Sorry for this new question: troubles with copy n paste...

irishman · December 2016

I m working on my last map...a detailed map of a specifical area....

This what i need...i have to work on this specific portion of my continental map (the one i posted in the forum somedays ago...)

irishman · December 2016

But this is what i get....

irishman · December 2016

what i can't understand is why the background of the river is disapperead (even if it was in the selection box, of course) and why so many trees and fields were copied...

i selected only (more or less) the portion you see in the box above (i copied n pasted by photshop, starting from a jpg file)

And a second question...how can i know the size of copied area to create a proper window in the new cc3 instance, to male the copied area fit in the new window?

Monsen · December 2016

Copy/Paste always works on complete entities, so when you select an area to copy, you will get all entities that are part of this area. (Actually, only those that have at least one edge in the area you selected, which is why you didn't get the background)

You'll need to trim the parts of the entities that extends outside the map border. I'll recommend having a look at the various editing mechanisms in the Editing chapter of the manual, it describes to to trim and edit entities.

To get the size of the area, use the distance tool found in the Info menu.

irishman · December 2016

Tx Monsens....you so patient, with these newbies...!!!!

but why the river background wasn't copy???
i still can't understand it...

Monsen · December 2016

It's because that background is either the main map background that covers the entire map, or it is part of a large landmass that extends way beyond the little area you wished to copy. When you did a selection window to copy those entities, it never touched any edge of the this background, so it wasn't selected (entities are only selected when you click on their edge, or their edge is inside the selection window). You'll see that the background behind the forest is missing as well, because this is also part of the same background.

Usually, this is just as well, because you will normally paste it in to a map that already has a background, but if you want it, just make sure to manually select it when copying, remember that you can continue selecting after using the selection window.

irishman · December 2016

Yesss...you are right!!

it works properly....
i m too much into the classic copy n paste system....

Monsen · December 2016

Posted By: irishmani m too much into the classic copy n paste system....

Yea, you kind of have to forget a lot of that when working with CC3+. Working with entities is significantly different from working with the pixels of an image editor, for both good and bad.

irishman · December 2016

damn...i really can't erase areas outside the map box....
i trace inside the map....but if i select erase strument, it deletes everything anyway...
i tried following the manual...but can't understand how it work...

Monsen · December 2016

If you use the tracing method from the manual, you are basically creating a brand new entity, which means deleting the old one should be fine, just make sure that only the old entity is selected, and not both. Additionally, remember that after deleting something, you need to issue the redraw command to redraw the "hole" left by the entity you just erased.

irishman · December 2016

This is the best result of my efforts...

I could trim river...n borders....and i was able to remove landmass over the map box...
but i can't erase trees, saving those inside and tillages....
i use trace, to save them, but it doesn't work......
really very hard for me...

JimP · December 2016

The trees wouldn't be individual trees, but the tool places them as a group.

You could delete the entire group of trees, select vegetation from the symbol icons, and place trees to cover where the group was.

irishman · December 2016

Infact...trees are a little problem...the big one is the fields texture.....

JimP · December 2016

The field looks like a bitmap fill. Try using the Node Edit and Delete Node icons on the left side of CC3/CC3+.

Also under bitmap fills, you can change the size of the pattern beside 'Scaled'.

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