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overlay hex grid on image file - 12/21/2021 9:41:34 AM

cathar1244

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In Captain Maxwell's thread regarding his phenomenal work with QGIS, I mentioned that I would like to have an app that overlayed a hex grid on an image file as an aid in making maps.

So, found this. Paint.net is a free graphics program. With paint.net, one can obtain plugins. The plugin "hexagrid.dll" can be put into the "effects" folder of paint.net .

Load a map into paint.net as an image.

Then go to the menu "effects-->render-->hexagonal grid

From there, one can size the hexes, orient the grain, etc. Seems easier than using mkhexgrid.

Here is an image I produced just as a test.

Cheers

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RE: overlay hex grid on image file - 12/22/2021 4:18:26 AM

sPzAbt653

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Can you post the link to the plugin?

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RE: overlay hex grid on image file - 12/22/2021 6:18:43 AM

cathar1244

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ORIGINAL: sPzAbt653

Can you post the link to the plugin?

The one I'm using I got here:

https://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Plugins/Hexagonal-Grid.shtml

This is version 2.0. Not sure if there is a newer version.

Cheers

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RE: overlay hex grid on image file - 12/22/2021 8:24:40 AM

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