Dear Bruce, I'm really glad that this discussion lead to a learning experience for you expecially because I am at the very beginning of learning Therion.
Nice to 'meet' you, Mihai On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 9:59 PM, Bruce <bruce at tomo.co.nz> wrote: > Thanks Mihai > > I seem to have missed out, until now, on learning how images could be > encapsulated in xvi files. Â From recent posts it seems most people knew this > but me! > > At first I thought it would be very useful, it certainly looks nice, but on > reflection I wonder if it is just an extra step in the process? > > Advantages perhaps are that the image is a less distorted template around > which to draw, although if you traced around the original image, would the > end result (pdf etc) not be almost identical? > > Disadvantage is the duplication of files (and the management that entails) > and you have to 'draw' the stations twice (although admittedly drawing over > xvi stations is very easy). > > Ohh! I just got it I think. On the original sketch you only need to draw two > or three points, create the xvi with morphed sketch, if it is OK the xvi > allows you to draw the stations you want to 'control' your final output very > quickly, if it is not OK you can easily see where to add one or two more > stations, repeat the process. Â When it is good enough then proceed with > detailed drawing. Â I think this is described in the wiki, but I have never > understood what was meant until now. > > So perhaps it is a good process when either you are using very distorted > sketches (made in the cave rather than in the 'office') or when you are > converting a large previously published map to Therion(?) > > The versatility of Therion continues to amaze me. > > On a slightly different but perhaps related topic. Â I just tried to create a > pdf with 'sketches on' with 5.3.9. Â I notice that the bug whereby multiple > copies of the images are inserted (bloating file size) is still present. > > Bruce > > _______________________________________________ > Therion mailing list > Therion at speleo.sk > http://mailman.speleo.sk/mailman/listinfo/therion >
