Hi Bruce! Thanks for the hints. I made some changes to the metapost code, according to your suggestions: -Last triangle is now filled too -Symbol size is now set to a fixed value (only distance between symbols is varied) -Thinner line is now of 'same length' as thick line (for straight lines). I hope this does not harm other usecases for this line, so any feedback is welcome! To include the new changes, copy the definition of the symbol l_wall_pit_AUT from the attached file in your layout. In the attached file, there is also a fix for the sand and clay patterns, which dit not fit nicely next to each other in the previous version (thanks to Dirk Peinelt for pointing that out). @Martin/Stacho: Could you include this update to the next therion release? Kind regards, Georg. On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Bruce <bruce@tomo.co.nz> wrote:
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line wall:pit AUT has a fill anomaly similar to the debris blocks anomaly that was fixed with 5.3.9.****
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The end symbol is not filled at the start of each line segment (used here to denote an entrance at the base of a surface cliff).****
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Also, the shorter length of the thinner line looks good for a stand alone line, but when two lines are joined, as might commonly be the case, there is often a gap. Perhaps better if the thin line is closer to the same length as the thick line?****
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And an idea for consideration.****
The above image suggests that the symbol size tweaking to match the line length might need its limits adjusting slightly. The contrast between biggest and smallest symbols seems a bit much to me –perhaps compensating a smaller maximum size with a longer ‘blank’ length at each end?****
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And yes, I could resolve the size/gap issues by drawing one continuous line, but they cross multiple scraps in some places…****
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Bruce****
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