Line label: Line printable? Are walls printable as dotted/dashed lines?
Hallo everyone, two questions: - I would like sometimes to draw an Erzgang (ore load? lode? mineral vein?) into a mine survey. The line type Label (Beschriftung) would fit into that bill nicely. Is it possible to draw the line along to the label? And it is possible to draw the line and keep the label text together (instead of being distributed along the whole line)? Well, or is there a better way? - Is it possible to mark a wall line to be printed dashed/dotted? I could not find any line options save id in the Therion handbook (p. 29). I would like to do that for wall types when I only guess the continuation of an adit. Or do I need to do metapost magic for that as eg. in http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.therion/2189 (search for dashed)? Thanks, and best regards, Christian
Am Sonntag, 8. Mai 2016, 14:51:21 schrieb Christian Rößler (Roessler):
- Is it possible to mark a wall line to be printed dashed/dotted? I could not find any line options save id in the Therion handbook (p. 29). I would like to do that for wall types when I only guess the continuation of an adit. Or do I need to do metapost magic for that as eg. in http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.therion/2189 (search for dashed)?
found that by myself, as I learned about border subtypes for water filled adit parts - [Line] "-subtype unsurveyed" in options fits that bill nicely. Have not found this being mentioned elsewhere. Perhaps it would be nice to insert into the Wiki at the appropriate point something like "insert these subtypes into the options field prepended by -subtype"; this took me some fiddling time to learn (not that I wish to complain:). Sorry for asking needlessly; it's sometimes not easy to know where to start to search. I found it as a by-product preparing to overlay symbols in Bruce's symbol list link. Thanks, and best regards, Christian
- I would like sometimes to draw an Erzgang (ore load? lode? mineral vein?) into a mine survey. The line type Label (Beschriftung) would fit into that bill nicely. Is it possible to draw the line along to the label? You mean one line entity creating a parallel line and text? I have not seen this, but I am sure it is possible with metapost. Or do you mean an independent line, perhaps with arrow from text to the subject of the label? For this see line arrow in by following the link below. - And it is possible to draw the line and keep the label text together (instead of being distributed along the whole line)? Well, or is there a better way? The line label shrinks or stretches the text to fit the whole length of the line. See the heading 'Label' in http://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/doku.php/drawingchecklist#lines You have some control by adjusting the scale parameter for the line label. Personally I generally use point label, with no orientation (this way text is always 'horizontal', even after scrap morphing distortions). I use line labels from time to time for special effect or emphasis. Bruce
Hello therion users ! After looking in the guide book, the wikis and others I could not find the answer to my question so here I am. Can we plot the splay shots with xtherion, if not, can we at least print them on the pdf export ? And maybe re-import the pdf in xtherion to have the splay shots ? I’m using topodroid and therion, and the combination seems wicked good, I’ve stopped developing my own mapping software after discovering therion. Thanks, Phil
Am Montag, 9. Mai 2016, 08:41:45 schrieb Bruce <bruce@tomo.co.nz>:
- I would like sometimes to draw an Erzgang (ore load? lode? mineral vein?) into a mine survey. The line type Label (Beschriftung) would fit into that bill nicely. Is it possible to draw the line along to the label? You mean one line entity creating a parallel line and text? I have not seen this, but I am sure it is possible with metapost.
thanks, then I know I haven't overlooked something in the interface. I searched and found the Example 'l_u_fault' on bottom http://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/doku.php?id=metapost, which I should be able to 'misuse'. But it dows not yield a dashed line (which would be perfect), but a thick, red line in the pdf output. This does not seem to be a problem of the matepost code snippet, as the strata example above (second from bottom) yields the same red line. Do you have, perhaps, any idea where this comes from? Is there something missing? I think I have seen somewhere something about legend entry modification, next step I will learn that.
Or do you mean an independent line, perhaps with arrow from text to the subject of the label? For this see line arrow in by following the link below.
This I will use until I could solve the 'red line' problem: A headless arrow with a point label, as you mentioned…
The line label shrinks or stretches the text to fit the whole length of the line. See the heading 'Label' in http://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/doku.php/drawingchecklist#lines You have some control by adjusting the scale parameter for the line label. Personally I generally use point label, with no orientation (this way text is always 'horizontal', even after scrap morphing distortions). I use line labels from time to time for special effect or emphasis.
…here. It is good to see what others are doing to learn about good practice. Thanks and best regards, Christian
Am Montag, 9. Mai 2016, 00:36:39 schrieb Christian Rößler:
- I would like sometimes to draw an Erzgang (ore load? lode? mineral vein?) into a mine survey. The line type Label (Beschriftung) would
thanks, then I know I haven't overlooked something in the interface. I searched and found the Example 'l_u_fault' on bottom http://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/doku.php?id=metapost, which I should be able to 'misuse'.
But it dows not yield a dashed line (which would be perfect), but a thick, red line in the pdf output. This does not seem to be a problem of the matepost code snippet, as the strata example above (second from bottom) yields the same red line.
sorry, I forgot: Is this the correct way to access this metapost modfification: I choose 'line', 'u', type 'u', options: "-subtype l_u_fault"? (see attached screen shot) Thanks again, and best regards, Christian
Red output means therion thinks the symbol is undefined. In this case you should correct your syntax and enter u:fault or u -subtype fault for a definition like def l_u_fault Bruce -----Original Message----- From: therion-bounces@speleo.sk [mailto:therion-bounces@speleo.sk] On Behalf Of Christian Rößler Sent: Monday, 9 May 2016 10:49 a.m. To: List for Therion users Subject: Re: [Therion] Line label: Line printable? Are walls printable asdotted/dashed lines? Am Montag, 9. Mai 2016, 00:36:39 schrieb Christian Rößler:
- I would like sometimes to draw an Erzgang (ore load? lode? mineral vein?) into a mine survey. The line type Label (Beschriftung) would
thanks, then I know I haven't overlooked something in the interface. I searched and found the Example 'l_u_fault' on bottom http://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/doku.php?id=metapost, which I should be able to 'misuse'.
But it dows not yield a dashed line (which would be perfect), but a thick, red line in the pdf output. This does not seem to be a problem of the matepost code snippet, as the strata example above (second from bottom) yields the same red line.
sorry, I forgot: Is this the correct way to access this metapost modfification: I choose 'line', 'u', type 'u', options: "-subtype l_u_fault"? (see attached screen shot) Thanks again, and best regards, Christian
Am Montag, 9. Mai 2016, 14:04:14 schrieb Bruce <bruce@tomo.co.nz>:
Am Montag, 9. Mai 2016, 00:36:39 schrieb Christian Rößler:
- I would like sometimes to draw an Erzgang (ore load? lode? mineral vein?) into a mine survey. The line type Label (Beschriftung) would thanks, then I know I haven't overlooked something in the interface. I searched and found the Example 'l_u_fault' on bottom http://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/doku.php?id=metapost, which I should be able to 'misuse'. But it dows not yield a dashed line (which would be perfect), but a thick, red line in the pdf output. This does not seem to be a problem of the matepost code snippet, as the strata example above (second from bottom) yields the same red line. sorry, I forgot: Is this the correct way to access this metapost modfification: I choose 'line', 'u', type 'u', options: "-subtype l_u_fault"? (see attached screen shot)
Red output means therion thinks the symbol is undefined. In this case you should correct your syntax and enter u:fault or u -subtype fault for a definition like def l_u_fault
Thanks, Bruce! Now, with a little procedure name change and a text substitution for the legend - lo and behold! I got my Erzgang (ore vein). And not only one, many of them; miner's delight :). My mine surveys are starting to get really useful now. And now onto point symbol redefinition! Best regards, and Glückauf (or what the caver's greet:), Christian
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