![]() When finished click OK to exit Options.You may wish to create a Chart Group called CM93only with no GE folders included. Click on the relevant GE chart folder and click Add. Then click on your vector charts (often CM93) folder and click Add. To create a Chart Group click on New Group and give it a name (for example GEseasia) and click OK.I usually define Chart Groups for a region of the globe (SEAsia, Australia etc). We are going to add more so that the number of GE images OpenCPN is dealing with can be controlled despite them all being installed. In the Chart Groups panel you will see an All Charts tab. Go to Options => Charts => Chart Groups.Sometimes OpenCPN zooms when you change from one "tab" to another.Click on the leftmost tab to open what is usually the best image for the location. The rightmost tab is always the real (vector) chart. At the bottom of the OpenCPN window you should see blue "tabs" appear to the left of the yellow tab which was there before. To view a GE image zoom in over one of the red boxes and centre it in the screen.If not go into Options => Display, turn on Show Chart Outlines, click OK and look again. You should see small red boxes which show the location of each image. When the rebuild finishes, zoom way out (using the "-" key) so you can see the regions covered by your GE imagery.OpenCPN will then scan all your chart directories building its chart index database, which may take a minute or three. #SEAIQ FREE FULL#Tick the "Force Full Database Rebuild" switch and click OK.I suggest highlighting the region folder (eg Australia, SEAsia etc), not the locality folder (unless you want a Chart Group for each locality). Click the Add Directory button, browse to the folder where your new KAP files exist, highlight the folder then click on Open.If you have some KAP files already loaded then there should be another folder. You should see a list of chart folders OpenCPN is using, often including a folder "CM93".In OpenCPN go to Options => Charts => Chart Files. ![]() This depends on how you wish to use Chart Groups - read on!
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