This is a very interesting work-around! I had not thought of trying it this way.
There is still a problem: If the water extends over many scraps, such as with a river in the cave, then this is not practical. I get my water areas to join by fiddling with the lines in adjoining scraps. It can get pretty close though it is never perfect. I think the ultimate solution is to have some sort of "join" directive for areas. -- Bill Gee BOINC Statistics On Tuesday, August 15, 2017 7:51:14 AM CDT Footleg via Therion wrote: > More of a problem at scrap joins where both scraps have water area fills > adjoining is that the hash lines indicating the fill type do not align. I > work around this by drawing the entire water fill area on just one of the > scraps so that it overlaps on top of the adjoining scrap (they must be in > the same 'block' of the map; without a 'break' between them). Turn 'clip > off' for the area fill so it extends outside the scrap border, overlapping > the other scrap and appears as one area fill on the PDF. I often use this > deliberately to hide colour differences at scrap joins where I am colouring > my scrap backgrounds by altitude. The water area fill is always blue in my > layout so it hides the contrast between adjoining scrap colours (circled in > red in attached graphic). > > Footleg > [image: ScrapJoinHiddenByWater.png] > > On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 8:22 PM Martin Sluka via Therion <therion@speleo.sk> > wrote: > > There is one possibility to play with invisible walls and define borders > > of scraps not as straight lines but as puzzle. > > > > In such case one scrap may include all water area. > > > > The problem is with contact of scraps, but if both scraps are on the same > > background image you may copy line from one scrap to another with plain > > text editor. Coordinates are the same. > > > > m.s. > > > > > > > > 14. 8. 2017 v 19:45, Torsten Schnitter via Therion <therion@speleo.sk>: > > > > > > Hi > > As I was told by a grafic designer problem 1 is just visible on the > > screen/monitor. > > When printing to a plotter there are no white lines anymore. > > I do have the same problem on the screen. But when plotting there are > > really no white lines anymore. > > Cheers, > > Torsten > > > > Am 14.08.2017 um 19:04 schrieb Henry Bennett via Therion < > > therion@speleo.sk>: > > > > Problem 2 can be addressed by working with some custom Tex. > > > > Take a look at this > > https://github.com/speleo/SpeleoPhilippines/blob/master/CodeLibrary/_layou > > ts.tex > > > > You’ll then need to inject the code into your thconfig file using the > > “input” command. > > > > > > https://github.com/speleo/SpeleoPhilippines/blob/master/Region-2/Baggao/th > > config-BlueWater-System > > > > or you could just cut and paste it in. > > > > Hope this helps. Should at least get you in the right direction. > > > > Problem 1 has been discussed before and I agree, it is a pain. > > > > Henry > > > > > > *From:* Therion [mailto:therion-boun...@speleo.sk > > <therion-boun...@speleo.sk>] *On Behalf Of *Steven Tucker via Therion > > *Sent:* 14 August 2017 17:29 > > *To:* therion@speleo.sk > > *Cc:* Steven Tucker <sjtucker...@gmail.com> > > *Subject:* [Therion] Joining scraps and PDF layouts > > > > > > Hello, > > > > I am busy completing a survey of a cave and I am running into two problems > > with the final PDF > > First problem. > > There are water areas that cross over two scraps and the water is coloured > > blue. In the PDF file, the line where the two scraps join show a thin > > white > > line. The kml and loch files don't show any split between the joint > > scraps. > > > > > > Any idea how to fix this? > > Second problem. > > > > I would like to display the cave name, scalebar etc in one area of the PDF > > and have my legend in a seperate area of the PDF, but I can't figure out > > how to do this. > > > > Any help will be much appreciated! > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Steven > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Therion mailing list > > Therion@speleo.sk > > https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Therion mailing list > > Therion@speleo.sk > > https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Therion mailing list > > Therion@speleo.sk > > https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion
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