Default Symbol Size
rrcalbick
Newcomer
I have been playing with the Fill With Symbols command. I know that as part of that command that if you want the symbols placed to be a different scale, you need to set the default symbol scale using the Drawing Properties dialog. However, when I do that, my symbols are still being output at 1/1 regardless of the value set in the Drawing Properties dialog (I've tried 1/5, 2, etc.) This occurs whether I'm using the Fill With Symbols command or if I'm placing symbols individually.
What am I missing? How do I set my default symbol size values since it doesn't seem to be working in the Drawing Properties dialog?
What am I missing? How do I set my default symbol size values since it doesn't seem to be working in the Drawing Properties dialog?
Comments
In that dialogue you can set symbol scale.
Clicking set normal, will show you what scale the program thinks will work.
In the 'X and Y' part you can change it. Click on More, then you will see the symbol, before placig, what size that will be on the map.
If its still to big or too small, right click again, and change the X and Y size, and try again.
Most of the time you can quickly see what iwll look good and what wont.
As for placing symbols manually, remember that CC3+ remembers the last scale used when placing symbols, so even if you change the default symbol scale, it won't immediately effect placing symbols manually, you first need to tell it to go back to default, for example by right clicking in the drawing with a symbol on the cursor, and clicking the 'Set Normal' button. (It will also use the new default the next time you open the map (assuming you saved it with the updated scale). This has no bearing on the Fill with Symbols command however, it will use the updated scale automatically, and doesn't care about the current manual placing scale.
I then just draw a random polygon (doesn't have to be done using a drawing tool does it?), for testing purposes and use the Fill With Symbols command. Regardless of everything appearing to be set correctly, the tree symbols are all at the 1/1 scale.