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‎01-16-2003 05:52 AM
‎01-16-2003 05:52 AM

Batch Coordinate Conversion?

We're working in Map 5 and LDD3. There are a few hundred maps we have in
NAD83 that we would like to convert to NAD27 for backward compatibility with
older data. Does anyone know a way we could query the drawings into NAD27
and save to a new name or even the existing name in one batch? We could do
them one at a time but that would be time consuming.
Thanks for your attention.

Allen
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Anonymous
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‎01-16-2003 06:19 AM
‎01-16-2003 06:19 AM



Allen - Just open a new drawing in MAP, Right click on the "Project" in
the project work space, select Coordinate System from the drop down menu,
Select the Coord. Sys. that you want to work in (NAD 27?) then use the
"select drawings" button to select the source drawing(s) you want to bring
into your new project, select the Corrd. Sys. they are in (NAD83?) and
say OK. Now attach those source drawings to your project and query ALL
in the DRAW mode. This should bring the drawing(s) into the NAD27 coordinate
system of your choice.

Sorry this is a condensed veersion. Try the online help. It's pretty
good.

Regards,

Mark
We're working in Map 5 and LDD3. There are a few
hundred maps we have in

NAD83 that we would like to convert to NAD27 for backward compatibility
with

older data. Does anyone know a way we could query the drawings into
NAD27

and save to a new name or even the existing name in one batch? We could
do

them one at a time but that would be time consuming.

Thanks for your attention.

Allen


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Anonymous
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‎01-16-2003 09:43 PM
‎01-16-2003 09:43 PM

Mark,

 

Thank you for your reply. I may not have bee quite clear in my description
of what we want to do. We can do as you have described. However that will give
us one huge drawing containing all the data from the 250+ drawings. Or we could
do each drawing one at a time. What I want to do is to start with 250 drawings
in New York East NAD 83 Feet and end up with 250 separate drawings in New
York East NAD 27 Feet. I know there are programs, like Blue Marble, that will do
this but due to budget constraints I can't purchase anything at the
moment.

 

Allen


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Allen
- Just open a new drawing in MAP, Right click on the "Project" in the project
work space, select Coordinate System from the drop down menu, Select the
Coord. Sys. that you want to work in (NAD 27?) then use the "select drawings"
button to select the source drawing(s) you want to bring into your new
project, select the Corrd. Sys. they are in (NAD83?) and say OK. Now attach
those source drawings to your project and query ALL in the DRAW mode. This
should bring the drawing(s) into the NAD27 coordinate system of your choice.

Sorry this is a condensed veersion. Try the online help. It's pretty good.

Regards,
Mark
We're working in Map 5 and LDD3. There are a few
hundred maps we have in
NAD83 that we would like to convert to NAD27 for
backward compatibility with
older data. Does anyone know a way we could
query the drawings into NAD27
and save to a new name or even the
existing name in one batch? We could do
them one at a time but that
would be time consuming.
Thanks for your attention.

Allen

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Anonymous
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‎01-16-2003 09:58 PM
‎01-16-2003 09:58 PM

So Allen how is your Lisping skills? I think you
should be able to write a lsp to convert them. Then use the script-pro to batch
process them. If you need some  help let us know. But it sounds like an
easy task to do.

 

Murph

 


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Mark,

 

Thank you for your reply. I may not have bee quite clear in my
description of what we want to do. We can do as you have described. However
that will give us one huge drawing containing all the data from the 250+
drawings. Or we could do each drawing one at a time. What I want to do is to
start with 250 drawings in New York East NAD 83 Feet and end up with 250
separate drawings in New York East NAD 27 Feet. I know there are
programs, like Blue Marble, that will do this but due to budget constraints I
can't purchase anything at the moment.

 

Allen


style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
Allen
- Just open a new drawing in MAP, Right click on the "Project" in the
project work space, select Coordinate System from the drop down menu, Select
the Coord. Sys. that you want to work in (NAD 27?) then use the "select
drawings" button to select the source drawing(s) you want to bring into your
new project, select the Corrd. Sys. they are in (NAD83?) and say OK. Now
attach those source drawings to your project and query ALL in the DRAW mode.
This should bring the drawing(s) into the NAD27 coordinate system of your
choice.
Sorry this is a condensed veersion. Try the online help. It's
pretty good.
Regards,
Mark
We're working in Map 5 and LDD3. There are a few
hundred maps we have in
NAD83 that we would like to convert to NAD27
for backward compatibility with
older data. Does anyone know a way we
could query the drawings into NAD27
and save to a new name or even the
existing name in one batch? We could do
them one at a time but that
would be time consuming.
Thanks for your attention.

Allen

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Anonymous
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‎01-16-2003 10:38 PM
‎01-16-2003 10:38 PM

Yes. That's what I will have to do. I was trying to
avoid it since I'm in the middle of trying to write a lisp to do some other
manipulations to the same data. That's when I have a moment. Thanks for the
offer of help. If I get stuck I'll post my problem

 

Allen


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So Allen how is your Lisping skills? I think you
should be able to write a lsp to convert them. Then use the script-pro to
batch process them. If you need some  help let us know. But it sounds
like an easy task to do.

 

Murph

 
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Anonymous
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‎01-16-2003 11:23 PM
‎01-16-2003 11:23 PM

I been looking into it, (it's TGIF, what else to
do) What I would do is start a blank project and set the coordiates to nad27
then attach the dwg one at a time, use the adesetcrdsys command with cmddia and
filedia set to 0 to do it a the command line to get an idea on doing the lsp.
Then do a draw all query, wblock that out to a new dwg file then erase all, then
do the next. It may take some time to create a script with all 250 maps but
sounds like a fun project.

 

Murph

 


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Yes. That's what I will have to do. I was trying
to avoid it since I'm in the middle of trying to write a lisp to do some other
manipulations to the same data. That's when I have a moment. Thanks for the
offer of help. If I get stuck I'll post my problem

 

Allen


style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">

So Allen how is your Lisping skills? I think
you should be able to write a lsp to convert them. Then use the script-pro
to batch process them. If you need some  help let us know. But it
sounds like an easy task to do.

 

Murph


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Anonymous
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‎01-16-2003 11:31 PM
‎01-16-2003 11:31 PM

If you do one query, then save it and check "Save to External
File" in the Save Current Query dialog box, you should have the basic statements
for your LISP routine.  (Open the .qry file with a text editor to see the
LISP code.)

 

Jim B.


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Yes. That's what I will have to do. I was trying
to avoid it since I'm in the middle of trying to write a lisp to do some other
manipulations to the same data. That's when I have a moment. Thanks for the
offer of help. If I get stuck I'll post my problem

 

Allen


style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">

So Allen how is your Lisping skills? I think
you should be able to write a lsp to convert them. Then use the script-pro
to batch process them. If you need some  help let us know. But it
sounds like an easy task to do.

 

Murph


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Anonymous
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‎01-16-2003 11:48 PM
‎01-16-2003 11:48 PM

Thanks I'll look into it.


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I been looking into it, (it's TGIF, what else to
do) What I would do is start a blank project and set the coordiates to nad27
then attach the dwg one at a time, use the adesetcrdsys command with cmddia
and filedia set to 0 to do it a the command line to get an idea on doing the
lsp. Then do a draw all query, wblock that out to a new dwg file then erase
all, then do the next. It may take some time to create a script with all 250
maps but sounds like a fun project.

 

Murph
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Anonymous
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‎01-16-2003 11:49 PM
‎01-16-2003 11:49 PM

Thanks Jim. I'll give it a try.


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If you do one query, then save it and check "Save to
External File" in the Save Current Query dialog box, you should have the basic
statements for your LISP routine.  (Open the .qry file with a text editor
to see the LISP code.)

 

Jim B.
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