a world map into parts

hello Community I have a question wich ich important for me.

i created a world map yesterday there are a lot of islands but i want to make detailed maps about my islands.

that means i want to pick one of my Islands make it larger on a new map and it should look like the Island on my world map.

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  • Do a search in the forums for 'large map to small' for several tutorials on doing this.
  • MonsenMonsen Administrator 🖼️ 81 images Cartographer
    edited August 2016
    Check the user manual. In the Editing chapter, there is a section about editing with drawing tools. You'll find the basic procedure you need under the Trace heading.

    Since you wish to do it with an island, it is very simple though. Simply create a new map with the appropriate dimensions for the island (You can find these by measuring your island on the main map using the tools in the Info menu). Then, simply copy the island to the clipboard, and paste it into the new map, then proceed to add detail.
  • ok i did it it worked thank you for that information :)

    but i have one more question.

    how can i make a island bigger when i drew the island already? it would help me alot :)
  • MonsenMonsen Administrator 🖼️ 81 images Cartographer
    edited August 2016
    Use the scale command. You'll find the Move,Scale,Rotate button near the middle on the left toolbar sets. Either click it for the default command, or right-click it to access variations.
  • GatharGathar Traveler
    You might not have to make the island bigger, maybe the map border smaller.
    When you draw a map, it's better not to think about the unit as map unit, but as real (imaginary) units. So, for instance, for a continent map, you may decide that one map unit represents 1km. You draw all of your continent, it may be 10000 map units large, when you print/export it, you will map those 10000 units to say 20cm.

    Then you extract a small island. You don't change it size at all. You may want to update the symbol scale, so that symbol look good, but symbol size is not related to real size on this kind of map. Your island may be only 50 map units large, but this is not an issue. When printing/exporting, you will map those 50 units to say 20cm. That way, you can easily copy/paste/measure stuff on both maps without having to manually apply scaling each tie, since those map are the same scale, even if they have really different sizes.
  • ok i did it now thank you very much 4 the help :)

    i have one more question. i want to make seas on my island and when i draw them and i zoome in or out they dissapear is there a way where the sea stays on his place?
  • Make sure you move them onto a sheet that is above the LAND sheet - if they are on your SEA sheet they will be behind the landmasses :)
  • DogtagDogtag Moderator, Betatester Traveler
    To clarify, move them to a sheet that is listed below your island/landmass sheet in the sheets dialog box. CC3 draws sheets on the screen from the top of the list to the bottom, so sheets that appear at the bottom of the list are actually drawn last, over/on top of sheets at the top of the list.

    If you have a SEA sheet, for the ocean where your island sits, for example, it is probably listed above the LAND sheet (or whatever it's called), where you drew the island. That means CC3 draws the SEA sheet, then it draws the LAND sheet on top. If you try to add inland seas to the SEA sheet, the island will be drawn over them whenever you refresh the map (or zoom). So, as Lorelei said, you need to put the inland seas on another sheet that is listed below the LAND sheet.
  • LoopysueLoopysue ProFantasy 🖼️ 40 images Cartographer
    Its all a bit confusing until you get used to it, because of the way the Sheets are listed, but what Dogtag has just said will look a bit like this in the Sheets panel if you have them in the right order:

    [] [] SEA
    [] [] LAND
    [] [] LAKES
  • i think i get it
    my sheet order is the same like Loopysue listed here. and if i understand it correctly. when the sea sheet is above my land sheet means that i cant draw any lakes until the land sheet is above the sea sheet?
    becaus the sea sheet is above my land sheet and there is a Contours (sea) sheet between of it i dont know if its change at all.


    is there a way that i can change the order on my current drawing?
  • LoopysueLoopysue ProFantasy 🖼️ 40 images Cartographer
    If you click the button with the three yellow sheets symbol on it (usually found in the middle of one of the toolbars over to the left of the screen) it opens the sheet manager. If you select the sheet you want to move by clicking once on it, you can move it up or down the stack using the up and down buttons in the manager.

    I hope that helps :)
  • Well, you could add a lakes sheet.

    sea
    land
    lakes

    And they draw top to bottom, lakes would be last and show on top of the land.

    If you want an island on the lake,

    sea
    land
    lakes
    island
  • i did it now thank you for the help :)
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