[Therion] Converting Inkscape Drawings of very large cavesintoTherion

Bruce dangle at tomo.co.nz
Fri Feb 25 06:54:38 CET 2011


 
>> There are I think only 3 simple rules:
>> 
>> 1. one scrap should not overlap itself
>> 2. one scrap scrap should not contain more then approx. 100 m of 
>> passages in 1:100 scale (MetaPost limit)
>> 3. passages should be divided into scraps in most simple places - if 
>> you will follow this recommendation then "join scrap1 scrap2" is 
>> enough for joining two scraps.


>What do you do if a passage branches out vertically, meaning one
>branch is completely covered by the other?
>The lower passages has to be drawn in its own scrap because of
>the overlap and the division must be directly at the junction, so it
>is impossible to follow rule 3.

In this case there is no need for a join (unless you really want to).
Just draw two scraps and in the map define like...
	topscrap
	break
	bottomscrap
Bruce




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