[Therion] Moving section of cave aside

[Stacho Mudrak]

This feature is already an item in the WOULD BE NICE LIST list, even  
it is not described so precisely. OK, I will put it on the TODO list,  
but I am afraid, it will take some time to support it :(

S.


Quoting Wookey <wookey at aleph1.co.uk>:

> For drawing complex caves it is often useful to move a section of cave
> to one side so it doesn't obscure the passage below. I can't see an
> easy way to do this in therion, because everything is always
> positionned according to stations. Could we have some kind of scrap
> offset feature that would allow a scrap or map to be drawn in a
> different place?
>
> It would also be nice to have the scrap shown in outline (or shaded,
> etc) in the correct place, so the survey can be properly understood.
>
> e.g. the terikan survey has numerous layers but also plenty of
> whitespace to move upper layers into so as to draw it all on one
> sheet but without complex overlapping passage.
>
> This is an alternative to the atlas scheme which therion has excllent
> support for. this alternative is very popular in the UK, and probably
> other places - it would be gfood if therion could support it.
>
> It is useful for a very long thin cave, where you can get much better
> paper use by drawing the sections side-by-side instead of as a very
> long thin page. (e.g. this very long thin cave: moon cave:
> http://mulucaves.org/Pub_surveys/Moon_CaveBCRA.pdf)
>
> Wookey
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