LWM Append gaps

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arno

LWM Append gaps

Post by arno » Thu Dec 08, 2005 8:28 am

Hi Luis,

I tried to append a LWM flatten BGL file to my project, but I noticed that there are gaps between the different flatten polygons. Is this something in the data of FS or could it be that SBuilder read them wrong?

As I am trying to export the flattens using the SBX format and then read the information into another tool for processing, I would prefer to have them without gaps.

Arno

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Post by Luis Sa » Fri Dec 09, 2005 1:00 am

Hi Arno,

As you know, LWM polygons should be sliced along LOD13 borders. The gaps you see come from the way SB displays the polygons. Note that the LWM vertices are on a LOD21 grid! You can draw very small polygons but if the points are very closed (more than the LOD21 edge) they will be eliminated.

I would not worry about this. I think SB uses all the available range for LWM coordinates. Play with the "Snap to LOD 21 Grid" to check this.

Regards, Luis

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