Element Properties Window
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The Element Properties Window allows you to manipulate all aspects of the course that pertain to the track surface where the race takes place. The following features are provided:

Page Selector
At the top of the window are three boxes, one labeled "CTL Point," another labeled "Segment" and the other labeled "Misc." This is the page selector, which will allow you to view more properties within the same window. Simply clicking on these boxes will present you with the approperiate page of properties.

Current Control Point
This drop-down box allows you to select which Control Point of the course to modify. If display of Control Point Dots is enabled, the currently-selected Control Point will be marked with a large, rainbow-colored dot in the Preview Window.

Coordinates
The X, Y and Z coordinates of the currently-selected Control Point can be changed in two ways. One way is to edit the values directly in the text fields labeled approperiately. The other way is to click and drag with the mouse in the boxes to the left of the text fields. Changes are immediately reflected in the Preview Window.

Width
Same as Coordinates, except the changes affect the left- and right-side widths of the course at the selected Control Point.

Banking
Same as Coordinates and Width, except the changes affect the banking (counter-clockwise from upright) in degrees of the course at the selected Control Point. Values will automatically wrap around 0° and 360°.

Decorations and Structure
Sets what kind of Gate, Structure or other Decoration will show up at the selected Control Point. For Structure, options are provided to determine if the given structure will appear on the Left side, Right side, or none at all.

Drag Speed
Sets the movement ratio for the Click and Drag controls, in units per pixel. It will cause a change of the specified number of units every time the mouse moves one pixel while dragging.

Add Point and Remove Point
Creates or removes Control Points. Points will be added between the currently-selected Control Point and the next Control Point, and the currently-selected Control Point will be deleted. There cannot be fewer than 4 Control Points and there cannot be greater than 64 Control Points.

These two buttons exist on both the CTL Point page and the Segment page.

Current Segment
Identical to Current CTL Point. This only exists on the Segment page for your convenience.

Base Appearence
These controls specify the look and behavior of the track segment. The Type drop-down list specifies the track type. Texture changes which texture is applied to the segment. Changes are reflected in the Preview Window as you make them.

Only Normal, No Track or same-type segments can be connected directly. That is, a Pipe segment can't connect to a High-wall segment, but you can join them by placing a Normal segment in between.

Segment Length
Statistical informaiton specifying the length, in meters, of the currently-selected segment.

Make #1
This button will make the currently-selected segment the first in the course; moving all other control points and properties relatively. This is useful for Expansion Kit course creation when you want to move where the Lap Line is located.

Features
This collection of drop-down applies the stated property to the currently-selected segment. Properties that can be applied are Pit Area, Dart Zone, Slip Zone, Dash Plate, Jump Plate and Trap Field. Zones cannot overlap each other, so values will be changed accordingly as you edit. That is to say, a Pit Area set to Both Sides cannot coexist with a Dart Zone set to the Left side, so setting the Dart Zone thusly will overwrite Pit Area so that it only exists on the Right side.

New Point Segment Offset (%)
Specifies the percentage of the distance from one Control Point to the next to create a new Control Point. Values range from 10.0 (near the currently-selected Control Point) to 90.0 (near the next Control Point). Of course, 50.0 will create a new Control Point halfway between the currently-selected Control Point and the next Control Point.

Rotate
This feature will rotate the coordinates of all Control Points the specified amounts around the center of the course. Give values for the Azimuth, Elevation and Skew angles, then apply the rotation with the Rotate button.

Line-Up
This feature will arrange Control Points from a starting point to an ending point such that they will all be colinear. The Equidistant check box will make all points the same distance from each other, where leaving it unchecked will have all Control Points retain their relative distances from each other.

The From and To Control Points wrap around the end of the course, so for a 64-point course, selecting From 62 and To 4 will work as though Control Points 1 through 4 were situated after Control Point 64.

Scale
This feature will scale the coordinates of the course's Control Points a given Factor from the center of the course. Give a value for Factor, then apply the scale by clicking the Scale button. Checking the Scale Course Width check box will resize the Width properties of the control points the given Factor; whereas they would not be altered otherwise.

Translate
This feature will translate the coordinates of all Control Points the specified amounts from their current position. Give values for the X, Y and Z coordinates, then apply the translation with the Translate button.

Center Track
This feature applies a special Translate command that will center the track in the field given by Extremes (see below). The lowest Y coordinate of the course will match the Minimum Y Extreme, and the minimum/maximum X and Z coordinates will be the same distance from the Minimum and Maximum X and Z Extremes.

Make Friendly
These two buttons will do what they can to modify the course in order to make it conform to the ROM Friendly and EK Friendly rule sets. If they are unable to correct Friendliness, you will be prompted as to why. For more information on ROM Frienliness and EK Frienliness, check the Course Properties page.

The only notable change that these functions might make is that the EK Friendly button will change specific graphics settings if the course Venue is set to GP Ending. If it is, the venue will be changed to Sector, all segments of type Normal - Venue Texture 1* will be changed to Normal - Venue Texture 2* and all segments of type Normal - Venue Texture 2* will be changed to Normal - Venue Texture 1*, with the exception of Venue Texture 2C.

Extremes
This feature sets the Minimum and Maximum values for any coordinates that you can use for Control Points. Changing these values will change any non-conforming coordinates of Control Points. To reset the values to those used by the Expansion Kit, click the Use Default button.