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Thank you Pat and Raymond, So I will need to beg a fresh NFR copy of Vectorworks from Robert Anderson some time soon. I am in the non-profit space, on less than a shoe string budget ;-( It is amazing that VW 2014 still does what I need 😉 Best regards, David Coggeshall San Francisco Communications Golden Gate Safety Network 79 Rossi Avenue, SF CA 94118 415 387-8760 415 602-2174 cell ibcomm@aol.com http://maplab.org

Hello Pat, I am having a hard time trying to implement your script. I am including a screen shot and a test file. The column function is not recognized as a formula, and is treating like a regular string. I am in Vectorworks 14. I hope that is not the problem ;-( Please advise, thanks. David Coggeshall PolyTest.vwx

Wonderful ! Will you call later? Thanks, and I look forward to explaining our project more to you soon. Cheers,

Hi Pat, I understand. As background, the new Apple format is IMDF (Indoor Mapping Data Format). IMDF requires Polygons for: 1) Venue - Property/Site Boundary 2) Footprint/Level - Floorplate 3) Unit(s) - All Rooms and Spaces drawn to the middle wall 4) Fixtures - Equipment Footprints and Points for: 5) Amenities - Destination POIs But for navigation calculation, IMDF also requires: 6) Door/Openings - expressed as coincident Line Segments on the space boundary I know how to get Points, and your script will handle Polygons, so the last piece of the puzzle is simple Lines. I would like to speak by phone, if you are available, and I have a highly developed Church Model that I can share with confidentiality. David Coggeshall San Francisco Communications Golden Gate Safety Network 79 Rossi Avenue, SF CA 94118 415 387-8760 415 602-2174 cell ibcomm@aol.com http://maplab.org

Pat, Will this work on a single segment line with just two endpoint coordinates?

Thank you very much Pat, I will test your script today and let you know how it goes. All the best, David C

Thank you, David Coggeshall San Francisco Communications Golden Gate Safety Network 79 Rossi Avenue, SF CA 94118 415 387-8760 415 602-2174 cell ibcomm@aol.com http://maplab.org

Hello Pat, and thanks for your reply, Here are some answers to your questions: Tell us more about exactly what you want to do… I am drawing Room Polygons on Floor Plans in Vectorworks to seed Emergency Response Indoor Mapping and Tracking web apps. I am using Safe Software FME to transform and translate Vectorworks building models to various formats such as: Apple Indoor Mapping Data Format (IMSD) Google Maps JavaScript API & KML Esri ArcGIS Indoors SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) OGC IndoorGML Selected objects or all polys? Multiple polygons are created on Layers for Rooms, MEP Equipment Footprints, and POIs (Points of Interest). Layers of these polygons need to be described in plain text coordinates relative to a given x,y origin and scale, to facilitate translation to other formats. One long text string for multiple objects or a separate row for each object? Each polygon is identified with a unique ID (name) and attributed with User Parameters such as Room Name, and Space Category through a Record Resource. Other parameters are functions such as Area, and Perimeter. There is no built-in function to retrieve the individual point coordinates of the vertices. So for each Polygon in the worksheet, there would be a space or comma delimited string of these coordinate pairs. Typical floor can contain 20 to 200 rooms. What do you expect the maximum number of vertices to be? 50 to 100 What are you going to do with the data after you get it into the worksheet? The data export from the worksheet will feed a FileMaker application to “data model” the building, along with the Vectorworks CAD model. Is there a different form that would be better than the worksheet? No See attached Sample file available upon request HelloPat.pdf

I would to capture the x,y coordinate pair for each point in a polygon, and then put it into a column of a Vectorworks Worksheet, as a comma delimited string. There is no built in function to do this. Does anyone have such a VectorScript solution? If not, can such a script be developed?