Example: Create a Site Layer for Important Sites Mentioned in One Book of the Bible

Goal: You want to create a Site Layer in a 2D Atlas tab that displays important sites mentioned in one book of the Bible. This example guides you through creating a Site Layer of important sites mentioned in the book of Genesis.

Note There are a limited number of predefined site layers provided with the Atlas. Examples include "New Testament Sites," "All Biblical Sites," and "Modern Sites."  However, if you want a Site Layer that includes all the sites from a particular book in the Bible you must create it yourself.

1. Create a Custom Site Layer by doing the following:
1. Open a 2D Atlas tab. An Atlas tab can be opened via the Library, the File menu, or the Workspace toolbar.
2. Select Define Site Layers from the Site Layers pop-up menu. The Define Site Layers dialog box appears.
3. Click New at the top of the Define Site Layers dialog box. [New Name] appears in the Name field of the Site Layers dialog box.
4. Type Genesis in the Name field of the Site Layers dialog box. Genesis is displayed in the Name field.
2. Customize your Custom Site Layer by selecting label details and site information:
1. To customize the appearance of site labels, change the relevant settings in the Label details area.

Note The size of the font used to display the name of the sites is determined by the relative importance of the site and cannot be changed.

2. A range of sites, based on importance, can be selected in the Select Sites area of the dialog box. To display every site, select sites 1-5.

3. Select Patriarchs (Genesis) from the Biblical periods area of the Define Site Layers dialog box. Only sites mentioned in Genesis are added to your site layer.

   Click to see an example of the Define Site Layers dialog box with the above settings

   

3. Click OK to save the new custom layer. Your new custom layer appears in the Site Layers pop-up menu.