Hi Larry, nice to see the user group live again. It seems I have to start with a question? My (your) plot viewer version 5.06.3.28.223 does not make an ...
Guenter, Thanks for your letter. ... I tried several different tests, but I could not duplicate your problem. There are three different ways you can generate...
Larry, thanks for your reply. I'll try to answer all your questions. It seems to me that it is a general problem with the Viewer, at least on my systems which...
Guenter, Thanks for your reply. I have found the problem! ... The clues was when you said "enter a name". It occurred to me that you might be entering a name...
Hi Larry, ... I can't tell you positive news. It is still the same, I just downloaded the newest file. No matter if I enter an extension (for the avi-file) or...
Hi Larry- I read with interest your plans to switch the Compass file format to a XML base. I was wondering if you have any plans to support the Google Earth...
Guenter, ... The only way that I could produce the error you are describing was by forcing the AVI file's extension to be something other than "AVI". However, ...
Aaron, Thanks for your letter. I have been playing with Google Earth for several months and I think it is wonderful. I have even made several overlays of cave...
Larry, ... added ... causing ... I tried it and I get: Unable to set Compression Format: Compression not supported I tried it now on two other PC's and it is...
Larry, ... I tested the codec and checked it in the registry. Its all there (entries in the reg, dll's etc.), despite the fact, that GSpot (a program which...
I noticed there is a problem with the Cave Depth value when running Statistics. In my case, the Surface survey elevation from one entrance to another gets...
Randy, Thanks for your letter. ... This is actually a more complicated problem than it appears. The "flags" in Compass, (the ones that you enter in the ...
Hello! I'm new with Compass. I found a wonderful feature of this program: vrml exportation. However, it seams not to work with me. I gave up trying. I have ...
Sergio, Thanks for your letter. I have found the source of the problem and I have fixed it. There is a new version of Compass up on the internet. Download it...
Any time I try to enter a letter in a "Find" text box that also happens to be a shortcut key, Compass executes the shortcut rather than accepting the letter. ...
Ron, I've noticed the same problem that you mentioned with entering a letter that happens to be a short-cut key in any of the "find" windows in COMPASS. A good...
Stan_Allison@...
Jun 25, 2006 4:46 pm
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Hi Everybody, Thanks for the heads up on the problem. I have fixed it and there a new version of Compass on the internet here: ...
Thanks for the work around - seems like a fairly serious bug to me - quite frustrating....
Ron Miller
miller.ron@...
Jun 26, 2006 2:35 am
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Ron, ... The work around is now unnecessary because the bug has been fixed. The bug apparently occurred when I upgraded to the latest version of the Compiler...
I am having difficulty finding the correct coordinate system for a shapefile created through Compass. I haven't had difficulty defining a projection for the...
Hi Eric- My understanding is that none of the cave survey programs create the projection file that ArcGIS requires. This must be defined in ArcToolBox. The...
Aaron is correct. Compass does not generate any information about the coordinate system for the cave data. The Shapefiles themselves have no provision this...
Thanks for the info. It helped me sort out what was going on. It turns out that I was doing ok as far as defining the projection. I had used Compass created...
Jon, I don't have any direct experience working with Illustrator, but I found some discussion on the internet about Adobe dropping DXF support between CS1 and...
Hi Jon, ... Illustrator can read and edit postscript files. Install a postscript printer driver (e.g. the one from Adobe) and print your survey into a file....
Roger Schuster
speleo@...
Dec 9, 2006 10:20 am
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I'm confused.... my copy of AI CS2 can import (place) and export DXF ???? Am I missing something? Aaron ________________________________ From:...
Jon and Larry, I use Adobe Illustrator CS1 for drafting cave maps and have also found that Illustrator won't read the DXF exports from Compass. I don't like...
Stan_Allison@...
Dec 9, 2006 5:26 pm
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... Me too! Two people say that you cannot import DXF into CS2 but the web page and Aaron say you can. Maybe there is an option that has to be installed before...