> using a border line instead of an invisible wall for scrap borders in centre 
> of a passage / open space

 

There are a number of considerations here.  This wiki post describes them 
https://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/drawingchecklist#wall 

It may be that using line wall -visibility off is a better solution than either 
line wall -subtype invisible or line border -outline out -visibility off

 

Tarquin’s overall approach is how I would do it.  Always end/start surveys 
between pillars, and each open end of a scrap only joins with one other scrap, 
to avoid the open triangle in the apparent interior of the cave.  Even if you 
make a mistake in the field and end a survey in the middle of a void far from 
the pillars, strategic drawing of the scrap walls can mitigate the problem.  
Imagine Tarquin’s sketch attachment with say the left-hand survey station 
missing, so the station joining with another survey to the left is in the 
centre of the void.  So you draw the sketch exactly as Tarquin has (with walls 
defining the pillars at distant-left, just there is no station between them) 
and it will work.

 

See also 
https://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/faq#how_do_i_join_three_scraps_in_a_y-shape.  
The XTherion ‘tricky’ image demonstrates a simple case.  What is really 
happening is that a three-scrap join is turned into a series of two-scrap 
joins.  These can then be joined semi-automatically as described in 
https://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/tips#joining_scraps_together 

 

Bruce

 

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