Drawing a hexagon with a hexagon grid overlay.
illuminatispy
Traveler
I'm sure I've seen how to do this posted in the forum in the past but I can't find it.
I'm trying to draw a hexagon with a hex grid overlay inside it. I need it to be tillable with others like it so I can print them out and lay them side by side and the hex grid overlay will line up correctly.
I've tried doing this with the overly tool but it's not lining up correctly.
I'm trying to draw a hexagon with a hex grid overlay inside it. I need it to be tillable with others like it so I can print them out and lay them side by side and the hex grid overlay will line up correctly.
I've tried doing this with the overly tool but it's not lining up correctly.
Comments
For example, if you make two hex grids in CC3, the first using a size of 70, and the second a size of 10, you will see that they line up perfectly. Using this ratio, you should be able to turn the hexagons whichever way you wish, and the grid should line up perfectly in all instances.
Another ratio if you need a smaller grid is 1:13, 1:19, 1:25 and so on. Basically, any ratio of 1 : ((n * 7) - (n -1)) will work.
The issue I'm having is the gird is lining up just off center enough to look wrong.
just now I made a new map and did the same thing and the grids were off just like you describe.
I was able to correct this by selecting points and typing in exact coords. The first grid was 10 wide and placed from 0,0 to 100,80. The second was 5 wide and I placed it at 0,1.44 to 100,81.44
It took some trial and error to find the right values to match them up but that fixed it.
Hope that helps.
Note that those ratios are rather special. You cannot simply double the 1:7 ratio to 1:14 and have it work.The ratio between the small and the large grid must be 1:7, 1:13, 1:19 or any other ratio following the formula I gave.
The attached image uses a 1:7 ratio (width 20 for the small, 140 for the large hexes)