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      lorenzo
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      Hi guys, I'm looking for a ruby to have in my SU, sessadecimal degrees (360°=400°) and others ruby for surveyors to put on SU my work by total station (zenith angle, azimuth angle, distance etc.)
      Thanks in advance to everyone!!!

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        remus
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        i dont know if you know aobut it, but theres a point cloud script by didier bur that reads points form a .txt (and possibly excel) file and turns them in to points in SU.

        Perhaps you could process your data in excel first then plot the points into SU? i iamgine excel would be easir to use for manipulating data than a ruby.

        http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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          lorenzo
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          I'll try it but I think it not allows to have a sessadecimal degrees in my SU (360°=400°).
          Anyway thank you very much... bye

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            Jim
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            @lorenzo said:

            I'll try it but I think it not allows to have a sessadecimal degrees in my SU (360°=400°).
            Anyway thank you very much... bye

            Lorenzo,

            I don't understand what you are asking. What is sessadecimal?

            Hi

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            • jujuJ
              juju
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              😒 Wikipedia doesn't have anything on it and a Google search reveals a total of 5 hits, none of which tells you exactly what it is.

              Looking at the above posts gives you some idea as to what "sessadecimal" is and its application.

              Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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              • CadFatherC
                CadFather
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                "SEXADECIMAL" is a common misspelling or typo for: hexadecimal

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                  remus
                  last edited by

                  I think lorenzo's refering to grads.

                  "The grad is a unit of plane angle, equivalent to 1⁄400 of a full circle, dividing a right angle in 100." to quote wikipedia.

                  http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                    marne
                    last edited by

                    intersting...
                    did you already try to multiply the values in the hexadecimal(degree) column (in excel or oOcalc) with 0.9? then afaik the point cloud script shouldn't have any probs 😕
                    please correct me if i'm wrong.

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                    • GaieusG
                      Gaieus
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                      Well, Guys, "seesadecimal" is a kind of Italian version of what in Greeek is "hexadecimal". The original Latin word for 6 is sexwhile seiin Italian. so it means he wants 60 degrees instead of 360 (this 60 can be - and usually is - further divided by 1000 for better precision).

                      Just remember those action movies where the soldiers tell each other "missile at 15:00 hours". This would be in the same "sessadecimal" angle counting. 15 hours = 90 degree etc.

                      In other words, in this system, 1 "sessadecimal" degree is equal to 15 "normal" degrees.


                      Hm... FYI - as for why I am such a smart a** - I sereved in the army as an artillery scout which is rather something like a surveyor and we used the same system 😉

                      Gai...

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                      • FletchF
                        Fletch
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                        thanks Gaeius! That was an EXCELLENT explanation!

                        Fletch
                        3D Modeling addict. Former owner/developer of Twilight Render. sleepinggiantvisual.com

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                          lorenzo
                          last edited by

                          Usually people use degrees that are 360° for a full circle
                          I'm looking for a different system: a full circle is 400°
                          This system is used in Italy by surveyors because they can divide the circle in more units.
                          Our total stations use this system. So when I import a dwg in sketchup I would like to use it.
                          Anyway...thank you very much to everyone
                          Bye mates 😄

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                            Gaieus
                            last edited by

                            Well, maybe I have misunderstood then... 😒
                            I'm surely just an a** (and not a smart a**)

                            Gai...

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                              CadFather
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                              😆

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                              • FletchF
                                Fletch
                                last edited by

                                but I STILL like the eplanation for hexadecimal... I always saw that on my calculators and wondered 'what in the world is that?' 😄

                                Fletch
                                3D Modeling addict. Former owner/developer of Twilight Render. sleepinggiantvisual.com

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