WELCOME

Welcome to Source Maps: Temples, Tombs and

Catacombs. TTC includes 148 beautifully rendered
floorplans, historical information and game notes for
roleplayers.

CONTENTS License Agreement

Introduction ..........................................................................2 Use of this software is

determined by a
Viewer Overview...............................................................3 license agreement you
can view on the CD.
Navigating the Maps .......................................................7
Technical Support
Printing.................................................................................12
Support is available
Bookmarks, Indexes and Information ...................14 from the registered
users’ area of the
Getting Information .......................................................16 ProFantasy website
profantasy.com
Creating a Greek Temple ............................................18
User support
Temples Features in CC2 Pro.....................................28
User support is
available from the
CC2 Pro users helping
Credits users group found at
CC2 Pro maps: Ralf Schemmann
http://www.profantasy
Concept: Mark Fulford, Simon Rogers
.com/community/CC2-
Viewer Core Engine: Mike Riddle
The Essentials: Allyn Bowker, Simon Rogers, Ralf Schemmann L.asp
See the credits.htmand license.html files in Templles/Info for further credits

ProFantasy Software Ltd · Spectrum House · Bromell’s Road · London · SW4 0BN · UK
[email protected] · www.profantasy.com
©2005 ProFantasy Software Ltd

edition TTC-ES-01-05
 Introduction
TTC is a stand-alone product which includes 148
floorplans along with a powerful viewer to examine
them and print them at any scale. TTC includes
CC2 Pro
historical details, images and Action! System and 3.5
Throughout the text, Edition adventure material for roleplaying gamers.
you’ll see references
to CC2 Pro. CC2 Pro is Using this Manual
ProFantasy Software’s
The Essentials gives you enough to get you started,
vector map-making
software. TTC and
without overwhelming you with details.
CC2 Pro are designed
Items underlined in bold text are referring you to the
to integrate closely.
side bar for definitions and additional information.
TTC includes symbols,
Toolbar buttons, dialog box items and menu items are
templates and other
tools for CC2 Pro. shown in bold text like this: Previous Bookmark

The TTC Viewer

TTC comes with a built-in viewer. The viewer is
described in the first five sections. If you have CC2 Pro,
you won’t need to use the TTC Viewer — you can view
all the plans using the CC2 Pro interface.

Perspectives Pro Creating and Editing TTC Maps

Per Pro is an add-on All the plans in TTC were created with CC2 Pro and the
for CC2 Pro which 3D maps using the Perspectives Pro add-on. If you
allows you to create have either of these products you can edit the plans in
3D isometric TTC as well as create your own.
floorplans and
buildings. • To learn how to create and edit plan plans with
CC2 Pro, turn to page 18.

• To learn how to create and edit plan plans with

Perspectives Pro, turn to page 20

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Viewer Overview
When you’ve finished this chapter, you’ll be familiar
with the majority of the features available in the
Viewer.

Interface

Accessed Commands

The most commonly

• The Viewing Window is where you see your maps. used menu commands
The affect of any Zoom or Layer changes will be are available from the
visible here. Toolbar. Click on a
button to activate the
• The Toolbar is where you can select the Viewer’s
command; right click
most frequently accessed commands.
to see related
• You can move the Viewing Window over you maps commands and
using the Scroll Bars. extended features.
• The position of the cursor is shown on the Tracking
Indicator. As you move the mouse, you will see it
change.
• The Command prompt is where the Viewer asks for
information.
• The Grid button controls the Viewer’s visual grid.

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 The Atlas Toolbar

File buttons
Prompt to Save Open opens any TTC map directly. The maps are
found in Temples folder of your TTC installation.
Unlike most other
viewers, the TTC Save saves changes to the current view and Map
Viewer will allow you Notes. The Viewer doesn’t prompt you to save.
to save changes to the
appearance of the Print opens the Print dialog box. If you click OK,
viewing window and you’ll get the current view printed to fit the page.
make notes on your
map. These changes Bookmark Buttons
can be saved with the
These allow you to move between TTC maps in the
drawing. However, this
has to be a deliberate viewer. Bookmarks are lists of files. We’ve included a
action on your part. number of bookmarks to make it easy for you to
Why? First, imagine navigate through the plans.
navigating through the
Atlas if you had to click
Previous Map opens the map you last looked at.
on the Save changes
Next Map opens the next map in the file history.
dialog box every time
you opened a map Previous Bookmark opens the previous file in the
after zooming. Second, bookmark list.
the changes you can
make are minor and Next Bookmark opens the next file in the bookmark
can easily be list.
reproduced. Finally, the
default action (don’t View Bookmarks lets you create bookmark files
save the map)
Find In Files finds all maps containing particular
preserves the Atlas in
its pristine form. text (for example, all English plans).

Current Floorplan buttons

These select different maps of the current plan and let
you see information.

Information lets you view historical and game

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information about the plan. The information opens in
your browser. Information

You can also get

3D View shows an isometric view of the plan
information by clicking
Surroundings shows the plan in the context of its on the compass rose
location. in any map.
Swap between floors
The Level button shows the base floorplan. From this
view, you can swap between the floors of the plan. You can swap
between floors and
View buttons views by clicking on
the labels on the map.
These control your view of the current map.

Zoom Extents shows you the whole map.

Zoom Window lets you click two points forming a

rectangle, and displays the area you picked in a
selected zoom to fill the view window.

Zoom In halves the width of amount you see.

Zoom Out doubles the width of the amount you

Layers in the Current
see. Map
Zoom Last goes back to the previous zoom view of
the map. You can make layers
visible or hidden on
Zoom Text zooms to a selected text string. every map you open
using Global Layer
Layers allows you to hide and show certain features Settings on the View
in the current map for example a hex or square grid menu.
over the map.
Grids

Grid Button If you want a printable

grid, click Layers and
The Atlas can display a grid of dots
show the HEX GRID
over the screen to give you an idea
or SQUARE GRID
of distances on the map without layers by clicking on
being too intrusive. This grid will not print. The grid is the small H next to
set to an appropriate value for the scale of the map. their name.
Use the grid button to toggle this grid between on and
off.

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Command Prompt Command prompt
For example, if you The Command prompt, found at
select Zoom Window, the bottom left of the screen
the command prompt makes requests for information (like locations, angles,
changes to “zoom numeric values, etc.) it needs to complete a command.
window:” You can now Usually, you can click, type a response, then right-click
select a point with the
to accept the default value [in square brackets]. If you
cursor, or you can type
press either mouse button or , the previous
0,0 then press ENTER
command will repeat.
to get an exact point.
Once the first point is
inputted, you will see
Tracking Indicator
the prompt change to
“opposite corner:” You
can enter the opposite
corner point using
The tracking indicator is found along the bottom of the
either input method.
screen next to the grid button. It displays the
Coordinates coordinates of the cursor location and whenever the
Click on the Tracking Viewer asks you to select a point.
Indicator to change
the display mode: Hyperlinks to other views
T: Absolute: displays All maps have hyperlinks like those
cursor movement in shown here. When you move over these,
absolute coordinates as you will see a hand cursor . Click these
X and Y distances from hyperlinks to see other maps of the
the lower left corner of current plan. You can hide the hyperlinks
the map.
by clicking Layers then hiding the
T:@ Relative: displays HYPERLINKS layer.
cursor movement in
relative coordinates, as Hyperlinks to Information
X and Y distances from
Click on the compass rose on any map to
the reference point.
open your browser and see an html file with
T:< Polar: Tells the
information on the current drawing.
Atlas to display cursor
movement in polar
coordinates, as an
angle and distance
from the reference
point.

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Navigating the Maps
This section gives you a grand tour of the plans, shows
you how to change the view of your map, and then
how to print it.

Using Open
1. Click Open .

2. Browse the list of drawings, then click to highlight

the desired selection.

3. Click Open.

Browsing TTC
Browse
4. In the File menu, The first time this is
select Browse selected, it will take a
TTC. while to compile the
thumbnails for view.
5. Browse the thumbnails to make a selection.
Be patient. Once the
list is complete,
subsequent browses
will compile much
more quickly.

6. Click on the thumbnail to open the drawing.

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 Bookmarks

3D Bookmark 7. Click Bookmark . Click the Open button then

select 3D.bkm from the TTC folder.
This bookmark
contains an 8. Click Angkor1_3D.fcw — the first on the list — then
alphabetical list of all click Open Selected Entry.
the 3D views of all the
plans.
Surrounding.bkm
shows all the plan
overviews and
all.bkm has every
map of all the plans in
it.

9. Click Next Bookmark .

The next plan in the bookmark list (Angkjor2_3d)
is now visible in 3D view. You can continue to
browse plans by clicking Next Bookmark , or just
left or right click to repeat the Next Bookmark
command.

Current Plan Buttons

Click Surroundings , then the Level button to see
different maps of the selected plan — each one is a new
file.

Zoom Windows, Zoom Extents

Zoom Window and Zoom Extents will get
you any view of a map.

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1. Click Zoom Window .
The prompt (at the bottom of the screen) reads zoom
window: and the pointer changes to crosshairs.
2. Click (don’t drag) from a point within the
viewing window.
The prompt reads Opposite corner:. Now, when
you move the mouse you see a box shrink
or grow. This is CC2-Pro showing you the
window to which it will zoom.

3. Put the opposite corner of the window at

the top right of the area you wish to view
then click again.
CC2-Pro zooms in to the area.

4. Click Zoom Extents to see the whole

map again.

Zoom Text
5. Open naturalcaves_surroundings.fcw.

6. Click Zoom Text . Type Exit then press . Four choices

There are four choices.
In fact, there are two
duplicated choices, as
CC2 Pro counts the
text outlines as text,
too.

7. Click one of the four options. (No need to double

click)
The Viewer zooms to your choice.

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Pattern Matching Zoom Text can also be used with pattern matching.
Zoom Text recognizes
Using Layers
Windows’ wild cards.
Type * to match any Layers are a way of hiding or showing associated
number of characters features-- floor detail, numbering, labels or hyperlinks,
and ? to match one for example. The layers are also hidden on your print.
character. To match This can save you ink by hiding extraneous items, or it
text exactly, put = at can hide details you don’t want players in a game to
the start of the search
see.
text to match it
exactly. 8. Click Layers .
Layers dialog box You can see the Layers dialog box
Status Box: The box to
the left of the layer
name shows the layers
status. If the box is
blank, the layer is
visible. If it has an “H”
in it, it is hidden. You
can change a layer’s
status by left-clicking in
this box.
Layer Name: Different
kinds of maps have
different layers. Most
of these are self-
explanatory. 9. Click in the box next to GRID SQUARE to remove
Hide All: Hides all the H. Click OK.
layers. You would A square grid is now visible on the map.
normally use this when
a map has lots of layers Global Layer Settings
and you only want a
The Layers dialog box controls the appearance of the
few to be visible. In
current map. You can also force one or more layers to
this case, hide all the
layers then left click on be visible or hidden, over-riding the layer setting in
the status boxes of the each map. The Global dialog box works much like the
layers you would like to Layers dialog box, except that, as well as Hidden and
be visible. Visible, the layer status box next to each layer can also
Show All: Makes all be grey — which means use the layer setting in the
layers visible . drawing.

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10. On the View menu, click Global Layer Settings.
Click in the box next to GRID SQUARE until it is no
longer grey.
This layer will now be visible on every map you
open.

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 Printing
View to Print
The viewer can print any view of any map either to fit
Everything: The
the page, or to a precise scale factor (e.g. 1:72 for
whole map will print,
miniatures). You can also tile to create oversize prints
regardless of the
by tiling across pages. Remember that hidden layers do
current view. To see
what is everything in not print.
CC2 Pro, click Zoom
1. On the File toolbar, click Print .
Extents .
Active Window: The
current view will print.
Named View: If you
have previously saved
views of the map
(View menu), they will
be listed here.
Sheet: Sheets are an
advanced feature,
detailed in CC2-Pro’s
help system. The
normal value is
(Standard drawing –
COMMON sheet
only).

You see the Print Drawing dialog box, which has

five sections — Printer, View to print, Scaling, Tiling
and Options.

Printing Without Worrying About Options

The Print dialog box gives you a great deal of control
about how the printed map will look, but that control
comes with options. If you want to print the entire map,
these are the settings you want:

• View to print Everything

• Scaling Fit to page
• Tiling # Horiz = 1, # Vert = 1
• Print White as Black Not checked
• Portrait or Landscape As appropriate
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2. Click OK.
Scaling
Printing Using the Options
Fit to page: Scales
3. Select the View to print. Normally you want either the selected view to
Everything or the Active Window. If you have best fit your paper size
created named views under the View menu, you and orientation.
can select these as the view to print. Scale factor: Paper
distance refers to the
4. Select the Scaling you would like. If you set the printed size on your
Paper Distance to 1” and Drawing Distance to 10’, paper. Drawing
then 1” on your paper will be 10’ on the map. distance refers to
Units in all the maps are in feet. Use the “ symbol to distances as measured
represent inches, and the ‘ symbol (or nothing) to from the drawing.

represent feet. To measure distances

in the drawing, click
5. Select the number of pages for print Tiling. The Info menu >>
viewer can create oversized prints by tiling across Distance and then
more than one sheet of paper. When you select pick two points
print tiling, it’s important to use print preview to between which to
check what the drawing will look like. You could measure.
find yourself using up loads of paper! Set the
Overlap % to around 5% to makes it easier to tape
the printed sheets together.

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Find In Files Options Bookmarks, Indexes and Information
You can use the With the Viewer, you can create and use lists of
wildcards mentioned in associated files, search all the maps for a text string, or
the Pattern Matching
view information and images of any plan. It’s pretty
sidebar on page 10.
straightforward.
Also: And/Or: You can
further refine your Searching the
search by adding an Files
additional search
string. To do so, check 1. Click Find in
the Also box, then Files .
specify whether the
additional criteria is 2. In the Search for
And or Or. If And is this Text box,
selected, a search will type Vault.
yield results that The Viewer finds
contain both the first
all files that
text and the second
contain a phrase with the word “Vault” in them, and
text. If Or is selected, a
lists the results in the bookmark window.
search will yield results
that contain either the 3. On the Bookmark dialog box, click Save As to
first text or the second
save the results of the search.
text.
Bookmark Options

Add Current: Adds the

current drawing to the
end of the list.
Add Select: Adds a
map you choose.
Add Search: Lets you
search and add files to
the list.
Move Up and Down::
Moves the highlighted 4. Click Open Selected Entry to open
file up or down one .
christchurch1.fcw
Delete: Removes an
entry. This does not 5. Click Next Bookmark and Previous Bookmark
delete the file. to browse the other files. Click Zoom Text to
find the word “Vault” on each map.

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Reindexing the Maps
The Viewer’s Find in Files utility looks in an index file
rather than searching the files directly. If you change Map Notes
the maps by adding Map Notes or by editing the maps
Map Notes are
in CC2 Pro, you’ll need to reindex the maps. In the Go explained in Adding
menu, click Reindex Atlas. Map Notes on page
17.

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 Getting Information
Other Data
You can find distances, areas and other data in your
The Info menu also lets
maps, or read historical descriptions and game
you find out:
information about each plan.
• The coordinate of a
point. Click Finding Distances
Coordinate, click a
point. 1. In the Info menu, click Distance.
• The length along an
2. Click two points.
entity, or a section
of one. In the Info The viewer gives you the distance measured in feet
menu, click Length between the points.
Along Click the edge
of an entity in the Finding Areas
drawing. Either
3. In the Info menu, click Area.
right click to find the
total length of the The prompt reads 1st Point [select an entity]:
entity, or click
another point to get
4. Click points around the area you want to measure
the distance then right click to finish.
between the two You can see the measurement of the area in square
points. feet.

5. Left click in the drawing. This repeats the Area

command. Right click to accept the option in square
brackets (select an entity)

6. Click the edge of any area.

You can see the measurement of the area in square
feet.

Getting Information
7. On any map, click Information .
When your browser opens, you can view images and
information about the plans. You can also open new
instances of the Viewer from within the information
files to view related maps.

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Adding Map Notes
You can add text notes to any drawing. Each note has a
name, and more than one note can be contained in any Save the Drawing
drawing. Each set of named notes is saved with the
Remember to save the
drawing and can be viewed or edited after the drawing
drawing after you’ve
is loaded. These notes can be searched using Find In
added notes – the
Files . Viewer will not remind
you . See the margin
8. In the Info menu, click Notes.
note on page 4 for
more information

9. Click New. Type a name for your note. Click OK.

10. Type in or paste the information or search terms

you want to add. Click OK.

11. To view a note, highlight it then click OK.

12. Click to print or save the note as a text file.

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 Creating a Greek Temple
Tutorial If you have CC2 Pro, you can create your own temples
to compliment those in TTC. In this tutorial we will
This tutorial assumes
create an ancient Greek or Roman style temple with
you have a basic
understanding of CC2 both an interior and an exterior view of the building.
Pro and its functions.
If you need to brush Construction
up on CC2 Pro, please
13. Click TTC then select
do so first before you
New Temple.
begin this section.
You will see a selection of
templates, including those for
TemplesE01
surroundings and floorplans.
Tutorial files are found
in the 14. Select Temple Floorplan 160x120.
CC2/Tutorials/Essenti
15. Click Drawing Tools then select the tool
als/Temples folder.
Temple Construction, Default.

16. Draw a rectangle encompassing the outer bounds

of your temple
[TemplesE01.fcw].

17. Draw two

successively smaller
rectangles inside the
Create first one. These will
Enabling Snap makes represent the step
spacing the columns leading up to the
quick and easy.
temple itself.

18. Using the

commands Circle
and Copy ,
create a line of
encircling columns
around the inner
edge of the third
rectangle.

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 [TempleE02.fcw]

19. Draw another rectangle inside the line of columns.

Rectangle
20. Draw the walls of
the temple, leaving This is the elevated
platform the temple
open porches at the
building rests on.
front and back and
an entrance.

21. Add some columns

to the interior of the
temple.
[TempleE03.fcw]

The 2d Floorplan — Interior View

22. Click Drawing Tools then select the tool
Temple Stairs,
Grey. Use the
construction
rectangles as
guidelines to draw
the steps and
platform of the
temple.
[TempleE04.fcw]

23. Front the layer CONSTRUCTION.

24. Copy the construction walls and columns to the

layer WALLS.

25. Change Color of

everything on the layer
WALLS to Black (Color 0).

26. Change Fill Style of

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 everything on the layer WALLS to Solid.

27. Hide the layer CONSTRUCTION. [TempleE05.fcw]

28. With the drawing tool Temple Doorstep, Grey

draw a doorstep into the entrance.

29. With the drawing tool Temple Floor, Marble Grey

Small, add a marble floor to the interior of the
temple.

30. Front the layer

WALLS.
[TempleE06.fcw]
Add a Statue
31. Add a statue to the
Temple symbols for back wall of the temple interior and a few other
this drawing can be symbols like braziers. [TempleE07.fcw]
accessed by clicking
the TTC icon then 32. Save your map. The 2d floorplan is done.
selecting Floorplan
Symbols.

The 3d Floorplan
33. Erase everything but the layer CONSTRUCTION,
the map background, and border.

34. Add a Sheet named BASE to your drawing and

then switch to it as the current sheet.

35. Switch to the Perspectives menu then use 3d

Projection to project the construction lines into
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 isometric view. [TempleE08.fcw]

36. Set Perspective Settings to

Temple, Simple Grey.

37. Solid Extrude the outermost

rectangle to a height of 1’.

38. Move all entities on layer

CONSTRUCTION 1’ upwards to
match up with the elevated
temple platform again.

39. Front the layer

CONSTRUCTION.

40. Repeat steps 36 to 38 with the

two inner rectangles.
[TempleE09.fcw]

41. Solid Extrude the eastern

and northern lines of columns by
18’. [TempleE10.fcw]

42. Solid Extrude the innermost

rectangle by 1’.

43. Move the construction

entities within this rectangle by 1’
upwards to line them up with the
floor again. Do not move the
constructions lines outside this
rectangle! [TempleE11.fcw]

44. Click TTC then select Temple

Draw Tools. Select Temple Floor,
Marble Grey Small P to draw the
temple floor. Add the entrance
doorstep with the tool Temple
Doorstep, Grey. [TempleE12.fcw]

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 45. Switch back to Perspectives . Use 3d Box to
draw the
north wall of
the temple to
a height of
17’.

46. Solid
Extrude
the rearmost
inner
columns to a height of 17’. [TempleE13.fcw]

47. Add another sheet named INTERIOR to the

drawing. Make it the current sheet.

48. Set the Perspective Settings to Temple,

Simple Grey Black Top.
Draw
49. Use 3d Box and Solid Extrude to draw the
Make sure to draw
remaining walls and inner columns to a height of 2’
columns and straight
(to allow a view inside the building).
wall sections one at a
time, so that they do [TempleE14.fcw]
not become one
50. Solid Extrude
inseparable group of
the remaining
entities. Otherwise it
outer columns to
will be difficult later to
put more symbols in a height of 2’.
between the columns
51. Add the 3d
and walls.
versions of the
statue and the
other symbols to the temple interior

52. Use Bring in front of and Send Behind to

put the symbols in the correct place behind or in
front of columns and or walls. [TempleE15.fcw]

53. Save your map. The 3d floorplan is done.

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The 3d Floorplan — Exterior View
54. Add a third
Sheet to the
drawing.
Name it
EXTERIOR,
then make it Temple walls
current. Hide
Do not leave a gap for
the sheet the temple door and
INTERIOR. do not bother about
[TempleE16.fcw] the interior columns.
They will not be
55. Set the Perspectives Settings to Temple,
visible anyway.
Simple Grey.

56. Use 3d Poly

and Solid
Extrude to
draw the
temple walls
and inner
columns at the

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 temple entrance to a height of 17’.

57. Front the layer CONSTRUCTION.

[TempleE17.fcw]

58. Solid Extrude

the southern
and western
line of columns
to a height of
18’.

59. Move the

two smaller
outer
construction
rectangles upwards by 18’ (to serve as the outline
of the roof). [TempleE18.fcw]

60. Solid Extrude the inner of these two rectangles

Current 3d House to a height of 4’.
Current 3D House
61. Move the outer of the two rectangles upwards
lets you add a building
by 4’. [TempleE19.fcw]
with the current house
settings as defined in 62. Right-click on Current 3d House then change
3D House Options. the settings to Temple Grey, Brick Roof. Use the
left (simple) roof type.

63. Click Insert then

use the outer
construction
rectangle as a guide
to draw the roof.
Enter a Wall Height
of 0’ and a Roof
Height of 12’.

64. Erase the layer CONSTRUCTION.

[TempleE20.fcw]

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65. Save your map. The Exterior View is done.

Hyperlinks
Hyperlinks
66. Change the current sheet to COMMON, drawing
color to black Using hyperlinks, you
(Color 0), and can link areas of maps
with maps. You can
current layer to
also link maps with
HYPERLINKS.
files. In addition you
67. Set the Text can make custom
Properties to hotspots that perform
any CC2 Pro
font Bookman Old
commands.
Style and Height
5’.

68. Add the text

Interior View

Exterior View

to the drawing.
[TempleE21.fcw]

69. Change the current

color to purple (Color 7) and the text properties to

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 font Arial and height 1’.

70. Select Tools -> Macros -> Make Hotspot then

Empty line enter the text

Be sure to include an SSHOWA

empty carriage return
HIDESHT EXTERIOR
at the end or the
hotspot will not <empty line>
function as expected.
in the edit box. Click
OK.

71. Draw the hotspot

rectangle around
the line “Interior
View”.

72. Do the same for a hotspot around “Exterior View”

with the macro text
SSHOWA

HIDESHT INTERIOR

<empty line>

[TempleE22.fcw]

73. Use 3d
Projection
to project the
Compass rose
and scale bar
into the
isometric view.

74. Select View -> Hide Hyperlink.

75. Clicking on the text Interior View or Exterior

View should toggle between the two views.
[TempleE23.fcw]

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That’s it. Your ancient Greek style temple is finished.
Add title, labels, etc. to taste.

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 Temples Features in CC2 Pro
If you have CC2 Pro, you’ll find new symbols, settings
and templates added to your install. Click the TTC icon
on the toolbar to get access to the tools and the
new symbol catalogs.
New Symbols
With DD Pro , you'll find the new symbols added to
If you have SS2, you'll the Statues, Temples and Idols , Traps and Up
find the new symbols
and Down Filled catalogs.
added to the Statues,
Temples and Idols, If you have Perspectives Pro , you'll find the new
Traps and Up and symbols added to the
Down Fantasy Statues, Temples and
catalogs.
Idols , Traps
and Up and Down
catalogs. There are
also Temples
templates, settings
and house settings.

With CD Pro , you'll find new house settings.

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