So if I understand correctly, you're drawing various coloured polygons with sheet effects and some line work using just the CAD tools in CC3+?

Mate, this is bloody brilliant. Consider my mind blown...

Ok, so brief is colour. Maps are to have a renaissance feel. City map has cliffs. An interesting challenge...

Hi Folks,

Here is a bit of an update. Apart from some minor tweaks this is done.

Is it possible to get a curved line with double arrows as in the original posted above? I know you can do straight ones by right-clicking on the line tool...

Thanks @seycyrus. Did that when I ran a LIST to check the entity number for that section and another part that worked correctly (thinking that they may have been separate entities such as when you use the line tool - even though I knew it was unlikely).

Already fixed before I went to bed...

@JulianDracos Thanks for the suggestion, I'll give that a bit of a try, though my gut is telling me it will look odd. Edit: My gut was wrong, it doesn't look too bad and is certainly better than the default sizing (using the street tool). I'm not placing individual symbols on a map this size, except for 'notable' buildings...

Re the paper sizing yes, I'm fully aware of that. I generally always output my maps so they will fit on both US and ISO formats for a given size ignoring decimals, so US Letter/A4 I output to 8x11, D/A1 is 22x33 and so on.

One step ahead Sue!

OK. Decided to go with the Fantasy Cities style - if it's good enough for Mike Schley (style is based on his maps in Cityscapes, a D&D 3.5 supplement) it's most certainly good enough for me.

Here is where I'm at at the moment. I need to put terrain and the mansions of the rich and infamous over the clifftop; reduce the size of the docks - they're way too big at the moment; re-do the wooden building block (it's just for proof of concept) and fill in the rest obviously. Labelling and the other bits and pieces to finish off the map. Much happier with this, not sure what the publisher will think, though I'm sure it will be ok once I explain that the other styles of map just don't work with the size of the city and the output size.

Sent an email to the publisher regarding this, they asked for samples and suggested a double page spread would be a possibility; have sent the sample maps from the Fantasy Cities style and also the Darklands style outputed at 11" x 16" (using the large thatch and slate houses). I'll not be doing anymore on this till I hear back. And yes, the tower in the water is intentional, it's actually part of the textual description of the city.

Fantasy Cities it is! I’ll do as you suggest re the cliff shadows, Sue. Time to get to work!