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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>OK, here is a little experiment that illustrates the symbol alignment problem, just to prove to myself that there is a problem.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I found that my custom entrance symbol does not always plot correctly, but neither do the default Therion symbols.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Each scrap contains nine stations, named for the alignment of the coincident point symbols.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Each station has a coincident water-flow, flowstone-choke and entrance symbol.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There are short bits of passage shown to help with visual orientation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The variables include:<o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Relative orientation of the scrap drawing compared to north or output orientation (not really explored here, I have taken the simple case of scrap orientation ‘up’ matches ‘north’. I don’t believe I have ever noticed any problems associated with scrap drawing orientation – just remember that symbol -align option is relative to the scrap drawing as viewed on your monitor, which in this example is north).<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span lang=FR>Symbol </span>alignment <span lang=FR>(c, l, r, tl, t etc)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Symbol orientation ( 000 to 359, although I only explore 000 and 210 here)<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Layout rotation ( 000 to 359, although I only explore 000 and 285 here)<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Therion default symbols, and symbols I have customised a little<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm'>I think what the attached show for the three default Therion symbols I have chosen is:<o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Symbol alignments and layout rotation symbol behaviour is OK where symbol orientations are set to zero (and I assume this is the case where orientations are undefined).<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Symbol orientations and layout rotation symbol behaviour is OK, but alignments <b>are the reverse of what they should be</b> where symbol orientations are set to 210 (degrees).<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal>ie non-zero symbol orientations always break symbol alignment (although I expect that where orientation is within some other quadrant this may not be the case).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am sure there are some Therion symbols that behave properly (I think labels do), I just did not stumble on them in this experiment.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My custom entrance symbol introduces other problems, but that is an issue of my own making, and so not of particular concern.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It does suggest there is something that requires fixing, and that a ‘Therion symbol design guide’ might eventually help people not fall into these traps.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bruce<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PS: If you want to remove any customisations likely to affect the output from the attached zipped project, in the file LayoutMapThisCave.thc comment out the lines:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> # copy LayoutColourSymbols<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> # copy LayoutStandard<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> # copy AMERCustomSymbols<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>