| Product: | MicroStation | |
| Version: | V8i, CONNECT | |
| Environment: | N\A | |
| Area: | Coordinate Systems | |
| Subarea: | General | |
How to export coordinates for the center point of circles in the design file?
Background
I would like to export coordinates for the center point of circles only (not any other element) to the text file, how can I do that?
Steps to Accomplish
You can do that by Export Coordinates tool by following these steps:
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The tool can be found through XYZ Text-tool which you can enable from Tools > Tool Boxes… In the opening Tool Boxes dialog scroll down, tick XYZ Text and click OK.
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Open Element Selection tool and expand it from the small arrow.
- Open tab Element Type and from the Element Type list select Ellipse > all the circles in the design file gets highlighted, but not any other elements.
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In the XYZ Text toolbox click Export Coordinates tool:
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Export Coordinates tool opens. Click Browse and select the folder for the export-file. Tick also the checkbox next to Point#, to get the order of the exported coordinates visible in the screen.
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Click Single and confirm with OK the selection set. The text file with center point coordinates is created and the numbers in the circles displays the order.
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See Also
The Power Of CSV
How to place a line using XYZ Coordinates using a Key-In Script
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| Original Author: | Anu Kuusiaho | |