Solutions of the type proposed (holes in upper scraps so that scrap below is
visible) have their place, and I have done similar myself, using the sorts
strategies discussed.
Nowadays I am reluctant to do such things, as I place a high value on scraps
that are as versatile as possible. The
>> Perhaps a way forward would be a feature whereby a passage fill area
>> be defined that is completely transparent to show any scraps that
>> happen to pass below it.
>
>
> Genius! I really want this feature. Don't know if it is possible, but I
> want it anyway.
-outline hollow
> if they are later (or simultaneously) used in maps
> that do not have the lower level passage displayed, they end up with
> an inappropriate white (non-passage) space in a location where there
> clearly should be passage (ie the pit).
Indeed, though I did come up with a
> If the two scraps are in the same map layer (i.e. not separated by a break
> line in the map definition) then the upper scrap will completely hide any
> part of the lower scrap which passes under it.
> So the lower scrap curved outline of the pit bottom can be quickly drawn a
> bit larger
Hi Tarquin,
Adding the option -outline out to the (closed) line of your pit on the
top scrap should create the whole that you want in the blue color so
that you will see the green color of the bottom scrap. Personally, I
would not use a line pit in the bottom scrap (this is not a pit on the
I do this sort of thing a lot. You just need an equivalent line in the
lower (blue) survey with -outline out to extend the blue scrap border to
cover the white hole in your plan. I generally use an invisible wall line
(so does not need '-outline out' option specifying) and make it slightly
larger
Indeed, if the two scraps are joined, then using -outline out creates a
hole which is not colored.
The main problem in this configuration is that the bottom scrap should
close its outline contour using the pit line rather than using an
implicit line connecting the two shortest points where
> So if you
> need to join them to keep them aligned you have to specify the exact
> line points to join to pin the points at either end of the curved lines
> to each other in the pair of scraps.
Many thanks for that.
I was afraid you would answer something like that though. Laborious
manual
Thanks for the reply.
> Adding the option -outline out to the (closed) line of your pit on the
> top scrap should create the whole that you want in the blue color so
> that you will see the green color of the bottom scrap.
See attached for what happens when you do that. I need the blue to fill
Nice. I had not thought to join all the line points like that. I'll bear
that in mind next time I have a particularly tricky join.
Footleg
On Fri, 10 May 2019 at 14:39, Tarquin Wilton-Jones via Therion <
therion@speleo.sk> wrote:
> On 10/05/2019 14:28, Footleg wrote:
> > If the two scraps are
On 10/05/2019 14:28, Footleg wrote:
> If the two scraps are in the same map layer (i.e. not separated by a
> break line in the map definition) then the upper scrap will completely
> hide any part of the lower scrap which passes under it. So the lower
> scrap curved outline of the pit bottom can be
If the two scraps are in the same map layer (i.e. not separated by a break
line in the map definition) then the upper scrap will completely hide any
part of the lower scrap which passes under it. So the lower scrap curved
outline of the pit bottom can be quickly drawn a bit larger than the curved
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