[Therion] Converting SVG files to Therion th2 format

[Juergen Bohnert]

Hi Stacho,

you did I nice job with this import function!

That we did both the same svg import thing is not a problem - I will  
further improve my script, to automatically import svg files of large  
caves - which is my main interest.

My strategy would be to store all layers in one large scrap and then  
divide the scraps automatically which Therion cannot do due to the  
Metapost limits.

Regards,

Juergen

Zitat von Stacho Mudrak <s.m at group-s.sk>:

> I am sorry for the late answer, and also that I was also working on
> SVG/DXF import (File->Import...) and I did not let you know (I just
> wrote small item in CHANGES file)...
>
> But I believe, that with your python script, you will have much more
> flexibility and control.
>
> Juergen Bohnert wrote:
>> I wonder what the practical length limit per scrap really is, since
>> you recommended rather small values of ~100 m in the manual.
>
> This limit is due to metapost figure limit size - it has to be within 1m
> or so. So you can draw up to 200m scrap in 1:200 scale - otherwise
> metapost will end with error.
>
>> It would be very practical if there was a very fast way of subdividing
>> large scraps into smaller ones by simply selecting parts of the th2
>> map with the mouse and moving it to another scrap (like a grouping
>> action in a standard vector graphic software). Do you think that could
>> be implemented?
>
> It is a long time in the TODO list. OK, I can start working on it. I
> imagine this like that:
>
> 1. you activate multi-select mode
> 2. you select object by clicking on them with mouse
> 3. you select objects by selecting rectangular areas on screen
> 4. then you will be able to:
>     + move those objects to another scrap
>     + move them to front/back in current scrap
>     + change type for those objects
>
> Any other ides?
>
> Regards, S.
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