[Plugin] Coords Text Tag from Datum
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@jgb said:
Tig....
An hour and 23 minutes......
What took so long??
No one had noticed that a certain combo of settings caused an issue !
When it's reported it's fixed !
Ruby is pretty good throwing up error messages, when you get used to it it quick to find the typo or coding error and fix it...
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Just tugging your chain.
I did enough s/w testing in my days to know, ya can't test for everything.
I would routinely put "out of range" values into input fields or do something "not expected or allowed" because people WILL do that using the s/w. That alone found a plethora of errors that were not caught on condition. I would look at all the "IF" statements to see if I could screw some up with out of bounds parameters. This would often crash the system.
Since I was working on various banking and before that some military systems my methods were encouraged, but the programmers sorta did not appreciate me. boo hoo.
When I was working at SPAR where we made the robotic arm for the space shuttle (Canadarm) I was a senior member of the project management team. During down time, I would play with the 3D simulator capturing satellites and putting them in orbit or back into the shuttle bay. I got fairly good at this too. It ain't easy by any stretch.
This simulator was built around the old IMSAI 8080 because the systems architecture was based on the computers in the shuttle. The 4 video displays used some radar processors and produced a vector line diagram on the 4 screens that mimicked the 4 windows on the aft shuttle cabin, much like the old ATARI Tank game. Very realistic video game. This setup was used primarily for engineering test and development. NASA had a similar system in Houston which was more realistic to the shuttles interior for training.
Anyway, one day I decided to do an end to end scenario, take the arm out of locks, take a sat out of the bay, put it in orbit, then park the arm for departure.
Well, lo and behold, I could NOT park the arm without setting off singularity alarms in the last inch or so. A singularity is the term used to warn of joint limitations.
It would auto-park, but not manually. NOBODY ever tried this before. The chief engineer tore a strip off me, but never checked. A week later we got a call from NASA with a problem..... Yep, couldn't manually park.
It is not good when the client finds a problem that you didn't. Took about 3 days to fix and validate the problem in the code. The program manager gave me an "attaboy"; the chief eng. never said a word about it.
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Here's an update http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=284829#p284829
Some minor typos fixed, units always show in exported CSV even when set to be hidden in 'on-screen'... -
Here's a future-proofed update.
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=284829#p284829 -
I can't get a csv to import for the life of me. I even added points manually, then exported. I tried to reimport to no avail. Can some post and example csv that works? Thanks! I'm on Sketchup 2014.
Sean
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How are you trying to import the CSV ?
I believe there's an error in the plugin's code - watch the Ruby Console...
I'll issue a correction shortly...
Silly typo 
Here's the corrected Plugin v3.1
http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=coordstexttagtoolfromdatum -
Excellent. Thank you. It works on 2013 for sure. I was working on 2014 last night. Will check later. One thought, generally I think longitude comes before latitude when exporting geo data to csv. I could be wrong. Longitude is the X coord, which is usually first. I could write a script to parse my csv and rewrite, but if most programs export as (Long, Lat), it may make sense to reverse the order, or at least give that option.
Thanks!
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The built-in Geo-location dialog uses Lat then Long.
But Long/Lat can easily be added as a display AND import/export option...
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Version v3.2 now in the PluginStore http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=coordstexttagtoolfromdatum
Now includes the option for Lat+Long || Long+Lat in display and in the CSV import/export.
If your display is set as Lat+Long..., but want to export a CSV in a Long+Lat... column format you now have that choice in an additional Yes|No dialog.
If you are importing a Geo-Located format CSV, you can now choose between Lat+Long AND Long+Lat format, to suit its column arrangements. -
Version v3.3 now in the PluginStore http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=coordstexttagtoolfromdatum
Imported CSV files in v2014 are encoded as UTF8 to avoid rare hitches, e.g. if ANSI, contain Unicode strings etc...
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Thanks for this excellent plugins. I'll try it..
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Tig, thanks for another great plugin...
It's not doing exactly yet what i want, but (some of it) is easy to fix, i guess:I need it to place two kinds of Tags on a building:
The building has it's zero-point, which has an absolute altitude to it.
In the plan there's a tag for that, saying "Ref. +-0.0 = 912.34m a.s.l."Some tags i place are relative, so they need to say "Ref. +2.13m" | "Ref. -0.44m" etc.
So, i need the plugin to output a plus sign for positive numbers... i don't know ruby, but i guess that would be very easy to add, if you DO know Ruby, right? Any hint?
Some Tags need to be absolute, Saying eg. "912.34m a.s.l."
To do that, i experimented with your other Plugin, "Height above Datum"... There, i can put in the absolute height.
Just, it seems less configurable in terms of prefix and units (seems to be bound to the model's units)
But is it needed to do that in two different plugins? Or, are they maybe even possibly clashing if used together?
From versions, it looks like "Height above Datum" was a predecessor, but with the ability to set a datum, it looks also like it has a bit of a different intention? Or, did i just oversee that feature in "Coords Text Tag from Datum"?My first try was to look for a plugin that could read and set the absolute height set via geolocation,
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Dear Tig,
Would it be possible to make a new menu item - Set Datum. Selecting the first point would make that the datum with all other points selected measured relative to that point. I know I can do that manually by entering the new datum values into the setup menu (e.g. -100,-100 -100 for a new datum at 100,100,100, but it would remove a step or two (using Utility's query too, writing down the values, entering the data)
Many thanks,
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I have been trying so hard to find something like this for importing and exporting GPS points for the site planning we do, thank you!!!
Question- I can import from Google Earth points and they seem to be very accurate and I notice that is part of the GPS points fractional part (how many numbers after the decimal). But when I export the points don't have that level of accuracy so exporting new points back into Google Earth is off. IS there a way to get better accuracy on exporting?
I am going to donate, the app will save me so much time instead of overlaying images and doing all the other stuff I had to do to bring GPS points in. Thank you for what you do! IF this were upgraded and improved I would purchase and I am sure there is a market for it.
Please let me know if there is a way to improve accuracy on exported points.
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The exported points dp are set for XY and Z in the tool's dialog.
These are remembered with the model... e.g. with 4dp 1.2345 even if largerThe imported points dp is set by the formatting of the file they come in...
but this can be 'cropped-down' if the dp set in the tool's dialog is less
e.g. with 4dp 1.2345 comes from 1.23451234So adjust your dp settings to suit your needs...
PS: It is a veeery old plugin - but still works - feel free to tweak it for your own use...
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Hi there, I'm having problems with the visibility of the tags. When I import from a CSV file the message comes up that the points have been imported yet I can't see them on the screen. I'm using windows and Sketchup 2022
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Without seeing the CSV it's not obvious...
I suspect that the points are miles from the origin ?
Try doing a zoom extents and see what you have.Also ensure that Guides are switched on in the View menu - otherwise you won't see them at all !
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Hi Tigs,
I zoomed to extents and found the points were importing in a different format, far from where I intended. 33.693361S, 151.085060E is becoming something like 56.5343330S, 150.114058EHere is a snapshot of the CSV file, the setting I use when importing and then the results in SketchUp. I suspect I've got the settings wrong somewhere.
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Read your post.
You cannot embed files like that !
More helpful info is needed to resolve this... -
@advancedcad said:
far from where I intended. 33.693361S, 151.085060E is becoming something like 56.5343330S, 150.114058E
When I need to deal with importing points that would otherwise be a long distance from the origin I first edit the CSV file in a spreadsheet to correct the distance. I find the lowest value for each axis direction and subtract that from all of the others.
Here's an example.
The three columns on the right are the ones then used for the point cloud.
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