Note that CC3+ references the images on disk, so make sure you have them where you intend them to be in the future.
Use Import png's from the Symbols menu to import symbols, and Import bitmap fill styles from the Tools menu to import a folder of fill files. Now, with your empty map at the cursor ready to place, simply hit Esc, the fill styles are already copied over, and you don't need the actual entities from the blank map inserted.Īs for both symbols and fills you can also import your own png files. Create a new blank map in the style that contains the fills you want, then in your real map, use Draw -> Insert file, and pick your blank file. However, if you want to import a set of fills from another style, the easiest is to abuse the insert file mechanic of CC3+, as this will copy fill style definitions over.
You can manually add another fill to your map by clicking the fill style indicator in the status bar, go to the bitmap files tab, and hit new. All fills are defined in the map, and this definition points to external image files. Not to mention all the available artwork in a myriad of different styles, a blessing for a non-artist like me.īutton and picking Master Filters, and from that dialog hit Load to see the different sets of master filters you have available (depends on installed products)Īs for fills/textures, it is a bit different. Fortunately, CC3+ today is much easier to get into than CC2 back then, and it is more powerful than ever. It wasn't until I took the time to read the manuals that I fully grasped the program and understood just how much better than that tile-based editor it really was. I remember back in the last millennium, when I first picked up CC2, I quickly put it back down in favor of a simpler tile-based mapper. This fits me perfectly, as I am about as far from an artist as you can get, and I couldn't make a map in Photoshop if my life depended on it, but I know many artists who loves it too. I am very well aware that getting started with CC3+ isn't quite as intuitive as some of the more recent mapping software out there, but once you get into it, there is just so much more you can do with it.Īs Johnn states, it is a CAD-based program, so it is a bit more technical. I'll be happy to answer any questions I am able to.
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