+++ Martin Budaj [05-08-18 11:23 +0200]: > On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:10:01 +0100, Wookey wrote > > I can see why such a scale is a problem in map mode (page larger > > than PDF can manage), but in atlas mode the page size is limited to > > A4 (or whatever) - so why can I not print an atlas (with a lot of > > sheets) showing the system in high detail? Is it a fundamental > > problem of the way the PDFs are generated or can it be fixed? > > An additional limitation is the size of a picture, which can metapost process > -- it's about 2.8 m. Each scrap is processed separately in one picture, so it > means, that each scrap must be smaller than 2.8 * 2.8 m _in the output > scale_. > I don't think it's a big issue unless you try to draw the whole cave in one > scrap. (At 1:100 scale a scrap can contain 280*280 m section of the cave).
Hmm, so as it goes wrong with the default (scale 1:200) that suggets I have one scrap which is >560m long. I don't think I do have anything that big (I try to keep scraps to <200m). If anyone cares to investigate this then the benarat dataset illustrates the problem. Wookey -- Aleph One Ltd, Bottisham, CAMBRIDGE, CB5 9BA, UK Tel +44 (0) 1223 811679 work: http://www.aleph1.co.uk/ play: http://www.chaos.org.uk/~wookey/
