[mapguide-users] Building symbols

[George McLean]

Thanks for the suggestion Brad. I did not find exactly what I was 
looking for on http://commons.wikimedia.org.

I have been having some success creating fonts using FontCreator and 
then importing the fonts into symbol libraries through Studio. This way 
I do not have install the fonts when I deploy.

George

Brad Nesom wrote:
> Take a look at these svg symbols
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_State_Highway_2_(Washington)
>
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> [mailto:mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of George McLean
> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 6:06 PM
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> Subject: Re: [mapguide-users] Building symbols
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> Thanks for the suggestion James. I will give this a try. I am guessing 
> the ESRI symbols are proprietary and should not be used directly in MGOS 
> even though they work well. Does anyone know if the ESRI symbols need to 
> be licensed for use in MGOS?
>
> Thanks
>
> George McLean
>
> James H. Murphy wrote:
>   
>> George, 
>> This is what I have been doing for the past few months between support
>>     
> calls and demos. In Map3D I create Mtext using charmap and getting the fonts
> from the ESRI symbol library. Then I use the express tool text explode to
> turn those mtext objects into lines/plines. Then I run some of the map
> cleanup tools on those to get rid of the duplicate lines and so-on. Clean up
> what is left over and create blocks by-layer. It takes a while but that
> seems to work with the ESRI fonts to create symbols you can use in the FDO
> side of MAP 3D. Once I get "all" of them convert cataloged somehow, haven't
> gotten to that point yet they will be available for anyone that wants then.
>   
>> Now whether they work in MGE or MGOS I don't know but for MAP3D they look
>>     
> good.
>   
>> James Murphy
>> Applications Engineer
>> ALACAD
>>  (205)444-3100
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> [mailto:mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of George McLean
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>> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 3:46 PM
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>> Subject: [mapguide-users] Building symbols
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am looking for suggestions for creating nice looking symbols for MGOS 
>> using Atuodesk Mapguide Studio. I have tried loading DWG files with 
>> blocks that I would like to use with some success but I am having 
>> trouble repeating this with other blocks and I am not sure why at this 
>> point. Unfortunately when I did get some blocks to create symbols I 
>> like, I did not save the load procedure so I can not remember what 
>> parameters I set on the load procedure form! Are there any guidelines 
>> for what settings to use in the load procedure for creating symbols from 
>> autocad blocks?
>>
>> I would also be interested in any suggestions on other methods to create 
>> symbol libraries. I have tried to create fonts using FontCreater but 
>> have not been successful yet most likely due to not understanding what I 
>> am doing very well. I have tried to build a font library similar to the 
>> ESRI libraries but I must be missing some key steps. When I build a font 
>> and assign it to a position in the font table, I get the corresponding 
>> ascii character instead of my symbol.
>>
>> I have also tried importing bmp files into symbol libraries. but have 
>> not had much luck here either. I can see the BMP in the symbol library 
>> but when I style a point with it I can not see it in the map, layer 
>> preview or when trying to set the reference point. Are there any 
>> guidelines for this procedure like how big the file should be etc?
>>
>> Sorry for all the rambling but as you can see I am a bit lost on symbol 
>> creation.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> George McLean
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