There is a probable work around that I have used for combining plans and elevations. It's probably not as neat as you would like, but could avoid using attributes for output. If you define the layouts you want generate the pdf of the outlying caves and then in the same file generate the full set and add the main cave pdf, which has just been generated, as an image. Order is critical. The difficulty will be getting exact alignment. As it has to cover the main cave generated with the other caves. Setting the units to mm will give finer control. This is not so much of a problem with plans and elevations as they are only next to each other. Does that make sense. There are examples at http://www.cave-registry.org.uk/svn/CheddarCatchment/ Bagpit, Reservoir plus others use this technique Andrew -- Sent with K-9 Mail On 20 January 2022 08:09:08 GMT, Bruce Mutton <bruce@tomo.co.nz> wrote:
Tarquin This sort of thing can be done, perhaps not completely, with surface and cave centreline component visibility. There is an old conversation about it somewhere, but I cannot find it just now. Something like: symbol-hide group cave-centreline #1. hides all centrelines, incl station-names - clears the canvas symbol-show point cave-station #2. set up for identifying cave-stations to show/hide
symbol-show point station:fixed #3. actually show/hide (cave-)stations of mark ... symbol-show point station:painted #3. symbol-show point station:natural #3. symbol-hide point station:temporary #3.
#then could carry on to specify surface...
symbol-hide group surface-centreline # etc.
The lines annotated 1 to 3 work just fine, but I'm not sure I've managed to get that refined control over both surface and cave centrelines at the same time. This is not really what you were asking, but maybe there is a clue.
Otherwise perhaps it can be done using custom attributes for the objects? It was suggested to me once, but it seemed labour intensive so I never tried it.
Bruce
-----Original Message----- From: Therion <therion-bounces@speleo.sk> On Behalf Of Tarquin Wilton-Jones via Therion Sent: Tuesday, 18 January 2022 21:58 To: Therion <therion@speleo.sk> Cc: Tarquin Wilton-Jones <tarquin.wilton-jones@ntlworld.com> Subject: [Therion] Hide symbols within certain maps/subsurveys
Hi folks,
I have a survey of a cave and its surrounding surface area, including all the little caves in the area. So you can basically get an overview of the area, see the surface streams and sinks.
Normally, I want the cave survey to be on its own, showing the cave's features, passage names, fill areas, boulders, water flow, etc.. But when I show the area overview, all those features become unimportant, and most labels should be hidden (only the cave names are important).
When showing an overview though, I still want to show the surface labels, slopes, cliffs, water flow, arrows, borders, etc.
Does anyone have a nice way to hide almost all symbols within one map/subsurvey (the cave), while showing them all within other maps (the surface)? Does Therion have a dedicated way to do this that I missed?
Cheers,
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