GeoMedia plug-in user manual
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1. Export all views to image Start saving measurements Print all views Print all views preview Page setup Be CG CO IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in Export all views to image Start saving measurements Print all views Print all views preview Page setup 2 The Print preview dialog opens Click in the options to see the print at different zooms o layouts Also it is possible to print clicking in the Print button The dialog can be resized to full screen visite extent polygon Upper Le Shot Comer 4 70034524432344 40 65971125895E5 GE 54 Full extent polygon SmetComer A 6SSES406S20623 40 659711386955S WGE 24 Upper Le Snct Comer fe ee eee Comer 4 69865405822633 40 573795752656 WIGS 84 Upper Fight Snot Comer 4 6957702284 40 mos Lower Le Shot Comer 4 70024924432344 40 6573795752656 IGE 24 Lower Right Shot Comer 4 6975755828 rere Lita wes opt Lower Le Snect Comer A 7045265116 40 6552262756 WGE image Orientation Otho Visibte extent polygon breeze e 70005302476205 40 66060S5940114 WGE 84 gt EC ASSA 4 ae BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in 9 EXPORTING IMAGES 9 1 Exporting all visible views The BlomURBEX Viewer Export all views to image menu lets exporting the visible extent of the active views to a set of JPG files To export all current views to images 1 Panin the views to d2. Right click in any view and select the option Edit tiled overlay layers from the context menu The Configure tiled overlay layers opens 2 The Available tiled overlay layers list shows the names the available overlay layers in the server Select one or several from the list and press the Add button to add them to the Selected tiled overlay layers list Only layers in thislist and in the order shown will be rendered in the view on top the base layer Follow user onentation Date range selection All available dates Select date range To year From year 1998 r 2013 Re BLO IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in 3 To change the drawing order select one layer in the Selected tiled overlay layers list and press in the Up or Down buttons 4 Select the Follow user orientation radio button to overlay in any orientation of the view Select Select orientation radio button to filter which orientation will have overlays In this case press in any orientation button and it will be marked in orange 5 For overlay layers the BlomURBEX server can provide different dates To filter a range of dates for the images in the overlay layers uncheck the All available dates checkbox and select two years in the From year and To year combo boxes Only images in the selected overlay layers that where captured during the period will be shown 6 Cl
3. Blom has developed a full range of plug ins that integrates BlomURBEX services into GIS and CAD applications Blom currently has the following Plug ins available e BlomURBEX plug in for ESRI ArcMap ArcView ArcEditor and Arclnfo e BlomURBEX plug in for ESRI ArcIMS e BlomURBEX plug in for ESRI ArcGIS Server e BlomURBEX plug in for Intergraph GeoMedia Professional e BlomURBEX plug in for Integraph GeoMedia WebMap e BlomURBEX plug in for Autodesk Map and AutoCAD e BlomURBEX plug in for Autodesk MapGuide e BlomURBEX plug in for Bentley MicroStation e BlomURBEX plug in for MapInfo Professional e BlomURBEX plug in for MapInfo MapXtreme Software downloads can be found on our website on our dedicated software page Customer Support Document Oct 2013 BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD Ba BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 3 5 and 4 0 BlomURBEX plug in for Microstation 8i is developed with Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 3 5 and 4 0 If not installed please proceed to the installation of them Microstation version BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation 8i only supports version MicroStation 8 11 x 8i It is required to have this product from Bentley installed in order to execute BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation Windows versions BlomURBEX plug in for Microstation supports Windows versions supported by the Intergraph products Read Microstation install guide for more info Credent
4. Datasources tab 3 Inthe tab select the sub tab BlomSHOT BlomSHOT Connection Bitar Bom SHOT User username Password rrr Server servemame Ba BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in Blom Local Library Library path C Data ESAVLA06 4 Click in the Manage licenses button to open the License Manager dialog In it click in the Add new license button and browse and select a valid license file If the file is correct the dialog will show the expiration date and will tag it as NEW license or OLD license But if it was invalid it will be tagged as Corrupted or Invalid license Contact with Blom Marketing BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD Ba BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in 4 3 Manage the list of Datasources The rendering order of the Datasources in the viewer can be changed To that follow these steps 1 Inthe BlomURBEX Viewer toolbar click in the Change Settings button to open the Settings dialog 2 Inthe dialog select BlomURBEX Datasources tab 3 Select the Datasource to modify in the Current loaded datasources list Click in the Up or Down buttons to move the datasource up or down in the list Also clik in the Remove button to remove the selected datasource The upper datasources are drawn on top of lower ones when they overlap Current loaded datasources Datasource prior
5. Default is 100 Overlays settings Faster oblique overlays using interpolation Points for interpolation 100 When Overlay option is activated only visible features inside the visible extent are sent from Microstation to BlomURBEX Viewer and rendered on top of BlomURBEX imagery Try to limit the Dn BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in 13 UNINSTALLING BLOMURBEX PLUG IN FOR MICROSTATION Select Blom gt Plugins gt ProductName gt Uninstall from the Start Menu entry that was created in the installation process 14 TROUBLESHOOTING 14 1 Log files If the applications do not work as expected the best way to know what is happening is to activate the logging utility Troubleshooting any issues is easier if log files are created and supplied to the Blom technical support team In BlomURBEX Viewer to activate logs open the Settings dialog and in the General tab select the desired level for logs To deactivate logs just select None as log level To activate logs select Error Warning or Information level in order from minimum to maximum verbose To open the log file click in Open log button Print shoot date Print measurements Era BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in Why the point I select in Microstation is not exactly the same in the image in BlomURBEX Viewer The data opened in Microstation can be in any coordinate system When digitizing this data a coordinate
6. File pe kaf Oty BELL PA amp abo yy Ber AQS QRH AB VOVE A ee t X e nt D ya ga Pht Before refreshing Vector layer DON ei 3 7 a RH nee e H A e e e Cl e CO D View 1 Top Model Software Graphics E File 3 KS E e pa IIe A ER UL S E BH About SMS SES Ri Gd IIe SENE SS Br 7 x Co nt After refreshing Vector layer The Refresh overlays function cleans all the previous overlays adds again the layers to BlomURBEX viewer and redraw again the vector data Each time a change is made to the Microstation map as adding new layers or features or modifying any feature in its geometry these changes are not shown immediately It is needed to re click again the Refresh overlays button 43 Customer Support Document Oct 2013 Ba BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in 12 3 Overlay and performance considerations To overlap geometries faster a combination of requests to BlomURBEX server and local interpolations is done It is possible to adjust the precision of the interpolations For that follow these steps 1 Open Settings dialog 2 Select the Overlays tab 3 The amount of points used for the interpolation determines the accuracy It is possible to use no less than four points and no more than 400 points Change this clicking up or down the Points of interpolation textbox More points interpolate more accurately but are slower
7. Oblique imagery shown in a continuous or Ortho mode may suffer some distortion due to the irregularities of the terrain model that affects the ortho rectification process In flatter terrains the distortion is lesser Tools are unselected when the view mode changes Remember to select again the tool if using one when the mode is changed There are five types of orientations Ortho orientation that shows the image as an ortho photo North that shows the image looking from south to north South from north to south East from west to east and West from east to west To change the orientation click in the O N S E or W buttons in the upper left control to activate the Ortho North South East and West orientations respectively LP BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in 5 7 Changing basemap ortho image By default the ortho image shown as basemap is one from several images available in BlomURBEX server These images are visible are certain resolutions and among them are theses images e satellite with low resolution of the data This source data is available in the furthest zoom levels 1 to 13 and contains Blue Marble and Landsat 7 imagery e countryortho imagery covering a whole country or a region This source data is available in the medium zoom levels 13 to 19 and contains imagery from
8. several providers and from Blom As can be seen at certain zoom levels different sources coexist It is possible to change what layers must be shown as baselayers For that follow these steps 1 Right click in any view and select Edit baselayers option in the context menu The Configure baselayers dialog opens 2 For load different baselayers instead of the default baselayers uncheck the Use default baselayers checkbox This will enable the Available baselayers and Selected baselayers lists Selected baselayers countryortha All available dates Select date range To year ON Ne Lac BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in 4 Selected baselayers will be rendered following the order in the Selected baselayers list Top in the list will be drawn last ones To reorder the items in the list select a layer and click in the Up or Down buttons 5 To filter only the layers belonging to a user type the username in the Filter baselayers by user textbox and only layers available to that user will be shown in the list of all available layers 6 For each baselayer the BlomURBEX server can provide different dates To filter a range of dates for the images in the baselayer uncheck the All available dates checkbox and select two years in the From year and To year combo boxes Only images in the selected baselayers that where captured during the period will be shown
9. 2 BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in 1 INTRODUCTION BlomURBEX is an online geographic information server geoserver it has been developed by Blom to allow on line access to all of our data products The BlomURBEX content includes a revolutionary collection of geographical datasets including high resolution aerial imagery LIDAR and raster data Functionality within BlomURBEX allows the user to navigate measure export and search The BlomURBEX server has been specially designed to provide fast access to tiled geo referenced data models The data and functionality can be accessed through a variety of technologies and applications Blom has a collection of standard API s SDK s which allow users to create their own integrations with intranet solutions or web mapping products Alternatively users can access BlomURBEX through pre developed GIS plug ins or via Blom s new viewing application BlomWEB The many different methods of accessing BlomURBEX emphasises the flexibility of the service and how this geoserver can meet all customer requirements however varied they may be Currently there are over a thousand urban areas represented by aerial imagery and hundreds of 3D models BlomURBEX is designed to serve all products and services provided by Blom but data belonging to the client or a third party can also be tiled and uploaded to the server to be used by the client alongside the Blom data Based on the same interface
10. E Export all views to image Stop saving measurements Print all views Print all views preview oe oe Page setup BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in 0372 ETRS89_h30 dgn 3D 8 DGN MicroStation 8 1 5 x Fie Edit Element Settings Tools Utilities Workspace Window Help Son E e Ho H SE BR Cane A KC BREE Hiatal rele ke al EE Amg Tagset Height steels sate e SO i RI bt E RI ge K b lt Ka Mj g yr e Height 20 07m 7 4 i m Aone ER 4 gt ES Defaut ei Ballade Tel ne String Nivel Nivel 50 laJ H Nivel 63 MicroStation showing the TagDefinitions of a building A building is selected and the height is obtained from BlomURBEX web services through the BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation 39 Customer Support Document Oct 2013 Bn BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in 11 OVERLAYING TILE RASTER DATA BlomURBEX Viewer is able to overlay tile raster data from BlomURBEX server both in Ortho and Oblique modes In next chapter is explained how is possible to overlap also local vector data loaded in Microstation Both tile raster layers and local vector layers can be overlapped at the same time over the BlomURBEX Viewer They all are treated as layers and drawn on top of the basemap imagery 11 1 Activating and deactivating tiled raster overlays To activate or deactivate the raster overlays follow these steps 1
11. EX Microstation Plug in 2 Introduce a correct longitude or X and latitude or Y coordinates separating both value with comma The projection for these coordinates must be the same of the current projection for the drawing in Microstation the same projection that was saved in the Settings dialog Click OK 4 After some seconds BlomURBEX Viewer will open the best BlomURBEX images for that location in all the orientations selected in the BlomURBEX Viewer layout The images are centered in the selected point and show a crosshair If no image appears consider if your user permissions do not allow seeing images for that location 5 3 Panning images Panning is the default behaviour of the display when no tool is selected 1 In BlomURBEX Viewer unselect any tool in the toolbar 2 Click and hold the left mouse button in the view to pan 3 Drag the image up down left or right within the view and finally release mouse 5 4 Magnifying images It is possible to zoom in for more detail or zoom out for more context information Simply change the image s magnification by using the zoom buttons inside the views BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD Ba BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in Zooming in or out with the mouse wheel in one view Move the mouse wheel frontwards or backwards to zoom in or out in just one view Zooming to a extent in one view Ra BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in
12. IS Mercator Spheric EPSG 3755 BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in Synchronized f Datefilter None Goto coordinates Show properties Edit baselayer Edit tiled overlay layers Export image AG x z So ASER ch ve E ZS Eed TAE Gs Above both views of Eiffel tower from 2008 and 2009 f 6 OBTAINING IMAGE INFORMATION Re DT To obtain the information about the current opened image right click in any view and select the Show Properties option A message box appears with the extent information the date of capture and the orientation of the image The coordinates are in the projection defined in the Settings dialog as follows 22 Customer Support Document Oct 2013 BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD ae BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in 1 Inthe BlomURBEX Viewer toolbar click in the Change Settings button to open the Settings dialog 2 Inthe dialog select Linking tab Select the desired projection in the Save location measurements groupbox Save location measurements 9 in Spherical Mercator projection in WGS84 Lat Lon in selected map projection of GIS 3 Click Save changes and dismiss the Settings dialog Now use the Show Properties option and the coordinates will be in the selected projection Image Size 4672x5248 pixel Full extent polygon Mercator Spheric Upper Left Shot Cor
13. Interface workspace File Open C Documents and Settings manidesktop Desktop Look in le Desktop D CH CG E 1 5 3D Y8 DGH E My Documents iG My Recent Documents l Deskto D My Computer E File name avla_polygons_test e BEE Blend en E ul Noten Files of type CAD Files dgn dg def Cancel Project BloriUrbex o E Interface blomurbex gt Open as read only Options ae BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in e BlomURBEX online services A central repository of all Blom data available trough online requests e BlomSHOT servers A copy of some Blom data in a dedicated server in the customer facilities e Blom Libraries A local copy of the Blom data for a city or a region workable as offline data Adding BlomURBEX as a Data Source 1 Inthe BlomURBEX Viewer toolbar click in the Change Settings button to open the Settings 2 Inthe dialog select BlomURBEX Datasources tab 3 Inthe tab select the sub tab BlomURBEX dialog BlomURBEX Connection Ae BLomURBEX User Usemame Password seer Ba BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in Adding BlomSHOT as a Data Source 1 Inthe BlomURBEX Viewer toolbar click in the Change Settings button to open the Settings dialog 2 Inthe dialog select BlomURBEX
14. SS BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD The leading provider of aerial imagery remote sensing and geospatial solutions Customer Support Document BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in User Manual Revision History REVISION HISTORY Revision Date Reason December 2010 Document for release 2 5 2 February 2011 Document specific for Microstation 8i November 2011 Feature Improvements Release 3 0 0 October 2013 Document for release 4 0 0 Support for BlomSHOT Customer Support Document Oct 2013 Be BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD Contents CONTENTS 1 INIRODUC HON WEE 1 2 SYSTENERE OURE NEN ES ee 2 3 Installing BlomURBEX plug in for Microstation sccscsecscsccsceccsceccscnccccnceccsceccscescscnes 3 4 Starting with BlomURBEX plug in for Microstation ee ENNER REENEN REENEN REENEN REN 4 4 1 Setup the BlomURBEX Viewer plug in in Microstotion renen ennen eenereee 4 4 2 Add RE DOCG SOUP CS EE 4 Adding BIOMURBEX as a Data SOUrCE ccececcssssssesesesesecececscscscscsavsssssecucucacscacacavacaavsusecucacacasavavavsvacatstsecacacacacacaeees 5 Adding BlomSHOT as a Data Source 6 Adding Blom Library as a Data SOU E 6 4 3 Manage the list of Datasources cccccseeeccceeececcsececsuseseneeeesesusecsccusesecsesestsuecsseusesssusestseecsssesesesees 8 4 4 Setup the BlomURBEX Viewer basic options ssceccceesecccsececcesececeeeescsesecscesesesececsssusesseeesessseneeens 8 4 5 CHANGING language interface dssssseneeeneeerer
15. e E Lp SPES RET elen wa T E i mise toptien nj w f ag d A Fms Controlli bw Ri Hizi BB A D E yg ew d a m a Ka j con E e j Cam S e Sue 15 10 2009 ig The snapshot above shows two different baselayers of the same date side by side in a Two view layout The left is the default baselayer and the right is the baselayer called countryortho 5 8 Showing the visible and total extension in Microstation It is possible to see the visible and total extent of the opened BlomURBEX images drawn in Microstation To do this follow these steps 19 Customer Support Document Oct 2013 Ba BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in 1 Inthe BlomURBEX Viewer toolbar click in the Change Settings button to open the Settings dialog 2 Inthe dialog select Linking tab Linking to GIS settings Synchronize all views Show visible extent Show image total extent Projection in the map of the GIS Mercator Spheric EPSG 3785 Ba BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in To synchronize all the views with the Microstation drawing 2 Inthe BlomURBEX Viewer toolbar click in the Change Settings button to open the Settings dialog 3 Inthe dialog select Linking tab Linking to GIS settings Synchronize all views Show visible extent Show image total extent Projection in the map of the G
16. ed must match TagDefinitions contained in the TagSet selected To store heights the correct dropdown box with the field for heights must be selected for example If the dropdown has lt None gt selected that measurement will be ignored e The File gt Start saving measurements menu must be checked e The view with the focus or active window in MicroStation must be the view of the drawing with the selected TagSet in settings e The drawing must be updatable e The field selected in BlomURBEX Viewport settings dialog to store the desired measurement must match a existing TagDefinition in the drawing e Inthe drawing some features must be selected Measurements are saved in all the selected features 16 APPENDIX A HOW TO ADD NEW PROJECTIONS The projection support relies on the PROJ4 public domain library In the installation folder of the plug in a file epsg is provided that contains EPSG codes names and parameters for the EPSG coded projections If you need to modify an existing projection or to add support for new projections modify this file with any text editor following the PROJ4 rules for parameters See the http proj maptools org webpage for more information For example if support for the Microsoft Live Maps projection is needed add the next two lines to the file the second line looks longer but is only one 46 Customer Support Document Oct 2013 Ba BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Microstatio
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18. f buildings for more accurate coordinates 7 3 Measuring squared perimeter or distance Use the Distance Tool to measure perimeter the distance around the outside edge of an object or distances both in ortho or oblique views To measure perimeter by using a parallelogram or measure distances 1 Click the Distance Tool 2 Starting with one corner of the object click with the left mouse button Ba BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in 7 4 Measuring ground length Use the Ground Length Tool to measure a distance taking account of the relief of the terrain To measure a ground length 1 Click the Ground length Tool 2 Starting with one point in the view click with the left mouse button 3 Click again for each new vertex The outline of a polyline appears as new vertexes are added In oblique mode take in mind that a workaround to the server must be done in each vertex and the measure takes longer 4 When the polyline surrounds the distance being measured double click with left mouse button 5 The partial measurements and total length appears drawn in the view The distance is calculated using heights available in BlomURBEX server EES 30972 mee 8 aj BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD Ba BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in N Starting point w E was here 5 Ending point WAS ssssesesese Se Wgd TT Ending point pi N was here i e 5 Bal Starting point gef was he
19. ials for BlomURBEX Web Services To access BlomURBEX Web Services a user password credentials and its matching usertoken are needed Contact with Blom Marketing Department to obtain them Dn BLOM BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in 3 INSTALLING BLOMURBEX PLUG IN FOR MICROSTATION To install folow this steps 1 2 3 Ensure you are logged onto your computer with Administrator privileges Close all programs Execute the MSI file The BlomURBEX plug in for Microstation Setup Wizard will lead you through all stages of the setup process Click Next gt to begin installation The next screen displays the license agreement Please read this and if you accept the terms select the I Agree radio button Click Next gt to continue Click Browse to change the destination folder Click Disc cost to confirm that there is enough space to install Select in the radio buttons if BlomURBEX plug in for Microstation will be available to all users or just you in your computer Click Next gt to continue Click Next gt to start installation Finally click Finish to close installation wizard IMAGING THE WORLD Dn BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in 4 STARTING WITH BLOMURBEX PLUG IN FOR MICROSTATION 4 1 Setup the BloomURBEX Viewer plug in in Microstation To execute the plug in follow these steps 1 Open MicroStation and open or create any DGN file Use any existing User Project and
20. ick OK to proceed and save changes KI d H NB Bs About f g Forms Conta P e SN Jiss _ T bk fb WW D meng P7244 15 10 2009 W s SE uhh d C g cc Tile raster overlay with TeleAtlas streetmap 41 Customer Support Document Oct 2013 Ba BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in 12 OVERLAYING VECTOR DATA BlomURBEX Viewer is able to overlay vector data from Microstation on top of BlomURBEX imagery both in Ortho and Oblique modes 12 1 Activating and deactivating vector overlays To activate or deactivate the vector overlays click in Overlay vector layers button in the BlomURBEX toolbar EH This setting is not saved for better performance initialization BlomURBEX Viewer always start with the setting uncheck It is needed to set it explicitly in each BlomURBEX Viewer session Overlying on top of oblique imagery may be a long time operation Be patient when overlaying a big number of features over oblique images Read below for tricks to improve performance 12 2 Refreshing vector overlays When overlaying vector data in oblique imagery remember that vertexes of the geometries should match with the imagery at the ground level not at the roof level That is the reason of the apparent offset seen when overlapping over oblique imagery Era BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in CON a Si e RH ege Ce El el vi 20 e E DYR CEI
21. isplay the extent desired 2 Click the File gt Export all views to image menu 3 Inthe Save as dialog that opens introduce the path and filename for the file The extracted image or images are saved with the filename specified If the BlomURBEX layout shows several views then several files will be created and all the files will be suffixed with a view number and orientation Also if a view is in ortho mode a world file JGW is saved for easy integration of the image in other GIS packages Export all views to image Start saving measurements Print all views Print all views preview Page setup BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in 10 SAVING MEASUREMENTS Bn BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Viewer is able to notify when the user has made measurements in order to store this measures into any opened table in Microstation 10 1 Setting measurement savings To activate the measurement storage it is needed to complete two one time setup tasks It is needed to specify some options about the place where store the measurements and some options about the units and the projection to use in the case the measurements are locations To specify the options regarding the place to store measurements 1 Inthe BlomURBEX Viewer toolbar click in the Change Settings button to open the Settings dialog 2 Inthe dialog select Linking tab In the Options for saving measurements groupbox se
22. ity blomurbex3dserver europe LP BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in Linking to GIS settings Synchronize all views Show visible extent Show image total extent Projection in the map of the GIS Mercator Spheric EPSG 3 785 3 Click in the Select projection button to open the Select projection dialog In the dialog select in the available projection list the one that the basemap has There are different options to select the desired projection 4 Toselect a projection from the full list of supported projections choose Show all projections in the upper dropdown box To select click in the list and then click in OK or double click an item in the list Any item chosen will be reminded later in a list with the most used projections so it is ka pl la ETRS GK28FIN Lappeenranta Mercator Spheric Unknown datum based upon the Airy 1830 ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Bessel 1841 ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1858 ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1866 ellipsoid 4 TA A A et w Ba BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in WGS amp 4 UTM zone 27N WGS 84 UTM zone ZEN WGS 84 UTM zone 25N WGS 84 UTM zone 32N WGS 84 UTM zone 33N WGS 84 UTM zone 34N 5 To select a projection from the reduced list of the most used projections choose Sh
23. lect the options wanted 3 Select a TagSet for saving measurements from the Table dropdown list Only the TagSets currently defined in the opened DGN File in MicroStation are shown If no TagSet is shown check that there are TagSets defined in the opened DGN file and ensure that the button BlomURBEX has been used at least once clicking in the drawing Linking to GIS settings Synchronize all views Show visible extent Show image total extent Projection in the map of the GIS WGS 84 UTM zone 30N EPSG 32630 Save location measurements in Spherical Mercator projection in WGS84 Lat Lon in selected map projection of GIS Table Column for areas Column for distances Column for heights Column for elevations Column for X coords Column for Y coords Column for bearings BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in In BlomURBEX Viewer In Microstation measurements are saved in the field selected the tool used is in dropdown nit Column for areas Column for distances Iil Column for heights We h Column for elevations Column for X coords and Y coords Fa Column for bearings 5 To store only some measurements select lt None gt for those measurements in the dropdown lists To specify the options regarding the units and the projection to use in locations 1 Inthe Settings tab of Settings dialog in the Measurement options panel select the desired units me
24. map display To clear measurements 1 Click the Eraser Tool 2 The measurements are removed in all available views ay BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD Ba BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in 8 PRINTING IMAGES BlomURBEX Viewer let print all the views opened to the selected printer setup the page options and preview the printing along with the image properties if they were activated in the settings dialog Before printing scroll or pan the image so that the portion we wish to print is visible in the display Also resize the views with the splitters and the size of the BlomURBEX Viewer window The visible portion of each image and with the exact pixel size will be send to printer 8 1 Printing images 1 To send all the current views to the printer with the current settings click the File gt Print All Views Each view in the layout is printed in different page with the image information activated in settings SS cel Export all views to image Start saving measurements Print all views Print all views preview Page setup BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD Ba BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in Printing settings Print image properties Print image visible extent Print shoot date Print measurements 3 Click Save changes and dismiss the Settings dialog 8 3 Page setup To change page settings 1 Click the File gt Page setup menu
25. n Plug in World Mercator lt 54004 gt proj merc lat_ts 0 lon 0 0 k 1 000000 x_0 0 y_0 0_ ellps WGS84 datum WGS84 units m no_defs lt gt Or support for Google Maps projection Google lt 900913 gt proj merc a 6378137 b 6378137 lat_ts 0 0 lon_0 0 0 x_0 0 0 y_0 0 k 1 0 units m nadgrids null wktext no_defs lt gt For optimize the Select projection dialog delete from the epsg file any projection not needed Remember that each projection in the file uses two lines so do not break the format of this file or the plug in could not work correctly Once the epsg file is modified open again the Settings dialog in the plug in and reselect again the projection to refresh internal settings 17 APPENDIX B HOW TO IMPROVE INTERFACE TRANSLATION The plug in interface supports twelve languages The strings for each language are stored in the registry in the path HKEY_ CURRENT USER SOFTWARE Blom Urbex 2 0 Each language has a Bessa IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in Editor del Registro Sun e po Datos ER HKEY CLASSES ROOT ab Predeterminado valor no establecido ek HKEY CURRENT USER ab About BoxForm Description Urbex er en Blom webtjeneste der udgiver ortho og skr billeder 0 er udviklet EG HKEY LOCAL MACHINE ab AboutBoxForm OKButton OK i ab AboutBoxForm Title Om 0 ab AboutButtonText ben About Dialog ab AreaButtonTooltip Samarbejdsomrade v
26. ner 410853 746479164 4932527 64292124 Upper Right Shot Corner 409761 924913464 4932527 64292124 Lower Right Shot Corner 409761 924913464 4931483 40643669 Lower Left Shot Corner 410853 746479164 4931485 40643669 Visible extent polygon Mercator Spheric Upper Left Shot Corner 410760 149155 4952532 268446 Upper Right Shot Corner 410458 982934 4932533 466695 Lower Right Shot Corner 410432 577944 4931670 771366 Lower Left Shot Corner 410696 608231 4951670 024927 Image Orientation North Image Shot Date amp Time 18 07 2009 0 00 00 BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD Ba BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in 7 USING THE MEASUREMENT TOOLS BlomURBEX Viewer offers various tools for measuring features visible in images For example it is possible to measure the distance between two points the elevation of the terrain building heights bearing area perimeter the coordinates of a point etc Before using the measurement tools be sure that the unit of measure is set as desired 7 1 Changing units of measure To change units of measure 1 Inthe BlomURBEX Viewer toolbar click in the Change Settings button to open the Settings dialog 2 Inthe dialog select Settings tab Select the desired units Meters or Feet Measurement units Meters Feet Bn BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in For Oblique images remember to click near the base o
27. ngs cf Linking E i BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in Dual view Three views Four views Penta view rie A Kann v k T H L Yn SEKR About ER ser madrid 13 Blom AS peon Ho a Ze 13 07 2009 GT 13 Customer Support Document Oct 2013 Bn BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in 5 VIEWING BLOMURBEX IMAGES The BlomURBEX Viewer is the window that shows BlomURBEX images To open an image is needed to select a location either clicking in the basemap in Microstation or introducing a known coordinates 5 1 Selecting location in Microstation Open Microstation with a basemap Open BlomURBEX Viewer if it is not as explained previously Ensure that settings are correct as previously indicated Resize and move application windows so they can be seen comfortably Open any map data in Microstation The data can use any projection if it is in the EPSG list in the BlomURBEX Viewer options It is only needed to know the projection and to indicate this projection in the BlomURBEX Viewer settings dialog et en ee ER Remember when using different drawing files in Microstation with different projections to modify the options in BlomURBEX Viewer matching the active one wy 2428 Synchronized AR Wl Teo f Datefilter None gt P Show properties i e oi i Edit baselayer E Edit tiled overlay layers Export image Ba BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURB
28. ow most used projections from the upper dropdown box The list will show only those projections selected at least once or any other marked explicitly as most used To select click in the list and ear I In OU T fe eira e d Y e hali A CL 9 L area eira e d Y L Cir Y BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in 6 To select a projection from a reduced list using a filter choose Use a filter in the upper dropdown box The filter textbox and Filter button will activate Type a search word or words in the filter textbox and press Filter Only the projections containing the full search text will be Enter a word to filter related projections osgb EPSG Code Name 4277 OSGB 1936 4278 OSGB 0 27700 OSGB 1936 British National Grid BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD Ba BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in 7 Click in the Save changes button to finish the configuration Settings do not persist if the Plug in is reinstalled We need to set the settings again in case of re installation 4 5 Changing language interface To change the language interface follow these steps 1 Inthe BlomURBEX Viewer toolbar click in the Change Settings button to open the Settings dialog 2 Inthe dialog select Settings tab So Setti
29. re Ra BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in 7 7 Measuring height Use the Height Tool to measure the height of an object in an Oblique image Because orthogonal images are captured straight down the Height Tool doesn t apply to the continuous or Ortho view mode To measure height 1 Click the Height Tool Important Be sure to measure height by starting at ground level and moving upwards If the ground level starting point is not seen then estimate its location Ba BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in Finish measuring here Start measuring here 4 The measurement appears drawn in view 7 8 Measuring elevation Use the Elevation Tool to measure the elevation height above sea level of a point in an image To measure the elevation 1 Click the Elevation Tool 2 Click the point whose elevation to measure HM Ne IIIe ceruen dUDUGe Old WIT CV L ri 1068 33 rm _ f i a 7 d d EN a Dn BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in 7 10 Measuring diagonal length Use the Diagonal Length Tool to measure the diagonal of a facade This tool is very useful for fireman analysis of needed stairs to access buildings To measure the diagonal HM AOA THN ONnOTN ava BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in 7 11 Clearing measurements Use the Eraser Tool to clear measurements in the
30. rkt j ab BearingButtonTooltip Under middel ab BlomPictometryWebsiteButtonText Blom Pictometry website ab ClearButtonTooltip Ryd kort ab CoordinateForm btnCancel Annuller ab CoordinateForm btnOK OK ab CoordinateForm btnSelectPraj V lg ab CoordinateForm Caption G til at koordinere ab CoordinateForm label1 X eller L ngdegrad ab CoordinateForm label2 Y eller Breddegrad ab CoordinateForm1 Numerisk v rdi kr vet ab DistanceButtonTooltip Distance v rkt j ab EastButtonTooltip Vis fra st til vest ab ElevationButtonTooltip H jde v rkt j ab ExtractButtonTooltip v rkt jet Extract ab Filemenu File ab HeightButtonTooltip H jde v rkt j ab HelpMenu ahi m i 2
31. system was used defined by some parameters that describe the Earth and how to convert between projections BlomURBEX Viewer uses the Proj4 library to perform transformations between any projection and Mercator Spheric EPSG 3785 the default projection that use BlomURBEX Web Services at the moment If the parameters used by the operator that digitizes the data opened in Microstation and the parameters used in Proj4 are not the exactly the same some shift can occur in the location In order to minimize this shift it is possible to modify the epsg file that comes in the BlomURBExX install dir The parameters must comply with the rules that expect Proj4 PROJ4 format To know more about this check the appendix below Why the measurements are not saved in MicroStation The requirements to save measurements in MicroStation are the following If any of this requirements are not fulfilled the saving will not takes place e Tobe able to modify the Saving settings it is needed to have clicked at least once on the drawing having the blomurbex goto command typed in Keyin This tries to open a Blom image but also refreshes the settings lists Click again on the drawing after made any change in the MicroStation TagSets to refresh settings lists e Inthe BlomURBEX Viewport settings dialog a table and a field must be selected for the desired measurement type The table selected must match a TagSet defined in the current opened DGN file The fields select
32. ters or feet The values will be stored in the units selected 2 Inthe Linking tab in the Save location measurements panel choose in Spherical Mercator projection for storing location data in Spherical Mercator meters choose in WGS84 Lat Lon for storing location data as longitude latitude in the WGS84 spheroid or more usual use in selected map projection of GIS for storing location data in the projection of the current map in Microstation This last projection can be selected in the selector that is above the panel in the same Linking tab This setting only affects the Location tool 3 Click Save changes to save settings 10 2 Starting and stopping save sessions In BiomURBEX Viewer it is possible to start pause and continue the savings through an option To start a save session 1 Click in the File gt Start saving measurements menu if it is unchecked The menu will toggle to a checked state and measurements will be stored if fields were correctly set ay Customer Support Document Oct 2013 BlomURBEX Microstation Plug in To pause a session Sr ol Export all views to image Start saving measurements Print all views Print all views preview Page setup ae BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD 2 Click in the File gt Stop saving measurements menu if it is checked The menu will toggle to an unchecked state and measurements will be paused PT TEER
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