Changing Symbols on a Map
ScottA
Surveyor
I know I saw somewhere -- here or in a video tutorial -- how to mass change symbols from one to another, but I can't for the life of me find that information now and I could really use it instead of having to swap out one symbol for another one at a time. I've been through the Tome of Ultimate Mapping, as well, and didn't see anything there, either. So, what is the procedure to do this? In my specific case, I have a railway line that I want to change from one railroad track symbol to another. They are identical except two different colors, so it should be a smooth replacement.
As always, thanks for the help!
As always, thanks for the help!
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That brings up another query -- is there a way or a place to see the full symbol names? The symbol catalog window is so narrow that I only get a few letters, so it's a guessing game sometimes. And right-clicking on the symbol window gives me the full screen of symbols, but their boxes aren't any larger, so no more of the names are visible.
I just checked on one of my own maps - it gives the name of the symbol as it appears in the symbol manager/catalogue, and not the pure filename of the png, so that should be all the info you need.
That said, you don't need to know the name of a symbol to replace it. It helps, of course, but you can just select the symbol from a list. Note: The symbol that you want to use as a replacement must already be in the map. If you haven't already placed it in the map then you need to click it in the symbol catalog. You do not have to actually place the symbol onto the map, though. Simply clicking a symbol in the catalog adds it to the symbol definitions stored in Symbol Manager, even if it is not in the map. This is also true if you placed a symbol but later erased it and it is no longer part of the map; it remains in the Symbol Manager unless manually removed.
To replace a symbol in the map with another, try this:
- Select Symbols>Symbol Manager from the menu bar, or type SYMMGR in the command line.
- Click the symbol you want to replace in the Symbol Manager list, and then click Replace from the list of buttons on the right.
- Click the replacement symbol in the Replace symbol references symbol list and then click OK.
If you want to replace another symbol, click it in the Symbol Manager list and click Replace again.The Symbol Manager dialog displays, showing a visual list of all symbols defined in the current map. The list looks similar to the symbol catalog window. If you only see a list of symbol names but do not see the symbols themselves, make sure the Display symbols checkbox is checked. It's at the top of the dialog.
Note: Symbols are listed in the order they were added to the map. They are not organized alphabetically or anything like that.
The Replace symbol references dialog displays, showing the same list of symbols. If you only see a list of symbol names but do not see the symbols themselves, make sure the Display symbols checkbox is checked. It's in the lower-left of the dialog.
The symbol you just selected replaces the one you selected in the Symbol Manager, and the Replace symbol references dialog closes.
If you are replacing a symbol that's part of a collection, such as a randomized tree symbol, only the version of the symbol that you select in the Symbol Manager will be replaced. For example, if there are five different versions of a tree symbol in a collection and CC3 chooses one at random every time you click the symbol onto the map, then replacing Tree 1 with Rock 1 (or whatever) will only replace all instances of Tree 1. It will not replace Tree 2, Tree 3, Tree 4, or Tree 5.
I hope that helps.
Cheers,
~Dogtag
Thanks so much to the community for being so welcoming and helpful. I've been using CC3+ for a while and have done a bunch of overland and world maps and a couple dungeon maps, but I'm just doing my first city map. Doing a city map has always intimidated me, and my earlier fiddling with it was very unsatisfactory. But so far I'm quite happy with what I've done. I've watched loads of the tutorial vids and been through The Book of Ultimate Mapping numerous times, but there's SO much information there that sometimes nothing sinks in because its info-overload! So I'm glad this friendly community is here to ask questions of. And when Sue gets the time to do that white water and spray tutorial for us I'll definitely be using that! Perhaps I'll post some images here for some feedback.
I'm confused now! LOL!
That be Ladiestorm
Has anyone heard from her lately?
Ah well