RouteSavvy User Guide – 5.1 – Create Shapes

Creating shapes in RouteSavvy is useful for selecting locations or to manually create your own territories.

To create/draw shapes select the circle , rectangle  , or polygon  icon from the top of the map in RouteSavvy.

Draw Circle

Left-click the mouse to place the center of the circle, then drag outwards until the circle is the desired size. Once completed, right-click on any empty space inside the area to open the Shape Actions menu.

“Save to Shapes” permanently saves the shape to the map, and to the Shapes menu on the Locations tab, though the shape can be deleted later.  “Dismiss this Area” removes the shape from the map.

Shape Actions menu.

Notice that the Circle Tool displays the distance of the radus of the circle in miles, so if you click on a specific location and drag outwards, you can see the distance, 05.007 miles in the example below.

 

Draw Rectangle

Left-click the mouse and hold to place the upper-left corner of the rectangle, then continue by dragging the cursor to create the desired shape of the rectangle. Once complete,  right-click on any empty space inside the shape to open the Shape Actions menu. 

“Save to Shapes” permanently saves the shape to the map, and to the Shapes menu on the Locations tab, though the shape can be deleted later.  “Dismiss this Area” removes the shape from the map.

Draw Polygon

Left-click on the map and let go to indicate where you want the polygon to start, then continue left-clicking to add vertices until the desired shape is complete. Double-click or click the Finish button to close the polygon. Once finished,  right-click on any empty space inside the shape to open the Shape Actions menu.

“Save to Shapes” permanently saves the shape to the map, and to the Shapes menu on the Locations tab, though the shape can be deleted later.  “Dismiss this Area” removes the shape from the map.

Save Shape – When you draw a shape it is temporary shape. To save a shape, right click inside the shape and select “Save to Shape”. The shape color, name, and opacity can be configured. Saved shapes are stored and accessible in the Shapes section of the Map tab.

See the next section for more details on Shape Actions.

 

If you have questions contact RouteSavvy Support.