Sectors: circular sectors
· more on circular sectors: copying / moving complex structures · convex doors: special door tiles / wall lotags / examples · making convex doors: step by step · notes on convex doors Circular sectors: copying and moving complex structures
Now let's talk about those few things we mentioned in the notes and then we'll talk about creating curved doors. If you know that you are going to need the same structure more than once, then start by first making the temporary square sector. Think of this temporary sector as a container, a box if you will, for moving the contents of the structure. If you thought about doubling up on the structure after the fact, then you will have to create that outer temp sector in parts. You know how to make a temp sector before creating a complicated circular structure, so the following screens are of a hypothetical after-the-fact temp sector. If you made your circular sectors as in the previous section of these tutorials on circles then there should be at least two points of the outer most circle that land directly on grid points; four points if you added points (by pressing the + key as you were making the circles). If there are only two points on the grid, say on the East and West side of the outer most circular sector, then move one of the nearest points on the North side and one of the nearest points on the South side so that they are locked to a grid point. You can move those points back to their original position after you have moved the structure to where you want it. Once you have four points locked to the grid, you can then proceed to make a temporary square sector outside the structure you want to copy and move.
Seem like a lot of work? Yeah, if you had a simple structure like the one in the example but if the structure was more complex, (and they usually are), then the work done in the above example is minimal in comparison to recreating a complex structure again from scratch. Don't be confused; we wouldn't use the above method to move a simple structure; we'd simply envelope it using the mouse cursor and the Shift key. The above example is for copying and moving a complex structure of sectors. However, take note: you could use this method any time creating a temporary outer sector will make copying and moving the structure easier than recreating it.
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