Ruby for surveyor

lorenzo · 31 Mar 2008, 21:36

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!!!

remus · 31 Mar 2008, 22:04

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.

lorenzo · 9 Apr 2008, 23:12

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

Jim · 9 Apr 2008, 23:51

@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?

juju · 10 Apr 2008, 07:52

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.

CadFather · 10 Apr 2008, 08:15

"SEXADECIMAL" is a common misspelling or typo for: hexadecimal

remus · 10 Apr 2008, 09:11

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.

marne · 10 Apr 2008, 09:44

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.

Gaieus · 14 Apr 2008, 13:07

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

Fletch · 14 Apr 2008, 17:56

thanks Gaeius! That was an EXCELLENT explanation!

lorenzo · 14 Apr 2008, 21:27

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

Gaieus · 15 Apr 2008, 07:41

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

CadFather · 15 Apr 2008, 10:25

Fletch · 15 Apr 2008, 17:35

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