Hex Symbols & 'centering'

NeonKnight · August 2017

Bit of an odd question here. Trying to make a symbol catalog to allow me to place road tiles on a hex-map for gaming. Obviously the symbols would need to be centered on the actual hex itself and not on the entities at the time of symbol creation.

Putting 'points' at the hex corners is not an option (I think) as once it's put onto a sheet I don't want the points to be subjected to glows, shadows, etc.

The Purple is there only to show how they would sit in a hex, obviously the purple would be deleted/not part of the symbol.

Any help as to how to make these hexes so they are centered?

Monsen · August 2017

Just make sure the symbol origin is in the center of the symbol when you define it. You can also edit the symbol from the Symbol manager after creating it, and use view -> move origin to move the origin to the center.

NeonKnight · August 2017

I did, and that 'centres' it to drawn properites. I.E. the centre of the corner hexes has the centre point in the centre of the corner, not the general part of the hex area.

But, I will try the view -> move thing to get my symbols centred.

Monsen · August 2017

Note that if you define your symbols using DEFSYM instead of DEFSYMD (The define symbols command in the menu), you get greater control over the origin point at symbol define time. This is useful, since your center isn't in the exact center of the symbol itself.

NeonKnight · August 2017

I'll keep that in mind.

The Edit/view/move etc worked. So, using DEFSYM I'll try when I get to my Rail Symbols.

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