[Therion] Slope symbol needed

2006-05-04 Thread John Pybus
Wookey wrote: > +++ Stacho Mudrak [06-05-04 08:31 +0200]: >> In any case, we should probably create BCRA symbol set in standard therion >> distribution. We will try... That would be great! > That would be nmarvellous. I've just downloaded JD Hobby's metpost book, and > read the relevant section

[Therion] Slope symbol needed

2006-05-04 Thread Andrew Atkinson
Thanks Eventually got it to work, you also need to the line symbol-set UIS which I had in the layout, and seems to override the replace. Andrew Jenny Black wrote: >> I thought, you have already changed at least some of these symbols >> (see Jenny's map of Eislufthohle >> http://cucc.survex.com

[Therion] Slope symbol needed

2006-05-04 Thread Wookey
+++ Stacho Mudrak [06-05-04 08:31 +0200]: > > Long thin ones are used for very steep slopes. Short fat ones for more > > normal > > sloping floors. > > > > Can you help, or give me a lcue for where to start doing it myself? > > If I have understood, you would like to change following symbols: >

[Therion] Slope symbol needed

2006-05-04 Thread Philip Schuchardt
AMER is the suffix for American. I dont believe it is an "official" NSS symbol but it shows up on ever american map I own. I really need to learn Metapost and tex so I can do what ever I want to therion. Philip Schuchardt On Thursday 04 May 2006 4:04 pm, Wookey wrote: > +++ Philip Schuchardt

[Therion] Slope symbol needed

2006-05-04 Thread Wookey
+++ Philip Schuchardt [06-05-04 14:56 -0400]: > > This is how you overload metapost symbols. snip example. Thanx very much for the quick and complete response -that works. I now see the gradient symbol you have used is a strange kind of 'crows-foot' thing. I am not familiar with that one. Is th

[Therion] Large area problem

2006-05-04 Thread Andrew Atkinson
Hi In the file http://mulucaves.org/Api_Chamber.zip you will find a the therion files for a large chamber. I was trying to fill it with blocks, and came up with this error average distortion: 0.52% writing Api_Chamber.pdf ... ### metapost log file T

[Therion] Slope symbol needed

2006-05-04 Thread Wookey
+++ Philip Schuchardt [06-05-04 09:16 -0400]: > > This is my overloaded symbol for gradient point. I want to make a line > symbol > for gradient but I havent gotten around to it. > > code metapost > def p_gradient_AMER (expr pos,theta,sc,al) = snip. OK, thanx a lot for that. Now I just n

[Therion] Large area problem

2006-05-04 Thread Philip Schuchardt
You might need to split the room into smaller scraps. On Thursday 04 May 2006 3:12 pm, Andrew Atkinson wrote: > http://mulucaves.org/Api_Chamber.zip

[Therion] Slope symbol needed

2006-05-04 Thread Philip Schuchardt
This is how you overload metapost symbols. # thconfig file ### input layout.th source main.th #One page map export map -layout plan -output ABC.pdf export map -layout print -output ABC_Printable.pdf ## Heres my layout.th layout plan scale 1 200 #Workin

[Therion] Slope symbol needed

2006-05-04 Thread Jenny Black
>I thought, you have already changed at least some of these symbols >(see Jenny's map of Eislufthohle >http://cucc.survex.com/expo/plateau/76/76_final_col_small.png). I kind of cheated to do this, I noticed that the BCRA slope symbol is similar to the UIS entrance arrow symbol. I also noticed tha

[Therion] Slope symbol needed

2006-05-04 Thread Philip Schuchardt
This is my overloaded symbol for gradient point. I want to make a line symbol for gradient but I havent gotten around to it. code metapost def p_gradient_AMER (expr pos,theta,sc,al) = U:=(.15u, .4u); T:=identity aligned al rotated theta scaled sc shifted pos; pickup

[Therion] Slope symbol needed

2006-05-04 Thread Stacho Mudrak
> Long thin ones are used for very steep slopes. Short fat ones for more normal > sloping floors. > > Can you help, or give me a lcue for where to start doing it myself? If I have understood, you would like to change following symbols: point gradient line gradient line slope I thought, you have

[Therion] Slope symbol needed

2006-05-04 Thread Martin Sluka
On 4.5.2006, at 5:34, Wookey wrote: > Long thin ones are used for very steep slopes. Short fat ones for > more normal sloping floors. Wookey, I apologize myself, but this is not very logical. Isn't it reverse? Martin

[Therion] Slope symbol needed

2006-05-04 Thread Wookey
British cavers are complaining that therion doesn't have a BCRA-type slope symbol. I know I know learn metafont and do one myself but time is short and i'm hoiping it's easy for an expert so I can get MArtin to do it :-) Here: http://cucc.survex.com/expo/smkridge/161/300dpi/balley.png and http:/