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00:01
Adding PDF date it is the next objective.
00:04
In the beginning to build the base map course,
00:07
you will see how some types of PDF files
00:10
can provide good data to help define our existing conditions.
00:15
I am continuing in the base map drawing that we started
00:19
in the previous objective.
00:21
We can see the Coco points.
00:23
And I will pan the display to the side
00:25
to make room to add the PDF use the x ref command to OpenVX ref
00:31
panel and select the attach icon and pick
00:35
attach PDF browse to the PDF folder in the data set.
00:42
And select drone surveyed limits with control points,
00:46
we can see in the preview pane that this is a single page PDF
00:51
f we will place a checkmark next to specify on screen
00:55
for the insertion point.
00:57
After selecting OK.
00:59
You will see the outline of the PDF appear in the drawing
01:04
and place it to the side of the points.
01:07
Now dismiss the x ref panel.
01:10
I'm going to temporarily change the drawing.
01:13
Background colors.
01:14
So that the p the f appears better right click anywhere
01:18
in the drawing canvas and select options
01:21
at the bottom of the pop up menu on the options dialog.
01:25
Select the display tab and go to colors
01:29
in the interface element.
01:31
List select uniform background at the top of the list
01:36
and select white in the color dropdown list.
01:39
Also check that the crosshairs element
01:42
is set to black or another contrasting color.
01:45
Select apply and close to dismiss
01:48
and then OK to close the options dialog.
01:51
You will notice that the PDF is now easier to see.
01:56
Next, we will split the display into two view ports.
01:60
Go to the view tab on the ribbon and select
02:02
the viewport configuration in the dropdown,
02:05
select two vertical zoom to one of the ports
02:10
to show the details in the PDF and the other
02:14
to show the area around the g.p.s.
02:16
control points at the lower right of the points
02:19
around points.
02:20
C.p.
02:23
The goal is to draw the basis of bearing line from GPs as c.p.
02:35
This is how we will match.
02:37
And correlate the PDF to the real world
02:40
geographic coordinates and scale the PDF.
02:44
I will start the line command and then
02:47
make a quick check of the steps to see that the endpoint
02:51
and node 0 snaps are turned on.
02:55
I will start the line at the node.
02:58
Oh, snap of g.p.s.
03:00
c.p.
03:02
Now I will go to the transparent command toolbar
03:06
and select the icon for bearing distance.
03:10
Note if you do not have the transparent
03:12
command toolbar ready, then you can type the transparent
03:16
command at the command line by entering apostrophe BD.
03:24
At the command line, you must enter the quadrant first.
03:29
The bearing in the Northeast direction is quadrant 1.
03:34
Next, we must enter the bearing and the syntax
03:38
for doing this is a bit unusual.
03:41
The bearing is entered as the degree
03:44
followed by a decimal point.
03:46
And then the minutes and seconds combined together.
03:51
This is strange because this looks like a decimal degree
03:54
entry.
03:55
But in this instance, it is how it understands
03:58
degrees, minutes, and seconds.
04:02
Also note that there is not an additional decimal point
04:05
to indicate the decimal seconds.
04:09
The entry is as follows.
04:21
Now the command line is prompting for the distance.
04:25
So enter four to 4.986.
04:31
Hit enter two times once to exit.
04:34
Transparent command and a second time
04:36
to finish the line command.
04:39
Now we will go to the annotate tab
04:41
and select add labels and then click on.
04:45
Add single segment.
04:47
Line curve label pick somewhere near the midpoint of the line
04:52
to place the label.
04:53
Zoom in on both viewport so that you
04:56
can validate that the bearing and distances match.
05:01
This is important to know that when you use these bearing
05:04
and distance labels that the distance is
05:07
measured in the horizontal.
05:09
I will use the Properties panel to check the start
05:12
and end z values of the line, then change both to 0 so
05:18
that the line has no slope.
05:21
Before we match the PDF let's make sure that the PDF oh snap
05:27
is enabled to do this.
05:29
Select the PDF and in the context sensitive ribbon c
05:34
that the PDF enables snap icon is highlighted
05:39
to match the PDF we would use the align command
05:43
and select the PDF by clicking on its edge now watching
05:47
the command line, I pick the first source point.
05:50
Carefully finding the end point of the basis
05:53
of bearing line in the PDF and using the end point PDF.
05:58
Oh, snap.
05:59
Once the first source point is selected,
06:01
go to the other viewport and click
06:03
wants to activate it zoom in and select the end point
06:07
of the bearing line.
06:09
You must make certain to use the end point.
06:11
Oh, snap.
06:12
Return to the PDF viewport click to activate
06:16
again zoom in to select the end point this time
06:19
at the top of the bearing line, go to the other viewport click
06:23
to activate zoom to the top of that line
06:26
and make certain to use the end point.
06:28
Oh, snap.
06:30
If you use the node.
06:31
Oh, snap the line results may be very distorted
06:36
because the node might give you a different z value.
06:40
We do not need a third source point.
06:43
So at the command line hit Enter.
06:45
And then answer yes to scale objects
06:48
based on alignment points.
06:51
You will see the PDF jump to a line scale
06:54
and rotate to match the basis of bearing data
06:57
on the view tab return to a single viewport configuration.
07:02
Zoom out to see the extent of the PDF.
07:05
Select on the edge right click and select
07:09
send to back to set the display order.
07:12
Zoom in on some of the control points.
07:15
This will give us validation that the PDF
07:17
data has been properly correlated to the base map.
07:21
Geographic location.
07:24
Next, we will extract vector data from this PDF.
07:28
Select on the PDF to expose the PDF ribbon
07:31
and select the Import as objects icon at the command line
07:36
specify the area to import.
07:38
We can also right click and select all from a pop up menu.
07:43
The next question at the command line
07:45
will ask about keeping or removing the PDF.
07:49
Select unload.
07:50
This will completely remove any reference
07:53
to the PDF in the base map drawing.
07:57
It's important to note that not all PDF files will be
08:00
able to produce vector input.
08:03
It depends on how the PDF was originally
08:06
created and published.
08:07
Let's look at the resulting import from the PDF
08:11
we see that the text has been interpreted as poorly lines
08:17
the Pete the FSHX text command is used to convert
08:24
these poorly lines into actual text entities
08:28
first use the settings option of the command
08:31
to toggle on the most similar text fonts
08:35
to those that the lines resemble.
08:38
Then select the lines to try to convert
08:40
them check the results that are reported in the alert box
08:46
to see if it worked.
08:52
Now if you select the resulting items
08:55
you will see that they are m text entities sometimes.
09:00
We must also see how other entities are converted
09:04
from the PDF in particular, the line representing the limits
09:09
polygon has been interpreted as a set of multiple poly
09:14
lines because of the width of the line that was converted.
09:18
The easiest way to create a closed polygon from these lines
09:22
is to use the line work shrink wrap command
09:27
and select the lines that make up the outside limits.
09:34
Instantly a closed poly line will be created.
09:38
Finally, we can clean up the base map
09:40
so that it contains only the information that we need.
09:44
For example, by turning the g.p.s.
09:46
control points to no display.
09:48
We can easily trace the ones imported from the PDF
09:52
that we don't need.
09:58
This concludes the objective and now you're
10:01
ready for the next objective.
10:03
Adding g.I. s and drawing data to the base map.
Video transcript
00:01
Adding PDF date it is the next objective.
00:04
In the beginning to build the base map course,
00:07
you will see how some types of PDF files
00:10
can provide good data to help define our existing conditions.
00:15
I am continuing in the base map drawing that we started
00:19
in the previous objective.
00:21
We can see the Coco points.
00:23
And I will pan the display to the side
00:25
to make room to add the PDF use the x ref command to OpenVX ref
00:31
panel and select the attach icon and pick
00:35
attach PDF browse to the PDF folder in the data set.
00:42
And select drone surveyed limits with control points,
00:46
we can see in the preview pane that this is a single page PDF
00:51
f we will place a checkmark next to specify on screen
00:55
for the insertion point.
00:57
After selecting OK.
00:59
You will see the outline of the PDF appear in the drawing
01:04
and place it to the side of the points.
01:07
Now dismiss the x ref panel.
01:10
I'm going to temporarily change the drawing.
01:13
Background colors.
01:14
So that the p the f appears better right click anywhere
01:18
in the drawing canvas and select options
01:21
at the bottom of the pop up menu on the options dialog.
01:25
Select the display tab and go to colors
01:29
in the interface element.
01:31
List select uniform background at the top of the list
01:36
and select white in the color dropdown list.
01:39
Also check that the crosshairs element
01:42
is set to black or another contrasting color.
01:45
Select apply and close to dismiss
01:48
and then OK to close the options dialog.
01:51
You will notice that the PDF is now easier to see.
01:56
Next, we will split the display into two view ports.
01:60
Go to the view tab on the ribbon and select
02:02
the viewport configuration in the dropdown,
02:05
select two vertical zoom to one of the ports
02:10
to show the details in the PDF and the other
02:14
to show the area around the g.p.s.
02:16
control points at the lower right of the points
02:19
around points.
02:20
C.p.
02:23
The goal is to draw the basis of bearing line from GPs as c.p.
02:35
This is how we will match.
02:37
And correlate the PDF to the real world
02:40
geographic coordinates and scale the PDF.
02:44
I will start the line command and then
02:47
make a quick check of the steps to see that the endpoint
02:51
and node 0 snaps are turned on.
02:55
I will start the line at the node.
02:58
Oh, snap of g.p.s.
03:00
c.p.
03:02
Now I will go to the transparent command toolbar
03:06
and select the icon for bearing distance.
03:10
Note if you do not have the transparent
03:12
command toolbar ready, then you can type the transparent
03:16
command at the command line by entering apostrophe BD.
03:24
At the command line, you must enter the quadrant first.
03:29
The bearing in the Northeast direction is quadrant 1.
03:34
Next, we must enter the bearing and the syntax
03:38
for doing this is a bit unusual.
03:41
The bearing is entered as the degree
03:44
followed by a decimal point.
03:46
And then the minutes and seconds combined together.
03:51
This is strange because this looks like a decimal degree
03:54
entry.
03:55
But in this instance, it is how it understands
03:58
degrees, minutes, and seconds.
04:02
Also note that there is not an additional decimal point
04:05
to indicate the decimal seconds.
04:09
The entry is as follows.
04:21
Now the command line is prompting for the distance.
04:25
So enter four to 4.986.
04:31
Hit enter two times once to exit.
04:34
Transparent command and a second time
04:36
to finish the line command.
04:39
Now we will go to the annotate tab
04:41
and select add labels and then click on.
04:45
Add single segment.
04:47
Line curve label pick somewhere near the midpoint of the line
04:52
to place the label.
04:53
Zoom in on both viewport so that you
04:56
can validate that the bearing and distances match.
05:01
This is important to know that when you use these bearing
05:04
and distance labels that the distance is
05:07
measured in the horizontal.
05:09
I will use the Properties panel to check the start
05:12
and end z values of the line, then change both to 0 so
05:18
that the line has no slope.
05:21
Before we match the PDF let's make sure that the PDF oh snap
05:27
is enabled to do this.
05:29
Select the PDF and in the context sensitive ribbon c
05:34
that the PDF enables snap icon is highlighted
05:39
to match the PDF we would use the align command
05:43
and select the PDF by clicking on its edge now watching
05:47
the command line, I pick the first source point.
05:50
Carefully finding the end point of the basis
05:53
of bearing line in the PDF and using the end point PDF.
05:58
Oh, snap.
05:59
Once the first source point is selected,
06:01
go to the other viewport and click
06:03
wants to activate it zoom in and select the end point
06:07
of the bearing line.
06:09
You must make certain to use the end point.
06:11
Oh, snap.
06:12
Return to the PDF viewport click to activate
06:16
again zoom in to select the end point this time
06:19
at the top of the bearing line, go to the other viewport click
06:23
to activate zoom to the top of that line
06:26
and make certain to use the end point.
06:28
Oh, snap.
06:30
If you use the node.
06:31
Oh, snap the line results may be very distorted
06:36
because the node might give you a different z value.
06:40
We do not need a third source point.
06:43
So at the command line hit Enter.
06:45
And then answer yes to scale objects
06:48
based on alignment points.
06:51
You will see the PDF jump to a line scale
06:54
and rotate to match the basis of bearing data
06:57
on the view tab return to a single viewport configuration.
07:02
Zoom out to see the extent of the PDF.
07:05
Select on the edge right click and select
07:09
send to back to set the display order.
07:12
Zoom in on some of the control points.
07:15
This will give us validation that the PDF
07:17
data has been properly correlated to the base map.
07:21
Geographic location.
07:24
Next, we will extract vector data from this PDF.
07:28
Select on the PDF to expose the PDF ribbon
07:31
and select the Import as objects icon at the command line
07:36
specify the area to import.
07:38
We can also right click and select all from a pop up menu.
07:43
The next question at the command line
07:45
will ask about keeping or removing the PDF.
07:49
Select unload.
07:50
This will completely remove any reference
07:53
to the PDF in the base map drawing.
07:57
It's important to note that not all PDF files will be
08:00
able to produce vector input.
08:03
It depends on how the PDF was originally
08:06
created and published.
08:07
Let's look at the resulting import from the PDF
08:11
we see that the text has been interpreted as poorly lines
08:17
the Pete the FSHX text command is used to convert
08:24
these poorly lines into actual text entities
08:28
first use the settings option of the command
08:31
to toggle on the most similar text fonts
08:35
to those that the lines resemble.
08:38
Then select the lines to try to convert
08:40
them check the results that are reported in the alert box
08:46
to see if it worked.
08:52
Now if you select the resulting items
08:55
you will see that they are m text entities sometimes.
09:00
We must also see how other entities are converted
09:04
from the PDF in particular, the line representing the limits
09:09
polygon has been interpreted as a set of multiple poly
09:14
lines because of the width of the line that was converted.
09:18
The easiest way to create a closed polygon from these lines
09:22
is to use the line work shrink wrap command
09:27
and select the lines that make up the outside limits.
09:34
Instantly a closed poly line will be created.
09:38
Finally, we can clean up the base map
09:40
so that it contains only the information that we need.
09:44
For example, by turning the g.p.s.
09:46
control points to no display.
09:48
We can easily trace the ones imported from the PDF
09:52
that we don't need.
09:58
This concludes the objective and now you're
10:01
ready for the next objective.
10:03
Adding g.I. s and drawing data to the base map.
Adding PDF Data – Practice Exercise
Task 1: Attach the PDF
Task 2: Change the Display Background to View PDF
Task 3: Set Up Two Viewports
Task 4: Draw the Basis of Bearing Line
Task 5: Adding the Bearing and Distance Label
Task 6: Align the PDF to the Drawing
Task 7: Extract Vectors from the PDF
Task 8: Convert PDF Text to Mtext
Task 9: Clean-Up Using Lineworkshrinkwrap
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