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Introduction
The Create and Modify Charts command can create new charts or modify existing charts in folders with schema type Charts. The default name of such a folder is 2. Charts.
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- Frame: A polygon containing the chart definitions.
- Soundings: A point dataset containing extracted points within the chart frame.
- Seafloor: A DTM (digital terrain model) created from the Soundings dataset.
- Boundary: A help polygon used when creating the DTM. The polygon can be created automatically from the Soundings dataset or digitised by hand.
The Create and Modify Chart menu
The content of the menu
The upper part of the menu contains the project name and the name of the active Charts folder.
Next to the text there is a Show Chart properties button. When clicking this button the existing charts in the folder are listed in a panel.
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The Execute button will execute the selected method.
The OK button will save the parameters in the menu and close the menu.
The Cancel button will close the menu without saving the parameters.
Example of chart frame types: Single Chart, Matrix of Charts and Charts along Line.
The parameters for the Create Single Chart tab
Chart name:
Enter the name of the new charts. Duplicate names are not allowed.
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The Scale to Survey Data button:
When clicking this button the chart frame size can be set around specific data files. The Select Survey Data menu appears and you can browse to the input files. When clicking OK the menu will read the specified files and set the chart frame with rounded values around the data.
The Scale to active window button:
When clicking this button the chart frame size can be set around the active data area.
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The Draw Chart Frame button:
When clicking this button the Chart Frame will be plotted in the 3D window.
When clicking the Execute button, the command will create a folder of type Chart with the specified chart name in the 2. Charts folder.
A Frame data object will then be created in the folder.
The coordinates and the size of the chart will be saved in the chart's properties panel.
Note: If the chart already exists, the function will not do any actions.
The parameters for the Create Matrix of Charts tab
This method is for creating new charts within an existing chart definition.
This method is useful if a chart should be split into smaller sections.
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When clicking the Execute button, the command will create charts folders with the generated chart names in the 2. Charts folder.
A Frame data object will then be created in the folder.
The coordinates and the size of the chart will be saved in the chart's properties panel.
Note: If the chart already exists, the function will not do any actions.
The parameters for the Create Charts along Line tab
This method is for creating new charts along a specified trace line.
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The parameters for the Modify Chart tab
This method is for changing the definition of existing charts.
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The Scale to Survey Data button:
When clicking this button the chart frame size can be set around specific data files. The Select Survey Data menu appears and you can browse to the input files. When clicking OK the menu will read the specified files and set the chart frame with rounded values around the data.
The Scale to active window button:
When clicking this button the chart frame size can be set around the active data area.
The Draw Chart Frame button:
When clicking this button the Chart Frame will be plotted in the 3D window.
When clicking the Execute button, the command will modify the chart in the folder with the specified name.
If the name is modified, the folder will be renamed.
The Frame data object will be updated.
The coordinates and the size of the chart will be saved in the chart's properties panel.
The parameters for the Miscellaneous tab
In this tab there are some additional tools for the charts.
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In input field in the Import chart definitions from file part, the ascii file containing chart definitions is specified. By clicking the button browse button the file can be browsed from the file system on the computer. The record on the file can contain the following information:
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Name RefEast RefNorth Width Height Rotation
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Blank characters in the chart name is not allowdallowed.
The Name can be omitted, then the name of the chart willl be Chart- followed by the sequence number for the chart definition in the ascii file.
If Name is omitted, then also Rotation can be omitted.
Blank records in the file, or records contaning wrong type of information will be skipped.
The records can be mixed with 6, 5 or 4 values according to the specifications above.
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Format: (Name) RefE RefN Width Height Rotation
Chart 600590.00 6446150.00 6000.00 5910.00 0.00
600590.00 6446150.00 3000.00 2955.00 0.00
603590.00 6446150.00 3000.00 2955.00 0.00
600590.00 6449105.00 3000.00 2955.00
603590.00 6449105.00 3000.00 2955.00
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The content of the output file will typically be:
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Format: (Name) RefE RefN Width Height Rotation
Chart 600590.00 6446150.00 6000.00 5910.00 0.00
SubChart-1 600590.00 6446150.00 3000.00 2955.00 0.00
SubChart-2 603590.00 6446150.00 3000.00 2955.00 0.00
SubChart-3 600590.00 6449105.00 3000.00 2955.00 0.00
SubChart-4 603590.00 6449105.00 3000.00 2955.00 0.00
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A warning message will appear before the ddlete delete operation is performed.