Changing size of terrain fills?
Howdy again.
OK, I am making a 200x140 mile map. My symbols have been made much smaller (0.15 for buildings, 0.2 for geographic etc). When I try to do a drawing tool "terrain default, forest" the symbols for the tree fill are at 1.0.
Is there a way to make those symbols defaut to a much smaller size?+
I'm guessing its something to do with the macro executed when filling in the polygon?
OK, I am making a 200x140 mile map. My symbols have been made much smaller (0.15 for buildings, 0.2 for geographic etc). When I try to do a drawing tool "terrain default, forest" the symbols for the tree fill are at 1.0.
Is there a way to make those symbols defaut to a much smaller size?+
I'm guessing its something to do with the macro executed when filling in the polygon?
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Hope this helps.
For the forests (where it uses some kind of macro to fill) it works a charm - thanks.
But the Pete fenlon style does something strange for swamps - doesn't use any macro, and put some kind of patterned fill in. It looks REALLY horrible as it appears at "full size", so there are large rectangles and pixels in the area. :(
When I get home I'll post an example of what I mean - but if you have an idea alread i'd appreciate it.
Then, inside your map, you can either change the map draw tool to use your new fill, or better, create a copy of the drawing tool under a new name. To do this, open the "Select Drawing Tool" Dialog, hit "Advanced", select the swamp tool in the list to the left. Then hit the "New" button. This will create a copy of the currently selected tool under a new name. Give it a meaningful name, and make sure your new tool is selected in the list. Then hit "Outline", then "Properties", and change the hatch style.