i'm composing the map of a new cave, and got that a shifted map, may have the outline cropped out in the final pdf. see attached sample. ( a quick fix is really appreciated ! ) marco
Do I understand it correctly, that you want this upper outline in the shifted map not to be cropped out? Unfortunately, this is not a bug, it is a feature :) By default, previews (above or below) in the maps are cropped out, they are there just for the information, how are passages above or below currently selected map situated. If you want to display this preview complete, you have two possibilities. You can add extra size to the paper by setting "overlap" in layout - unfortunately, it is not possible to set overlap just for the left page border. So you will have to use probably some dirty trick, to fix this problem, e.g. adding some dummy symbol to the map, that will be drawn by white color and that will increase the scrap outline. May be a mode, that will not crop preview outlines is also needed, but it will definitely take some time to implement. HTH, S. On 7 April 2011 07:54, marco corvi <marco.corvi@elsagdatamat.com> wrote:
i'm composing the map of a new cave, and got that a shifted map, may have the outline cropped out in the final pdf.
see attached sample.
( a quick fix is really appreciated ! )
marco
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On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 09:20 +0200, Stacho Mudrak wrote:
Do I understand it correctly, that you want this upper outline in the shifted map not to be cropped out?
yes.
Unfortunately, this is not a bug, it is a feature :)
i see. however if it is cropped out i do not get immediately the extend of the cave.
By default, previews (above or below) in the maps are cropped out, they are there just for the information, how are passages above or below currently selected map situated.
If you want to display this preview complete, you have two possibilities. You can add extra size to the paper by setting "overlap" in layout - unfortunately, it is not possible to set overlap just for the left page border.
which happens to be my case: the cave is about 2.5 km (so far) and i have all the details already put in ... so i do not want to flip it horizontally.
So you will have to use probably some dirty trick, to fix this problem, e.g. adding some dummy symbol to the map, that will be drawn by white color and that will increase the scrap outline.
i will go for that ... will try with an empty, or blank, label
May be a mode, that will not crop preview outlines is also needed, but it will definitely take some time to implement.
ok. thanks a lot. marco
Marco I think the way therion crops these is probably best. Usually one does not get much aesthetic benefit from a very large featureless outline above or shaded below, and a very large offset map could give you a very large output page. If you avoid the preview altogether then the maps will be on top of each other (perhaps bad) but the page will be the right size (good). Or you could produce a separate map for each part of the cave like; map m1main -proj extended m1 m2 [20 0 m] below endmap map m2main -proj extended m1 [20 0 m] above m2 endmap This means your audience can see all the drawn detail on both maps, and can also see the relationship with the passages below. You can use map-image to paste one document within the other, or use a pdf editor to add both pages to the same document - sort of a manual atlas. Or you could use the atlas feature and select both maps; select m1@map_above select m2@map_above or even from my example above; select m1main@map_above select m2main@map_above I'm a bit rusty, but I think you should get an atlas with two chapters, one for each map - and you can hyperlink from one to the other. If you choose the right paper size settings they should turn out each on a single sheet if you want. As I recall there IS a bug (or at least unwritten piece of code) in the formulation for atlas whereas the origin coordinates for elevations cannot be set properly. (There is also a problem with plan atlas where a rotate statement other than 0 deg has been set). (I am waiting for baited breath for these to be fixed, as in my opinion for a project of any size, atlas outputs are much preferred to map outputs- at some stage the paper size exceeds the 5.5m pdf limit and maps will not work at a readable scale). I have not ever tried atlas with extended elevations - maybe they work OK, maybe not. Bruce
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