MappSmith — Golf course builder

• Can I move a hole number or change the name later?

  Yes. After the first render, each hole number becomes ordinary text on the fairway sheet. Drag it, resize it, retype it or delete it like any other text.

• How do I change the course or look after building it?

  Press "Change course or look" on the Product card. The builder reopens where you left it.

• How do I control the trees?

  Turn Trees on under "Make it yours", then use the Trees slider from Few to Forest.

• How do I make a golf course map?

  In the Layers panel, set Product to "Golf course". The golf builder opens. Type the course or club name under "Find your course" and pick it. Choose the look: Raised or Carved, and a finish. Set the ground, water and trees. Choose how it sits on the board and where the name goes. Under "Make it ...

• How do I turn the course on the board?

  "Fill the board" turns the course to whatever angle makes it biggest. "North up" keeps north at the top. The slider sets any angle. The board also switches between wide and tall to suit the course.

• How do the Water and Shore settings work?

  Water sets how many layers deep the lakes go, from 1 (engraved) to 5. With more than one layer, Shore sets how wide each step down into the water is (2 to 12 mm), so the water gets deeper toward the middle.

• I cannot find my course. What should I try?

  Type at least two letters. Try part of the name, such as "Pine" or "Bethpage", or the club rather than the course. Results show the state, whether the holes are mapped, and par when known. Courses come from OpenStreetMap, so a course nobody has mapped will not appear.

• What are the finishes?

  Championship: green acrylic in three shades on a birch board, blue water and pine trees. Clubhouse: all wood, with walnut rough, oak fairways, maple greens on birch, and cherry trees. Links: a pale maple board with forest-green rough, walnut trees and wood fairways and greens.

• What are the Ground options?

  None is a flat board. Lines engraves the hills as contour lines. Steps builds the land up in layers with the course on the top one. Steps + lines does both. A carved board has nothing under it to step up, so it gets lines.

• What can I show or hide on a golf map?

  Course name, Par, Hole numbers, Trees, Scale bar, North arrow and Frame. Hover a chip to see what it lights up on the board preview.

• What does "Exact pieces" mean in the builder?

  Once the course data loads, the board preview is drawn by the same engine that makes your files, so the trees, steps and numbers you see are the pieces that will be cut.

• What do Steps, Slope and "Follow the real hills" do?

  Steps sets how many land layers there are (2 to 6). Slope sets how far each step reaches past the one above, from steep to gentle (0 to 20 mm). With "Follow the real hills" on, the steps follow where the ground really rises, plus the slope. Off, you get a clean slope up to the course.

• What is the difference between Raised and Carved?

  Raised stands the course up off the board: rough, then fairways, then greens on top, with sand in the bunkers and trees. Carved cuts the course down into the board, with the fairways and sand showing from below.

• What sizes can a golf map be?

  16 x 12, 20 x 16, 24 x 18 and 36 x 24 inches, turned wide or tall to suit the course. 20 x 16 is the default.

• Why does panning the map not move my golf map?

  A golf board is framed to its course and turned to fit, so the map pane is only for reference. Use "Change course or look" to change it.