Hi, newbie Therion user excited by the prospect of electronic maps. My first steps have been successful, but I've got stuck. I'm using Windows XP and Xtherion 0.5.1 I can produce centreline plots of single or multiple surveys from multiple *.th and thconfig files in multiple directories to *.pdf, *.xvi and *.lox files. That much I seem to understand. I can scan *.jpg images of my surveys and trace them to produce *.th2 files that look fine both in the map editor and the text editor. I think I understand how this works, it seems easy enough. When I place the following in my surveyN.th file, input RBMtestplan.th2 map m_plan_ent -title "Map plan entrance" scrap1 endmap and the following in thconfig. source surveyN.th select m_plan_ent@n . I get one of two results; a) a line plot that ignores the scrap and produces only a centreline as if the scrap did not exist, or b) an error; Mostly I get the error; viz "D:\Program Files\Therion\therion.exe: error -- RBMtestplan.th2 [7] -- invalid length reading -- -scale" (Sometimes the error is -- invalid length reading -- -projection) And the offending line is; scrap scrap1 -projection plan -scale [-128 -1296 880 128 0.0 0.0 25.60 0.0 meters] This "seems" to follow the required syntax, and is generated automatically by the map editor. The samples I downloaded work fine, and I can not see my trial differs materially. Both results are unsatisfactory. I would like a drawing of the cave. I suspect I may not be scaling the sketched survey stations to the centreline survey stations correctly(?) Any suggestions what I am doing wrong? Any suggestions how I can go about debugging the problem? Thanks Bruce Mutton
duurh? michael ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Mutton To: therion@speleo.sk Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 10:10 PM Subject: [Therion] Scraps won't become maps (New User) Hi, newbie Therion user excited by the prospect of electronic maps. My first steps have been successful, but I've got stuck. I'm using Windows XP and Xtherion 0.5.1 I can produce centreline plots of single or multiple surveys from multiple *.th and thconfig files in multiple directories to *.pdf, *.xvi and *.lox files. That much I seem to understand. I can scan *.jpg images of my surveys and trace them to produce *.th2 files that look fine both in the map editor and the text editor. I think I understand how this works, it seems easy enough. When I place the following in my surveyN.th file, input RBMtestplan.th2 map m_plan_ent -title "Map plan entrance" scrap1 endmap and the following in thconfig. source surveyN.th select m_plan_ent@n . I get one of two results; a) a line plot that ignores the scrap and produces only a centreline as if the scrap did not exist, or b) an error; Mostly I get the error; viz "D:\Program Files\Therion\therion.exe: error -- RBMtestplan.th2 [7] -- invalid length reading -- -scale" (Sometimes the error is -- invalid length reading -- -projection) And the offending line is; scrap scrap1 -projection plan -scale [-128 -1296 880 128 0.0 0.0 25.60 0.0 meters] This "seems" to follow the required syntax, and is generated automatically by the map editor. The samples I downloaded work fine, and I can not see my trial differs materially. Both results are unsatisfactory. I would like a drawing of the cave. I suspect I may not be scaling the sketched survey stations to the centreline survey stations correctly(?) Any suggestions what I am doing wrong? Any suggestions how I can go about debugging the problem? Thanks Bruce Mutton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Therion mailing list Therion@speleo.sk http://www.speleo.sk/mailman/listinfo/therion ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.22/1112 - Release Date: 5/11/2007 7:11 p.m.
. I get one of two results; a) a line plot that ignores the scrap and produces only a centreline as if the scrap did not exist, or b) an error; Mostly I get the error; viz
"D:\Program Files\Therion\therion.exe: error -- RBMtestplan.th2 [7] -- invalid length reading -- -scale"
(Sometimes the error is -- invalid length reading -- -projection)
And the offending line is;
scrap scrap1 -projection plan -scale [-128 -1296 880 128 0.0 0.0 25.60 0.0 meters]
invalid length reading -> this means that your scrap command is inside centerline object Probably you are missing "endcenterline" command after your all your centerline data. But I am not sure - if you could send me your *.th, *.th2 and thconfig files, I can tell you exactly where the problem is. Regards, S.
Thanks for the offer Stacho, I think all my endcentreline's are in place, so I will send you a concise set of files in due course. Would you prefer that I send them to the forum (I'm not sure if it accepts attachments) or direct to your address? Thanks also to Richardo for posting. My next question was to be about printing the walls from the xvi image, because I had noticed they were invisible in the pdf! Cheers Bruce .... invalid length reading -> this means that your scrap command is inside centerline object Probably you are missing "endcenterline" command after your all your centerline data. But I am not sure - if you could send me your *.th, *.th2 and thconfig files, I can tell you exactly where the problem is. Regards, S. _______________________________________________ Therion mailing list Therion@speleo.sk http://www.speleo.sk/mailman/listinfo/therion
Thanks for the offer Stacho, I think all my endcentreline's are in place, so I will send you a concise set of files in due course. Would you prefer that I send them to the forum (I'm not sure if it accepts attachments) or direct to your address?
For me, it does not metter. Probably it's better to use forum - may be someone else can answer you faster then me. When there are no pictures and files are zipped, they are very small (few kB). S.
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