Choosing an Image for the Brush

Open the required image in SIS Desktop.

Select the image and select Store Item (Create > Miscellaneous).

The Save Item As dialog opens.

• If needed, enter a note in the Description field.
• Enter the name of the folder to hold the image and the filename of the image.
• In this example the folder is new_images and the filename is Image1.

Click OK.

The image will now be stored in the current Named Object Library as a named item.

Example of using an image stored in a Named Object Library:

Select the Polygon item for which you wish to use an image brush and display the Properties of Polygon dialog:

 

Display the Edit Brush screen and select the image name from the Bitmap drop-down box:

    REMEMBER:

• Ensure the image resolution is appropriate for the (X gap, Y gap) size. Otherwise the bitmap pixels will be too big or too small and the bitmaps will not draw.
  

• Make sure the Fill drop-down box is set to Pattern.
  
• If hatching is required tick set the X gap and Y gap values and the Angle value. Tick the appropriate Hatch boxes.
  
• When a bitmap is used the Angle option only affects the hatch angle, the bitmap is not rotated.

Note: This must be a bitmap image, image formats such as JPEG, PNG, etc. are not suitable.

When the Brush image is selected, you can see a preview in the Edit Brush dialog:

The (default background) drop-down allows you see how the brush will appear against a range of backgrounds, 1:250 000 Scale Raster and OS StreetView® are shown below as examples:

Click OK.

The Brush image will now be seen as a user-defined option in the Properties of Polygon dialog, Brush drop-down list:

The Brush image may now be selected as any other brush for Polygon items:

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