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1. BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD 8522 BLomURBEX hu BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 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 Blom ASA Proprietary Ax BLOM IMAGING THE WORLO BLoMLIRBEX BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation as Appendix A how to add new projections The projection support relies on the DotSpatial public domain library In the installation folder of BlomURBEX Viewport 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 SOMONINO the DotSpatial 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 World Mercator lt 54004 gt proj merc lat_ts 0 lon_0 0 k 1 000000 x_0 0
2. 700 Tile layer to overlay from server 4 Select one or several layers from the list Tile layer to overlay from server Click once to select and once again to deselect 5 Click OK to save the setting and start overlaying or clean overlays This setting is not saved in user registry for better performance initialization BlomURBEX Viewport always start with the setting unselected It is needed to set it explicitly in each BlomURBEX Viewport session 44 Blom ASA Proprietary Emm BLoOMLURBEX imam BLOM BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 Fle 2 QQ D B AH 2 Settings ns 4 Tile raster overlay with TeleAtlas streetmap 45 Blom ASA Proprietary m BLOMLUIRBEX Ge BLOM BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 13 Overlaying vector data BlomURBEX Viewport is able to overlay vector data from MicroStation on top of BlomURBEX imagery both in Ortho and Oblique modes 13 1 Activating and deactivating vector overlays To activate or deactivate the vector overlays there are two options with the same result 1 Click in Overlay vector layers over BlomURBEX imagery button in the BlomURBEX toolbar OR 2 Click in the Settings gt Open Settings dialog menu 3 Select the Overlays tab Settings General Layout Linking Printing Saving Overlays Overlay vector layers over BlomURBEX imagery Points of interpolation 7
3. an BLomMURBEX Ax BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 BlomURBEX MicroStation Plug in v3 0 0 User manual Audience BLOM ASA partners and developers Abstract User manual for BlomURBEX MicroStation Plug in Blom Document Blom ASA Proprietary Bs BLoMURBEX Bu BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 Revision History Document Number BUMP 1 December 2010 Document for release 2 5 2 Issue Date Reason for Change Blom ASA Proprietary BLomMURBEX hu BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 Table of Contents BIOMURBEX i 1 cJBIntroductiOl c eiecususbiunus suobasussEpUREEARERiREEASEEDRSEE AAAA 1 60 6 15 1 11 RARAN 2 System requirements E QC D 4 4 Installing BlomURBEX Plug in for MicroStation nnn nn nnn 5 4 1 Fixing File not found issue in BlomURBEX MicroStation 8 9 Plug in 9 5 Starting with BlIomURBEX Plug in for MicroStation 10 5 1 Setup the
4. E 2 4 2 n 4 E d B a et e 10 eibi ANA 71 i WET gt 4 e b ipo y dtum i 20052006 s BLOM 3 Dd Of0 Blom XS Plom Pie aT daa gt 29 Blom ASA Proprietary inum CLOMURBEX BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 will be shown Type the names separated by commas and without any blank spaces Be careful to type the correct names in the Baselayer priority textbox or no image 6 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 this steps 1 In BlomURBEX Viewport select the menu Settings gt Open Settings dialog In the Settings dialog select the Linking tab Ensure that checkbox Display image visible extent on linked mapping application is checked for viewing the visible extent and that checkbox Display image total extent on linked mapping application is checked for viewing the total extent Uncheck the checkboxes to not update the extents in MicroStation The total extent only has sense when the view mode is photo by photo also called Oblique mode Iw Display image visible extent on linked mapping application Iv Display image total extent on linked mapping application 2 Modify the visible extent of BlomURBEX Viewport by panning or zooming in the current image or requesting other image 3 After a moment the
5. Bus BLOM The installer will install BlomUABES plug in 3 0 Far MicroStation to the following folder To install in this folder click Next To install ta a different folder enter it below ar click Browse Folder C Program Files 85 XBlor 4S44BlomURBEX plug in 3 0 for MicroSt Install BlomUABES plug in 3 0 Far MicroStation for yourself or for anyone who uses this computer Everyone O Just me Blom ASA Proprietary 631341 2 83 De BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 4 BlomURBEX plug in 3 0 for MicroStation gm ERI Confirm Installation BLOM The installer is ready to install Blom IBEX plug in 3 0 for MicroStation on your computer Chick Nest to start the installation 12 Click Next gt to start installation 13 Finally click Finish to close installation wizard Ses gel BlomllRBEX plug in 3 0 for MicroStation Installing BlomURBEX plug in 3 0 for MicroStation bs BLOM BlomURBE plug in 3 0 for MicroStation is being installed Please wait eee MicroStation configuration folders List of MicroStation configuration folders Add or remove at your convenience see help to understand this folders Remove Blom ASA Proprietary 4 1 15 16 17 BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 Showing the list of configuration folders found with MicroStation products You can click A
6. Unknown datum based upon the Ain 1630 ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Aint Modified 1649 ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Australian National Spher Unknown datum based upon the Bessel 1841 ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Bessel Modified ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Bessel Namibia ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1858 ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1666 ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1855 Michigan elli Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1880 Benoit ellip Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1880 IGN ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1880 AGS ellipsoid 1 E 8 8 A k mm a De I rl rl 4 corn 1 collin OF Cancel 14 Blom ASA Proprietary BLoMURBEX me BLOM BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 Select projection Show all projections Enter a word to fiter related projections Filter Ws 84 UTM zone 23M 32626 WS B4 UTM zone bN f abr WS B4 UTM zone 27M f 42626 WaS 84 UTM zone 28M f 42629 WES 84 UTM zone 23M f xx 24 zone F 32b33 84 UTM zone 33M f 32654 Was 84 UTM zone 34h 32655 Was 84 UTM zone 35N E 32656 WS 84 UTM zone 35N Ju whee OA IITkA A ae 1 Cancel 7 To select a projection from the reduced list of the most used projections choose Show most used project
7. boundaries will be drawn in MicroStation Boundaries are drawn using two layers in MicroStation By default visible extents are drawn in the color with index 3 in the current color table and total extents in the color with index 1 Modify this color indexes to show the extents in better colors Ensure that the current colors do not match the background color or extents will not be visible Also ensure that these layers in MicroStation are visible and are rendered using colors by layer 6 9 Synchronizing views It is possible to synchronize the several views in the BlomURBEX layout and synchronize the main view in BlomURBEX with the linked map in MicroStation To do this follow this steps 1 Open the Settings dialog and select the Linking tab Center linked map at main view center Center main view at linked map center To update MicroStation map center when BlomURBEX main view changes 2 The main view in BlomURBEX is one of the opened views Depending on the layout the main view changes The settings dialog marks which is the main 26 Blom ASA Proprietary 6 10 BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 view for each layout type This view can be in sync with the linked map application For it check the Center linked map at main view center Now each time the location of the BlomURBEX main view changes the map will be refreshed to show that location To update the main view in the BlomURBEX layout with Micro
8. plug in 3 0 for MicroStation Setup Wizard Hn BLOM The installer will quide you through the steps required to install Bla ABE plug in 3 0 For MicroStation on your computer WARNING This computer program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized duplication or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result severe civil or criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law Blom ASA Proprietary mi BLomMURBEX Ax BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX plug in 3 0 for MicroStation 7 ce C 58 inci ov Please take a moment to read the license agreement now vou accept the terms below click I Agree then Nest Otherwise click Cancel License Agreement BLOM ASA END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT NOTICE TO END USER CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING LEGAL AGREEMENT USE OF THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED WITH THIS AGREEMENT THE SOFTWARES CONSITIUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT PROMPTLY RETURN THE SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING ITEMS x P T O I Do Not Agree Agree 10 The next screen displays the license agreement Please read this and if you accept the terms select the I Agree radio button Click Next to continue il BlomURBEX plug in 3 0 for MicroStation o mm Select Installation Folder
9. 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 Blom ASA Proprietary an BLomMURBEX hu BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 4 The measurement appears drawn in view 8 7 Measuring elevation Use the Elevation Tool to measure the elevation height above sea level of a point in an image To measure the elevation Click the Elevation Tool Click the point whose elevation to measure The measurement appears drawn in view pr f a 1068 32 i 8 2 8 8 Clearing measurements Use the Eraser Tool to clear measurements in the map display To clear measurements Eraser or Blom ASA Proprietary Ax BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD EN BLoMLIRBEX BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 9 Printing images BlomURBEX Viewport 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 Viewport window The visible portion of each image and with the exact pixel size will be send to printer 9 1 Printing images To send all the current views to the print
10. that your MicroStation installation was made activating VBA support You can do this reinstalling MicroStation and seeing what options are installed If you do not have VBA support add this option in the reinstallation Blom ASA Proprietary inm DLOMURBEX BLOM BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 4 What means the error message that I obtain during installation Error message Meaning Error when retrieving targetdir information lt message gt Error when setting install path key lt message gt No MicroStation installation folders selected Error when getting install dirs lt message gt Error when saving install dirs lt message gt Error when copying customization files lt message gt lt Any other message gt General failure on install Contact Blom to report the error and found a solution General failure on install Contact Blom to report the error and found a solution At least one install dir must be selected in the list available or no MicroStation installation has been detected in Windows registry General failure on install Contact Blom to report the error and found a solution Install dirs are saved in Windows registry for later use on uninstall Some registry edition failed Contact Blom to report the error and found a solution Fail copying files perhaps due to the absence of some config folders in MicroStation Check config folders in MicroStation A gen
11. 00 Tile layer to overlay from server Blom ASA Proprietary inus CLOMURBEX BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 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 13 2 Refreshing vector overlays When Overlay option is activated all the existing layers in the MicroStation active map window are added to BlomURBEX views If a new layer is added or any feature is modified in its geometry after activating the Overlay option these changes are not shown immediately To reflect these changes is needed to click in the Reload overlays button in the BlomURBEX Viewport toolbar Ff This function again adds the layers to BlomURBEX cleans all the overlays and redraw the vector data again BlomURBEXViewport File Elg QQ xv L D B AHI 2 Settings Before refreshing Vector Overlay 47 Blom ASA Proprietary JRBEX mum BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 1 BlomURBEXViewport AX f View 1 Top Model Software Graphics gia ax 4 its Cavey ARQ RAS Woody 2 a 1 7 S 1 e y e Egebergs go Xe a Tv J S N After refreshing Vector Overlay When overlaying vector data in oblique imagery remember that vertexes of the
12. BlomURBEX Viewport Plug in in MicroStation eee 10 5 2 Adding Data SOUrcCeS PRETERITO TUTUP 11 5 2 1 Adding BlomURBEX as a Data Source ce meme nene 11 9 2 2 Adding Blom Library as a Data SOUIrCO ccccccsccccecsee nese eee eceeceeeneeeeeeenees 12 5 3 Setup the BlomURBEX Viewport basic 0 5 13 5 4 Changing language interface s ssssnssnssrssrssrsernersersrrsrrserzrrnersernersernnr 17 oT MEE Qon go jer 18 Blom ASA Proprietary BLomMURBEX hu BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 8 3 Measuring squared perimeter or distance 3 3 32 0 4 M asurning DeatiliU uieserisntid ai EDILEN E EARTE EREEREER ENR 32 69 1 2 7 19 22777557 777757777577 5 77 7 7777 7 77557 577 7777775 170 33 8 6 Measuring height iicersrvsccwsisistcdnsapaceriaatiadniaencrenhaeetatnad KE AEN UD E 34 GF dJdeasunng selevVallOlsesssussEsoaprhbr d PSP PEERIRRDARRRRRRQISIPPRRQRRAGRRRE DORPAPXPGQRISRIQENESEE 35 ofc MEE 12 1 17 0 17 T TU ee ee ee 35 9 Printing IMAGES ko ERR ER CR CIQE RADO RR RE CR CR DC ACN ANORA RAR
13. D BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 10 Exporting images 10 1 Exporting all visible views The BlomURBEX Viewport Export image menu lets exporting the visible extent of the active views to a set of JPG files To export an image 1 Pan in the views to display the extent desired 2 Click the File Export image menu 3 In the 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 view is in ortho mode a world file JGW is saved for easy integration of the image in other GIS packages FF 9 xr LL BE 1 Start saving measurements Print Print preview Page setup Blom ASA Proprietary Be BLoMLURBEX LT BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 11 Saving measurements BlomURBEX Viewport is able to notify when the user has made measurements in order to store this measures into any opened table in MicroStation 11 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
14. ER CR ER LR CIC RU RANERO NERAN 36 7 1 E RUM MEE 22 Changing DHARCSeLtUTUS euis meas ERE 36 do Fage SlU 37 oa 2 1 0 DOV E ETE T ee eee ee ee ITE 37 10 Exporting MAGES EN WMTRRMEVERVRKRUF V LEFUWI EE FERRE REUS 39 10 1 Exporting all visible views csse eee eee enhn hhhnnhhhhnrrrhhhhnnnh nhanh 39 10 2 Projection of the extracted ortho 5 5 39 11i Saving measurements 8 MEE ET FU NV EA 40 67 66 1 2 78277127 66 02 0 9 55 Ra D AEN 40 Blom ASA Proprietary lin Bio an BLoMLURBEX BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 17 Appendix A how to add new projections 18 Appendix B how to improve interface translation Blom ASA Proprietary EN BLoMURBEX Ax BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 1 Introduction BlomURBEX is a collection of Web Services provided by Blom t
15. OK Settings are saved in registry for each user so it is not needed to set them again later as each user has their own settings The latest settings are used by default To configure different settings 16 Blom ASA Proprietary EN BLomMURBEX Ax BLOM BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 use the Save button to save a file with the settings that can be later opened with the Open button 10 This finish the configuration Settings do not persist if the Plug in is reinstalled We need to set the settings Q again in case of re installation 5 4 Changing language interface Language interface can be changed through the direct menu Settings gt Language or through the Settings dialog by Settings gt Open Settings dialog The first is a more direct way to change the language but the results are the same To change the language through the direct menu 1 Click in menu Settings gt Language gt lt The desired language gt The interface language of the application is changed at once The selection is saved in the user registry so next time BlomURBEX Viewport is opened the preferred language will remain in the interface English Espa ol Deutsch Frangais Italiano Nederlands Portugu s Blom ASA Proprietary Bs BLoMURBEX Ax BLOM IMAGING THE WORLO BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 ElomURBE pictametry countrportho satellite 5 5 Changing layout BlomURBEX Viewport can sho
16. Station The main view in BlomURBEX is one of the opened views Depending on the layout the main view changes The settings dialog marks which is the main view for each layout type This view can be in sync with the MicroStation map For it check the Center main view at linked map center Now each time the center of the MicroStation map changes BlomURBEX main view will be refreshed to show that location Seeing historical images from different years It is possible to show imagery for different years in each view facilitating user to follow the changes occurred in a spot of the city To do this follow these steps l PA Open the Settings dialog and select the Layout tab For the current layout a set of textboxes for each view is shown in the dialog Enter a year or a range of years inside these textboxes to filter that view for a particular point in time The date filter should follow one of these structures YYYY YYYY and YYYY where YYYY is the year number with four digits For example 2005 2008 will return the most updated image available inside the range of years including both bounding years In this example if an image of 2007 is available and no image in 2008 is available then the image of 2007 is returned But if no image is available between 2005 and 2008 and only an image of 2009 is available then no image will be returned Another example 2006 will return the most current images available whose date is p
17. at improves ActiveX NET interoperability ee 15 BlomURBEX plug in 3 0 for MicroStation Setup ret For the following components Microsoft Interop Forms Redistributable Package 2 08 Please read the following license agreement Press the page down key to see the rest of the agreement MICROSOFT SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS MICROSOFT INTEROP FORMS REDISTRIBUTABLE PACKAGE 2 0 E These license terms are an agreement between Microsoft Corporation or based on where you live one of its affiliates and you Please read them They apply to the software named above which includes the media on which pou recereed it if any The terms also apply to any Microsoft updates supplements 9 9 Internet based services and suppart services View EULA for printing Do you accept the terms of the pending License Agreement IF You choose Don t Accept install will clase To install pou must accept this agreement Blom ASA Proprietary BLoMLURBEX Ax BLOM BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 T BlomURBEX plug in 3 0 for MicroStation Setup Downloading required files Downloading file 1 af 1 8 The BlomURBEX Plug in for MicroStation Setup Wizard will lead you through all stages of the setup process J BlomURBEX plug in 3 0 for MicroStation Welcome to the BlomURBEX
18. ate of the imagery allowing to see history changes in images and seeing different years in a side by side mode e Year of the current visible image in a label at the bottom of each view e Intelligent behaviour when zooming If a better view mode or orientation exists for current zoom then it is loaded automatically e Faster vector overlay on obliques The new BlomURBEX viewport sends fewer requests to transform vector data between ortho and oblique and draws vector data faster e A new button in toolbar to enable disable vector overlay faster than changing settings e Print improvement Print and export now support vector overlay e Log levels to better grained logging and a default folder for storing logs in just one file e A new tool for extracting images has been added If image exported is Blom ASA Proprietary BLoMLURBEX Ax BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 System requirements Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 and 3 5 installed by setup if not present BlomURBEX Plug in for MicroStation is developed with Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 and 3 5 During installation if these Frameworks are not present they are downloaded and installed Bentley MicroStation URBEX Plug in for MicroStation supports versions MicroStation 8 01 x 2004 8 05 x XM 08 09 and v8i 08 11 It is required to have any of these products from Bentley installed in order to execute URBEX Plug in for Mic
19. by photo or Oblique mode The last two levels in Oblique mode are a resample of level 4 2 Alternatively drag the level indicator up or down to increase or decrease any number of zoom levels Every view in the layout has its own level indicator so changes in this only affect the view that contains that level indicator Blom ASA Proprietary BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 There are two types of view modes Ortho that shows the images in a continuous mode and Oblique that shows images one by one In both modes it is possible to do Pan in the map endlessly In the Oblique mode a new image is loaded in a seamless way when panning reaches the border of the current loaded image due to the irregularities of the terrain model that affects the ortho rectification Oblique imagery shown in a continuous or Ortho mode may suffer some distortion process In flatter terrains the distortion is less Q 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 t
20. croStation configuration file to support other version also Here are the steps to do this 1 Close all opened instances of MicroStation 8 9 2 Locate the file ustation exe config You can find this file the folder where you have installed the MicroStation 8 9 The default location is C Program Files Bentley MicroStation 3 Open the file with any text editor e g Notepad 4 Locate the following line in the configuration file lt supportedRuntime version v1 1 4322 gt This configuration means that it will support only Microsoft NET framework version 1 1 5 Comment the line using XML comment syntax Therefore the above line will be modified to lt lt supportedRuntime version v1 1 4322 gt gt By commenting above line the application is not forced to use any specific version of Microsoft NET framework which means our plug in can be load successfully now 6 Open MicroStation 8 9 and try to launch plug in It should work now Blom ASA Proprietary Emm BrLoMLURBEX ima BLOM BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 Starting with BlomURBEX Plug in for MicroStation 5 1 Setup the BlomURBEX Viewport Plug in in MicroStation To execute the Plug in follow these steps 1 Open MicroStation MicroStation Manager C Documents and Settings All Users Application Data Bentley WorkSpace Projects Blo Urbex Lookin Edm Aodren 20 V8 DGN Sample Iu Recent D acuments Desktop My Do
21. ct This opens the same Select projection dialog that we see when selecting the basic options By default the 21 Blom ASA Proprietary BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 last projection selected in the Settings dialog is offered here but it can be changed so we can ask for coordinates in any of the supported projections 3 Click OK 4 After some seconds BlomURBEX Viewport will open the best BlomURBEX images for that location in all the orientations selected in the BlomURBEX Viewport 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 6 3 Panning images Panning is the default behaviour of the display when no tool is selected 1 In BlomURBEX Viewport 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 6 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 on the toolbar Zooming in all views Use the Zoom In button to increase the magnification of an image To zoom in 1 Click the Zoom In button on the toolbar 5 11 2 The magnification percentage is doubled The part of the image that was centered in the display remains in the cent
22. cuments My Computer w Edere Oen User BlomUrbex30 LY My Network Files of type DM Files dan Cancel Project BlomUrbex Places Open as read only Options Interface BlemubExa0 2 When opening MicroStation or other Bentley product ensure you use the BlomUrbEx30 interface and the BlomUrbEx30 user that you will find in the MicroStation Manager dialog 3 A new Blom toolbar will appear as part of the MicroStation interface with a button BlomURBEX Viewport If it do not appear open it using the menu Tools gt Toolboxes from MicroStation 4 Click in the BlomURBEX Viewport button previously added The URBEX window will open Initially the view inside the URBEX window is empty To close the window click in the close button in the upper right corner of the dockable window To open it again click in the BlomURBEX Viewport 5 To resize the window use the right bottom strip Click left mouse button in it hold pressed move to resize and release mouse 10 Blom ASA Proprietary BLomMURBEX Ax BLOM IMAGING THE WORLO BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 BlomURBEX window in MicroStation has a non resizable edge and is not dockable due to VBA forms restrictions Use the right bottom strip provided to resize 5 2 Adding Data Sources A Data Source is a repository of complex cartographic data In order to work with a Data Source it must be assi
23. dd to browse for a new config dir of other MicroStation products that are not listed and add it to the list or click Remove to delete a config dir from the list The BlomURBEX Plug in will be added to all the config folders in the list Remember that a valid config directory must have a Workspace folder with customization files In MicroStation XM 08 09 version the default location for this folder has changed and now they are stored in the Document and settings folder Click OK in MicroStation configuration folders dialog when your list is completed The rest of the installation takes place Finally click Finish to close installation wizard If an error message appears during the installation process click OK in the message box and check the Frequently Asked Questions section in this document to know how to solve the problem Fixing File not found issue in BlomURBEX MicroStation 8 9 Plug in Issue When I click on BlomURBEX Viewport button from toolbar then I get File not found error Cause This issue is because of the Microsoft NET framework version compatibility When MicroStation 8 9 is installed then its configuration file ustation exe config is configure to support Microsoft NET framework 1 1 version by default The BlomURBEX MicroStation plug in requires Microsoft NET framework 2 0 or higher in order to function This is why it is not functioning correctly Resolution To fix this issue we need to configure the Mi
24. e the cache click in the Delete cache button from the General tab of the Settings dialog or just delete its content from Windows Explorer Blom ASA Proprietary BLomMURBEX Ax BLOM IMAGING THE WORLO BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 Frequently Asked Questions 1 Why I do not see the visible and total extent of images in MicroStation Ensure checkboxes in Linking tab of BlomURBEX Viewport Settings dialog are checked 2 Why the point I select in MicroStation is not exactly the same in the image in BlomURBEX Viewport The data opened in MicroStation can be in any coordinate system When digitizing this data a coordinate system was used defined by some parameters that describe the Earth and how to convert between projections BlomURBEX Viewport uses the DotSpatial 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 DotSpatial 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 BlomURBEX install dir The parameters must comply with the rules that expect DotSpatial PROJ4 format To know more about this check the appendix below 3 Why am I obtaining an error regarding VBA Check
25. er The Zoom In button affects all the images opened in the layout 3 Continue clicking the button until reached the desired amount of magnification Zooming out all views 1 Click the Zoom Out button on the toolbar Ey The Zoom Out button affects all the images 2 The magnification is reduced by half 3 Repeat Step 1 until zoomed out the desired amount Zooming in or out with the mouse wheel in one view 1 Move the mouse wheel frontwards or backwards to zoom in or out in just one view Zooming to a extent in one view 1 Unselect any tool selected in the toolbar so the Pan default tool activates 22 Blom ASA Proprietary BLomMURBEX hu BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 2 Press SHIFT key in keyboard 3 Click with left mouse button in any view and hold pressed Drag to draw a rectangle A rectangle appears showing the extent selected Release button at the ending corner 4 Map centers and zoom to the best level zoom that contains the selected extent This action only affects the view used Zooming with the zoom bar in one view 1 Each view has a zoom bar with a button on top and a button on bottom Click button to increase the zoom level or to decrease the zoom level There are 20 zoom levels available for the continuous or Ortho view mode see below about view modes There are 6 zoom levels available for the photo
26. er with the current settings 1 Click the File gt Print menu 283 m ax Li DE Export image Start saving measurements 2 The views are printed Each view in the layout is printed in different pages also with the image Blom ASA Proprietary BLoMURBEX BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 9 3 Page setup To change page settings 1 Click the File gt Page setup menu Export image Stark saving measurements Print Print previews Export image Start saving measurements Print Page setup Blom ASA Proprietary ia BLoMLIRBEX BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation kas 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 Visible extent porvgor Upper Let ahot Comer 4 70034324432344 a 2 UpperF ght Shot Comer 4 69555405822633 40 6597 113559555 c 4 69865408522633 Lower Lee Snot Comer 4 70024924432344 AASTATE O8 84 image Ortentaton Otho Lowerfight Lower Lee Smet Comer 4 70023462210873 406569537358541 0WGE 24 image Orientation North image S otOete amp Time 20 08 2006 0 00 00 Blom ASA Proprietary BLomMURBEX Ax BLOM IMAGING THE WORL
27. eral installation failure Contact Blom Technical Dept for a solution 5 What means the error message that I obtain during un installation Error message Meaning Error in the installstate file sufficient details unavailable for uninstall lt Any other message gt General failure on uninstall Contact Blom to report the error and found a solution A general un installation failure Contact Blom Technical Dept for a solution 6 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 To be able to modify the Save settings it is needed to have clicked at least once on the drawing having the BlomURBEX Viewport button selected 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 In the 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 selected 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 None selected that measurement will be ignored Blom ASA Proprietary
28. f features Only features that fall inside the visible extent are overlaid The zoom level is not a consideration in Oblique mode Symbology limitations The BlomURBEX Viewport has less symbology properties than MicroStation These are the limitations of the current version Only MicroStation entities that support the LineElement interface are sent to BlomURBEX For example curved elements are not drawn in BlomURBEX Each element in the drawing is draw with its own color and width or the Layer one if style in the map is set as by layer Points are not shown Polylines supported cannot have more than 255 vertexes and are always shown as solid lines but the width and color are correctly chosen Polygons supported cannot have more than 255 vertexes and are always shown as transparent filled polygons without fill color only with outline color Blom ASA Proprietary an BLoMLURBEX Ax BLOM IMAGING THE WORLO BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 14 Uninstalling BlomURBEX Plug in for MicroStation To uninstall follow these steps 1 In the Windows Control Panel open the Add Remove programs select BlomURBEX Plug in for MicroStation and uninstall following the guidelines Blom ASA Proprietary BLoMURBEX Ax BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 15 Troubleshooting 15 1 Log files If the applications do not work as expected the best way to kno
29. 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 13 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 interpolates more accurately but is slower Default is 100 Ah Points of interpolation 100 When Overlay option is activated only visible features inside the visible extent are sent from MicroStation to BlomURBEX Viewport and rendered on top of 48 Blom ASA Proprietary 13 4 an BLomMURBEX hu BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 BlomURBEX imagery Try to limit the amount of features to be sent or the BlomURBEX Viewport performance will decrease when overlapping imagery To limit the number of features follow this advices 1 Hide in MicroStation those layers that are not relevant 2 Zoom in inside Ortho BlomURBEX views so the visible extent contains a small number o
30. gned to Plug in Current version of Plug in supports two different Data Sources 7 BlomURBEX online services 8 Blom Libraries 5 2 1 Adding BlomURBEX as a Data Source 1 In the BlomURBEX Viewer toolbar select the menu Settings Open settings dialog to open the Settings dialog Settings General Layout Linking Printing Saving Overlays Data source BlomU REE EMEN BlamLIRBEX BlomUR BE serve Blom Librar Blom ASA Proprietary Bs BLoMURBEX Bim BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 pictametry countrportho satellite Ean hw 5 Click OK button to finish configuration 5 2 2 Adding Blom Library as a Data Source Blom Library BloamLIRBEX Blom Library Blom ASA Proprietary BLoOMURBEX hu BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 7 Click OK button to finish configuration Setup the BlomURBEX Viewport basic options The first thing to do in an application that uses BlomURBEX Viewport is to specify some minimum options in order that the viewport can correctly search for images For this follow the next steps 1 Open BlomURBEX Viewport window clicking in the button that opens the URBEX window Only this button is added to the MicroStation interface The BlomURBEX functionality is accessed through a toolbar inside the BlomURBEX Window 2 In the Blo
31. hat allow to navigate through high detailed maps with ortho and oblique imagery and to fly through 3D immersive cities In addition the Web Services can be invoked to obtain measurement information about buildings and other map elements Blom leverages in Europe and around the world the production of a huge image and 3D model database of more than 900 cities and the database increases each month as new countries are included in it BlomURBEX offers the most detailed and comprehensive imagery database and 3D models of urban places in the market Based on the same interface Blom is developing a full range of Plug ins that integrates BlomURBEX services in common GIS and CAD applications Blom development roadmap with BlomURBEX includes the following targets BIomURBEX Plug in for ESRI ArcMap ArcView ArcEditor and ArcInfo BlomURBEX Plug in for ESRI ArcIMS BlomURBEX Plug in for ESRI ArcGIS Server BlomURBEX Plug in for Intergraph GeoMedia Professional BlomURBEX Plug in for Integraph GeoMedia WebMap BIomURBEX Plug in for Autodesk Map and AutoCAD BlomURBEX Plug in for Autodesk MapGuide BlomURBEX Plug in for Bentley MicroStation BIomURBEX Plug in for MapInfo Professional BlomURBEX Plug in for MapInfo MapXtreme http www blomasa com contact html Blom ASA Proprietary Anm CPLOMURBEX imam BLOM BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 2 Version changes Version 3 0 0 of BlomURBEX Plug in for ArcMap includes these im
32. help us improve the software feel free to send us an export of the registry language settings to the Blom Technical Support email using Send feedback menu in BlomURBEX Viewport 5 Editor del Registro Archivo Edici n Yer Favoritos Ayuda Ej Nombre 00 0 0 e HKEY CLASSES ROOT ab Predeterminado valor no establecido a HKEY_CURRENT_USER ab AboutBoxForm Description REG SZ Urbex er en Blom webtjeneste der udgiver ortho og skr billeder 0 er udviklet E E HKEY LOCAL MACHINE ab AboutBoxForm OKButton REG 52 OK 5 HARDWARE ab AboutBoxForm Title REG SZ Om 0 ab AboutButtonText REG SZ Aben About Dialog ab AreaButtonTooltip REG SZ Samarbejdsomr amp de v rkt j ab BearingButtonTooltip REG 52 Under middel ab BlomPictometryWebsiteButtonText REG 52 Blom Pictometry website ab ClearButtonTooltip REG SZ Ryd kort B 02 Blom Pictometry Controls 1 5 ab CoordinateForm btnCancel REG 52 Annuller tj Blom Pictometry Viewer 1 5 ab CoordinateForm btnOK REG SZ OK ab CoordinateForm btnSelectProj REG 52 ab CoordinateForm Caption REG 52 G til at koordinere ab CoordinateForm labelt REG SZ X eller Laengdegrad ab CoordinateForm label2 REG SZ Y eller Breddegrad ab CoordinateForm1 REG 52 Numerisk v rdi kr vet ab DistanceButtonTooltip REG SZ Distance v rkt j ab EastButto
33. his source data is available in the medium zoom levels 13 to 19 and contains imagery from several providers and from Blom e Blom imagery captured with Pictometry cameras also called pictometry images in the BlomURBEX server This source data is available in the zoom levels with the maximum resolution 14 to 20 As can be seen at certain zoom levels these three sources coexist For that zoom levels with more than one image available the BlomURBEX server priorizes first the pictometry image then the Countryortho and finally the satellite It is possible to change this priority in the options In the textbox Baselayer priority of the General tab of the Settings dialog change the text to consider other priorities in the images for the basemap For example in the next screen capture the left shows the default priority with the pictometry imagery by Blom in the zoom level 18 and the right shows a different priority that renders the Countryortho imagery that is also available for that zoom level Baselayer priority Baselayer priority pictometry countryortho satellite countryortho pictometry satellite Files FHF QA xv L D 8 f B 1 t EJ E 5 Y p A i E J WES 4 m gt 8 Em EF g i A i v 14 o gt B e 5 b m d 2 i ny ao 1 Q Ee
34. ies button in any status bar of the views A panel will open showing extent coordinates in WGS84 lon lat for the full image in obliques and for the visible portion and other data if available To hide the panel click again in the button Visible extent polygon Left Shot Corner Bight Shot Corner Bight Shot Corner Left Shot Corner 4 70104236593472 40 6502071999321 WCS 384 697450392563 55 40 6504071999341 WCS 384 4 56897480392363558 40 64786639315731 WGS 34 i 70l 42365334 72 di0 564786658915731 WES 84 Orientation Ortho Info in ortho view Image Size 4008x2672 pixel Full extent polygon Upper Left Shot Corner Upper Bight Shot Corner Lower Bight Shot Corner Lower Left Shot Corner 4 703294035 40 65345415944 WCS 84 4 4 6240267616 40 6522728675 WCS 84 2510254657 40 6d46755292223 WCS 24 4 70193390273 40 6471985113 WCS 84 Visible extent polygon Upper Left Shot Corner 4 70269 737314145 40 6521538667380 7 WES 84 Blom ASA Proprietary EN BLomMURBEX Ax BLOM BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 8 Using the measurement tools BlomURBEX Viewport 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 and the coordinates of a
35. in the case the measurements are locations To specify the options regarding the place to store measurements 1 Click in the Settings gt Open Settings dialog menu 2 The Settings dialog opens Select the Saving tab 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 General Layout Linking Printing Saving Options for saving measurements Table None m L alumn for areas None 7 m Colurnn for distances Noe mv Column for heights mj Column for elevations None m Column for coords None m Column Far coords None m Column for bearings Mone Blom ASA Proprietary BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 In BlomURBEX Viewport In MicroStation measurements are saved in the field the tool used is selected in dropdown Column for areas D Column for distances H Column for heights Column for elevations Li Column for X coords and Y coords Column for bearings 5 To store only some measurements select None for those measurements in the dropdown lists 6 Click in OK to save settings To specify the options regarding the unit
36. ions 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 then click in OK or double click an item in the list Alternatively it is possible to remove items from this most used list clicking with the right mouse button and selecting Remove from most used The current selected projection cannot be removed from this list Select projection 32630 Ws 84 UTM zone 3M 19 Blom ASA Proprietary Emm BLOoMURBEX Amm BLOM BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 Select projection j Show most used projections Enter a ward to filter related projections Filter IE B4 fy Tha imiai nik Remove Fram most used 8 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 shown The search is possible by EPSG code and also by the projection name and is case insensitive To select click in the list and then click in OK or double click an item in the list The selected projection will be recorded in the most used list as usual Select projection ig Use a filter T 0668 1936 050870 OSGB 1936 7 British National Grid 9 Save the settings clicking in
37. mURBEX Viewport toolbar select the menu Settings gt Open settings dialog to open the Settings dialog Layout Blom ASA Proprietary imm BLOMURBEX imam BLOM BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 General Layout Linking Printing Saving Overlays Display image visible extent on linked mapping application Display image total extent on linked mapping application v Center linked map at main view center Center main view at linked map center Projection in the map of the linked application wis 84 EPS 3 4325 Select Save location measurements in Spherical Mercator projection in selected map projection 5 Click in the Select 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 6 To select 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 not needed to find it again in the long list Also it is possible to add any item to this most used list without leaving the dialog clicking with right mouse button and selecting Add to most used from the context menu Select projection
38. n unchecked state and measurements will be paused 44 Print preview i Page setup Frink preview Page setup 11 3 Procedure for saving measurements The procedure for saving measurements is this 1 Ensure that the current opened DGN file has a TagSet defined that matches the table selected in the BlomURBEX settings Ensure that the fields selected in settings are in this TagSet as TagDefinitions If the TagSet or TagDefinition is not present no saving occurs If a TagDefinition is not present this field will be ignored after prompted Update anytime the settings to match them with the current opened DGN file in MicroStation Remember that it is needed to use at Blom ASA Proprietary BIoOmURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 0372 ETRS89_h30 dgn 3D 8 DGN MicroStation 8 1 File Edit Element Settings Tools Utilities Workspace Window Help Settings v y __ Fy 8 1 NI ge wa l hao eo ll 8113 4 te R a A TH ry Ej r 4 To bree ae R H A f 4 s d I e Ww j 5 A ur I 3 E amp 7 J 8 n Tagset Height Value 20 0734550035758 R 55 Se Height 20 07 m 22 4 fe Detam en 8 1414 1 7 Tipo Line String Nivel Nivel 50 ag a Nivel 63 MicroStation showing the TagDefinitions of a buildi
39. nTooltip REG 52 Vis Fra st til vest E ab ElevationButtonTooltip REG 52 H jde v rkt j P ab ExtractButtonTooltip REG SZ v rkt jet Extract I ab Filemenu REG SZ File ab HeightButtonTooltip H jde v rkt j ab HelpMenu P Blom ASA Proprietary
40. ng A building is selected and the height is obtained from URBEX web services through the URBEX Plug in for MicroStation 43 Blom ASA Proprietary me BLomMURBEX anm BLOM BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 Overlaying tile raster data BlomURBEX Viewport 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 Viewport They all are treated as layers and drawn on top of the basemap imagery 12 1 Activating and deactivating raster overlays To activate or deactivate the raster overlays follow these steps 1 Click in the Settings gt Open Settings dialog menu 2 Select the Overlays tab 3 Each time the settings dialog in opened a query is done to the BlomURBEX server to return the available tile layers for the current user Remember when changing the UserToken option to close the dialog clicking OK button and to open again the dialog because each UserToken has permission for different tile layers depending on user restrictions Indeed it is possible for a customer to host his vector data at BlomURBEX through a rasterization process General Layout Linking Printing Saving Overlays Overlay vector layers over BlamLIRBEX imagery Points of interpolation
41. o activate the Ortho North South East and West orientations respectively The size of each view in the layout can be changed through the use of splitter bars between the views Just move the mouse in the boundary of two views and when the cursor changes drag and drop the splitter to change the size of the views Each time the size is changed this setting is saved in the user registry 6 6 The intelligent behavior At closer zoom levels oblique rectified images show big distortion on the buildings while at furthest zoom levels they do not offer better information than the ortho images Each view in the BlomURBEX Viewport is configured in an intelligent way so that any request that attempts to change the zoom level of the view will check if the view is displaying any orientation other than Ortho and in this case decide what set of images should be displayed ortho oblique rectified or natural obliques 24 Blom ASA Proprietary i BLomMURBEX Aa BLOM BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 6 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 e Satellite images 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 is imagery covering a whole country or a region T
42. onger When the polyline surrounds the shape being measured or distance being measured double click with left mouse button The partial measurements and total length appears drawn in the view ka a ere gt E Ww uo E O V To Da ane v t EB a 7 Blom ASA Proprietary ia BLomMURBEX Ax BLOM IMAGING THE WORLO BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 Starting point mu Ww was here 5 Ending point was sss here 5259 di Aim MEL LETTE Ending point was here Starting point was here To measure bearing 1 Click the Bearing Tool B 2 Click with the left mouse button on the starting point Blom ASA Proprietary lim Bio BLoMLIRBEX BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 3 Click again for every new vertex of the area A polygon that returns to initial point is drawn automatically 4 When outlined the entire perimeter double click in the last vertex 8 6 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 Hl 2 Click with the left mouse button on a point at the base where it meets the Important Be
43. point Before using the measurement tools be sure that the unit of measure is set as desired 8 1 Changing units of measure To change units of measure 1 In BlomURBEX Viewport click the menu Settings gt Open Settings dialog The Settings dialog box opens 2 In the General tab click the desired units Meters or Feet 3 Click OK The changes remain in effect until units are changed again 8 2 Viewing the coordinates of a location Use the Location Tool to determine the location the coordinates of an object in an image both in ortho or oblique views To determine the location of an object L 1 In BlomURBEX Viewport click the Location Tool Lj For Oblique images remember to click near the base of buildings for more accurate coordinates Blom ASA Proprietary BLomMURBEX hu BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 8 3 Measuring squared perimeter or distance i 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 Click the Distance Tool Starting with one corner of the object click with the left mouse button 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 l
44. provements e Added support for adding Blom Library as a data source e Display measurement tool results option has been removed from Printing options in Settings 9 Better navigational controls for map e Proxy settings will now get detected automatically Version 2 5 2 of BlomURBEX Plug in for MicroStation includes these improvements Fixed an error that causes a crash in MicroStation when viewing obliques OSGB36 projection supported Fixed a problem for viewing overlays in one view of multi view layouts Fixed a problem refreshing overlays in obliques NTLM and Kerberos proxy authentication support Version 2 5 1 of BlomURBEX Plug in for MicroStation includes these improvements e Better support for big geometries in overlays Version 2 5 of BlomURBEX Plug in for MicroStation includes these improvements e All the rendering is done asynchronously 9 Height measurement now uses a BlomURBEX service to obtain the best angle in the oblique image to force the measurement in a vertical direction e Better resize to avoid flickering e Vector overlay on top of oblique imagery is done faster e new option in settings can change the priority order for the basemap Now it is possible to priorize between the different ortho images pictometry Countryortho or satellite present sometimes at the same zoom level in the server e Other tile layers in BlomURBEX server can be overlapped selecting them in the option
45. revious to the requested date In this case if several images are available previous to the year 2006 or from that year then the last one will be returned If the default value is empty then the most updated image will be requested If a wrong value is sent then no image will be returned The settings will affect also the Extract image or Export image tools when applied to the views with a date filter Zi Blom ASA Proprietary an BLoMURBEX Bes BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 Settings Three views T Blom ASA Proprietary Emm BrLoMLURBEX me BLOM BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 ath One 2 ES rigdhtstes T2 ue UN e H rights r s TUR 7 Ye Moles T im EM alle E 4 LE X EN SSS JA Above both views of Eiffel tower from 2008 and 2009 The option to change the date of the BlomURBEX images allows to see side by side the same part of a city in different years Up to five different years could be shown at a time Just select the same view mode and orientation and explained below for each view in a multi view layout but choose different years for each view 29 Blom ASA Proprietary in BLoMURBEX Ax BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD Obtaining image information To obtain the information about the current opened image click in the Image Propert
46. roStation Windows versions BlomURBEX Plug in for MicroStation supports Windows versions supported by MicroStation products Check the MicroStation documentation about the Windows support User Token To access BlomURBEX Web Services a UserToken is needed This UserToken is an encrypted string that authenticates each user request Contact with Blom Blom ASA Proprietary BLomMURBEX Ax BLOM IMAGING THE WORLO BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 Installing BlomURBEX Plug in for MicroStation Ensure you are logged onto your computer with Administrator privileges Close all programs Uninstall previous BlomURBEX Plug in versions for any GIS or CAD package that could be installed Older BlomURBEX Plug ins cannot coexist with current version If any other Plug in is installed for other GIS or CAD package upgrade the Plug in also to last version 4 Run setup exe installer Be careful to not URBEX30MicroStation msi installer because this installer does not check if dependencies are already installed 5 If NET Framework 2 0 or NET Framework 3 5 are not installed a message is shown Accept in the message The Frameworks will be downloaded from the Microsoft webpage and installed 6 If Microsoft Interop Forms is not installed a dialog will appear to perform its installation Click in Accept to accept the license agreement and continue This software from Microsoft is an add in to the NET Framework th
47. s and the projection to use in locations 1 Click in the Settings Open Settings dialog menu 2 Settings dialog opens Select the Saving tab 3 Select the desired units meters or feet The values will be stored in the units selected 4 Select the Linking tab 5 Inthe Save location measurements groupbox choose in Spherical Mercator projection for storing location data in Spherical Mercator meters in MicroStation or choose in selected map projection more usual for storing location data in the projection of the current map in MicroStation This setting only affects the Location tool 6 Click OK to save settings Projection in the map of the linked application WGS 84 EPS I3 4325 Select Save location measurements in Spherical Mercator projection f selected map projection 11 2 Starting and stopping save sessions In BlomURBEX Viewport it is possible to start pause and continue the savings through an option 41 Blom ASA Proprietary BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD 53 341 2 83 Ax BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 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 To pause a session 1 Click in the File gt Stop saving measurements menu if it is checked The menu will toggle to a
48. s dialog e Product and version number appears in About dialog Print error that occurred after printing is fixed Tooltips close when the map looses focus Default zoom and orientation has been fixed Views are now correct when changing between different layouts Bug fixed with double sync between map and BlomURBEX viewport Bug fixed with Extract image tool Proj4 DLL is no more used but DotSpatial is used instead Installer uses bootstrap to download from web required prerequisites More accurate measurements in distance and area Blom ASA Proprietary an BLomMURBEX hu BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 Version 2 0 of BlomURBEX Plug in for MicroStation includes these improvements e Internet Explorer 7 not needed New BlomURBEX viewport do not requires Internet Explorer 7 to be installed or any other web browser The Plug in manage requests on its own e A new image cache owned by all the plug ins speeds bitmap recovery and makes it easy to manage the plug ins cache No more the browser cache is used e Easier installation BlIomURBEX viewport component is not a previous install requirement Plug in installer checks if viewport is installed and if not then installs it The viewport is never uninstalled to avoid other Plug ins to stop working e Better performance New BlomURBEX viewport is not JavaScript based but NET based and executes code faster e New option to choose the d
49. w one or several orientations at the time using different layouts and view images of different dates It is possible to change from Single view Dual view Three views Four views Penta view Blom ASA Proprietary imd BLomMURBEX BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 To change the layout and image dates using the settings dialog 1 Click in Settings gt Open settings dialog menu to open settings dialog Three views Blom ASA Proprietary BLomMURBEX ma IV MAGING THE WORLO BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 D File D s aa xL rA 4 14 i nm Bin aco 200 2011 Blom ASA Blorn Fictom liy Hili Mii 20 Blom ASA Ba H amp 2 Settings PIE 2 2 v Er JJ oe Aiar TO F at o 1 ORI P jue ASA 2t ry n y E Y ae 4 Jf pU AE lom Ficto etry All righteress 0 Proprietary anum CLOMURBEX mum BLOM BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 6 Viewing BlomURBEX images The BlomURBEX Viewport 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 6 1 Selecting location in MicroStation 1 Open MicroStation with a basemap 2 Open BlomURBEX Vie
50. w what is happening is to activate the logging utility In BlomURBEX Viewport to activate logs open the Settings dialog and in the General tab select the desired level for logs A log file or several one per process will be created in the User Application Data BlomURBEX2D folder usually c Documents and Settings lt username gt Application Data BlomURBEX2D 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 Settings General Layout Linking Printing Saving Overlays Data source BlomU IRBEX T User Token m Baselayer priority 1 Units Select interface language Log level Meters English Mone ES Feet Delete cache OF Cancel 2 Blom Pictometry website in Open About dialog Blom ASA Proprietary is BLoMURBEX Bu BLOM BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 15 2 Cache directory The BlomURBEX Viewport creates a cache folder stored in User Application Data BlomURBEX2D cache folder usually c Documents and Settings lt username gt Application Data BlIomURBEX2D cache This cache folder store tiles for faster retrieve of them To avoid this folder to resize to a big amount of bytes it is possible to delete its contents periodically Deleting the cache folder also ensures that the last tiles are downloaded To delet
51. wport if it is not clicking in the button that opens the BlomURBEX window 3 Ensure that settings are correct as previously indicated 4 Resize and move application windows so they can be seen comfortably 5 Open any map data in MicroStation The data can use any projection if it is in the EPSG list in the BlomURBEX Viewport options It is only needed to know the projection and to indicate this projection in the BlomURBEX Viewport settings dialog Remember when using different design files in MicroStation with different projections to modify the options in BlomURBEX Viewport matching the active one 6 Ensure that the button BlomURBEX is selected as 7 Click in any location in the map 8 After some seconds BlomURBEX Viewport will open the best BlomURBEX images for that location in all the orientations selected in the BlomURBEX Viewport layout The images are centered in the selected point and show a crosshair If no image appears consider if your BlomURBEX user permissions do not allow seeing images for that location 6 2 Introducing known coordinates in BlomURBEX Viewport XY 1 In BlomURBEX Viewport toolbar click in the tool Go to messi The Go to coordinate dialog is opened Go to coordinate Longitude Y or Latitude 40 655627 ED50 EP58 4230 Select 2 Introduce a correct longitude or X and latitude or Y coordinates Indicate the projection for this coordinates clicking in Sele
52. y_0 0 ellps WGS84 datum WGS84 units m no_defs lt gt Or support for Google Maps projection Google 900913 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 5659 file any Blom ASA Proprietary BLomMURBEX Ax BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX plug in for MicroStation v3 0 0 Appendix B how to improve interface translation BlomURBEX Viewport interface supports twelve languages The strings for each language are stored in the registry in the path HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Blom URBEX 2 0 In the case of Windows 64 bits products the path must be found in HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Wow6432Node Bloom URBEX 2 0 Each language has a section english en espanol es deutsch de francais fr italiano it nederlands nl portugu s pt dansk da norsk no svenska sv suomi fi romana ro Each string uses a pair name value The name is an easy to understand name For example AboutBoxForm Description is the description for BlomURBEX Viewport that appears in the About dialog Change these values at your convenience using the registry editor Next time you open BlomURBEX Viewport will reflect your changes If any value is missing the default value used is the English string If you found wrong strings in your language and want to

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