Hi
I am teaching a surveying class and having a problem importing a point file.
Students have access to a "Vanilla CAD" 2008 version, no LDD or survey plug in.
They have a point file in ascii, txt, or csv format and want to get the points into the drawing. (points were set up a Pt#,N, E, El,Desc.)
Can anyone point me to this process?
Thank you
Thank you
that would probably work, unfortunately I can't put any lisp files on the schools computers.
> ... unfortunately I can't put any lisp files on the schools computers.
That is really limiting. Perhaps the LISP could be run from thumb drives?
I'd suggest speaking with the dealer who sold your school this software without the capability to import data. Maybe you can shame them into providing something useful...
If you have any experience with writing macros for text editors, conversion of an ASCII file to a script file should be pretty straightforward. There are plenty of freeware text editors that would work (Crimson Editor, Notepad++).
It's a bit of a pain, but....
Carlson has a 30 day free trial period and will work with schools!!
Thank you for all the suggestions.
I took the easy way out and made a drawing with all the points in it from the CAD progam I use in private practice and just exploded the crap out of the points so that I could make a dxf of the dwg and it worked out fine.
> ...and just exploded the crap out of the points...
Hey, you're not impressing anybody with the academic jargon 😉
😀
why not utilize the power of Microsoft Excel to transform your PNEZD CSV file into another CSV format with embedded AutoCAD commands?
G'day
You could try my FreeCOGO student software.
(Can be freely copied for student use).
The program can be installed to and run from a USB memory stick.
Import/export Point files (CSV format)with PENZD default.
(North and East may be swapped as an option)
Import can include string code combined or separate from feature (desc.) code.
Export DXF.
Link here:-
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3449356/FreeCOGO.zip
Read the Help button associated with each routine.
Barry Graham
Melbourne, Australia