>>>>> >It would work, but areas (the pattern) wouldn't join smoothly :(( There >> >>>> is >> >>>>> >unfortunately no better solution now. >> >>>> >>>> At the scrap joins, you should try to avoid any symbols. If there are >>>> some, usually -clip off helps (if you do not need to clip them by scrap >>>> border). But in the case of area that exists between walls, it would >>>> probably not help. > >> >> OK - this is a real problem for a cave containing a long streamway. There >> is >> a very long continuous 'water' area. This connot always be drawn as one >> scrap. As you say the pattern rather obviously doesn't match up at the >> join. >> I think we need to have some mechanism for making such smooth area joins >> in >> the medium term.
I have tried this now and it works :-) It seemes that PDF viewers optimize filling of adjacent areas and join patterns smoothly. Martin
