I did a blog with an example map of a city on a small mesa, if that is any help. The assets used were all CD3 - no extra annuals or other add ons.

I know your city is at the base of a mountain, but you could use the same technique to make that mountain, or the visible side of that mountain.

@Monsen - LOL! I'd never noticed that one, even though my eyes must have passed over it a thousand times every time I go for GRID.

Thanks - I can now see my buttons without squinting at them, which is very important since I will probably have to wait another 6 months before I can get to an optician.

Speed, and how much you can put on a map.

However, the situation isn't so bad the way it is. CC3 has a very efficient way of dealing with symbols and fills, so you can do a lot more with it as a 32 bit app than you can with other 32 bit apps.

Thank you, Aramisdante. Are you referring to the very minor role I play in the weekly Live Streams? Those are really Ralf Schemmann's and Remy Monsen's work. I just filter the questions out of the chat stream and feed them to whoever is actually doing the video ;)

Its TRACED, by the way. A newer and better version of the tool.

Before you use it make sure you have the correct sheet, layer and fill style selected as active. It's not a disaster if you didn't do that because you can use Change Properties to put things right again. It just makes things easier and faster.

It's not an ordinary copy paste operation. I'm sorry. I keep forgetting to explain properly because I'm so used to doing it myself.

If you right click the Sheets and Effects button on the left you will see Copy to Sheet in the right click menu. Use that, and you can copy the floor shape directly onto the WALLS sheet. You then need to hide everything but the WALLS sheet and change the properties.

Well ahead of you, Wyvern. Ralf is playing with a set of blanks I gave him ;)

Trying out the first nearly finished test banner:

There's a Spatial Matrix effect on the banner text that makes it appear embossed. I think the effect may depend on how large the exported map is, since it is nowhere near as visible here as it is in the FCW.

Yes. That would probably be easier.

Well done, ledge :)

The Ferraris Style isn't one I would usually recommend for new users, owing to the relatively complex nature of the sheets and effects, but you've done a great job there.