[Plugin] Coords Text Tag from Datum
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Very useful plugin...thanks!
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@tig said:
If you want just X&Y to be displayed then I suggest you set Z to 'None' ?
You need to mess around with the tool to find the settings that best suit your needs...
Bin messin aroun.
I got the "none" to work (small yea)
but there seems to be a problem with "add coord tag by dialog" dialog.When I select it, the d-box appears, but no matter what I change, it will not go away when I hit OK. It just comes back in default. Only CANCEL gets rid of it.
What am I doing wrong??
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It is meant to reappear after you press OK [and it has added the coord-tag that you have just specified], this 'auto-rerun' is to let you enter multiple coords without having to reactivate the tool each time.
When you are done press Cancel it stops appearing...
I haven't bothered rereading the instructions but I'm pretty sure this is explained in there
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But it doesn't seem to do anything in the model.
Where's the tag going each time. I've tried to select a coord but nothing happens there as well.
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It's being put at the XYZ you specify.
I just tried it and it works.
BUT remember that it is taking the units you have specified in the tool's settings - so if you have 'm' set as the units and you typed into the dialog 1231/1234/0 it'll appear over a kilometer away in the NE quadrant ! The current units are shown in the dialog's header...
Try zoom-extents to see what you have done
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Now it works.
I had X,Y & Z at 0.0 but the origin was not in view.What does Cpoint do? I saw no difference yes or no.
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If you have 'guides' set to be displayed you should see a new cpoint [guide-point] added at the specified coord...
It should add a cpoint even if you aren't currently seeing them... -
Now that I know what to look for, it is there.
thanks.
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The main idea behind adding these cpoints is that once they are all inserted you can use other tools to make a 3d terrain-mesh from the cpoints
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Hi
Just tried to use the import vertices from csv option but any vertex x coordinate that was negative did not import. If I move the vertices so all are positive x, they import fine. No-one else experienced this? Cheers
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I'll look at the code...
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Here's v2.3
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=284829#p284829
CSV -ve values now import correctly. -
Excellent, thanks TIG.
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TIG,
The more I play around with this plugin the more useful I think it will be for me.This plugin actually made me realize I needed to upgrade to Premium.
I currently am playing with the CSV import/Export and I want to make sure I have this right.
I use tags with descriptions I.E "Pipe CL=" and when I export the saved format is # X Y Z in columns but when I Import the Import format has to be X Y Z # or it doesn't import.Am I correct in this? In excel its a simple function of moving the entire column but I always have to keep this in mind. I constantly make changes to the CSV then import then make changes 'in model' then export and load CSV into the Total Station.
Is there a way to have the format ALWAYS be XYZ#?
Also how do i have the tag JUST show the # but store the XYZ while in the model? When I have many tags in close proximity the text overlaps to the point where you can't read it without a lot of mousing around.
Thanks for this great plugin.
M
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I have to put finished grade and finished floor elevations on my drawings... could this deliver only Z height in a text tag?
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@krisidious said:
I have to put finished grade and finished floor elevations on my drawings... could this deliver only Z height in a text tag?
I don't profess to be an instructor of any kind but in the settings you can set XY to "none" and it will just display just Z (or Z with any extra prefix you had specified), OR maybe go look at this...
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=193238#p193238 [Plugin] Add Height from Datum v1.3
I stumbled on that in my search. There's a nice video there for ya to watch. It's a plugin that adds a Z tag. (height)
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@blastfurnace said:
@krisidious said:
I have to put finished grade and finished floor elevations on my drawings... could this deliver only Z height in a text tag?
I don't profess to be an instructor of any kind but in the settings you can set XY to "none" and it will just display just Z (or Z with any extra prefix you had specified), OR maybe go look at this...
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=193238#p193238 [Plugin] Add Height from Datum v1.3
I stumbled on that in my search. There's a nice video there for ya to watch. It's a plugin that adds a Z tag. (height)
Awesome... Thanks BlastFurnace.
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Tig
I think this was asked before, but last week it became a real problem for me.
Is there any way (or could there be a way) to add/edit the tag while initially selecting the coord point in the model? (Rather than after the fact)
I had a bunch of closely spaced coords in my model that I was selecting in a specific order. Got interrupted and got lost. The order was paramount as my Excel sheet did a calculation based on the order of the points and merged with position (coord point) names in the Excel sheet. I was out one point and boy did I get a weird result.
I had to redo all the point selections again (42 points).
IF, I had the ability to name (tag) each point when actually selecting it, then the selection order would not have mattered, as Excel would have sorted them properly.
And I would need to do this over again a few times as I tweak the design.
It doesn't have to be a dialog box, just a simple "click"; type a tag (to the VCB); next click.
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'Add Coords-Tag by Dialog'
This opens a dialog into which you can type the X/Y/Z values for a new
'Coords-Tag': you can also choose to add a Cpoint at that point Yes/No,
and an optional 'Prefix', e.g. #001 - this is added on to the Tag as #001= .
The values of the X/Y/Z should match the current 'Coords-Tag Settings'.
The tile-bar will shows these as say XY=km,Z=m
Remember - Latitude/Longitude +ve is North/East and -ve is South/West.'Import Coords-Tags from CSV'
This imports all of the 'Coords-Tags' in the Model from a CSV file in
to format X,Y,Z or LAT,LONG,Z - the values must be comma separated and
consist of numerals only with '.' as the decimal separator, one point
per line.
A dialog then requests the 'units' used in the CSV file for XY and Z,
and if you want to add Cpoints [defaults are 'm' and 'Yes'].
If the CSV file has a 'header' line etc it is ignored.
If a 4th 'column' contains 'text' it is used as a prefix, e.g.
the line 1.2,3.4,5.6,#001 becomes the Tag #001=x1.2, 3.4, 5.6See below...
'Export Coords-Tags to CSV'
This exports all of the 'Coords-Tags' in the Model into a CSV file in
to format [#]***, X[units],Y[units],Z[units] or LAT,LONG,Z[units]
The 'units' in the CSV file are those current in the settings/dp etc.
***Note that he '#' is any 'prefix like '#001=', or it's not added...
###Note how you need to swap columns [moving the '#' entries into the fourth column] if going to be importing a manually changed file...So what else is needed
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What else is needed.....
I need to label or prefix each selected coord point with a different name, every time I create the tag. In this model things move and change shape as I tweak the design, so an existing tag (most times) cannot be reused after a tweak. Yes, the points coord will adjust, but I need to change the label every time, so the Excel sheet will sort them properly.
'Add Coords-Tag by Dialog' only puts a named tag at the input coords, NOT a point selection.
I cannot select a point in the model and label it specifically, unless I am missing something.I have no problem (so far) with exporting the CSV file and its format.
What I am asking for is this....
When I select "add coord tag" I can sequentially add tags by simply clicking on points.
I cannot change the tag label except by going back and editing the tag. But I need to know the specific order I selected each point, and for some, this order changes with each tweak.
So if I could simply click on a point and then just type to the VCB a label before selecting the next point, problem solved.
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