contour maps
gull2112
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I've followed the tutorials and they are great and I made my first pirate island and it looks awesome! What I am really wanting to do is create a contour map of a mountain. I know there has got to be a way to do this and I'm just not seeing it.
1. Can I do contour lines without fill? How do I choose a fill color not included in the menu?
2. Is there away to mark elevations like on real maps i.e. ----20----?
Thank you in advance. This is going to make my classic Erebor style campaign so cool.
I'm going to look for the Fenlon style template, but if you have a quick solution I would appreciate it.
1. Can I do contour lines without fill? How do I choose a fill color not included in the menu?
2. Is there away to mark elevations like on real maps i.e. ----20----?
Thank you in advance. This is going to make my classic Erebor style campaign so cool.
I'm going to look for the Fenlon style template, but if you have a quick solution I would appreciate it.
Comments
The template, and the color chart are here:
color chart url updated June 14, 2018.
My surface maps are in transition, mainly, multiple contour styles, so there is some reworking in progress,
To add new ones to a template: click on FS for Fill Style, upper right top of CC3.
Then click on Bitmap Fills. Click New. Name it, and browse to the buitmap fill you want. Click okay.
Then 'Save As' a new template, name it.
All set.
- Right-click the Contours button
- Click "Advanced".
- Create a "New" drawing tool and name it "Contour, My own".
- Under "Properties" you can now set how your contour is supposed to look, for example change its color (even to use the current color), change the fill style to hollow, etc.
- When you're done changing the Properties, save the tool and start drawing with it. You can always re-select it by right-clicking the Contours button and choosing it from the list.
Hope that helps,
Ralf