagram Layers, Label Preferences, Feedback, and Help
Maintain Diagram Layers
Choose which layers will show on your layout plan sheets
Label Preferences
Choose how your labels will look on your layout plan sheets
Feedback
Provide feedback on the New Landonline application
Help
Takes you to the self-service content for Define Diagrams
Working with Define Diagrams
When you open Define Diagrams, the Spatial Window will be displayed to the extent of the largest defined diagram.
System generated diagrams
Landonline automatically defines these diagrams for both the survey and title layout sheets:
a. System Generated Primary diagram - green dashed line which displays to the extent of the defined parcels.
b. System Generated Non-Primary diagram - orange dashed line which displays to the extent of the defined parcels, except for extended hydro or road parcels. If non-primary parcels are contained within the primary parcel boundaries, the system-generated non-primary diagram will often have the same extent as the system-generated primary diagram. In that case, you may not see the orange dashed line.
c. System Generated Survey diagram - blue dashed line which displays to the extent of the captured non-boundary marks, or the extent of the defined parcels, whichever is largest.
The spatial window in Plan Generation only displays labels for Road Name centreline layers. It does not include the parcel.
The System Generated Primary and Survey diagrams will automatically display in Layout Plan Sheets when you first open it. You can then add the System Generated Non-Primary diagram to the title sheet if required.
User-defined diagrams
You can create additional user-defined survey and title diagrams to provide further clarity. You can also define additional details with Nested diagrams.
The extents of the diagrams display as:
a. User Defined Primary diagrams - solid green lines
b. User Defined Non-primary diagrams - solid orange lines
c. User Defined Survey diagrams - solid blue lines.
Define a user-defined diagram
This example is for Define survey diagram.
The process is the same for Primary and Non-primary diagrams, except when finalised, Primary diagrams are outlined in green and Non-primary diagrams in orange.
The diagram is outlined in pale blue until you confirm the boundaries.
1. Select the Define diagram tool
You can choose to define your diagram as a rectangle or a polygon.
In this example we are defining a Survey diagram, so you will select either Define survey diagram (rectangle) or Define survey diagram (polygon).
2. Define the area
To define by Rectangle, left-click a corner of the diagram you want, let go of the mouse button, and drag your mouse over the area until it covers the desired area.
Left-click again to confirm the diagram. The outline changes to dark blue and the diagram is automatically labelled.
To define by Polygon, left click the first corner of the polygon, let go of the mouse button, move the mouse and left-click to select the next corner of the polygon. Continue left-clicking to define the remaining corners of the polygon.
The area is outlined in pale blue. To close the polygon, either left-click on the starting corner or double left-click on the last corner.
The outline changes to dark blue and the diagram is automatically labelled.
If you self-intersect while defining a polygon, the lines turn red and do not allow you to create a point while intersected. Move the mouse so your lines don’t intersect, and you can continue.
Press the Escape key on your keyboard before you complete the shape to undo your selection if necessary.
A polygon has a maximum of 47 points:
There is a limit of 47 points (including start and end points) for a polygon defined in the Plan Generation spatial window.
If you exceed this number New Landonline displays an error message.
Label user-defined diagrams
Landonline automatically labels your user-defined diagrams. If you add, remove, enlarge, or reduce a diagram, Landonline will automatically re-label the remaining diagrams.
For further details on how diagrams are labelled, see Nested diagrams.
Enlarge a user-defined diagram
You can enlarge a user-defined diagram using Enlarge diagram (Rectangle) or Enlarge diagram (Polygon)
1. Select the diagram to be enlarged
Select Select diagrams. All user-defined diagrams will highlight pale blue.
Left-click inside the diagram you want to enlarge. The diagram turns pink when you select it.
To de-select the diagram, left-click again inside or outside the diagram. You can only select 1 diagram at a time to enlarge or reduce, so left-clicking inside another diagram will select that one instead.
2. Enlarge the diagram by rectangle or polygon
To enlarge the diagram by Rectangle, select Enlarge diagram (rectangle).
Left-click inside your selected diagram, let go of the mouse button, then drag your mouse to create a rectangle area that will be added on to the diagram. The new shape must overlap part of the existing diagram.
The area is outlined in pale blue. Click again to complete the enlargement.
The diagram including the enlarged area turns pink while it automatically re-labels.
Once complete, all diagrams change back to their original outline colour (for example, the Primary diagrams are green).
To enlarge the diagram by Polygon, select Enlarge diagram (polygon).
Left-click inside your selected diagram at the first point of your polygon. Let go of the mouse button, move the mouse and left-click to select the next corner of the polygon. Continue to define the desired corners of the area that will be added on to the diagram. The new shape must overlap part of the existing diagram.
The area is outlined in pale blue. To close the polygon and complete the enlargement, either left-click on the starting corner or double left-click on the last corner.
The diagram including the enlarged area turns pink while it automatically re-labels.
Once complete, all diagrams change back to their original outline colour (for example, the Primary diagrams are green).
Reduce a user-defined diagram
You can reduce a user-defined diagram using Reduce diagram (Rectangle) or Reduce diagram (Polygon), in a similar way to enlarging a diagram.
Select your diagram, then select Reduce diagram (Rectangle) or (Polygon). Ensure your shape overlaps part of the selected diagram, then create an area that will be removed. In this example we are using Reduce diagram (Polygon).
- The diagram including the reduced area turns pink while it automatically re-labels.
Once complete, all diagrams change back to their original outline colour (for example, the Primary diagrams are green).
Delete user-defined diagrams
You can delete 1 or more user-defined diagrams at a time using Delete selected features.
You cannot undo delete diagrams. You must define new diagrams to replace any deleted diagrams you still need.
1. Select diagram to be deleted
Select Select diagrams. All user-defined diagrams will highlight pale blue.
Left-click inside the diagram you want to delete. The diagram turns pink once selected. To de-select a diagram, left-click again inside or outside the selected diagram, or select another diagram.
To select more than 1 diagram at a time, hold the Ctrl key on your keyboard while left-clicking inside each of the diagrams you want to select. To deselect all selected diagrams at once, left-click outside the selected area.
2. Delete selected diagrams
Select Delete selected feature(s).
All diagrams you selected in step 1 are deleted. Any remaining diagrams are automatically re-labelled.
Nested diagrams
When you define survey and title diagrams you can define additional details within a nested diagram.
How nested diagrams work
A nested diagram is a diagram completely contained within another diagram. It becomes a child of the larger diagram.
Note that:
- the parent/child relationship can only occur between diagrams with the same type of data - that is, survey data only or title data only.
- New Landonline keeps this parent/child relationship when generating diagrams.
How Landonline labels multi-level nested diagrams
You can define multi-level nested diagrams to improve diagram clarity and remove clutter on high level diagrams.
The system will label them so if your original diagram was A, the child would be labelled AA.
You can add more nested child diagrams which will be labelled AAA, AAAA and so on.
An example of nested primary diagrams:
How Landonline labels nested diagrams in Layout Plan Sheets
When a system generated diagram is larger than other diagrams
When a system generated diagram is larger than other diagrams of its type, the following labels will show in the plan sheets:
- In the System Generated diagram, the label Diagram A will show, but not Diagram AA or Diagram AAA.
- In Diagram A, the label Diagram AA will show, but not Diagram AAA.
- In Diagram AA, the label Diagram AAA will show.
When a user-defined diagram is larger than system generated diagram
You can define a user-defined diagram which is larger than a system generated diagram. This can be because the system generated diagram does not contain information such as:
- the other side of the river
- the other side of the road
- an irregular boundary.
In this instance, the system generated diagram becomes a child of the user-defined diagram. The system generated diagram label does not display in the parent diagram in the plan sheets, so if you lay it out, you will have to add text to label it.
When Diagram A (the user-defined diagram) is larger than the system generated diagram, the following will show in the plan sheets:
- In Diagram A, no labels will show, because the system generated diagram shows them.
- In the System Generated diagram, Diagram AA will show, but not Diagram AAA.
- In Diagram AA, Diagram AAA will show.
RT boundaries and abuttal lines
Add RT boundary lines to diagrams
You can add existing RT boundary lines to your diagrams so they show on the layout sheets.
You must extinguish the existing parcels in your capture first so the RT lines will appear here
1. Select RT boundary lines
Select Select RT lines. All existing Primary boundary lines will highlight pale blue.
Left-click on any line you want to include as an RT boundary line. The line turns pink once selected. To de-select a line, left-click again anywhere on the screen, or select another line.
To select more than 1 line at a time, hold the Ctrl key on your keyboard while left-clicking on each of the lines you want to select. To de-select 1 of these lines, left-click again on the line while holding the Ctrl key. To de-select all selected lines at once, left-click anywhere on the screen.
2. Add RT boundary lines
Select Add RT lines.
The lines appear on your screen as dash-dot boundary lines, and will appear on your layout sheets where you include the User added RT and Abuttals layer. This layer can be added in Maintain diagram layers.
If you have already added an RT line and try to add it again, you will get an error message.
Draw abuttal line
You can draw additional abuttal lines in Define Diagrams where they are not already represented in Landonline. These will appear on all layout sheets where you include the User added RT and Abuttals layer. Alternatively, you can draw abuttal lines on individual diagrams in Layout Plan Sheets.
Select Draw abuttal line.
Left-click at the start position of your abuttal line. Drag the mouse in the direction you require. The line appears blue while being drawn.
Left-click once at each point where you want to change direction.
Double-click to complete the line. The line appears on your screen as a dotted abuttal line, and will appear on your layout sheets where you include the User added RT and Abuttals layer. This layer can be added in Maintain diagram layers.
Delete RT boundary or abuttal lines
You can remove any RT boundary or abuttal lines you have already added to your diagrams.
1. Select line to be deleted
Select Select line. All RT and abuttal lines that you have added to your diagram highlight pale blue.
Left-click on any line you want to remove. The line turns pink once selected. To de-select a line, left-click again anywhere on the screen, or select another line.
To select more than 1 line at a time, hold the Ctrl key on your keyboard while left-clicking on each of the lines you want to select. To de-select 1 of these lines, left-click again on the line while holding the Ctrl key. To de-select all selected lines at once, left-click anywhere on the screen.
2. Delete selected lines
Select Delete selected feature(s).
All lines you selected in step 1 are removed from your diagram. This will automatically update on your layout sheets.
When you’ve finished working with Define Diagrams
New Landonline saves your work as you go.
After you define diagrams you can select any additional layers you require to display in Layout Plan Sheets from the Maintain Diagram Layers panel. You can edit your label preferences for the current plan or save your preferences for new plans in the Label Preferences panel.