Thank you for all the help on this. I have it working well now. Just one more question. Is there a command or way, other than manually selecting it and deleting, to remove the line that is drawn during the process?
Oh, can you perform two fills in the same macro? For example, first a hedge of bushes and then add trees along the hedge to make a Normandy like hedgerow.
You can delete the guideline by throwing an ERA command in there: ESCLOAD @System/Fillers/CC3_MountainsLow.esc SELSAVE SELBYP ESCM ERA SELREST
You can also easily chain multiple fill operations, here is an orchard with mountains around it (based on the original orchard tool). Notice how the various SEL* commands aren't repeated. SYMFILLLOAD @System/Fillers/CC3_Orchard.symfill SELSAVE SELBYP SYMFILLM ESCLOAD @System/Fillers/CC3_MountainsLow.esc ESCM SELREST
What would the macro be if you wanted the orchard to be in neat rows, surrounded by a hedge. I am a dunce at macros, but it is the one drawtool I would love to have. One where I could change to number of rows and columns, and have a sensible gap between rows and columns. Sorry to ask for others to work on this, but I really have no clue. i can alter numbers and symbol directories, but the rest requires arcane skills I do not have (I have a tired 70 year old Aussie brain, so I am sure you understand).
The macro for the draw tool is the same except for the name of the definition files. It's the .symfill and .esc definitions along with the symbol catalog that would be the big changes. Instead of having a catalog with multiple symbol types and random placement for the fill, the symfill catalog would just have trees. The symfill definition would have a layout pattern of Rect Grid and random values of 0 everywhere (anywhere with a label that includes the word "random" should be zero to avoid being random). Using that symfill definition would make the trees in perfect rows and columns (or triangles if the pattern is a hex grid). The .esc catalog would be your hedge symbols.
Here is an example of my Orchards, for cities (ie top down) Why is there a margin of field to the left, and none on the right? I want the orchard to be as in the second picture. I also show the settings I have for symbols in Area
I just wonder if any of the experts - Sue, Remy, Joe, Ralf have had a chance to think about my problem. I love the idea of using macros in Drawtools - especially for crenelations and tree-lined streets of footpaths for roads.
My solution is, draw a rectangle on the part you don't like with the fill identical to the background. Brute Force and Ignorance (BFI) over everything.
I am sure that it will eventually, Quenten. PF aren't known for being lax in any way. It's just a question of where it lies on the priority list when compared to all the other things they probably have going on right now. You know - all that other stuff we keep asking for
That is what I want for my hedges, and also surrounds for various fields eg orchards. But I just can't seem to get it to work. Aid us in our grievous need us, O Ralf and Remy, heed our prayer (the ProFantasy Litany - see invisible ink in the Tome of Ultimate Mapping, page 762).
This is the mcro I used and I should have an orchard with a hedge around it soon. But a smaller hedge, the larger one I see being around fields mostly.
Thank you so much. Can you give me the code for the Fillers for Hedge 1, 2 and 3, and Orchard 2? Then I can modify them the way I want. Sorry to be such a dunce
If you have a single symbol for something like an orchard, I recommend adding a random angle offset (Angle Random) of about 90 degrees to it in order to avoid the obvious repetition. A small amount of random scale (10%) will also get some more apparent variation out of a single symbol.
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ESCLOAD @System/Fillers/CC3_MountainsLow.esc
SELSAVE
SELBYP
ESCM
ERA
SELREST
You can also easily chain multiple fill operations, here is an orchard with mountains around it (based on the original orchard tool). Notice how the various SEL* commands aren't repeated.
SYMFILLLOAD @System/Fillers/CC3_Orchard.symfill
SELSAVE
SELBYP
SYMFILLM
ESCLOAD @System/Fillers/CC3_MountainsLow.esc
ESCM
SELREST
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Why is there a margin of field to the left, and none on the right? I want the orchard to be as in the second picture.
I also show the settings I have for symbols in Area
I'm just lurking.
ESCLOAD @System/Fillers/HL_Hedge2.esc
SELSAVE
SELBYP
ESCM
SELREST
ESCLOAD @System/Fillers/HL_Hedge3.esc
SELSAVE
SELBYP
ESCM
ERA
SELREST
SYMFILLLOAD @system\fillers\HL_Orchard2.symfill
SELSAVE
SELBYP
SYMFILLM
SELREST
ESCLOAD @System/Fillers/HL_Hedge1.esc
SELSAVE
GOSHEET TERRAIN EFFECTS
SELBYP
ESCM
SELREST
And this is the drawing tool For the orchard and hedge