[Therion] LOX: Measure distance from station to surface

[Benedikt Hallinger]

Hello,
do i need some special options aside from "export model -o model.3d" to 
enable surface in aven?
If i try to enable the surface legs, aven prompts me to open some 
file...


Am 2020-03-26 22:49, schrieb Tarquin Wilton-Jones via Therion:
>> does anybody know how i can measure the distance from a given station 
>> to
>> the surface, when i have a surface model loaded?
> 
> I have always done this with Survex's Aven. Export 3D, open in Aven,
> enable surface legs, click the station, hold mouse over the surface
> legs. (I do this with either surface survey stations, or surface grid
> that I prepared with TerrainTool.)
> 
> Aside:
> If you use Survex rather than Therion to export this, the ends of the
> splays become clickable points in Aven, so you can measure from your
> highest splay. If you use a 3D exported by Therion, then you cannot
> click on the splays. Therion does not add the control point at the end
> of each splay (I have filed a bug for that).
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