New 2D Fill symbol

Fill symbol resources in the Fill Symbol Library can be extended by creating a new fill symbol. The following describes how to complete the basic process of creating a new Fill symbol.

Function entrance

Style Settings menu-> Fill Style group-> Fill symbol drop-down box-> More Symbols..-> New 2D Fill button .
Layer Manager-> Layer Context Menu-> Object Selection Style.. item-> New 2D Fill button.

Operating instructions

Select a symbol grouping in the symbol grouping structure tree in the Fill Symbol Library selector, and the new symbol is added to the grouping by default;
Click Create 2D Filling.. on the menu bar in the symbol library selector Button to open the Filling Symbol Editer;
Set the newly filled Symbol Information. The default value number and name will be automatically generated according to the symbol under the currently selected symbol group. The symbol number is used to uniquely identify the symbol in the symbol library and cannot be set; Symbol Name is the Show Name of the symbol in the symbol library. You can use the Custom Symbols name;
In the Symbol Layer Management Area, if there are multiple symbol layers, you need to select one of them to set the attributes of the symbol layer in the Symbol Layer Style Settings: area. In the Symbol Layer Management Area, you can add, delete, and Move Symbol layers through the toolbar above it, and you can set the visibility of the symbol layer through the icon button on the left side of the layer.
Symbol Filling, Linear Filling, Pure Filling, and Picture Fill are provided for the selected symbol Layer Settings type.
- Symbol Filling: that is, filling with a dot symbol. The Parameter Description is as follows:
  - Point Style: Select the Marker Style of Symbol filling, which can be selected in the current Marker Symbol Library, or imported into the external symbol library through the Symbol Library Management button;
  - Symbol Size: refers to the Marker Size of Symbol Filling, which is 6mm by default, and the unit is consistent with the unit of Marker Size in the symbol library;
  - Rotate: set the Rotation angle of the point symbol;
  - Horizontal distance: the Horizontal distance between the center points of the point symbols, 100 pixels by default;
  - Vertical interval: refers to the vertical distance between the center points of the point symbols, which is 100 pixels by default;
  - Offset X: The offset of the point symbol in the horizontal direction. It is not offset by default, and the unit is pixel.
  - Offset Y: The offset of the point symbol in the horizontal direction. It is not offset by default, and the unit is pixel.
- Linear Filling: Set the style of the line symbol. Parameter Description is as follows:
  - Linear Style: provides two types: straight line and dotted line;
  - Line Width: set the line width, the default value is 1, and the unit is pixel;
  - Line Color: The color of the Line Type;
  - Rotate: Rotation angle of Line Type;
  - Offset: the offset of Line Type, in pixels;
  - Line interval: set the interval between line symbols, the default value is 10, and the unit is pixel;
- Pure Filling: The transparency of Pure Filling can be set in the Color Selector by simply setting the Fill Color.
- Picture Fill: Use external pictures for filling. Four formats of *.png, *.jpg, *.jpeg and *.bmp are supported. Parameter Description is as follows:
  - Picture: Locate the location of the local picture;
  - Filling method: three methods are provided: full, stretch and original. Full means that the center of the shortest side of the picture is scaled to the edge of the figure in equal proportion, and the excess part will be cropped. Stretch means that a picture is stretched to fill the filling area. Original means that the image is tiled from the upper left corner, and the excess part will be cropped.
  - Horizontal Distance: displays the Horizontal Distance between the center points of the picture. The original filling method cannot be set. The width value of the original picture will be displayed in pixels.
  - Vertical interval: display the vertical distance between the center points of the picture. The original filling method cannot be set. The height value of the original picture will be displayed in pixels.
Select the Outline check box for the selected symbol Layer Settings Outline:. Linear Style can be selected in the current symbol library or imported from an external symbol library through the Symbol Library Management button. The contour line is in mm.

Caution:

When the Contour Line check box is
checked, the Line Style of the contour line is NULL and the change is invalid when setting the Layer Style.
After you set up the symbol layer and Layer Properties, you can view the new Fill symbol style in the preview area.

Caution:

symbol layer are drawn from the top left corner of the preview box in the preview area.
symbol layer are displayed in a rectangle of horizontal and vertical spacing, with the center point of the symbol aligned with the center point of the rectangle. When the Marker Size is large and the interval is small, the excessive part of the symbol will not be displayed;

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