How can you copy custom route without it being linked to the original.

Former Member over 11 years ago

Once again i have ruined several routes just by coping and pasting.

How can you copy custom route that's in a list without it being linked to the original.

I have yet to figure out why basecamp needs to be a database. Really stupid for most people.

0 BigLew55 over 11 years ago

I too, am struggling with the "db" model they are using, but I am getting accustomed to the process...slowly.

When I have a route that I want to use as a foundation, but plan to "tweak it, I use "duplicate". Then I can do whatever I want, and the original stays untouched. This is similar to having it in one file in MS, then copying it to another file to use for that case.

I also duplicate "without duplicating waypoints". Duplicate waypoints can make a mess out of a db if you have very many objects.

0 SUSSAMB over 11 years ago

Exactly. If you want to keep the original right click the route and select 'Duplicate'. Then you'll have 2 independent routes.

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

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I have yet to figure out why basecamp needs to be a database. Really stupid for most people.

It all depends. If you have a number of standard waypoints that are used in a number of routes, then it is useful to have them in a database type file. This way, if you move one waypoint (e.g. the really nice restaurant moved to new premises) then all the routes adjust to account for this new location.

If everything is completely separate, and independent of each other, then a database system is not very handy!

Personally, I like the one file having everything, and you can store routes in one folder, running tracks in another - but have the relevant track for the route stored in the relevant route folder.

0 BTLAAKE over 11 years ago

I think most people have problems with the concept of a list and are incorrectly thinking of them as Windows files. – a natural thing to do. A list doesn’t need to contain copies of waypoints, tracks and routes, it only needs to contain some means of referencing items in the database. Once you realize this, copying a reference should faithfully paste the reference, which will refer to the same object in the database. Duplicate will make a new object with identical fields (except name) as the original.

MapSource was also a database program of sorts. It differed in that it had little to no way of organizing the database. As a result, it allowed the use of making many independent databases and used the Windows files system for organization. BaseCamp has an internal organizational system which should, for most people, reduce the need for multiple databases. The internal folder/list idea is a means of organization as well as providing different views of the data contained in the database.