To ability to export xvi as part of PDF output is long time on to-do list. The export of morphed sketches is part of exporting maps based on scraps or partial maps based on scraps, not exporting centerlines as defined in maps based on surveys.
Martin > 14. 2. 2019 v 7:56, Duncan Collis via Therion <therion@speleo.sk>: > > Hi, Bruce. > > Thanks for the reply. The wiki pages you linked were one of the most > helpful resources when I was trying to get this to work, along with > Marco Corvi's "Therion by Examples". > > I've tried selecting surveys, but when I do that I get an XVI file > containing the centreline of the selected surveys, but no background > sketches, even if I also select the map with the sketches in it. > Changing the order of the select statements doesn't make any > difference. I've also tried adding scrap outlines by drawing walls > around the areas of interest in the th2 file in the vain hope that > this would have some effect, but it did nothing. I've tried selecting > scraps directly instead of maps, with the same result. > > I think that this has the potential to be a really useful feature, but > unfortunately its current behaviour regarding inclusion of centreline > makes it all but unusable in large projects. > > Best regards, > Duncan. > > On 14/02/2019, Bruce Mutton via Therion <therion@speleo.sk> wrote: >> Duncan >> I think your experience is more or less consistent with that here >> https://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/outputs#map_xvi_therion that I experimented >> with 4-5 years ago. >> One observation I made was that exporting a map to xvi actually produced >> something more akin to a model. In those pages I did not have any -sketch >> specified with the scraps, so I guess all Therion had to work with was the >> centreline (model). >> Although I don't think there is anything about on that wki page, I recall >> that xvi map exports are a bit 'scattergun' in that they do not respect the >> limits of the selected map. >> Maybe if a survey is selected rather than a map you may have better xvi >> control? >> Have a look at this table >> https://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/outputs#map_xvi_therion, it may provide some >> insight. It may no longer be current, and there may have been mistakes in >> it from the start. Any feedback welcome. >> >> Bruce >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Therion <therion-boun...@speleo.sk> On Behalf Of Duncan Collis via >> Therion >> Sent: Thursday, 14 February 2019 15:10 >> To: therion@speleo.sk >> Cc: Duncan Collis <duncan.col...@gmail.com> >> Subject: [Therion] Inconsistent SELECT behaviour for pdf and xvi map output >> with background sketches.. >> >> In my th2 file I've got scraps with -sketch specified, and stations placed >> to enable warping/morphing of these background images. >> >> In th2 a map is defined (let's call it map_A) which includes the scraps I >> want. >> >> Then in .thconfig: >> >> select map_A >> >> layout morph >> scale 1 500 >> grid bottom >> grid-size 100 100 100 m >> sketches on >> grid off >> endlayout >> >> # Output plan in Therion pdf format >> export map \ >> -projection plan \ >> -format pdf\ >> -output map_A.pdf \ >> -layout morph >> >> # Output plan in Therion xvi format >> export map \ >> -projection plan \ >> -format xvi\ >> -output map_A.xvi\ >> -layout morph >> >> PDF output is as expected from the manual. It shows the background images >> attached to the scraps in the selected map, plus only the parts of the >> centreline that are used in those scraps. However if I change the export >> command to use XVI format, I get the background images and the centreline >> for the whole project, which contains over 20,000 stations. This is very >> difficult to use as it takes a long time for XTherion to load it, and then >> the area I'm interested in is tiny compared with the whole drawing area, so >> it requires quite a bit of zooming and scrolling to get there before I can >> start working. >> >> Am I right in thinking that the XVI output should contain the same bits of >> centreline as appear in the PDF output, rather than the whole lot? Am I >> missing something? >> >> Also: 'grid off' does not seem to affect the XVI output, which is why I've >> specified a fairly large grid size so that the grid isn't obscuring the >> sketches. I'd really like to be able to disable the grid in XVI completely. >> >> Is there a way to achieve these two things? >> >> Best regards, >> >> Duncan. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ Therion mailing list Therion@speleo.sk https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion