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AutoCAD Settings
It is here that you specify how you want AutoCAD and ASRix to work together. The
ASR
command, which launches the AutoCAD aware rectifier, will behave differently
depending on which of these items are selected. If none are selected ASRix will
behave as though you had started it independently of AutoCAD. If all are checked
ASRix will behave as described in the
introduction
of this section
- Name extracted from object Xdata
If this is selected you will be prompted to select an AutoCAD entity and ASRix will
attempt to locate an image based on Extended Entity Data (EED) attached to the object
selected.
By default an entry distinguished by an ampersand (&) the AutoCAD Data
Extension (ADE) code for the primary database for that object. If there is no
ampersand it will use the first EED record it finds and if there are no EED values
attached it will tell you so (unless you have the Object Data feature selected as well).
- Name extracted from CAD Object data
If this is selected you will be prompted to select an AutoCAD entity and ASRix will
attempt to locate an image based on the CAD object.
- If the object is TEXT it will use the text string.
For instance you can type or paste a list of all the images you want to incorporate into the CAD
drawing and then select the items one by one to process and insert the rectified images.
- If it is a BLOCK it will look for the first attribute. This is helpful if you use a photo key
plan symbol with an attribute which you set to the image name of that shot.
- If it is anything else or if there was no attribute (or EE data if that was selected as well) it will
try the Layer name and if it still cannot find an image you will be given a file selection
dialogue box so you can browse for the file you want.
- World coordinate Points selected in AutoCAD
If this is selected you will be expected to supply the world coordinate values by
selecting points in AutoCAD.
ASRix will open when given a valid file name and you must select the points in the image for
which you have object points in AutoCAD. When you save the file and return to AutoCAD you
will be prompted to select each point that will provide the world coordinates for rectification.
By default the [end] Object Snap mode is adopted.
(no useful results should be expected without some OSNAP set)
When all points have been selected ASRix reopens and rectifies the image.
- Close ASRix when image is saved
If this is selected ASRix will close when a file is saved. The only reason you might
want to disable this one would be to have a visual reference of the image points
selected while you try to determine their equivalents in AutoCAD. If this is disabled you
need to remember to manually close ASRix when you are done processing an image or
you will end up with a multiplicity of ASRix sessions running simultaneously.
- Insert image after rectification
If this is selected the image will be inserted into the AutoCAD drawing as soon as
you press a key after rectifying and saving the image. If the rectification was not
completed the routine will abort with a message explaining why it cannot continue.
- Set Display order before inserting image
If this is selected you will be asked to identify any CAD entities you would like to
appear over the image. The main reason for doing this would be if you have graphic
elements in your drawing corresponding to features in the image. The correlation of
the image and the CAD drawing is an indication of the reliability of the rectification.
This option is inserted here because it is much easier to select the CAD entities before
the image is inserted
(Though the display order can be changed at any time).
- Define View after inserting image
If this is selected AutoCAD will adopt the coordinate system of the image and zoom
to a plan view slightly larger than the image. This view is then saved with the same
name as the layer on which the image was inserted [image-ASR].
- Trim image after insertion
If this is selected you will be expected to trim the image immediately after the image
is inserted. Only the details on the plane for which you rectified will be to scale and
you should trim off anything else. You can pick as many points as you need to trim the
image ending with a return or right click of the mouse.
- Use Relative path for inserted images
By default AutoCAD will try to use the full path to an inserted image. This makes it
difficult to share your drawings with someone who is not using the same drive
designation or directory structure that you do and it even makes it difficult to move your
own work to another drive or directory. If this option is selected ASRix will force the
use of a relative path if your images are in the same directory as the drawing or in a
sub-directory under it.
- Image Directory
This box shows the directory of the last image accessed either relative to your
working directory or as an absolute path depending on the status of the
Relative Path
check box. This value will be saved with the other settings and, if you always keep
your images in the same directory relative to the working directory, will save you having
to browse for the next image you use.
- Browse button
This lets you predefine the image directory if you want to save a different directory
from the current image directory with your default settings.
- Save settings as defaults
Saves the current settings to the file
ASR-set.lsp
in the ASRix software directory.
- Load the default settings
Reads the most recently saved settings from
ASR-set.lsp
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