[Geomedia-l] Dimensioning tools for GeoMedia Pro

[j.haffly at cox.net]

Ya know....I never thought of that back when we where working on dimesnsions in GeoMedia!  Functional Attributes to the rescue again!!!  Is the math for that fairly straight forward?

Jim


---- "Jones wrote: 
> 
> If the customer in this case is only seeking dimension-like graphics,
> they can be added in the layout window.  The graphics are not dimensions
> in the CAD sense but will allow for the expression of measurements in a
> dimension like form.  
> 
> Using functional attributes and label queries, you could create linework
> that acted like dimensions in CAD.  You can even make the length
> calculation in functional attributes to take in account projection.
> 
> 
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> j.haffly at cox.net
> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 10:04 AM
> To: Nick Askew; geomedia-l at lists.directionsmag.com
> Subject: Re: [Geomedia-l] Dimensioning tools for GeoMedia Pro
> 
> Funny you should ask this, I was just talking to someone else about....
> 
> I seems to me that the customer needs to be educated on the difference
> between CAD and GIS....dimensioning in GIS with a projection wont work,
> we all know that....however, a lot of clients and customers do not.
> 
> If you are projected, you will not get accurate dimensions, period....I
> worked out a script to add dimensions and of course it proved my hunch,
> that it will not work in a projected workspace.  The numbers do not
> match what is in a CAD file or on a blueprint.
> 
> CAD is CAD and it will always have tools that allow very precise
> dimensions....
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> 
> ---- Nick Askew <nick at askew.nl> wrote: 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > We have a customer that is migrating from Microstation to GeoMedia and
> 
> > while they are happy making most of the transition from CAD to GIS 
> > they are reluctant to give up some of the features of Microstation. In
> 
> > particular they are very attached to the ability to add dimensioning 
> > to a drawing in Microstation (you know the sort of thing, lines 
> > leading out from a pair of points on a geometry with another line
> between them showing the distance).
> > 
> > While we have been able to emulate some of this behaviour with 
> > GeoMedia it's just not what it was designed to do. Does anyone know of
> 
> > a plug in (free or
> > commercial) that gives back some of this CAD functionality?
> > 
> > Thanks
> >  
> > Nick
> > 
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