This feature is already an item in the WOULD BE NICE LIST list, even it is not described so precisely. OK, I will put it on the TODO list, but I am afraid, it will take some time to support it :(
S. Quoting Wookey <wookey at aleph1.co.uk>: > For drawing complex caves it is often useful to move a section of cave > to one side so it doesn't obscure the passage below. I can't see an > easy way to do this in therion, because everything is always > positionned according to stations. Could we have some kind of scrap > offset feature that would allow a scrap or map to be drawn in a > different place? > > It would also be nice to have the scrap shown in outline (or shaded, > etc) in the correct place, so the survey can be properly understood. > > e.g. the terikan survey has numerous layers but also plenty of > whitespace to move upper layers into so as to draw it all on one > sheet but without complex overlapping passage. > > This is an alternative to the atlas scheme which therion has excllent > support for. this alternative is very popular in the UK, and probably > other places - it would be gfood if therion could support it. > > It is useful for a very long thin cave, where you can get much better > paper use by drawing the sections side-by-side instead of as a very > long thin page. (e.g. this very long thin cave: moon cave: > http://mulucaves.org/Pub_surveys/Moon_CaveBCRA.pdf) > > Wookey > -- > Aleph One Ltd, Bottisham, CAMBRIDGE, CB5 9BA, UK Tel +44 (0) 1223 811679 > work: http://www.aleph1.co.uk/ play: http://wookware.org/ > _______________________________________________ > Therion mailing list > Therion at speleo.sk > http://www.speleo.sk/mailman/listinfo/therion >
