Creating a Watermark Resource

A watermark is superimposed on a layer or map. It can contain text or graphics, and you can combine watermarks to display multiple images and text strings. Watermarks are commonly used to display a company or organization name, or to ensure that copyrighted material is not used without acknowledging its source. You can add watermark resources to a map definition or to a layer definition.

If you change the text, text style, or image for a watermark resource after you add it to a map or layer definition, your changes will affect all instances of the watermark. However, if you change only the transparency, rotation, or position, the changes will not affect instances of the watermark other than the one you change.

To create a watermark resource

1. Do one of the following:
   • Click File menu > New > Watermark.
   • On the Autodesk Infrastructure Studio toolbar, click New > Watermark.
   • Right-click a layer or map in the tree view and click New > Watermark.
2. In the Watermark Editor, under Source, indicate whether to create a text watermark or an image watermark.

   Each watermark resource can contain either text or an image. Combine watermarks to use text and graphics together.

3. For a text watermark, do the following:
   • Type the text string for the watermark in the Text box.
   • Select a font, size, color, and alignment setting for the text string.

     Select from the fonts available on the computer on which Autodesk Infrastructure Studio is installed. These fonts may not match the fonts available on the server.

   • Optionally, apply bold, italic, or underlining to the string.

   All text settings apply to the entire string. You cannot style individual characters.

4. For an image watermark, click Browse and select either a PNG format image stored on disk, or a URL representing a PNG format image stored on the web.
5. For all watermarks, specify the transparency and rotation.

   These settings are optional, and you can override them for a specific layer or map definition.

6. For all watermarks, specify the position by doing one of the following:
   • To display a single instance of the image or text string, select X/Y Positioning and specify the vertical and horizontal distance of the watermark from a specific point in the map (center, bottom, or top for the vertical position and center, left, or right for the horizontal position). The X/Y positioning controls do not affect the preview window.

     For example, you can position the watermark relative to the center of the map, at a distance of a specific number of pixels horizontally and a different number of pixels vertically.

   • To display multiple images of the watermark across the entire surface, select Tile Watermark and indicate how far apart each tile should be.

     The first tile is placed at the upper left of the browser (0,0) and subsequent tiles are spaced by the selected value, both vertically and horizontally. The tile selection can be seen in the preview.

     You can specify the unit of measurement (pixels, inches, centimeters, millimeters, or points).

   This setting is optional, and you can override it for a specific layer or map definition.

7. Click Save and specify a location for the watermark.

   You can save a watermark to any folder.

To change a watermark definition

1. Do one of the following:
   • Double-click the watermark resource in the tree.
   • Click File menuOpen Resource and navigate to the watermark. Click Open.
   • Click Open in the Autodesk Infrastructure Studio toolbar and navigate to the watermark. Click Open.
2. Make any desired changes and click Save or Save As.