Course Maker – AgiUtils

Getting started

Continue or start new

Your work is saved in the browser automatically. When you come back with an unfinished course, choose whether to continue editing it or start a new one.

Course settings

Open settings (gear icon in the floating toolbar) to set the course width and height in metres, the grid line step, the author and the course name.

Arena and dead zones

Draw dead zones

Dead zones mark places where no obstacle can stand, such as poles, bad surface or the judge area. In settings, click Dead zones & saved arenas, then Edit dead zones. Pick a rectangle, oval or lasso and drag on the course to draw a zone. Click Done when you are finished.

Edit dead zones

While editing dead zones, drag a zone to move it. Click it to show its handles: the corner handle resizes it, the side handle rotates it. Drag a zone off the course to delete it.

Save an arena

An arena is the course size together with its dead zones. Type a name and click Save to keep it in this browser. Saving under an existing name overwrites that arena.

Load a saved arena

Pick a saved arena and click Load. The course size and dead zones are replaced, your obstacles and numbers stay.

Obstacles

Place jumps

Pick the jump tool and click on the course. The tool stays active, so you can place several jumps in a row. Click the icon again to stop.

Move and rotate

Drag an obstacle to move it. Click it and drag the round handle to rotate it.

Tunnels

Hover over the tunnel icon to choose a tunnel length (3, 4, 5 or 6 m), then click on the course.

Other obstacles

Weave poles, dogwalk, A-frame, seesaw, wall, tyre, double jump and long jump are placed the same way: pick the icon and click on the course.

Bend a tunnel

Click a tunnel to show its handles. Drag the middle handle to bend it, or the end handles to move its entrance and exit.

Tunnel lock

With the tunnel lock on, a tunnel end you drag stops once the tunnel is at full length. Turn the lock off and the whole tunnel is pulled along behind the end you drag.

Delete an obstacle

Drag an obstacle off the course to delete it.

Numbering and path

Number obstacles

Turn on the numbering tool and click next to the obstacles in running order, on the side the dog comes from. The side you click sets the direction the obstacle is taken. The path of the dog and the distances between obstacles are drawn automatically.

Auto-numbering

With auto-numbering on, every newly placed obstacle gets the next number.

Move a number

Drag a number to another obstacle, or to the other side of the same obstacle to change the direction.

Shape the path

Click a number to show the path handles, then drag them to shape the line the dog runs.

Delete a number

Drag a number off the course to delete it.

Show or hide the path

In settings, switch the path and the path length on or off.

Selecting

Rectangle selection

Drag on an empty spot to select several obstacles, then drag the selection to move them together.

Lasso selection

Pick the lasso in the floating toolbar and draw around the obstacles you want to select. Drag the selection to move it, or its round handle to rotate it.

Resize and rotate a selection

Use the selection handles to spread the obstacles apart or bring them closer, or to rotate the whole group.

Delete a selection

Drag a selection off the course and click elsewhere. Obstacles left outside the course are removed.

Editing tools

Undo and redo

Use the arrows in the floating toolbar to undo or redo your last changes.

Move the floating toolbar

Drag the floating toolbar by its handle to place it wherever it is convenient.

Multiple courses

Add and switch courses

Click + next to the course tabs to add another course on the same field. Obstacles are shared, but each course has its own numbers and path. Click a tab to switch between courses.

Course style

Click the tab of the active course to change the colour, shape and style of its numbers, or to remove the course.

Show only the active course

Hide the numbers and paths of the other courses, so you can focus on the one you are editing.

Analysis

Dog field of view

Shows what the dog sees at the cursor position, looking along the path. Move the cursor along the line to walk the course through the eyes of the dog. You will find it under the three dots icon.

Formal check

Lists rule warnings for every course, such as course length, number of obstacles, distances, angles and obstacles placed in a dead zone. You will find it under the three dots icon.

Appearance

Colour templates

Under the three dots icon, open the colours and pick a ready-made colour template for all obstacles, then save.

Custom template

Choose Custom and pick your own three colours used by all obstacles.

Colours for one obstacle type

Set the colours of a single obstacle type in its row. The switch turns its own colours on or off, so you can go back to the template colours.

Add a logo or image

Upload an image, then move it, resize it with the corner handle and change its opacity with the side handle.

Use a saved image

Images you uploaded before are kept in your browser. Pick one and click Select image to use it again.

Image lock

The image lock prevents moving images by accident. Unlock it to move an image, or drag an image off the course to delete it.

Save and share

Export as image

Open the download menu and save the course as a PNG picture.

Print

Print the course, or choose Save as PDF in the print dialog. Only the course itself is printed, without the toolbars.

Save and open a file

Save the course as an editable .json file and open it again later, on any computer. Opening a file replaces the current course.

Share a link

Create a link to the course and copy it. Anyone with the link can open a copy of the course.

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