Creating Intersense Configuration Files
Once the survey procedure is complete you should have the survey.txt file available on the data collector. Using the supplied python script you will convert the .txt file into a usable .cfg file, ready to import into your system’s intersense, constellation memory. The script also generates an extra .txt file with coordinates for any extra surveyed points: garbage mattes, stage prop positions.
Features
- This current version works only with Lightcraft’s 5 target fiducials
- Automatically generates the Intersense configuration file (*.cfg)
- Generates additional file for 3D positions of surveyed garbage mattes or stage props
- Requires Python 2.7.1 to run
- Automatic prompts user for input
- All measurements are given in Meters.
Directions
- Make sure Python 2.7.1 is installed on the machine that will be generating this data
- Copy this script into the folder where your survey .txt file is located
- Double click on the .py script
- In order for the script to run properly, you will be expected to input three pieces of data when prompted
- What is the name of the .txt file you wish to convert? Do NOT type in the extension of the .txt file. The script already does that for you
- What is the diameter of the smaller fiducial, in METERS?
- What is the diameter of the larger fiducial, in METERS?
- A new .cfg file is created, named similarly to the originating .txt file
- If point IDs are present AND they are not numbers, the script generates a .txt file with those additional points and their 3D positions in the Previzion coordinate system
- The naming convention for this file is: filenameAdditionalSurveyPoints.txt
Expected File Format of Input.txt from Total Machine
The output file format from the Total Station hand held has the following properties:
- Comma delimited
- No white spaces except ‘end of line’
- No header information
- All measured data is given in units meter
- The Measured Data columns are the first three.
- In order, they are: Northing, Easting, Elevation
- The Right most column is the “Description”
- This is the Unique Fiducial ID
Download the Latest Version
Click here for latest version of the Lightcraft Survey to Intersense File Generator
- Last Updated: April 25, 2011 @ 10:24p PST
Update Notes
- Apr 25th, 2011, 10:24p
- Added support for saving coordinate positions of surveyed garbage matte points to external .txt file
- Apr 25th, 2011
- Initial Upload