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Set Options / Preferences

The Options / Preferences window allows you to choose your default RouteBuddy settings.

To access this window:

  • Windows: Select Tools > Options from the Menu Bar
  • Mac: Select RouteBuddy > Preferences from the Menu Bar

General

Win Rb Options Gen 1

Appearance:

  • Measurement: to change between Imperial and Metric units
  • Coordinates style: Choose between ddd.ddddd; ddd mm.mmm; ddd mm ss.ss; OS Grid Reference

Maps

  • If your computer supports it, RouteBuddy will use OpenGL to increase
    performance while drawing maps.
    If you experience problems with the map display, such as corrupt or blank images, we recommend selecting Software rendering instead. This can be found on the General tab in the Preferences window.
  • WebMaps: Choose your default online map provider for the Web tool

Routing

Win Rb Options Routing

Navigation

  • Provide spoken guidance - turn on or off
  • You can click to select none of these hazards to avoid or any combination of them.

Routing

  • Route For:
    Vehicles (for Road Maps using the Network data contained in the map)
    Direct Travel (Road or Topo maps - route between specific points which you set)
  • Select to route by either:
    Quickest journey
    Shortest distance
  • Select more parameters to:
    Avoid toll roads
    Avoid major highways
    Avoid unpaved roads

Devices 

Win Rb Options Devices

  • When importing data from Devices you can choose to convert the text to:
    Capitalized sentences
    Capitalized words
    UPPER CASE
    lower case

Updates 

Win Rb Options Updates

  • Schedule the frequency that RouteBuddy checks for software updates or check manually by clicking Check Now