Grrrrrr! Darned fill will not stick...
So, I copied my land masses to my new CC3 file but when I choose to apply the new annuals fills to my landmasses, they do not stick. I refresh and they go back to what they were. I check the properties of the item and it shows as having the new fill. Really pissing me off now. >:(
JSM
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JSM
- How are you copying the landmasses?
- How are you pasting the landmasses into a new CC3 file?
- I take it this new CC3 file is based on the annual in question, yes?
- How are you applying the new annual fills?
- Which annual do you mean, the new-new one, for Jan 2014?
Let us know and I'll try to replicate it on my machine.~Dogtag
1. As described by Ralf in my copy landmasses thread, I do Ctrl-C on the original, select the landmasses as you pointed out and the Ctrl-V on the new destination.
2. Yes a new CC3 file (a second instance open at the same time)
3. The new CC3 is a different annual - hence the reason I want to fill the landmass with a fill from that annual.
4. I am using the Edit Properties button and then choosing the new fill.
5. The original is 13th Age and the destination is Herwin Weilink.
JSM
- First, way-cool landmasses! *doffs cap*
- When I followed your steps, I got the same result. Agreed, that's weird. And frustrating.
- When I used the Change Properties button
instead, the new fill seemed to stick. At least, it did after a refresh, which the other one did not. A very weird issue with that solution, though, is that the fills don't display in the drop-down list the way they do in the Edit Properties button 
. So, you need to "look up" the fill style with the Edit Properties button and then actually change it with the Change Properties button.
- Assuming you want to change the landmasses to one of the fills in the Herwin Weilink annual, there may be a better way, I think.
The steps below will apply the general style of a drawing tool to a selected polygon. It will not fractalize a polygon if it isn't fractalized — nor smooth it if it isn't already smooth — but it will apply the fill and border of a drawing tool you choose to the polygon you select.NOTE: This will apply the border of a drawing tool as well as the fill. If this is not what you want, you can easily customize a drawing tool's border settings before applying the tool. In those cases I would suggest saving the customized tool with a new name so you don't overwrite the original (of course, you could always change it back later too, but why add more work).
To change your polygon to match another drawing tool:
- Right-click the Change Properties button
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- Select Change like draw tool from the pop-up menu.
- Right-click.
- Find and click whichever drawing tool you want to make your polygon act like.
- Select your polygon (or if you have several polygons, select each of them).
- Right-click and select Do It from the pop-up menu.
I hope that helps,CC3 displays a pop-up menu.
The Command Line changes to read Drawtool name [dialog]: .
The Select drawing tool dialog box displays.
Note: For others reading this who may not know, the text in the square brackets, just before the colon in the Command Line, indicates a default value. Right-clicking accepts the default value. In this case, the default value is [dialog], which opens the appropriate dialog box. The dialog in question will vary, depending on the command. For example, moving something to a layer would open the Layers dialog instead.
The Command Line changes to read Select entities (0 picked): and your mouse pointer now has a cursor attached to it (for selecting).
The Command Line indicates how many entities you've selected.
Your polygon changes to match the general drawing style of the tool you selected! For example, The fill and outline of your polygon will now match the drawing tool's!
~Dogtag
JSM
P.S. Thanks for the compliment on the land