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1. 1Choose Off to deny everyone, Whitelist for selected eligible users, or Global for all eligible users.
2. 2Search users and grant or revoke whitelist access. Grants are retained when modes change.

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1. 1Create or open a course, then confirm the measurement system and field dimensions before placing any obstacles.
2. 2Set course metadata first (name, class level, notes) so exports and share links are already context-complete.
3. 3Adjust canvas zoom and fit so the full ring is visible and you can place start points with clean spacing.
4. 4Save an initial baseline version immediately; use this as a safe restore point before major edits.
5. 5Screen readers can read field dimensions, obstacles, and paths in the Course map summary. Use Tab or Shift+Tab to navigate controls; Escape closes the current dialog and returns focus.

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1. 1Place all required obstacle types in rough order from start to finish without fine tuning.
2. 2Switch to precision pass: nudge with keyboard shortcuts, rotate where needed.
3. 3Use continuous placement for repeated sequences to maintain rhythm and visual consistency.
4. 4Mirror only after checking one side is correct; then validate lane clearances and approach lines.

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1. 1When saving a location template, add each available piece of equipment and set its quantity. For jumps, set the bar length/size; for tunnels, set the tunnel length.
2. 2Edit or remove equipment any time on the location template — the inventory is independent of where obstacles sit on the map.
3. 3To reuse a template, choose "Load Location" to apply only field size and location (the original behavior, no equipment), or "Load with Equipment" to also import every available item.
4. 4Loading with equipment drops the whole inventory onto the canvas lined up neatly in a grid by the side of the field; drag and arrange the items into your course afterward.

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1. 1Create the main path in running order and verify each anchor snaps to the intended obstacle.
2. 2Add waypoints only where shape control is needed; avoid overfitting paths with unnecessary points.
3. 3Open path analysis and review segment lengths, total distance, and obvious acceleration/deceleration spikes.
4. 4If multiple strategies exist, add alternate paths and label them consistently for briefing clarity.
5. 5For Hoopers barrels, drag each number outside the barrel on the side the dog should pass. The path runs through that number, so repeated visits to the same barrel can use different sides. New numbers placed on a barrel start outside it. Use waypoints to refine the approach and exit.

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1. 1Choose Draw from the obstacle panel (D). On phones and tablets, the properties panel starts collapsed; expand it only when you need to change line appearance.
2. 2Drag with a finger, Apple Pencil, or mouse for a freehand line. For a straight touch line, tap the start and then the end; the start anchor stays visible between taps.
3. 3Set colour, line style, thickness, point spacing, arrowhead, and length display before drawing the next line.
4. 4Close Draw or press Escape to select a line, reshape its point handles, or delete it from the canvas.

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1. 1Open Snooker Modes on the obstacle toolbar: the red marker, the colours 2 to 7, and the start and finish markers all live in one list.
2. 2Arm the red tool and click each red jump. A red scores one point through its own marker rather than by being numbered, which is why the colours start at 2 and there is no 8.
3. 3Arm a colour and click the obstacles that score it, in the order the dog takes them. Clicking an obstacle that already carries the colour removes it again.
4. 4Several obstacles on one colour become a combination — 7a, 7b — with the letters derived from the count. Number each route option as its own path when a map offers more than one.

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1. 1Open shape editing only after tunnel endpoints are finalized in the main layout.
2. 2Move control nodes in small increments and keep centerline continuity visible while sculpting bends.
3. 3Use angle and diameter guidance to avoid unrealistic kinks that break running flow.
4. 4Exit shape mode and validate approach and exit lines from surrounding obstacles at normal zoom.

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1. 1Open Random Obstacle Layout to roll a layout. Set how many of each obstacle you want, then place them; they land clear of the field edges and of each other so the result can be numbered afterwards.
2. 2Open Random Running Order to number the obstacles on the field into a random course. Set the minimum and maximum path distance between consecutive obstacles first — the layout roll follows the same range.
3. 3Ask for more numbers than the field can carry and the missing obstacles are placed for you. Jumps and tunnels can be numbered twice, so the capacity is higher than the obstacle count.
4. 4Rolling over an existing running order replaces it. You are asked to confirm, and the result can be undone — then refine it in path mode rather than re-rolling until it is perfect.

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1. 1Set one fill, text, border, shape, font size and outline style for all numbers on the active path.
2. 2Tune path line style, arrows, and waypoint visibility for the audience of the current export.
3. 3Enable short labels or coordinates only when they add decision-making value for the target audience.
4. 4Review the full canvas at zoomed-out and zoomed-in levels to confirm no text collisions.

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1. 1Fill the map metadata — event, class, level, judge, course designer, approver, venue, city, date — and add notes for handlers and ring crew.
2. 2Leave original author alone: it is a locked copyright credit recorded when the course was created, imported, or remixed, and it travels with every copy. Course designer is the editable field that prints on the map.
3. 3Upload logos once to the Media Library (2 MB per image, 100 MB in total), then add them to the course and set position, size, and opacity per logo. Branding logos are a Pro feature.
4. 4Decide whether the organization, class, and level print on the map — that switch lives with the governing-rules selection, not with the export.

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1. 1Open Path Analysis and set dog straight-line speed, handler maximum speed, and the lead distance the handler needs to hold.
2. 2Turn on the difficulty heatmap to colour the course by segment — flowing, technical, difficult — and read the predicted time and cumulative split for each one.
3. 3Work the handler lead warnings: each one names a segment where the handler is predicted to be behind the position you asked for, and by how far.
4. 4Compare a second path to see the difference in time, distance, and handler warnings before you commit to one.

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1. 1Pick any two obstacles under Distance Measurement to read three different figures for the same pair.
2. 2Read them for what they are: obstacle distance is the clear ground between footprints, path distance is how far the dog actually runs, and minimum run is a lower bound — the tightest legal line around the equipment, which no dog runs exactly.
3. 3Set the jump spacing warning to the clearance you want to hold. Pairs below it are listed, measured edge to edge rather than centre to centre.
4. 4Fix the flagged pairs on the map, not in the report — the warnings apply to every jump pair on the field, including equipment you have not numbered yet.

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1. 1Pick the governing organization in course settings under Governing rules. Class and level then come from that rulebook, and the canonical names are written into the map’s title block so the printed map and the checks cannot disagree.
2. 2Open Preflight from the Side Panel’s Review tab. It reports against the profile you selected; with no recognized profile it stays off, and "Other organization" records a free-text name and runs no checks.
3. 3Work the findings by severity. Errors break a stated rule; warnings come from wording the source itself calls a recommendation; advisories name a rule the map cannot answer — judge discretion, or a fact the course does not record — and are reported rather than hidden.
4. 4Read the citation before you act. Every check names its document, section, and page, so a finding you disagree with can be checked against the rulebook itself.
5. 5Number the course before you trust the sequence findings. An unnumbered course is told its sequence checks were skipped rather than being failed on work you have not started.
6. 6For an eligible clearance finding, preview the proposed move and review any new findings. Apply makes the change to the course; Undo restores the previous course through editor history.

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1. 1Open Course Comparison in the Side Panel and choose a reference: another course in the workspace, or a snapshot of this course when you want to see what changed.
2. 2Use overlay mode to trace — the reference is drawn faded underneath in the same coordinate space, so obstacle positions can be reused exactly.
3. 3Use side-by-side mode to read both at once; the reference gets its own pane at the same zoom.
4. 4Tune reference opacity, and turn reference paths off when only equipment positions matter.

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1. 1Create a set from Courses and add saved workspace courses in running order. Each entry shows its saved class, judge, field size, and obstacle count.
2. 2Select an adjacent pair to see the changeover: the next course drawn over the preceding one, with move instructions beside each obstacle.
3. 3Print the overlay for the ring crew, or print every course in the set — including a competitor copy that carries only obstacles and numbers.
4. 4Invite an approver to review the whole set through one link. The running order is frozen when the link is created, so reordering the set afterwards does not change an invitation already sent.

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1. 1Run a final scan: obstacle order, spacing, path anchors, and annotations.
2. 2Create a named version that reflects purpose (for example: Trial A Final, Team Brief v2). A review link starts with the current saved version; later saves stay private until you publish them.
3. 3Send a share link when the recipient only needs to look — it opens a read-only view you can expire or revoke at any time.
4. 4Send a review link when you need a decision. Invite one approver by email; the link is private, so they sign in with that address, then comment on obstacles or points and either approve or request changes.
5. 5Reply to each comment thread and resolve it once handled, so the answer sits beside the feedback that prompted it.
6. 6Export to the format the recipient needs (print, PDF, or project file), verify orientation and scale, and add a short changelog note so collaborators understand what changed since the last revision.
7. 7For a public listing, check the map thumbnail and paid blur before publishing. Readers can open the author side panel, discover the author’s other public work, and download the read-only map as PNG.
8. 8After feedback, save your edits and use Publish saved version in Review to send the update to active reviewers. They see its version number and can compare it with the prior submission; the review returns to pending and keeps its comment threads.

Steps

1. 1Click the NextMap logo to return home, then choose Public Library to explore courses or Course Editor to design your own. Save the course, then publish from the Public Course Library panel. Only workspace owners and admins can publish or unpublish.
2. 2Set the public title, description, designer attribution, remix license, and language — these are captured into the snapshot, not read live from the course.
3. 3For a free course, choose anyone (listed in the searchable library) or access code only (hidden from the library and search). A price automatically requires a one-time purchase code, with no separate access setting. After payment, the buyer can redeem the code or give it to someone else.
4. 4Schedule a publish time or go live immediately, then update the snapshot whenever the course moves on. Unpublishing removes it from discovery.
5. 5As a reader, save an opened course from its library detail page, organize it with private folders and tags, and return through Saved or the 30-day History page. The detail shows total saves beside likes.
6. 6Open Courses to manage the workspace inventory. Use the publication filter to show all live listings, courses published by you, or every live listing in a workspace you own.

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1. 1Import from the Project Data section of the Export panel: From File, From URL, or From Clipboard.
2. 2From File reads protected NextMap project files (`.nextmap`) and opens them automatically, along with JSON courses and Clean Run `.agl` files. From URL takes a public share link or its bare token and imports into a workspace you pick.
3. 3Choose new course or replace when prompted — an import never silently overwrites what is open.
4. 4Check the author credit after importing. Where a file labels a designer or a judge, that name becomes the locked original author; where the file names nobody, none is invented, and the name stays on the map instead.

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1. 1Make sure you are the active editor (you hold the edit lock), then open the Snapshots section in the Side Panel.
2. 2Before a risky change (rearranging a sequence, mirroring, retiming a path), type a clear name and click Save snapshot to capture the current state.
3. 3To go back, click Restore on a snapshot — it loads that state onto the canvas. Save normally afterward if you want to keep the restored state as the new current version.
4. 4Delete snapshots you no longer need. Each course keeps up to 30; once at the cap, remove one before adding another.

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1. 1Set the workspace name, measurement unit, and default theme colours once — every new course in it starts from those defaults.
2. 2Invite collaborators by email address from Team Members. This is a Pro feature of the workspace: invitees do not need their own Pro plan, and only owners and admins can invite.
3. 3Copy the invitation link and send it yourself — NextMap does not email invitations. The invitee must sign in with the address you invited before the link will open.
4. 4Manage roles and pending invitations as the team changes: revoke one that is no longer wanted, and simply issue a new one where it has expired.

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1. 1Open Files in the Side Panel and choose Export to open the preview.
2. 2Choose PDF or PNG. PDF offers color or black-and-white output and a paper size; PNG offers a resolution setting.
3. 3Adjust the map-content and waypoint checkboxes in the preview. The map image refreshes as you change them.
4. 4Check the map and output settings, then download the PDF or PNG from the preview. Protected `.nextmap` project files stay in Project Data and open automatically in NextMap.