Path profile along line features
garrison2711
Global Mapper User
Dear all,
I am a very enthusiast user of yours Global Mapper, which I find one of the best commercial software ever bought.
I often work with DTM and the profile feature.
I would find very useful and quickly suitable to be able to export the profile output in several formats, even better if possibly choosing the vertical factor.
I know that someone already pointed this out, but now, considering the last evolution of GM since version 8 to the current 11.02, I think such a lack could be filled.
Sorry if I am disturbing and thank You very much for your great work.
Nicholas
I am a very enthusiast user of yours Global Mapper, which I find one of the best commercial software ever bought.
I often work with DTM and the profile feature.
I would find very useful and quickly suitable to be able to export the profile output in several formats, even better if possibly choosing the vertical factor.
I know that someone already pointed this out, but now, considering the last evolution of GM since version 8 to the current 11.02, I think such a lack could be filled.
Sorry if I am disturbing and thank You very much for your great work.
Nicholas
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Nicholas,
You can already use the File menu on the path profile dialog to export your profile to several different formats.
Let me know if I can be of further assistance.
Thanks,
Mike
Global Mapper Support
support@globalmapper.com -
Sorry to be dumb, but I absolutely can't.
Or better I do not know how to do it in one only step.
I usually save distance/elevation file and then convert such a text file in vector format importing in GM the text file and then exporting it to dxf, or even in other ways (when I need to have a precise vertical_factor)...
The only options in the file menu of the "path profile/line of sight" I have are relevant to BMP and text files in ascii format, such as xyz or de export files.
In particular the menu's items I can choose when generated a profile along a path are:
Save bitmap (BMP) Files...
Save to BMP and display on main map view
Save volume cut line XYZ File... (inactive if no cut line has been defined)
Save distance/elevation Files...
Save CSV File (w/ XYZ, Distance, and Slop values)...
Save XYZ Files...
Save LOS to kml File...
The main window is inactive while in profile view, and cannot access to different "FILE menu".
What am i wrong at?
Thank You for the attention.
Regards,
Nicholas -
Nicholas,
Those are the expected options. It sounds like you perhaps need direct export to DXF or something? For now you would need to save to a XYZ or distance/Z file from path profile dialog, then load that into a new instance of Global Mapper (you can use the Point Offset/Scale option when loading the ASCII file to scale the elevation as needed) and export to DXF or whatever other format that you need.
Let me know if I can be of further assistance.
Thanks,
Mike
Global Mapper Support
support@globalmapper.com -
In fact I usually do like that and was just wondering that an direct export feature would be of great comfort.
Thanks,
Nic -
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