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License Agreement

Use of this software is

determined by a

license agreement you

can view on the CD.

Technical Support

Support is available

from the registered

users area of the

ProFantasy website

profantasy.com

Dioramas Pro is an add-on for ProFantasy Softwares

Campaign Cartographer 2 Pro (CC2-Pro). Use it to

create drawings that can be printed, cut out, and

glued together to make 3D diorama models of your

floorplans and underground areas. Have fun!

Introduction..........................................................................2

Creating a Diorama from Scratch...............................4

Making Dioramas from an Existing Floorplan...12

Complex Dioramas ........................................................15

Dioramas Options ..........................................................21

Credits

Dioramas Pro: Mark Fulford, Simon Rogers, Ian Malcomson

Programming: Peter Olsson, Mike Riddle

The Essentials: Ian Malcomson, Mark FulfordTrade Dress: Peter Gifford

Symbol Creation and Examples: Ian Malcomson, Richard Ansell, Steve Sorton

ProFantasy Software Ltd

Spectrum House

Bromells Road

London SW4 0BN [email protected] www.profantasy.com

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Diorama Definitions

Flat - a drawing which

contains one or more

nets used to produce a

model.

Net - a group of

panels, tabs, and cutand fold lines which

form a single

component of a model

(wall section, chimney,

etc.)

Panel - a shape

(usually a polygon)

that will form a flat

surface in the model.

Tab - any part of a net

that will be used to

glue the model

together.

Cut Line - a line thatwill be cut along when

assembling the model.

Fold Line - a line that

will be folded along

when assembling the

model.

Registered Users

Area

Point your browser at

www.profantasy.com

then point at the

Customer Service

menu heading andclick Registration.

Introduction

The Dioramas Pro add-on for CC2-Pro allows you to

draw modeling pieces in 2D that can be cut out and

glued together to form a 3D diorama. A 2D diorama

drawing is called a Flat.

You can draw Panels that will be the surfaces of themodel when assembled.

You can draw Tabs that will be used to glue yourmodel together.

You can draw Cut and Fold Lines that will guideyou when assembling the model.

You can draw a Net for a box section (such as awall) in a handful of clicks.

You can create a series of nets from a floorplan youhave already drawn.

You can create versatile plug-in geomorphs, so yourmodels never lose their usefulness.

You can add a wide variety of symbols.Using this Manual

The Essentials gets you started, without overwhelming

you with details. It combines an overview of all the

features with a tutorial that guides you step-by-step. It

assumes you have read CC2-Pros Essentials first, and

that you have basic familiarity with CC2-Pro.

Items underlined in bold text are referring you to the

side bar for additional information. Buttons, dialog box

items and menu items are shown in bold text like this:

Diorama Options .

Register Dioramas Pro at the Registered Users Area of

profantasy.com to get any updates to this manual or

the tutorial files.

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Getting to Dioramas Pro

Swap from CC2-Pro or any add-on to Dioramas Pro by

clicking the Dioramas Pro button on CC2-Pros File

toolbar.

ExamplesDioramas Pro comes with a library of examples and

blanks - flats that have been completed except for the

addition of fill styles and symbols. These range from

geomorphic dungeon rooms, corridors, and stairs to

buildings - even a spaceship and a set of polyhedral

dice. To use these, print them as they are, or use the

Dioramas Pro commands to modify them.

The Dioramas Toolbar

The Dioramas toolbar includes almost all the features

you need to create your designs.

Diorama Options Change Panel Fill

Rectangular Panel Polygonal Panel

Convert to Panel Multipoly Panel

Tab Geomorph Tab

Fold Line Cut Line

Wall Net Multi-Wall Net

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Miniature Scale

Miniature scales are in

millimetres (mm). The

scale, e.g. 25 mm, is

the miniature size of a

normal human. For

Dioramas purposes it

is the size of one 5

square when printed.

Templates

Dioramas templates

have eight pages of

drawing area. Each

page is designed to

print on a single piece

of card. Each page has

print and navigationbuttons:

Clicking on

one of these buttons

will print the current

page at the miniature

scale indicated.

Clicking on

one of these buttons

will navigate to the

indicated page (the

red button shows the

current page).

Dioramas 2.fct also

has color codedboundary guides for

each miniature scale.

Creating a Diorama from Scratch

You create a diorama flat by adding nets comprising

panels, cut lines, fold lines, and tabs to the Dioramas

template. Each template comprises eight pages. You

can use one or more of these pages, as the size and

complexity of your diorama requires. Well create a

simple dungeon room for a monstrous encounter.

Starting a New Diorama

1. Click New .CC2-Pro displays a choice of Dioramas templates.

2. Click Dioramas 2.fctCC2-Pro starts a new Dioramas drawing.

Choosing a Miniature Scale

Before starting your diorama, you should choose the

miniature scale at which you will print your flats. The

miniature scale determines where within the page you

can draw.

3. Click Zoom Window , and click a box around theyellow boundary on the current page.

The yellow box is for 25 mm scale. CC2-Pro zooms

into the area you should use for 25 mm miniatures.

Choosing a style

A style concerns itself with the look and feel of the

elements you will draw, including fill styles for panels,

styles for cut and fold lines, widths and heights of walls,

and so on.

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Dioramas Options

This dialog box sets

the drawing properties

for Dioramas Pro new

entities.

The only options that

you need to change

are the Foregroundand Background

values in the Panels

section. Together

these define the look

of new panels.

You can leave all the

other settings with

their default values

(use Reset to restore).

Panels

Panels form the

external faces of the

3D model. They

comprise overlapping

entities, one on each

layer specified in the

Options dialog box.

Use symbol fills in the

foreground and solid

colors or bitmap fills in

the background. The

background then

shows through, with

extra texture provided

by the foreground.

1. Click Dioramas Options .You see the Dioramas Options dialog box. Here

you can select styles for the different diorama

elements - panels, fold lines, cut lines, and tabs.

This dialog box is fully explained on page 21. For

now we only need to set the Foreground and

Background properties in the Panels section, as

these control the look of the diorama.

2. In the Panels section, choose Paving L Symbol forForeground, and Slate for Background, then OK.

Panels

Rectangular Panel draws rectangular panels. Youclick three corners and Dioramas Pro completes the

panel using the foreground and background fill styles.

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Wall Net

draws a group of

panels, tabs, cut lines,

and fold lines which

form a net making a

rectangular wall

section.

3. Click Rectangular Panel .The prompt reads 1st point:.

4. Follow the prompt to click points for a panel 6squares by 6 squares (30 feet x 30 feet) in size.

On clicking the third point, you see your panel. This

will be the floor of our room.

Drawing wall nets

We need four wall nets for our room. To follow our

example, load Dioramas 1.FCW from CC2-ProsTutorials\Dioramas folder.

1. Click to navigate to the second page.2. Click Dioramas Options and change Panel

Foreground to Hollow, and Panel Background to

Natural Stone.

3. Click Wall Net then click the first point of a wall.The prompt reads Other end of wall:.

4. Click the other end 6 squares away from the first(the walls length).

The prompt reads Wall height:.

5. Type 10 and press Enter.The wall will be 10 feet high. The prompt reads Wallwidth:.

6. Type 1 and press Enter.Dioramas Pro creates the net for a wall 30 long, 10

high and 1 thick.

7. Click Move , right click and choose Prior.Move the wall inside the yellow 25mm boundary

box, leaving enough room for a second identical

wall net.

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Geomorph Tabs

A geomorph tab is a

special kind of net,

designed so it can be

folded over and glued

back on itself to form

a plug, onto which

you can socket wall

sections. This has two

main advantages:

When using dioramas

in a game, you can

remove wall sections

easily, if a clearer view

of a room is needed.

You can create several

generic floor shapes

(with geomorph tabs),

and plug-in wall

sections (some with

doors and other

features, some

without, etc.). This

way, a few generic

pieces can be used to

create hundreds of

different rooms,

simply by plugging

different pieces in asrequired.

8. Click Copy , right click and choose Prior.Place the copy of the wall net within the same page.

9. Click Copy and select both the wall nets.We are now going to copy our two walls to another

page to complete our rooms four walls.

10. On theView menu, click Zooms, then Named.The prompt reads View name [dialog]:.

11. Right click to take the default [dialog] option andthen select Sheet 3 from the list.

12. Place the copy wall nets within the third page.Geomorph Tabs

With Dioramas Pro you can create geomorph tabs, that

walls plug onto without glue, allowing you to remove

and reuse walls.

To follow our example, load Dioramas 2.FCW

1.

Click to go to the page containing the floor.

2. Click Geomorph Tab .The prompt reads First point (or edge):.

3. Click on one edge of the floor panel.The prompt reads Select side:.

4. Move the mouse so the tabs are outside the floorthen click to draw them.

5. Add geomorph tabs to both vertical edges and onehorizontal edge.

There is not enough room within the 25mm boundary

to add Geomorph Tabs to all four edges, so well draw a

separate geomorph tab and attach it to the floor when

we assemble the model.

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Tab

draws tabs for gluingwhen you assemble

the model.

The default tab depth

is set in the Tabs

section of the

Dioramas Options

dialog box.

While placing a tab,

you can press the +and - keys to increaseand decrease the

number of tabs used

for the edge. Smaller

tabs are sometimes

easier to handle.

Symbols

Dioramas Pro comes

with its own set of

symbols, but many

other symbols useful

for making dioramas

can be found in other

packages of the

CC2-Pro family,

notably Dungeon

Designer Pro, City

Designer Pro,

Character Artist Pro,and Perspectives Pro.

6. Click to go to the fourth dioramas page.7. Click Geomorph Tab then click a start point.

The prompt reads Second point:.

8. Type @30,0 then press Enter.You see a preview of a 30 long geomorph tab.

9. Click to complete the geomorph tab.Adding Tabs

We will add a straight-forward tab to floor that will be

glued to the loan Geomorph Tab.

1. Click to return to the page we drew our floor.2. Click Tab .

The prompt reads First point (or edge):.

3. Click on the remaining edge of the floor panel.The prompt reads Set width [default width] (+, - adjusttab count):.

4. Click so the tab is outside the panel.Adding symbols

Dioramas are further enhanced by the addition of

symbols. Dioramas Pro has two types of symbols:

Wall Features, such as doors and windows. Dioramas Symbols, which are pre-made flats

representing furniture and other items.

Dioramas also includes a Castles symbol catalog,

which contains wall features especially designed for

castles and fortifications (arrow loops and so on).

Open the symbol catalog you need by clicking WallFeatures , Dioramas Symbols , or Castles .

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Orthogonal Locking

When the Ortho

button is

depressed, Ortho

mode is enabled. Any

points you click are

forced to be directly

horizontal or vertical

from the last point

used.

Smart Symbols

Many Dioramas

symbols are smart and

automatically align

themselves to edges

they are passed over.

When placing a smart

symbol, move the

cursor to the edge you

want it to align to,

then click when the

symbol is aligned

correctly. The symbol

will either be drawn

on the edge, or will

allow you to clickagain to place the

symbol now that it has

aligned itself.

Wall Symbols


1. Click Wall Features .The Wall Features symbol catalog opens.

2. Place symbols from the symbol catalog window andplace them into the drawing.

The Wall Features symbols are smart symbols. They

will rotate to suit an edge they are dragged over.

Remember, you can switch pages using and .

Mirroring Symbols

If you place door or window symbols onto walls, you

may want to mirror those symbols on the opposite side

of the wall. The Mirrored Copies command does this.

1. Hide the HEX/SQUARE GRID layer.2. Right click Copy and select Mirrored Copies.

The prompt reads Select entities:.

3. Select any doors and windows you have drawn onone side of a wall section. When your selection is

complete, right click and select Do It.

The prompt reads Mirror line start:.

4. Click Midpoint and pick the middle of the short(1 foot) edge of the walls top panel.

5. Click to enableOrthogonal Locking.

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Dioramas Symbols

These are pre-drawn

nets for common

dungeon furniture,

such as beds, chests,

tables and chairs.

6. Move the mouse vertically, then click.Mirrored versions of the door and window symbols

are copied to the opposite panel of the wall net.

7. Click Ortho to disable Ortho mode.Adding Dioramas Symbols

The Dioramas Symbols catalog contains a number of

pre-drawn nets representing items of furniture andother trappings. To use them, simply decide which

items appear in your room, and place the relevant

symbols into a clear space in the drawing.


1. Click Dioramas Symbols .The Dioramas Symbols catalog opens.

2. Click to go to the fourth page (with free space).3. Click to choose symbols you wish to use, and click

to place them into the drawing within the yellow

25mm boundary box.

In Dioramas Complete.FCW , a chest, a bed, a table, and

two chairs have been added.

Printing your diorama

Once you have drawn all of the nets and placed all of

the symbols you need, print the pages so the diorama

can be cut out and assembled.

We recommend you use a lightweight card (90-100lb,

or 160gsm metric) to print your model. Most printers

can handle this weight, and it makes strong models.

You can use lighter card or paper, but your models will

have to be stored carefully if they are to be kept.

1. Click to go to the first page of your drawing.

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Modelling Knives

These sharp blades are

available at most craft

stores. Always make

sure you cut on a firm,

suitable surface, and

cut away from your

fingers and body.

Steel straight edges

A metal rule or any

firm, straight edge youcan use to cut against

helps make your cut

and score lines

absolutely accurate.

Glue

We have found that

white PVA water-

based glue works very

well.

You need a glue that

is not so thin that it

absorbs into the card

without a trace.

Print Scaling

CC2-Pro can print at

any specified scale. In

order to simplify this

in Dioramas Pro, the

print buttons on the

template do all the

necessary calculations

for you, and send thescaled output to the

printer.

2. Click the 25 mm button to print at that scale,then click Yes to the confirmation prompt.

This prints everything within the yellow 25mm

boundary box using print scaling for 25mm

miniature scale (1 inch to approximately 5 feet).

3. Repeat for each page to print.

Assembling your modelSAFETY WARNING Scissors, knives and glue can cause

serious injury and damage the work surface. If you are

a minor, get permission and training from an adult

before cutting-out and gluing your models.

1. Cut out all nets comprising your model. Scissors canbe used, but for best results use a modeling knife

and a steel straight edge.

Note: For the example model, cut away the bottom

panel from each wall net. The walls will socket onto

geomorph tabs so they need to be open-bottomed -

not closed boxes.

2. Score all fold lines.Scoring makes folds more accurate and sharper. The

best way to score fold lines is to use a scalpel or

modeling knife, and a steel straight edge, pressing

down just enough to break the surface of the card

but not enough to cut completely through.

3. Fold the nets.4. Apply glue to tabs and assemble the model.

In some cases, it is a good idea to use paperclips or

similar to hold glued surfaces together while they

dry. It is always better to leave each glued joint to

dry before handling it further - patience is a virtue!

5. Sit back and admire your work!

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Multi-Wall Nets

A multi-wall net is a

series of wall nets that

fit together to create a

single wall chain.

Multi-Wall Netcreates wall nets froman existing top-down

floorplan map. To use

it, you select a path,

provide the walls

height and width, and

click to place the

multi-wall net the

command creates.

Walls to Paths

Multi-Wall Net workson straight paths and

polygons. If your walls

use other entities

(such as lines), you

will have to convert

them into paths first.

To convert a line to a

path, right click on

Explode , choose

Line to Path, select

the line, and click.

To convert a smooth

path or polygon to

straight, right click on

Explode , choose

Smooth to Straight,

select the smooth path

or polygon, right click,

and choose Do It.

Making a Diorama from an Existing Floorplan

You can convert existing floorplans into Dioramas Pro

drawings. The process is semi-automatic; some work is

required, but the skills you have learned already,

coupled with Multi-Wall Net, will make the task

easier.

The examples assume that you are using standarddrawing layers for your floorplan (e.g., walls on the

WALLS layer). If you are using other layers, substitute

your own layers for those indicated.

Converting floorplan walls to wall nets

To follow our example, load Dragons Teeth 1.FCW fromCC2-Pros Tutorials\Dioramas folder.

1. Click the Layer Indicator .2. Scroll to WALLS and click the left-most box so a

tick appears within it.

WALLS is the current layer.

3. Click Hide All, then OK.All layers except for WALLS are hidden.

4. Click Multi-Wall Net .The prompt reads Pick top view of wall:.

5. Select a wall section from your floorplan.The prompt should read Height of wall [10-0]:.

IfMulti-Wall Net ends here, it is probably because

it only works on walls drawn using paths (not lines).

You may need to convert walls to paths.

6. Type 10, and press Enter.The prompt reads Width of wall [6]:.

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Selecting Panels

Click the edge of the

panel, not a fold line.

You should see the

whole panel turn grey

(3 entities).

If you get a dialog box

saying You have to

select both panel

objects click Locked

so that it

reads , then

try again. Click

back to

afterwards.

7. Type 1, and press Enter.The prompt reads Lower left corner of nets:.

8. Click in the drawing to place the wall nets.Dioramas Pro creates the wall nets at the point you

clicked. Convert all the walls in your floorplan.

Copying Wall Nets to a Dioramas Pro template

After converting the walls in the floorplan, you will

need to transfer them to a Dioramas Pro template.

To follow our example, load Dragons Teeth 2.FCW

1. Right click Copy and choose Copy to Clipboard.Follow the prompt to copy the wall nets to the

clipboard.

2. Start a new Dioramas Pro drawing.3. Right click Copy , choose Paste, and click in the

drawing.

Your wall nets appear in the new drawing.

4. Use Move to organize the wall nets within thetemplate pages, keeping the nets inside the

boundary boxes of the miniature scale you use.

Changing panel fill styles

It is likely that your original floorplan did not have all of

the fill styles available to a Dioramas Pro drawing. This

may mean your wall nets appear rather plain and blank.


1. Click Change Panel Fill Style .The prompt reads Select entities:.

2. Select the wall panels, then right click, Do It.You see the Change Panel Style dialog box.

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3. Choose the foreground and background you wantfor the wall nets you selected, then OK.

Converting floorplan floors to panels


1. Save your diorama.2. Open the floorplan and use Clipboard Copy to

copy the floors from the floorplan to the diorama.

This process is the same as copying your wall nets

across, except you are copying floor entities from

the layer BACKGROUND (FLOOR 1).

3. Click Convert to Panel .The prompt reads Select entities:.

4. Select the floors, then right click, Do It.Dioramas Pro converts the floor sections to panels

using the default panel styles you have chosen.

5. Use Move to organize the floor panels within thepages.

Our completed version is Dragons Teeth Complete.FCW

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Geometry

A little geometry can

go a long way when

inventing dioramas.

a + o = h

Sin = o / h

Cos = a / h

Tan = o / a

With the mnemonic

that I learned at

school:

Sir Olivers horse

came ambling home

to Olivers Aunt!

Complex Dioramas

So far we have created simple diorama models, made

of boxes and panels. Dioramas Pro, like CC2-Pro and all

its add-ons, is hugely versatile. Using construction lines,

geometry, and a little thought, you can make models

that include tubes (for pillars and so on), pyramids,

cones, crenellations, staircases, slopes, and a plethora

of other shapes.

To cover all of the possibilities in this manual would be

impossible. Instead, here a few examples from which

you can build:

Tubes

Tubes can be used for columns, pipes, logs, and so on.

To follow our example, load Tube.FCW. Each page of the

drawing covers different steps.

1. Click Circle and create a circle with the radius ofyour final tube.

The circle will form the end of the tube. The panel that

will wrap around to form the tubes body must have a

length equal to the circles circumference.

2. Click List on the Info menu, select the circle, thenright click and Do It.

You see a dialog listing the circles details, including

the circumference 31.41593.

2D Circle: color 0 (black) layer 313 (TITLE)

line style 0 (Solid) fill style 1 (Solid)

line width 0.05000 tag # 19291 pen 0.000 mm 2nd color 0

center at 49.71840,245.51765, radius 5.00000

area 78.53982, circumference 31.41593

diameter 10.00000

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Number of Tabs

When drawing tabs,

the + and keys

change the number of

tabs along the edge.

10 tabs usually works

well for a 5 radius

tube.

3. Click Rectangular Panel and click to place thefirst point.

The prompt reads Next point:.

4. Type @31.42,0 (the circles circumference).The prompt reads Opposite corner:.

5. Click or type the height of the column.The panel is drawn. Now we need to add tabs toallow us to glue it together.

6. Click Tabs .The prompt reads First point (or edge):.

7. Click a vertical edge of the panel (the height edge).The prompt reads Set width [default width]:.

8. Right click outside the panel to place the tab.The tab is drawn in the default width.

9. Click to repeat the command and this time selectthe bottom edge of the panel.

10. Press + to increase the number of tabs to 10.11. Right click outside the panel to place the tabs.12. Click Convert to Panel .

The prompt reads Select entities:.

13. Click to select the circle, then right click and Do It.The circle is converted into a panel.

If you want a closed tube, Copy the circle panel

and draw tabs on the other horizontal side of the

body panel. If you want an open tube, ignore this

step.

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The Stair Panel

Stair Side PanelsIf stairs are free-

standing, they will

have two side panels.

If the stairs are

against a wall, they

can be supported by

the wall alone, or

have one external

side.

Stairs

Stairs are simple to draw. Remember that:

The total height of a stairs model is the sum of theheights of all steps.

The total depth of a stairs model is the sum of thedepths of all stair treads, including any landing.

Stairs consist of a stair panel with fold lines for eachstep and riser, plus stair side panels. In this example,

we will draw free-standing stairs,10 wide, with 10

steps, each 2 deep and 1 high.

To follow our example, load Stairs.FCW. Each page of thedrawing covers the different steps.

1. Right click Grid and select a grid system thatsnaps every 1, e.g. 5 Grid, 5 Snap.

This grid makes it easy to draw precisely, and fits

the simple whole numbers of our stair design. You

may find it helpful to click the Tracking Indicator

until it is in relative (@) mode.

2. Click Rectangular Panel and draw a panel forthe steps that is 30 long and 10 wide.

30 = (2 depth + 1 height) x 10 stairs.

3. Click Fold Line .The prompt reads 1st point:.

4. Click a point 2 along the long edge.The prompt reads Next point:.

5. Click a point equally along the opposite edge.This is the fold for the first step.

6. Add another Fold Line 1 further along the stairs.This is the fold for the first riser.

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7. Copy the two fold lines so they are repeated tentimes, with a 2 gap between each set.

You now have a panel with fold lines for each step

and riser. Now onto the side panels

8. Click Polygonal Panel .The prompt reads 1st point:.

9. Click the bottom-left corner of the panel.The prompt reads Next point:.

10. Click to create 10 steps 1 high and 2 deep.11. next click the bottom-right corner.12. Right click to complete the panel.13. Click Tabs .

The prompt reads First point (or edge):.

14. Click the edge of the first riser.The prompt reads Set width [default width]:.

15. Right click outside the panel to place the tab.The tab is drawn in the default width.

16. Click to repeat the Tabs command and add a tab toeach 2 length of step.

You could also add tabs to the 1 risers, but theywould make construction very fiddly.

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A roof slope

The house is 15 x 40

and the gable heightis 5.

17. Right click Copy , and select Mirrored Copies.The prompt reads Select entities:.

18. Select the side panel and all of its tabs, then rightclick and Do It.

The prompt reads Mirror line start:.

19. Click a horizontal line, parallel to the panels base.The side panel and tabs are mirror-copied.

20. Use Rectangular Panel to draw a panel that is10 by 10, and a second panel that is 10 by 20.

These panels will form the back (10 by 10) and

base (10 by 20) of the staircase model.

21. Use Tabs to add tabs to all four sides of the backpanel, and to the two long sides of the base panel.

Slopes

Slopes can be used for ramps, roofs, etc. Like stairs,

they are simply panels, perhaps with side-pieces. The

only complication is to get the length of the slope.

In this example, we will create a roof panel for a house.

The steps assume we have drawn the gable end of thehouse, as shown.

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Endpoint

For accuracy, use the

Grid or the Endpoint

modifier to click the

point.

Distance Dialog Box

To follow our example, load Slope.FCW. Each page of thedrawing covers the different steps.

1. Click Distance from the Info menu.The prompt reads Distance from:. We will measure the

unknown (?) length of the slope.

2. Click one endpoint of the slope.The prompt reads Distance to:.

3. Click the other end of the slope.You see the Distance dialog box. The length of the

example slope is 9.01388 feet.

4. Use Rectangular Panel to draw a panel that is9.5 wide and 40 long.

9.5 allows for a bit of an overhang.

5. Right click Copy , and select Mirrored Copies.The prompt reads Select entities:.

6. Select the roof panel, right click and choose Do It.The prompt reads Mirror line start:.

7. Click one endpoint of the 40 roof edge.The prompt reads Mirror line end:.

8. Click the other endpoint of the 40 roof edge.The roof panel is copied, both roof panels being

joined along their 40 edges.

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Dioramas Options

Dioramas Options opens a dialog box where you can change the

default styles for your Dioramas drawing:

Layer: settings control which drawing layer the element in question

is drawn on. For example, in the Cut Lines section the layer is set to

CUT LINES, which means that all Cut Lines go on that layer,

regardless of the current working layer.

Clicking a Color: swatch brings up the CC2-Pro Color dialog box,

which allows you to choose a set color for the elements in question.

Fill style: and Line style: choose the default styles for the elements

in question. Fill styles and Line styles work in the same way as they

do for CC2-Pro.

Styles for panels are defined by Foreground (usually a pattern, or

hollow), and Background (usually solid or tiled bitmap).

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Tabs drawn along straight edges are defined by the percentage of an

entitys edge they encompass - % of edge (100% means the entire

edge of an entity is used), Tab angle (the sweep angle at the edges

of the tab), and Depth (the default width of a tab).

Geomorph tabs are defined by their horizontal Width, their Length

(the length of the entire plug section of the tab), and Angle.

Tabs drawn along curved edges are defined by the

Segment angle they are drawn incrementally by (e.g.,

drawing tabs around a full circle with a segment

angle of 15 would produce 24 tabs), Minimum

length (this forces the tabs to be at least this wide,

regardless of the segment angle used), and a sweep Angle.

For multi-wall nets, the Maximum length of wall sections generated

can be set. In order for a diorama to print usefully, all nets must be

within the template boundary box for the miniature scale you wish to

use (e.g., yellow for 25mm scale). Setting a maximum length for

multi-wall nets allows you to ensure each wall section net created

will fit into your scales boundary.

Further InformationThe Essentialscovers most of what you need to know to use Per Pro.

Other topics covered in the Help and in the full manual include (Help

index entries underlined)

Printing Dioramas Constructing Dioramas Adding Geomorph Tabs Multi-wall Nets

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