JazzLX Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 Good afternoon everyone! I'm using the geolocate tool to align the GIS image to a drawing. Everything seems to work fine, it moves to the correct position, but when I change tools it snaps back, disregarding the changes... has anyone else had this issue? I can't seem to find any detainls on this in the manual... Cheers! Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee bgoff Posted June 18, 2021 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted June 18, 2021 The initial image you see is for site reference and is only temporary. This is why it disappears. You are still Georeferenced you just need to use the Geo Image tool to draw a rectangle around your area (make it a decent size) and that image will be better quality and stationary for your site. Quote Link to comment
JazzLX Posted June 18, 2021 Author Share Posted June 18, 2021 (edited) Hey, Ok... so after I move the image, I have to redraw a geoimage rectangle in order to see the updated view? Even though I've already done this previous to needing to geolocate? Sorry, still wrapping my head around this.... much more comfortable with truss and lights! Cheers! Edited June 18, 2021 by JazzLX Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee bgoff Posted June 18, 2021 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted June 18, 2021 Give me a min and I will post a quick video about this. Still drinking my morning coffee! 😀 Quote Link to comment
JazzLX Posted June 18, 2021 Author Share Posted June 18, 2021 No worries at all... I'm on my afternoon coffee!! 😄 Very much appreciated! Quote Link to comment
JazzLX Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 Hey, Just wondering if you had a minute to explain what you meant in the earlier post about re drawing the geo image 🙂 Cheers! Quote Link to comment
Tom W. Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 @JazzLX as @bgoff says the Geolocate Tool is used to place the Internal Origin where you want to work geographically. The background image is just there to help you see where you are + correctly position the Internal Origin. This is why when you change to another tool the image disappears. To place a permanent image in the drawing you need to use the Geoimage Tool. Select the tool + a background image will download to fill the whole screen. Then draw a rectangle to define the area that you want to show in the Geoimage. Exit the tool + the wider background image will disappear leaving the Geoimage object behind. The Geoimage is like a crop over the wider background image so can be moved around to display a different area or resized Quote Link to comment
JazzLX Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 Ah, ok, I think I get it. The crop isn't autoupdating using the geolocate too, I need to relocate the origin and re-do the image. I'll give it a bash! Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee bgoff Posted June 21, 2021 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted June 21, 2021 do not relocate the origin Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee bgoff Posted June 21, 2021 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted June 21, 2021 Here is a video explaining zoom_0.mp4 3 Quote Link to comment
JazzLX Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 Ah, Yeah, I'm good with that, got that bit sorted, sorry I don't think I've explained it very well... I've already done that... but the locations between GIS stake co-ordinates on the geo image to the land survey dwg are off. Let me get some pics together and show what I mean! Quote Link to comment
JazzLX Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 Hey! Sorry for the lack of comms, I was finding it difficult to explain what was happening and the company I'm working with have VSS so I called the lovely UK support peeps up. Long story short we had geometry in file before we inputted the GIS data, which is what has made everything off, so we are starting a new file, setting up the GIS properly and then importing the drawing geometry back in, to the correct place. Thanks for the assistance and the wee video, it will be very useful! Jazz 2 Quote Link to comment
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