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+library(soilDB)
+library(aqp)
+
+x <- fetchNASIS()
+
+x <- HzDepthLogicSubset(x)
+
+sdc <- getSoilDepthClass(x)
+site(x) <- sdc
+
+z <- subset(x, depth > 40)
+z <- subset(z, !is.na(soil_color))
+
+z$texcl <- factor(z$texcl, levels = SoilTextureLevels())
+
+# z <- combine(lapply(1:216, random_profile, SPC = TRUE))
+
+
+
+# suggestions for even numbers
+.s <- 1:length(z)
+.fidx <- which(length(z) %% .s == 0)
+.s[.fidx]
+
+
+.size <- 72
+z$.chunk <- makeChunks(seq_along(z), size = .size)
+.chunkIds <- unique(z$.chunk)
+.n <- length(.chunkIds)
+
+## TODO: this doesn't work for thematic sketches, as each panel gets its own legend
+
+par(mar = c(0, 0, 0, 2), mfrow = c(.n, 1))
+
+for(i in .chunkIds) {
+  .idx <- which(z$.chunk == i)
+  plotSPC(
+    z[.idx, ], 
+    print.id = FALSE, 
+    name = NA, 
+    lwd = 0.1,
+    divide.hz = FALSE, 
+    width = 0.4, 
+    max.depth = 110, 
+    depth.axis = list(line = -4, cex = 1),
+    n = .size,
+    # color = 'texcl'
+    # color = 'p1'
+  )
+}
+