The Draw pane has some of the main tools for creating maps in d20Pro.

The Wall button allows you to draw straight and diagonal lines on your map. Click where you want the wall to start and drag the mouse to where it will end. As you draws lines they will be added to a list underneath the Wall button with the most recent line being at the bottom of the list. To delete a wall section select it from this list and click the Delete Selected button at the bottom of the pane.

Doors are drawn the same way as walls using the Door button. You can drag the mouse across multiple tiles to make doors larger than one square. Doors will also be added to the list in the middle of this pane and can be selected and deleted just like walls.

The Eraser button will allow you to remove a small part of a door or wall that you've drawn instead of deleting it entirely using the Delete Selected button.

Edit Map Properties...

Allows you to edit the grid and canvas color. And the transparency of the grid color.

Selecting the Color Painter brings up a palette of colors that you can use to paint solid colors on your map tiles. This feature is useful for simple maps or for drawing attention to sections or marking squares for targets.

Click & drag the cursor to paint multiple tiles. Holding down the CTRL button while clicking on the map will select the color or texture of the tile you clicked on. T his is similar to the eyedropper tool on various graphic programs. Holding the SHIFT key while clicking will fill the area with the color or texture that you have selected.

Note: the first black (where the current selection is "X") marks the eraser tool.

he Tile Painter allows you to paint imported images (tile by tile) onto your map. You can add custom images to the tile library by using the "Import Image" button at the bottom of this pane or, to import many images at once, you can copy the image files into your d20pro\judge\campaign\____\res\FLR directory. You can create folders withing the FLR directory to better organize these resources. Your custom images may be in GIF, JPG, or PNG format, and should be square for best results. They can be any size, but would be ideally no more than 200 x 200 pixels. See our Tips & Tricks section for recommended software or techniques for preparing image files.

Click and drag the cursor to paint multiple tiles. Holding down the CTRL button while clicking on the map will select the color or texture of the tile you clicked on. This is similar to the eyedropper tool on various graphic programs. Holding the SHIFT key while clicking will fill the area with the color or texture that you have selected.

This panel is very similar to the Tile Painter panel, with the exception of a few buttons and number boxes. The tile will expand from the top left corner.

Buttons

Place a Scaled Image

Example: So if you want a tile that is 5 wide and 4 high, you choose the image, place the top left corner, then right-click > Resize and type 5 and 4 into the width and height fields.