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Representing Cliffs and Ridgelines
You're welcome, Mike :)
It's really easy to make your own set if nothing else fits. Just draw them as little triangular polygons and shrink them to the right kind of size with Scale, and use Define Symbol in the Symbols menu.
As a tip, I created mine with the fat end at the top and the tail at the bottom. By chance that just seemed to be the right orientation to work with CC3 and Symbols Along without any issues.
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Trimming polygons
As long as the two entities are on a different sheet, or a different layer from each other you should be able to isolate one set from the other.
I would work on one set at a time - for example the outlines only, or the polygons only, and hide the other set by hiding its sheet or layer.
For the filled polygons use extract properties before you start breaking them, and use it each time you start a new one. This will set the active properties to the particular properties of that particular polygon, including colour, so they will automatically return to the right colour once you close each one to a polygon again at the end of the operation.
Also, if you want to halve the time it will take you can delete the outlines and then recreate them by copying the filled polygons onto their sheet after the trimming job. Then use the Change Properties tool to set them back to outlined polygons rather than filled ones.
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Problem with Layers
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Tome of Ultimate Mapping City- drawing the bridge
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SS4 Mike Schley style - "Dwarven" textures
The only place I can find such fills is the Cartographers Annual issue 94 - the 2014 annual.
The example map in that issue's folder shows the fills in use, and the Mapping Guide should also contain information, though I haven't had time to read it myself just yet.
You can find both those things here on your system:
C:\ProgramData\Profantasy\CC3Plus\Annual\Issue 94 - Dwarven Dungeons
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Beginning Resources
The best advice I can give is to tell you to imagine what kind of map you would like to be shown if you were sitting waiting to play a game. That way, you have a standard to aim for, which leaves you with the task of finding the right style and getting the map done.
There is a page of postage stamp links to all the Cartographer's Annual issues here. While there's a lot more to the full range of styles available, this is the bulk of them. Each annual is sold as a batch of 12-13 issues. You buy the annual, and if it is already complete you get one installer for the whole set of issues. If you buy the current year's annual you can download each new issue at the rate of one a month.
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WIP - something for Adventures in Middle-Earth
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is this type of dungeon wall available ?
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Live Mapping: Cavern Maps
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How To Save Image Without White Box Surrounding It
When you Save as... click the Options button and check the Crop image to aspect ratio and Restrict image to map border boxes.
That should crop out all the white stuff around the outside edges of your map.
To hide the legend you will need to hide the sheets those parts are on before you export the map.





