December 2010 - Therion

plan cross-section
by marco corvi 24 Jun '11

24 Jun '11

seems that cross-section scrap must have a projection `none', which means that therion cannot use stations to scale it "properly". i had to draw a vertical cave, a sequence of pits, one on top of the next. instead of drawing a plan, with plenty of maps shifted to the side, i preferred to draw plan cross-sections nearby the shafts as cross-sections (with a section line marking their position on the pit). i would also like to have one north symbol on the map, to mark the orientation of all the plan cross-sections. i did it fiddling with the sources, but a "more stable" solution is appreciated. thanks for the help, marco

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Re: [Therion] distox
by marco corvi 12 Jun '11

12 Jun '11

On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 12:22 +0100, Wookey wrote: > +++ marco corvi [2010-04-14 09:18 +0200]: > > hi wookey, > > Is there any reason you replied off-list? I'm sure this would be > interesting to others. none. i just clicked on the sender name out of abit. > > the work on "my distox programs" is going on. > > you can get the programs and dome docs on the page > > http://marcocorvi.altervista.org/caving/distox/index.htm > > OK. good stuff. I will download, build and test tonight if I can. > > > important catch: > > my programs are meant to work with single survey. > > i rely on therion for the full cave(s) survey. > > also i do not have a portable device to take in the > > cave, so i do not focus much on working on-line, > > but on working off-line. > > OK. I do, so maybe I can help with that. I think it's important to get > something like the pocketopo functionality on non-windows devices. agree. any help is very much appreciated. > > recent changes (besides bug fixes), > > added pockettopo import/export (beat told me the file format > > and we had an email exchange about how to address the > > programs interoperability), > > worked on compass export, and therion export. > > reorganized some of the code. > > not sure these are all online. > > OK. What's the deal with the calibration algorithm? Having that remain > secret is going to be a problem. I thought the device could do its > own calibration, but apparently it needs an external app? Perhaps we > can adapt the SAP calibration code (which is Free) as it must be very > similar. as far as i read, beat algo is better. beat should have a paper published soon in CREG describing the algo. i believe that when it is published i can put my reimplementation in the sources. > What do you have and what have you agreed not to disclose? If > it's just the code then re-implementation via an explanation of the > algorithm should be fine. > > > i was considering dropping the QT3 support and work only > > with QT4 (better classes and easier interfaces). > > OK. I guess that is the way forward now. I guess that could be a > problem for GTK-based devices with limited storage. yes. marco

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DistoX/2
by Martin Sluka 29 Dec '10

29 Dec '10

You may use the Stabila LE50 as well m.

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DistoX
by Martin Sluka 29 Dec '10

29 Dec '10

Originaly from Luc Le Blanc If you have a Disto A3 without the X module, this group order launched on a NSS forum (USA) may interest you: http://www.forums.caves.org/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=11155 Happy New Year!

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displaying models in a browser
by Graham Mullan 27 Dec '10

27 Dec '10

Someone on UKcaving asked about displaying 3d models on the web, as opposed to making them available as downloads. Andrew immediately suggested generating vrml files and I see that Therion "appears" to be able to generate these. However, I cannot find a Firefox plugin that will display these, or X3D files. Has anyone else thought about this issue? It would be good to be able to display and manipulate models directly in a browser window. Graham

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Diving data bug
by Graham Mullan 24 Dec '10

24 Dec '10

We have some diving data which, unusually, will be part of a closed loop. I therefore wished to put some parameters in to define the accuracy of that data. I put in some lines using the sd command and it accepted the "compass" parameters OK, but refuse the "fromdepth" and "todepth" ones despite those particular parameters appearing and being accepted by the data line. Any ideas? Graham

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Naming of passages
by Andrew Atkinson 20 Dec '10

20 Dec '10

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continuation list station numbers do not seem to align
by Andrew Atkinson 20 Dec '10

20 Dec '10

Hello I have been using the point possible continuation in th2 files. When I generate a list the station seems to bear no resemblance to where it is on the survey. They all seem to be 1 or 2 point single digit (using pocket topo notation.) I hve assumed the station would be the nearest station (in the scrap?) What am I miss understanding, or doing wrong. attached is one the th2 file and the html list output. Also it occurs to me, often we number a QM with a unique identifier. Now I know that I could just make it in visible and/or set a attr to done. but it might be usefull to have this built in so a historic record is keeped, allowing the list function to show unexplored or explored leads, probably needs more thinking about thanks Andrew

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Multiple scrap outlines
by Bruce 19 Dec '10

19 Dec '10

I've just run one of my old thconfig files with 5.3.6 to produce a .lox file, and noticed a couple of new errors/warnings (or at least I've not noticed them before) as below. D:\Program Files\Therion\therion.exe: warning -- MiddleEarthCPtoKangaDPlan_s5@MiddleEarth.GLMESM_system -- invalid scrap outline ....... D:\Program Files\Therion\therion.exe: warning -- GreenlinkFPlan_s1@MiddleEarth.GLMESM_system -- multiple scrap outer outlines not supported yet ....... These warnings don't seem to cause any obvious problems (although I have some issues with kml passage outlines for which I've yet to track the cause). Are these the results of new error traps? Something I should be doing different? Bruce

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BAC calculator
by Graham Mullan 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

This appears in the Therion help dropdown menu. What is it for? Graham

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