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1. Ces Blom ASA Proprietary Be BLoMLURBEX an BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 will be available to all users or just you in your computer Click Next gt to continue Ae BLOM The installer ig ready to install BlamLIFIBE plug in 3 0 For AutoCAD 2007 08 09 on your computer dE BlomURBEX plug in 3 0 for AutoCAD 2007 08 09 Confirm Installation Click Net ta start the installation Blom ASA Proprietary Ax BLomURBEX hu BLOM BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 2 Starting with BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 5 1 Setup the BlomURBEX Viewer Plug in in AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 To execute the Plug in follow these steps 1 Open AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 2 Select the Tools gt Load application menu The Load Unload applications dialog box will open Load Unload Applications Look in ES idR SER EE AUR File name acconti T AutoCAD Apps T an Ip dwb dbs vl wr Files of tupe Loaded Applications History list Add to History acad mnl C Documents and Settingsmanide Ze Unioad acadz L C Program Filess amp utoCAD 007 ssu acadz da C Program Files amp uteCAD 2D Pau AcApDp are C Program Files amp uteCAD 200 Startup Suite Contents accantl 7 ars successfully loaded eee Help
2. Print preview Page setup Blom ASA Proprietary BLomMURBEX imm BLOM BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 Saving measurements 11 1 p r9 5 BlomURBEX Viewer is able to notify when the user has made measurements in order to store this measures into any opened table in AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 Setting measurement savings To activate the measurement storage it is needed to complete two one time setup tasks It is needed to specify some options about the place where store the measurements and some options about the units and the projection to use in the case the measurements are locations To specify the options regarding the place to store measurements Click in the Center in new map point button once When this button is clicked the Saving options are updated for the current drawing opened Click in the Settings gt Open Settings dialog menu The Settings dialog opens Select the Saving tab Select a mode for saving measurements from the Table dropdown list The options for saving measurements are lt Save as text gt that inserts a text with the measure lt Save as dimension gt that creates a dimension only has sense for linear or angular measurements lt Save as attribute gt that creates a block with the measurements as attributes lt Save as extrusion only for Heights that saves the measurements as Z values inside the geomet
3. AcCamera am C Program FilestAutoLAD 2007 acconti am X C Program FilessBlem amp SASBlIamLl el A AI bi A 7 4 Desar ne Cilek a aka Af Blom ASA Proprietary LP BLomMURBEX hu BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 Startup Suite List of applications Path accontl 7 ar C Program Files Blom ASASBlomlIRBEX 5 Click the Add button A new dialog will open Browse to the accont17 arx file in the Plug in install folder select it and click Add Then Close the Load on startup dialog and the Load Unload applications dialog 6 To load the Blom Dockable Window that contains the BlomURBEX Viewer type with the mouse cursor inside AutoCAD or type in the command bar if visible the following command dockable container and press Enter wo si ME ackable container LC n dad eiiis BlomLlrbex Dock 17 Dock Control Es NP ee sO d Blom ASA Proprietary 5 BLoOMURBEX 5 BLOM BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 AN AutoCAD 2007 UNREGISTERED VERSION Drawing1 dwg m File Edit View Insert Format Tools Draw Dimension Modify Window Help Express ER 24 6 9403 5 4 5 2 Adding Data Sources A Data Source is a repository of complex cartographic data In order to work with a Data Source it must be assigned to Plug in Current version of Plug in supports two
4. Select projection Enter a word to filter related projections Filter EPS Code 4326 wWI3S 4 32630 WaS 84 UTH zone 19 Blom ASA Proprietary Amas BrLoMLIRBEX 5 BLOM BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 0 Select projection B Show most used projections Enter a word to fiter related projections Filter EPSG Code IE 5 4 ty ir nl Remove From mask used 8 To select a projection from a reduced list using a filter choose Use a filter in the upper dropdown box The filter textbox and Filter button will activate Type a search word or words in the filter textbox and press Filter Only the projections containing the full search text will be shown The search is possible by EPSG code and also by the projection name and is case insensitive To select click in the list and then click in OK or double click an item in the list The selected projection will be recorded in the most used list as usual Select projection B Use a Filter Enter a ward to filter related projections osgb Filter EPSG Code OSGB 1936 OSGB 0 OSGB 1936 British National Grd 9 Save the settings clicking in OK Settings are saved in registry for each user so it is not needed to set them again later as each user has their own 16 Blom ASA Proprietary Ax BLomMURBEX Dr BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 set
5. an BLomMURBEX BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 BlomURBEX AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 Plug in v3 0 0 User manual Audience BLOM ASA partners and developers Abstract User manual for BloomURBEX AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 Plug in Blom Document Blom ASA Proprietary Bs BLoMLURBEX Bm BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 Revision History Document Number BUC7P 1 December 2010 Document for release 2 5 2 Issue Date Reason for Change Blom ASA Proprietary BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 Table of Contents BIOMURBEX EEN i 1 INTOdUCUOM EE 1 2 Version chaldeS E 2 3 System ET UU 65 4 4 Installing BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 5 5 Starting with BloomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 9 5 1 Setup the BlomURBEX Viewer Plug in in AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 9 52 Adang Data EE 11 5 2 1 Adding BlomURBEX as a Data Source cceseee eene 11 5 2 2 Adding Blom Library as a Data Gource cc ccccccccc cece cece eee e eee nnn nnn 12 5 3 Setup the BlomURBEX Viewer basic options eee 13 5 4 Changing language interface 2 cc arccccccnnceecnnnececcnnececerneeenenbessannnneeseessaganes 17 I CHANGING EE 18 6 Viewing BIOMURBEX images E KKK KEE EE KEE KEE E EE 21 6 1 Selecting location in AutoCAD 2007 2008 2000 viiscccscscccnncnncessennneennnnnenns
6. v Display image total extent on linked mapping application vw Center linked map at main view center Center main view at linked map center Projection in the map of the linked application was 4 EPSI 4325 Select Save location measurements C in Spherical Mercator projection in selected map projection 5 Click in the Select button to open the Select projection dialog In the dialog select in the available projection list the one that the basemap has There are different options to select the desired projection 6 To select a projection from the full list of supported projections choose Show all projections in the upper dropdown box To select click in the list and then click in OK or double click an item in the list Any item chosen will be reminded later in a list with the most used projections so it is not needed to find it again in the long list Also it is possible to add any item to this most used list without leaving the dialog clicking with right mouse button and selecting Add to most used from the context menu Select projection Unknown datum based upon the Ary 1830 ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Airy Modified 1649 ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Australian National Spher Unknown datum based upon the Bessel 1541 ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Bessel Madified ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Bessel Mamibia ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Clar
7. BIomURBEX Plug in for ESRI ArcMap ArcView ArcEditor and ArcInfo BlomURBEX Plug in for ESRI ArcIMS BlomURBEX Plug in for ESRI ArcGIS Server BlomURBEX Plug in for Intergraph GeoMedia Professional BlomURBEX Plug in for Integraph GeoMedia WebMap BIomURBEX Plug in for Autodesk Map and AutoCAD BlomURBEX Plug in for Autodesk MapGuide BlomURBEX Plug in for Bentley MicroStation BlomURBEX Plug in for MapInfo Professional BlomURBEX Plug in for MapInfo MapXtreme http www blomasa com contact html Blom ASA Proprietary mem CLOMURBEX Bim ga BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 2 Version changes Version 3 0 0 of BloomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 includes these improvements e Added support for adding Blom Library as a data source e Display measurement tool results option has been removed from Printing options in Settings e Better navigational controls for map e Proxy settings will now get detected automatically Version 2 5 2 of BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 includes these improvements Fixed an error that causes a crash in AutoCAD when viewing obliques OSGB36 projection supported Fixed a problem for viewing overlays in one view of multi view layouts Fixed a problem refreshing overlays in obliques NTLM and Kerberos proxy authentication support Version 2 5 1 of BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 includes these improvements e Better support for bi
8. the upper left control to activate the Ortho North South East and West orientations respectively The size of each view in the layout can be changed through the use of splitter bars between the views Just move the mouse in the boundary of two views and 24 Blom ASA Proprietary BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 when the cursor changes drag and drop the splitter to change the size of the views Each time the size is changed this setting is saved in the user registry LLRLIOA WH cC B k 6 6 The intelligent behavior At closer zoom levels oblique rectified images show big distortion on the buildings while at furthest zoom levels they do not offer better information than the ortho images Each view in the BlomURBEX Viewer is configured in an intelligent way so that any request that attempts to change the zoom level of the view will check if the view is displaying any orientation other than Ortho and in this case decide what set of images should be displayed ortho oblique rectified or natural obliques 6 7 Changing basemap ortho image By default the ortho image shown as basemap is one from several images available in BlomURBEX server These images are visible are certain resolutions e Satellite images with low resolution of the data This source data is available in the furthest zoom levels 1 to 13 and contains Blue Marble and Landsat 7 imagery
9. 2007 2008 2009 on top of BlomURBEX imagery both in Ortho and Oblique modes 13 1 Activating and deactivating vector overlays To activate or deactivate the vector overlays there are two options with the same result 1 Click in Overlay vector layers over BlomURBEX imagery button in the BlomURBEX toolbar OR 2 Click in the Settings Open Settings dialog menu 3 Select the Overlays tab General Layout Linking Printing Saving Overlays Overlay vector layers over BlomUABES imagery Points of interpolation 700 Tile layer to overlay fram server 4 Check or uncheck the Overlay vector layers over BlomURBEX imagery checkbox to activate or deactivate overlays respectively 5 Click OK to save the setting and start overlaying or clean overlays This setting is not saved in user registry for better performance initialization BlomURBEX Viewer always start with the setting uncheck It is needed to set it explicitly in each BlomURBEX Viewer session Overlying on top of oblique imagery may be a long time operation Be patient when overlaying a big number of features over oblique images Read below for tricks to improve performance 49 Blom ASA Proprietary BLOMURBEX 5 BLOM BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 13 2 Refreshing vector overlays When Overlay option is activated all the existing layers in the AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 map display are added to B
10. 21 6 2 Introducing known coordinates in BlomURBEX 6 22 6 3 PANNING images NN NNN NENNEN ENNEN Ne ee Ee 22 6 4 Magnifying images ee EEN EEN EENEG 22 6 5 CHANGING 00000000 QE 24 6 6 The intelligent behavior 25 6 7 Changing basemap ortho Image eg E 25 6 8 Showing the visible and total extension in AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 26 O 9 SSVPIGHRORIZING V EWS weccccceneencusnersssret ste MEER EE e 27 6 10 Seeing historical images from different dates A 28 7 Obtaining image information Ek e 31 8 Using the measurement tools ceo ERR nnn nnn 32 8 1 Changing units of measure ESSERE rire PE EE 32 8 2 Viewing the coordinates of a location eee AA een 52 8 3 Measuring squared perimeter 1111600000 33 Blom ASA Proprietary an BLomMURBEX Be BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 0 4 05000 TE Tee cie Era uxor exu buen a gau E Xx EXEC TE RECO EXE TE EE EEE 33 7 34 CREE 1 7 35 8 7 Measuring elevation EE EE ENEE EE AG Gen EDD n suu ayuu heu ur ru un 36 8 8 Clearing measurements ENEE ENEE EE EE EEN 36 9 Printing CG 37 gu erla IO EE 37 DZ CRG PNE SOC ee 37 To AGS 500 avast E 38 dA PID DOVI OW TETTE 38 10 EXp fting bt Le EE 40 10 1 Exporting all visible VICWS xscrxssvrisuxuREPITEREREREREEPRRRTQERTIPEREREPARERPUEIG 4G E Pdds 40 10 2 Proj
11. AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 1 ae a w c 0 Above both views of Eiffel tower from 2008 and 2009 The option to change the date of the BlomURBEX images allows to see side by side the same part of a city in different years Up to five different years could be shown at a time Just select the same view mode and orientation and explained below for each view in a multi view layout but choose different years for each view 30 Blom ASA Proprietary Es BLoMmURBEX S BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 Obtaining image information To obtain the information about the current opened image click in the Image Properties button in any status bar of the views A panel will open showing extent coordinates in WGS84 lon lat for the full image in obliques and for the visible portion and other data if available To hide the panel click again in the button Visible extent polygon Left Shot Corner 1 4 70104236593472 40 55020719993821 WGS 84 Bight Shot Corner 4 697480392z36358 40 650270719993F1 WES 84 Bight Shot Corner 1 4 6974803972356358 40 647866915791 WGS 84 Left Shot Corner 4 7 l 4z3 amp E583347 40 647666915791 WGS 84 Orientation Ortho Info in ortho view Image Size 4008x2672 pixel Full extent polygon Upper Left Shot Corner 4 7 03294095 40 5534541044 WCS 34 Bight Shot Corner 4 40257516 40 5522720075 WGS
12. in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 8 3 Measuring squared perimeter or distance Use the Distance Tool to measure perimeter the distance around the outside edge of an object or distances both in ortho or oblique views TO measure perimeter by using a parallelogram or measure distances 1 Click the Distance Tool 2 Starting with one corner of the object click with the left mouse button 3 Click again for each new vertex The outline of a polyline appears as new vertexes are added In oblique mode take in mind that a workaround to the server must be done in each vertex and the measure takes longer 4 When the polyline surrounds the shape being measured or distance being measured double click with left mouse button 5 The partial measurements and total length appears drawn in the view 0 57 TA Blom ASA Proprietary LP BLomMURBEX hu BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 N starting point ue was here 5 Ending point Was seses here Ending point N was here W lt gt E aw h 5 Starting point Bai was here To measure bearing 1 Click the Bearing Tool Bai K WV 6 IC AO S D Of OF JE c IO DOLL Blom ASA Proprietary Ax BLomMURBEX Be BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 ZC 1 Click the Area Tool amp 2 Click in the display at the desired starting point 3 Click a
13. is given Select this sub option for height measurements only This option will extrude one or several region objects selected 6 As seen in the screenshot it is possible to select a sub option from the dropdown lists for each type of measurement to save It is possible to store seven different type of measurement The table summarizes the relation between the BlomURBEX Viewer tools and the Column dropdown used to make the savings In BlomURBEX Viewer In AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 measurements are saved in the tool used is the field selected in dropdown Column for areas M Column for distances HI Column for heights E Column for elevations Li Column for X coords and Y coords Da Column for bearings 7 To store only some measurements select None for those measurements in the dropdown lists 8 Click in OK to save settings To specify the options regarding the units and the projection to use in locations 1 Click in the Settings Open Settings dialog menu 2 The Settings dialog opens Select the Saving tab 3 Select the desired units meters or feet The values will be stored in the units selected 4 Select the Linking tab 5 Inthe Save location measurements groupbox choose in Spherical Mercator projection for storing location data in Spherical Mercator meters in AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 or choose in selected map projection more usual for storing location data in the projection of the cur
14. regions and press Enter When doing this be aware that the new feature is added to the active layer On the left the building footprints orange before converted drawn as Polylines and on the right after using Region tool white 44 Blom ASA Proprietary BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 3 Tilt the view using the View gt 3D Orbit menu to better appreciate the 3D conversion 4 Open the BlomURBEX viewer if it was closed Click in Center in new map point button and select a point in the map in the middle of the zone of interest Switch to a oblique view If view does not switch to any oblique view check the intelligent behaviour and zoom in to closer zoom level and then retry changing to any oblique view modes North South When the city buildings are best viewed then proceed to next step General Layout Linking Printing Saving Overlays Options for saving measurements T able Save as extrusion only for heights Column for areas None T Column for distances None Column for heights Save as extrusion only Far heights gt 5 Column for elevations None bd Column far a coords None m Column far Y coords None P Column for bearings None in UK Cancel 5 Change Saving settings in the Settings dialog as previously indicated In the Settings dialog set the table name to Save as extrusion only for
15. 408822633 40 6573795752656 DWGS 4 Lower Le Snot Comer 4 70024924432344 40 65737957 52656 GE 84 Lower Le Snot Comer a 704525148 408552362756 image Ottentation Otho Visible extent polygon Upper Lee 8hct Comer 4 70005302476206 40 Upperfuigm Shot Comer 4 69858436271173 ShotComer 4 69303836731376 40 6569654962127 WGE 4 Lower Lee Shot Comer 4 700234532 10873 40 6569837368941 WGS 84 image Ortentaton Not image Shot Date amp Time 20 08 2006 0 00 00 Blom ASA Proprietary an BLomMURBEX Ax BLOM IMAGING THE WORLO BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 10 Exporting images 10 1 Exporting all visible views The BlomURBEX Viewer Export image menu lets exporting the visible extent of the active views to a set of JPG files To export an image 1 Pan in the views to display the extent desired 2 Click the File gt Export image menu 3 Inthe Save as dialog that opens introduce the path and filename for the file The extracted image or images are saved with the filename specified If the BlomURBEX layout shows several views then several files will be created and all the files will be suffixed with a view number and orientation Also if view is in ortho mode a world file JGW is saved for easy integration of the image in other GIS packages Export images Stark saving measurements Print
16. 84 Bight Shot Corner 4 6951055467 40 0407559083 WES 34 Lower Left Shot Corner 4 70183302 73 40 6471985113 WGS 84 Visible extent polygon Upper Left Shot Corner 4 7 377314140 40 6521538667807 WES 4 Blom ASA Proprietary LP BLomMURBEX hu BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 Using the measurement tools BlomURBEX Viewer offers various tools for measuring features visible in images For example it is possible to measure the distance between two points the elevation of the terrain building heights bearing area perimeter and the coordinates of a point Before using the measurement tools be sure that the unit of measure is set as desired 8 1 Changing units of measure To change units of measure 1 In BlomURBEX Viewer click the menu Settings gt Open Settings dialog The Settings dialog box opens 2 In the General tab click the desired units Meters or Feet 3 Click OK The changes remain in effect until units are changed again 8 2 Viewing the coordinates of a location Use the Location Tool to determine the location the coordinates of an object in an image both in ortho or oblique views To determine the location of an object For Oblique images remember to click near the base of buildings for more accurate coordinates Blom ASA Proprietary LP BLomMURBEX Be BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Plug
17. GING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 14 Uninstalling BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 To uninstall follow these steps 1 In the Windows Control Panel open the Add Remove programs select BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 and uninstall following the guidelines Blom ASA Proprietary Es BLoMLURBEX Ax BLOM IMAGING THE WORLO BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 15 Troubleshooting 15 1 Log files If the applications do not work as expected the best way to know what is happening is to activate the logging utility In BlomURBEX Viewer to activate logs open the Settings dialog and in the General tab select the desired level for logs A log file or several one per process will be created in the User Application Data BlomURBEX2D folder usually c Documents and Settings lt username gt Application Data BlomURBEX2D To deactivate logs just select None as log level To activate logs select Error Warning or Information level in order from minimum to maximum verbose Settings General Layout Linking Printing saving Overlays Data source m User Token M Baselayer priority pictemetry countryertho satellite Units Select interface language Log level Meters English None C Feet Delete cache DK Cancel Lei Blom Pictometry we
18. RBEX Viewer a file epsg is provided that contains EPSG codes names and parameters for the EPSG coded projections If you need to modify an existing projection or to add support for new projections modify this file with RS text editor EEN the DotSpatial Proj4 rules for parameters See the http proj maptools org webpage for more information For example if support for the Microsoft Live Maps projection is needed add the next two lines to the file the second line looks longer but is only one World Mercator 54004 proj merc lat_ts 0 ton 0 0 k 1 000000 0 20 y_0 0 ellps WGS84 datum WGS84 units m no defs lt gt Or support for Google Maps projection Google 900913 proj merc a 6378137 b 6378137 lat_ts 0 0 lon_0 0 0 x_0 0 0 0 0 k 1 0 units m nadgrids null wktext no_defs gt lt For Pops the Select Prec n doge delete Om the epsg file za Blom ASA Proprietary ecm ln ei ow BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 Appendix B how to improve interface translation BlomURBEX Viewer interface supports twelve languages The strings for each language are stored in the registry in the path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Blom Urbex 2 0 Each language has a section english en espa ol es deutsch de fran ais fr italiano it nederlands nl portugu s pt dansk da norsk no svenska sv suomi fi rom na ro Each str
19. alog Before printing scroll or pan the image so that the portion we wish to print is visible in the display Also resize the views with the splitters and the size of the BlomURBEX Viewer window The visible portion of each image and with the exact pixel size will be send to printer 9 1 Printing images To send all the current views to the printer with the current settings 1 Click the File gt Print menu Export image Start saving measurements 2 The views are printed Each view in the layout is printed in different pages also with the image Blom ASA Proprietary an BLoMURBEX hu BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 9 3 Page setup To change page settings 1 Click the File gt Page setup menu Export image Stark saving measurements Print Print previews Export image Start saving measurements Blom ASA Proprietary Ax BLoMLIRBEX hu BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 en 2 The Print preview dialog opens Click in the options to see the print at different zooms o layouts Also it is possible to print clicking in the Print button The dialog can be resized to full screen Visible extent poltyger Upper Le Snot Comer 4 70034914432344 40 65371132863585 WG8 84 UpperFight Shct Comer 4 69865408322633 40 6597 113569555 WGE 84 Smet Comer 469855
20. bsite amp Open About dialog Blom ASA Proprietary me BLomURBEX Be BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 15 2 Cache directory The BlomURBEX Viewer creates a cache folder stored in User Application Data BlomURBEX2D cache folder usually c Documents and Settings lt username gt Application Data BlIomURBEX2D cache This cache folder store tiles for faster retrieve of them To avoid this folder to resize to a big amount of bytes it is possible to delete its contents periodically Deleting the cache folder also ensures that the last tiles are downloaded To delete the cache click in the Delete cache button from the General tab of the Settings dialog or just delete its content from Windows Explorer Blom ASA Proprietary inum DLOMURBEX E BLOM BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 16 Frequently Asked Questions 1 Why I do not see the visible and total extent of images in AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 Ensure checkboxes in Linking tab of BlomURBEX Viewer Settings dialog are checked 2 Why the point I select in AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 is not exactly the same in the image in BlomURBEX Viewer The data opened in AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 can be in any coordinate system When digitizing this data a coordinate system was used defined by some parameters that describe the Earth and how to convert between projections BlomURBEX View
21. different Data Sources 1 BlomURBEX online services 2 Blom Libraries 5 21 Adding BlomURBEX as a Data Source 1 In the BlomURBEX Viewer toolbar select SET menu Settings gt Open settings dialog to open the Settings dialog 2 In the dialog select General tab 3 In the Data Source drop down select BlomUrbex General Layout Linking Printing Saving Overlays Data source BlomURBEX BlomURBEX sett SE Blom Librar 11 Blom ASA Proprietary n l LE T BIOmURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 0 In the User token textbox type the UserToken provided by Blom This UserToken is an encrypted string that authenticates each user request Contact with Blom Marketing Department to obtain the required UserToken The UserToken is needed to connect to the BlomURBEX Web Services and allow the access to the imagery General Layout Linking Printing Saving Overlays Data source BlomLIRBEX User Token IT 4 Baselayer priority pictometry countryortho satellite r Units Select interface language Log level f Meters English m Mone Feet Delete cache pen Save DK Cancel 5 Click OK button to finish configuration 5 2 2 Adding Blom Library as a Data Source 1 In the BlomURBEX Viewer toolbar select the menu Settings gt Open settings dialog to open the Settings dialog 2 In
22. e Countryortho is imagery covering a whole country or a region This source data is available in the medium zoom levels 13 to 19 and contains imagery from several providers and from Blom e Blom imagery captured with Pictometry cameras also called pictometry images in the BlomURBEX server This source data is available in the zoom levels with the maximum resolution 14 to 20 As can be seen at certain zoom levels these three sources coexist For that zoom levels with more than one image available the BlomURBEX server prioritizes first the pictometry image then the Countryortho and finally the satellite It is possible to change this priority in the options 25 Blom ASA Proprietary BrLoMLIRBEX imam BLOM BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 Baselayer priority Baselayer priority pictometry countryortho satellite countryortho pictometry satellite Filey 4 a WY DPA Y 2 wa y i T E B Orth e 7 Ss ortho y P Ws LJ Y Pp As K gt Ez i Ka s em A i gt gt a4 n 4 Be GE A K me 7 gt A k A b etw 6 1 x T e d a 1 rf See Se SSS SS i z CM e 25 a s 30 08 2006 Ba he In the textbox Baselayer priority of the General tab of the Settings dialog change the text to consider other priorities in the images for the basemap For
23. e Internet Explorer 7 not needed New BlomURBEX viewer do not requires Internet Explorer 7 to be installed or any other web browser The Plug in manage requests on its own e A new image cache owned by all the Plug ins speeds bitmap recovery and makes it easy to manage the Plug ins cache No more the browser cache is used e Easier installation BlomURBEX viewer component is not a previous install requirement Plug in installer checks if viewer is installed and if not then installs it The viewer is never uninstalled to avoid other Plug ins to stop working e Better performance New BlomURBEX viewer is not JavaScript based but NET based and executes code faster e New option to choose the date of the imagery allowing to see history changes in images and seeing different years in a side by side mode e Year of the current visible image in a label at the bottom of each view e Intelligent behaviour when zooming If a better view mode or orientation exists for current zoom then it is loaded automatically e Faster vector overlay on obliques The new BlomURBEX viewer sends fewer requests to transform vector data between ortho and oblique and draws vector data faster e A new button in toolbar to enable disable vector overlay faster than changing settings e Print improvement Print and export now support vector overlay e Log levels to better grained logging and a default folder for storing logs in just one file e A new tool for extractin
24. ection of the extracted ortho enhn nnn nnn nnns 40 11 Saving measurements cer KEE KENE EE EE KEE E EE E EE EN 41 11 1 Setting measurement SAVINGS EE 41 11 2 Starting and stopping save SESSIONS seeessseseeehhh nnn hh haa hann 43 Blom ASA Proprietary iim cO an BLoMLURBEX BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 17 Appendix A how to add new projections 18 Appendix B how to improve interface translation Blom ASA Proprietary Li BLoMLURBEX Ax BLOM IMAGING THE WORLO BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 1 Introduction BlomURBEX is a collection of Web Services provided by Blom that allow to navigate through high detailed maps with ortho and oblique imagery and to fly through 3D immersive cities In addition the Web Services can be invoked to obtain measurement information about buildings and other map elements Blom leverages in Europe and around the world the production of a huge image and 3D model database of more than 900 cities and the database increases each month as new countries are included in it BlomURBEX offers the most detailed and comprehensive imagery database and 3D models of urban places in the market Based on the same interface Blom is developing a full range of Plug ins that integrates BlomURBEX services in common GIS and CAD applications Blom development roadmap with BlomURBEX includes the following targets
25. electing orientations orientation selector In fact it is possible to have the Same image several times For example it is possible to use the dual view to have two times the same ortho image opened It can be useful to have a master detail view to study two distant buildings at the same time that are in the same photo Each time an orientation is changed in a view this setting is saved in user registry so it will be used until changed again There are two types of view modes Ortho that shows the images in a continuous mode and Oblique that shows images one by one In both modes it is possible to do Pan in the map endlessly In the Oblique mode a new image is loaded in a seamless way when panning reaches the border of the current loaded image due to the irregularities of the terrain model that affects the ortho rectification Oblique imagery shown in a continuous or Ortho mode may suffer some distortion process In flatter terrains the distortion is less Tools are unselected when the view mode changes Remember to select again the tool if using one when the mode is changed There are five types of orientations Ortho orientation that shows the image as an ortho photo North that shows the image looking from south to north South from north to south East from west to east and West from east to west To change the orientation click in the O N S E or W buttons in
26. er uses the DotSpatial library to perform transformations between any projection and Mercator Spheric EPSG 3785 the default projection that use BlomURBEX Web Services at the moment If the parameters used by the operator that digitizes the data opened in AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 and the parameters used in DotSpatial are not the exactly the same some shift can occur in the location In order to minimize this shift it is possible to modify the epsg file that comes in the BlomURBEX install dir The parameters must comply with the rules that expect DotSpatial PROJ4 format To know more about this check the appendix below 3 Why the measurements are not saved in AutoCAD The requirements to save measurements in AutoCAD are the following If any of this requirements are not fulfilled the saving will not takes place e Inthe BlomURBEX Viewer settings dialog a table and a field must be selected for the desired measurement type To store heights the correct dropdown box with the field for heights must be selected for example If the dropdown has lt None gt selected that measurement will be ignored e The File gt Start saving measurements menu must be checked 56 Blom ASA Proprietary hu BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD ia BLawMLIRBEXX BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 0 79 aa Appendix A how to add new projections The projection support relies on the DotSpatial public domain library In the installation folder of BlomU
27. erver to return the available tile layers for the current user Remember when changing the UserToken option to close the dialog clicking OK button and to open again the dialog because each UserToken has permission for different tile layers depending on user restrictions Indeed it is possible for a customer to host his vector data at BlomURBEX through a rasterization process Settings eee General Layout Linking Printing Saving Overlays Overlay vector layers over BlomLIRBEX imagery Points of interpolation 7 00 Tile layer to overlay fram server 4 Select one or several layers from the list Tile layer to overlay from server Click once to select and once again to deselect 5 Click OK to save the setting and start overlaying or clean overlays This setting is not saved in user registry for better performance initialization BlomURBEX Viewer always start with the setting unselected It is needed to set it explicitly in each BlomURBEX Viewer session 47 Blom ASA Proprietary Exam BLoMURBEX imam BLOM BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 Fley FB 9 3 xv Lj D EP X Hl 5 2 Settings Seed gt Ae ANE Pe 1 gt s Tile raster overlay with TeleAtlas streetmap 48 Blom ASA Proprietary BLoMURBEX anm BLOM BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 13 Overlaying vector data BlomURBEX Viewer is able to overlay vector data from AutoCAD
28. evel That is the reason of the apparent offset seen when overlapping over oblique imagery 13 3 Overlay and performance considerations To overlap geometries faster a combination of requests to BlomURBEX server and local interpolations is done It is possible to adjust the precision of the interpolations For that follow these steps 1 Open Settings dialog 2 Select the Overlays tab 3 The amount of points used for the interpolation determines the accuracy It is possible to use no less than four points and no more than 400 points Change this clicking up or down the Points of interpolation textbox More points interpolate more accurately but is slower Default is 100 3 Blom ASA Proprietary 13 4 BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 Points of interpolation 100 aj When Overlay option is activated only visible features inside the visible extent are sent from AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 to BlomURBEX Viewer and rendered on top of BlomURBEX imagery Try to limit the amount of features to be sent or the BlomURBEX Viewer performance will decrease when overlapping imagery To limit the number of features follow this advices 1 Remove those layers that do not contain entities or that contain blocks or references Blocks and references are ignored when overlapping If the drawing contains a big number of temporary layers blocks and references consider the creation of a new version of the drawing using
29. example in the next screen capture the left shows the default priority with the pictometry imagery by Blom in the zoom level 18 and the right shows a different priority that renders the Countryortho imagery that is also available for that zoom level will be shown Type the names separated by commas and without any blank spaces Be careful to type the correct names in the Baselayer priority textbox or no image 6 8 Showing the visible and total extension in AutoCAD 2007 9 It is possible to see the visible and total extent of the opened BlomURBEX images drawn in AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 To do this follow this steps 1 In BlomURBEX Viewer select the menu Settings gt Open Settings dialog In the Settings dialog select the Linking tab Ensure that checkbox Display image visible extent on linked mapping application is checked for viewing the visible extent and that checkbox Display image total extent on linked mapping 26 Blom ASA Proprietary BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 application is checked for viewing the total extent Uncheck the checkboxes to not update the extents in AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 The total extent only has sense when the view mode is photo by photo also called Oblique mode Iv Display image visible extent on linked mapping application Iv Display image total extent on linked mapping application 2 Modify the visible extent of BlomURBEX Viewer by panni
30. g and select the Layout tab 2 Forthe current layout a set of textboxes for each view is shown in the dialog Enter a year or a range of years inside these textboxes to filter that view for a particular point in time The date filter should follow one of these structures YYYY YYYY and YYYY where YYYY is the year number with four digits 3 For example 2005 2008 will return the most updated image available inside the range of years including both bounding years In this example if an image of 2007 is available and no image in 2008 is available then the image of 2007 is returned But if no image is available between 2005 and 2008 and only an image of 2009 is available then no image will be returned 4 Another example 2006 will return the most current images available whose date is previous to the requested date In this case if several images are available previous to the year 2006 or from that year then the last one will be returned 5 If the default value is empty then the most updated image will be requested 6 Ifa wrong value is sent then no image will be returned 7 The settings will affect also the Extract image or Export image tools when applied to the views with a date filter 28 Blom ASA Proprietary an BLoMURBEX Be BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 Settings Three views T Blom ASA Proprietary me BLOoMURBEX 5 BLOM BlomURBEX Plug in for
31. g geometries in overlays Version 2 5 of BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 includes these improvements e All the rendering is done asynchronously e Height measurement now uses a BlomURBEX service to obtain the best angle in the oblique image to force the measurement in a vertical direction e Better resize to avoid flickering e Vector overlay on top of oblique imagery is done faster e A new option in settings can change the priority order for the basemap Now it is possible to priorize between the different ortho images pictometry Countryortho or satellite present sometimes at the same zoom level in the server e Other tile layers in BlomURBEX server can be overlapped selecting them in the options dialog e Product and version number appears in About dialog Print error that occurred after printing is fixed Tooltips close when the map looses focus Default zoom and orientation has been fixed Views are now correct when changing between different layouts Bug fixed with double sync between map and BlomURBEX viewer Bug fixed with Extract image tool Proj4 DLL is no more used but DotSpatial is used instead Installer uses bootstrap to download from web required prerequisites More accurate measurements in distance and area 2 Blom ASA Proprietary BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 Version 2 0 of BloomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 includes these improvements
32. g images has been added If image exported is ortho view then the world file is saved for easy use in GIS packages e Proxy settings support e Full support of Windows versions from XP to 7 including 32 and 64 bits versions Blom ASA Proprietary an BLoMLURBEX hu BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 System requirements Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 and 3 5 installed by setup if not present BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 is developed with Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 and 3 5 During installation if these Frameworks are not present they are downloaded and installed AutoCAD version 2007 9 This BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 requires any of these products from Autodesk installed in order to execute BlomURBEX Plug in Windows versions BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 supports Windows versions supported by the Autodesk product Read AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 install guide for more info User Token To access BlomURBEX Web Services a UserToken is needed This UserToken is an encrypted string that authenticates each user request Contact with Blom Marketing Department to obtain the required UserToken in Blom ASA Proprietary imam SLOMURBEX BLOM WN e BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 Installing BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 Ensure you are logged onto your computer with Ad
33. gain for every new vertex of the area A polygon that returns to initial point is drawn automatically 4 When outlined the entire perimeter double click in the last vertex 8 6 Measuring height Use the Height Tool to measure the height of an object in an Oblique image Because orthogonal images are captured straight down the Height Tool doesn t W WE ERE ALA A AOAO AVA rw 7 V3 0 Important Be sure to measure height by starting at ground level and moving upwards If the ground level starting point is not seen then estimate its location Blom ASA Proprietary Ax BLomMURBEX Be BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 Finish measuring here Start measuring here 4 The measurement appears drawn in view 8 7 Measuring elevation Use the Elevation Tool to measure the elevation height above sea level of a point in an image To measure the elevation 1 Click the Elevation Tool EI 2 Click the point whose elevation to measure 3 The measurement appears drawn in view CH HEES cC A Blom ASA Proprietary Ax BLOM IMAGING THE WORLO i BLoaMLIRBEX BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 9 Printing images BlomURBEX Viewer let print all the views opened to the selected printer setup the page options and preview the printing along with the image properties if they were activated in the settings di
34. he same Select projection dialog that we see when selecting the basic options By default the last projection selected in the Settings dialog is offered here but it can be changed so we can ask for coordinates in any of the supported projections 3 Click OK 4 After some seconds BlomURBEX Viewer will open the best BlomURBEX images for that location in all the orientations selected in the BlomURBEX Viewer layout The images are centered in the selected point and show a crosshair If no image appears consider if your user permissions do not allow seeing images for that location 6 3 Panning images Panning is the default behaviour of the display when no tool is selected 1 In BlomURBEX Viewer unselect any tool in the toolbar 2 Click and hold the left mouse button in the view to pan 3 Drag the image up down left or right within the view and finally release mouse 6 4 Magnifying images It is possible to zoom in for more detail or zoom out for more context information Simply change the image s magnification by using the zoom buttons on the toolbar Zooming in all views Use the Zoom In button to increase the magnification of an image To zoom in 1 Click the Zoom In button on the toolbar 2 The magnification percentage is doubled The part of the image that was centered in the display remains in the center The Zoom In button affects all the images opened in the layout 3 Continue clicking the button u
35. heights gt and in the column for heights dropdown box select Save as extrusion only for heights 45 Blom ASA Proprietary inm CLOMURBEX BIOmURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 0 6 Check the File gt Start saving measurements in BlomURBEX viewer toolbar to initialize saving session 7 Select the Height tool Measure heights in the buildings Each height measured a message box appears with information about the measure to be saved Click Yes to proceed Then select the feature or features to extrude Finally press Enter The selected features are extruded 46 Blom ASA Proprietary BrLoMLIRBEX ma BLOM BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 12 Overlaying tile raster data BlomURBEX Viewer is able to overlay tile raster data from BlomURBEX server both in Ortho and Oblique modes In next chapter is explained how is possible to overlap also local vector data loaded in AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 Both tile raster layers and local vector layers can be overlapped at the same time over the BlomURBEX Viewer They all are treated as layers and drawn on top of the basemap imagery 12 1 Activating and deactivating raster overlays To activate or deactivate the raster overlays follow these steps 1 Click in the Settings gt Open Settings dialog menu 2 Select the Overlays tab 3 Each time the settings dialog in opened a query is done to the BlomURBEX s
36. ing uses a pair name value The name is an easy to understand name For example AboutBoxForm Description is the description for BlomURBEX Viewer that appears in the About dialog Change these values at your convenience using the registry editor Next time you open BlomURBEX Viewer will reflect your changes If any value is missing the default value used is the English string If you found wrong strings in your language and want to help us improve the software feel free to send us an export of the registry language settings to the Blom Technical Support email using gt Send feedback menu in BlomURBEX Viewer Editor del Registro E ba Nombre Tipo ab Predeterminado RE Datos a HKEY CLASSES ROOT valor no establecido 3 HKEY_CURRENT_USER ab AboutBoxForm Description REG 72 Urbex er en Blom webtjeneste der udgiver ortho og skr billeder 0 er udviklet EC HKEY LOCAL MACHINE ab AboutBoxForm OKButton REG SZ OK 3 HARDWARE ab AboutBoxForm Title REG SZ Om 0 e SAM ab AboutButtonText REG SZ ben About Dialog SOFTWARE ab AreaButtonTooltip REG 2 Samarbejdsomrade v rkt j g ab BearingButtonTooltip REG SZ Under middel ab BlomPictometryWebsiteButtonText REG SZ Blom Pictometry website ab ClearButtonTooltip REG SZ Ryd kort E 1 Blom Pictometry Controls 1 5 ab CoordinateForm btnCancel REG 2 Annuller CC Blom Pictomet
37. ke 1858 ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1866 ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1866 Michigan elli Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1880 Benoit ellip Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1880 IGN ellipsoid i Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1880 AGS ellipsoid ERR Rx zl NU 4 1 im Ll mz De 1 Lm CT el 4 oor LA r l ahead UK Cancel 14 Blom ASA Proprietary CLOMURBEX imam BLOM BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 Select projection P Show all projections Enter a word to filter related projections Filter Ws 84 UTH zone 25h Was 84 UTH zone 2BN Was 84 UTH zone 27H WS 84 UTH zone 204 WIS 54 UTM zane 29H Zen Add to mast ig We a4 d UTH zone 33M Ws 84 UTH zone 34M Was 84 UTH zone 35h Ws 84 UTH zone WATE OA IITk4 eg OTAI DK Cancel 7 To select a projection from the reduced list of the most used projections choose Show most used projections from the upper dropdown box The list will Show only those projections selected at least once or any other marked explicitly as most used To select click in the list and then click in OK or double click an item in the list Alternatively it is possible to remove items from this most used list clicking with the right mouse button and selecting Remove from most used The current selected projection cannot be removed from this list
38. lomURBEX views If a new layer is added or any feature is modified in its geometry after activating the Overlay option these changes are not shown immediately To reflect these changes is needed to click in the Reload overlays button in the BlomURBEX Viewer toolbar S This function adds again the layers to BlomURBExX clean all the overlays and redraw again the vector data Af AutoCAD 007 UNREGISTERED ERSIOM File Edit View Insert Format Tools Draw Dimension Modify Window Help 3D Modeling 4 amp 3 9 40 C v La 5 23 E E File EE amp L D Ba 4 H JK 22 Settings E j T La 1 d 1 1 ri ET j Ge E e E i d i 9 1 MET X NN i ax S Uo j ai Te H i E I d ET H E LE 4 A r i sl J Pi k I d Before refreshing Vector layer 50 Blom ASA Proprietary LU ings CLOMURBEX inum BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 AH AutoCAD 2007 UNREGISTERED ERSION File Edit View Insert Format Tools Draw Dimension Modify Window Help 30 Modeling 4 5 HD j sl S 5 H 7 Se Settings After refreshing Vector layer When overlaying vector data in oblique imagery remember that vertexes of the geometries should match with the imagery at the ground level not at the roof l
39. ministrator privileges Close all programs Uninstall previous BlomURBEX Plug in versions for any GIS or CAD package that could be installed Older BlomURBEX Plug ins cannot coexist with current version If any other Plug in is installed for other GIS or CAD package upgrade the Plug in also to last version Run setup exe installer Be careful to not run Urbex30AutoCAD2007 msi installer because this installer does not check if dependencies are already installed If NET Framework 2 0 or NET Framework 3 5 are not installed a message is shown Accept in the message The Frameworks will be downloaded from the Microsoft webpage and installed If Microsoft Interop Forms is not installed a dialog will appear to perform its installation Click in Accept to accept the license agreement and continue This software from Microsoft is an add in to the NET Framework that improves ActiveX NET interoperability 1 5 BlamURBEX plug in 3 0 for AutoCAD 2007 08 09 Setup mee Far the following components Microsoft Interop Forms Redistributable Package 3 Please read the following license agreement Press the page down key to see the rest of the agreement MICROSOFT SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS MICROSOFT INTEROP FORMS REDISTRIBUTABLE PACKAGE 2 0 3 These license terms are an agreement between Microsoft Corporation or based on Where pou live one of it affiliates and you Please read them They apply to the software named above which include
40. n for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 To change the layout and image dates using the settings dialog 1 Click in Settings gt Open settings dialog menu to open settings dialog Settings Three views e Blom ASA Proprietary BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 File D eg a xu 3 A 1 Re et wl a T mc cu Wl BLoMURBEX gt lom ASA Blorn Ficam tip Ba A H amp 2 Settings ae Y PRS FLN as PIE PI Blog Ase 4 20 Blom ASA Proprietary imm BLOM Du m lomaBicto esi petri rights inm DLOMURBEX 5 BLOM BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 6 Viewing BlomURBEX images The BlomURBEX Viewer is the window that shows BlomURBEX images To open an image is needed to select a location either clicking in the basemap in AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 or introducing a known coordinates 6 1 Selecting location in AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 Open AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 with a basemap Open BlomURBEX Viewer if it is not as explained previously Ensure that settings are correct as previously indicated Resize and move application windows so they can be seen comfortably Open any map data in AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 The data can use any projection if it is in the EPSG list in the BlomURBEX Viewer options It is only needed to know the projection and to indica
41. ng or zooming in the current image or requesting other image 3 After a moment the boundaries will be drawn in AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 Boundaries are drawn using two layers in AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 By default visible extents are drawn in the color with index 3 in the current color table and total extents in the color with index 1 Modify this color indexes to show the extents in better colors Ensure that the current colors do not match the background color or extents will not be visible Also ensure that these layers in AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 are visible and are rendered using colors by layer 4 Another way to avoid the refresh of the visible an total extent and also to avoid the refresh of the red crosshair with the center is to set the appropriate layer to not visible in the Layer Properties Manager once this layers are added to the AutoCAD drawing Bilayer Properties manager TTT e 5 x Al A Stat Mame On Freeze Lack Color Linetype Lineweight Plot Style Dot Desr All Used Layers w 0 Q fig O white Continuous Default Color 7 Sr fi BlomUrbExSelectedPoint XE NEL ef eee Default i BlomUrbExTotal Extent AXE ye O blue Continuous Default BlomUrbExVisibleExtent NE Dred Continuous Default 6 9 Synchronizing views It is possible to synchronize the several views in the BlomURBEX layout and synchronize the main view in BlomURBEX with the linked map in AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 To do
42. ntil reached the desired amount of magnification 22 Blom ASA Proprietary LP BLomMURBEX Be BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 Zooming out all views 1 Click the Zoom Out button on the toolbar jay The Zoom Out button affects all the images 2 The magnification is reduced by half 3 Repeat Step 1 until zoomed out the desired amount Zooming in or out with the mouse wheel in one view 1 Move the mouse wheel frontwards or backwards to zoom in or out in just one view Zooming to a extent in one view 1 Unselect any tool selected in the toolbar so the Pan default tool activates 2 Press SHIFT key in keyboard 3 Click with left mouse button in any view and hold pressed Drag to draw a rectangle A rectangle appears showing the extent selected Release button at the ending corner 4 Map centers and zoom to the best level zoom that contains the selected extent This action only affects the view used Zooming with the zoom bar in one view 1 Each view has a zoom bar with a button on top and a button on bottom Click button to increase the zoom level or to decrease the zoom C nn or WC ha AVA X 7 Blom ASA Proprietary BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 6 5 Changing views Initially each view in the layout has set an orientation but it is possible to modify this s
43. only the entities that can be overlapped 2 Use DWG format better than DXF format 3 Use Color ByLayer and Line Type ByLayer This has a great impact in performance BlomURBEX viewer is optimized to show GIS like vector data that uses one style per layer instead of CAD like vector layer where each entity can be drawn with different style properties 4 Hide in AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 those layers that are not relevant 5 Zoom in inside Ortho BlomURBEX views so the visible extent contains a Small number of features Only features that fall inside the visible extent are overlaid The zoom level is not a consideration in Oblique mode Symbology limitations The BlomURBEX Viewer has less symbology properties than AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 These are the limitations of the current version Only AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 entities that support the LightWeightPolyline interface are sent to BlomURBEX For example ellipse or circle elements are not drawn in BlomURBEX Arcs entities are treated as straight lines and the curved lines are not preserved Each element in the drawing is draw with its own color and width or the Layer one if the element has the ByLayer color and width Points are visible Polylines supported are always shown as solid lines but the width and color are correctly chosen Polygons and the rest of AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 entity types are not supported S2 Blom ASA Proprietary an BioMLIRBEX hu BLOM IMA
44. own coordinates and press Enter or click a point in the map Next the user will be prompted for a point for the first reference point Enter a known coordinates and press Enter or click a point in the map Next the user will be prompted for a point for the second reference point Enter a known coordinates and press Enter or click a point in the map Finally the user will be prompted for a point where to position the dimension Enter a known coordinates and press Enter or click a point in the map If the mode for saving was Save as attribute the user will be prompted for a point where to position the block with an attribute Enter a known coordinates and press Enter or click a point in the map If the mode for saving was Save as an extrusion the user will be prompted to select one or several region objects Select the objects you want to extrude and press Enter To see the result of the extrusion you should change the view of the map to a 3D viewport Example how to extrude features to 3D In this example the saving measurements capabilities will be used to extrude 2D features buildings to convert them to 3D features using the Height measurement tool Follow the steps below Open AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 and a dwg file with 2D features Features to be extruded must be regions so if it not the case select the Draw gt Region command or the Region tool from the Draw toolbar in AutoCAD Then select the features to be converted to
45. rent map in AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 This setting only affects the Location tool 6 Click OK to save settings 42 Blom ASA Proprietary BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 Projection in the map of the linked application WS 84 EPSG 4326 Select M Save location measurements in Spherical Mercator projection in selected map projection 11 2 Starting and stopping save sessions 11 3 alc In BlomURBEX Viewer it is possible to start pause and continue the savings through an option To start a save session 1 Click in the File gt Start saving measurements menu if it is unchecked The menu will toggle to a checked state and measurements will be stored if fields were correctly set To pause a session 1 Click in the File gt Stop saving measurements menu if it is checked The menu will toggle to an unchecked state and measurements will be paused File 4 Q xv L DE Export image Export image Stark saving measurements Stop saving measurements Print Sy Print Print preview d Print preview Page setup i 1 Page setup Procedure for saving measurements The procedure for saving measurements is this Ensure that the Start saving measurements menu is checked so the text in the menu is now Stop saving measurements Now in BlomURBEX Viewer do a measurement as described in this manual A message to confirm the saving appear
46. ry only has sense for height measurements General Layout Linking Printing Saving Overlays Options for saving measurements T able Heights Column for areas Column for distances Columa for heights Columa for elevations Elevation 00000 6 Column far es coords 0000000000 ml Column far coords 000000000 m Column for bearings Beaina sl Each option of the Table dropdown list populates different sub options in the Column dropdown lists e For Save as text mode only a Save as text gt option is given Select this sub option for that type of measurements you want to save as texts and leave as lt None gt for that measurements not to be saved 41 Blom ASA Proprietary en gum BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 0 e For Save as dimension mode two sub options Linear dimension and Angular dimension are given Select Linear dimension for distances and heights measurements and select Angular dimension for bearing measurements because for the other type of measurements this saving has no sense e For Save as attribute there are multiple sub options one per each type of measurement In this last case the sub options represent names for blocks and attributes that will be added to drawing for storing the measurements e For Save as extrusion only for heights mode only a sub option Save as extrusion only for heights
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48. s informing about the measurement that is going to be saved and the method and sub option to be used Click Yes to proceed An input box appears for methods Save as text Save as dimension and Save as attribute to define a text height in map units that will be used to draw texts in AutoCAD Type a height value and click OK Click in the map display to activate the AutoCAD commands If the mode for saving was Save as text the user will be prompted for a point where to insert the text Enter a known coordinates and press Enter or click a point in the map If the mode for saving was Save as dimension and the sub option was Linear dimension the user will be prompted for a point where to start creating the dimension Enter a known coordinates and press Enter or click a point in the map 43 Blom ASA Proprietary 11 4 BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 Next the user will be prompted for a point where to finish creating the dimension Enter a known coordinates and press Enter or click a point in the map Finally the user will be prompted for a point where to position the dimension Enter a known coordinates and press Enter or click a point in the map If the mode for saving was Save as dimension and the sub option for storing measurements was Angular dimension then the user will be prompted for a point where to position the vertex of the angular dimension Enter a kn
49. s the media an which vau recereed it if any The terms also apply to any Microsoft updates Vi supplements Internet based services and Vi support services 2 View EULA for printing Do you accept the terms of the pending License Agreement IF vau choose Don t Accept install will clase To install you must accept this Accept Don t Accept agreement 7 Wait until Microsoft Interop Forms install completes Blom ASA Proprietary BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD iB BLomURBEX Be BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 5 BlamURBEX plug in 3 0 for AutoCAD 2007 08 09 Setup mcm Downloading required Files Downloading file 1 af 1 Cancel 8 The BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 Setup Wizard will lead you through all stages of the setup process BlomURBEX plug in 3 0 for AutoCAD 2007 08 09 fo oE Welcome to the BlomURBE plug in 3 0 for AutoCAD 2007 08 09 Setup Wizard E BLOM The installer will guide vou through the steps required to install BlomURBE plug in 3 0 for AutoCAD 2007 08 05 en your computer WARNING This computer program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized duplication or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil or criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the masimum extent possible under the la
50. te this projection in the BlomURBEX Viewer settings dialog UR Q Remember when using different drawing files in AutoCAD with different projections to modify the options in BlomURBEX Viewer matching the active one 1 Once everything is right set and with a map drawing opened click in the Center in new map point button at the bottom of the BlomURBEX Viewer Click OK in the message that appears and then move mouse cursor over the map display and click inside it A message requesting a point will appear Type the exact coordinates and press Enter or select a point clicking in the map Center in new map point 2 After some seconds BlomURBEX Viewer will open the best Blom images for that location in all the orientations selected in the BlomURBEX Viewer layout The images are centered in the selected point and show a crosshair If no image appears consider if your user permissions do not allow seeing images for that location 21 Blom ASA Proprietary BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 6 2 Introducing known coordinates in BlomURBEX Viewer XY 1 In BlomURBEX Viewer toolbar click in the tool Go to coordinates The Go to coordinate dialog is opened Go to coordinate 2 or Longitude Y or Latitude ADLER ED EPSG 4230 Select 2 Introduce a correct longitude or X and latitude or Y coordinates Indicate the projection for this coordinates clicking in Select This opens t
51. the dialog select General tab 3 In the Data Source drop down select Blom Library General Layout Linking Printing Saving Overlays Data source Blom Library bi BlomOURBE Blom Library 4 Selecting Blom Libraries Browse and select a Blom Library Click add new button in order to add multiple libraries 5 Selecting Library Licenses Browse and select a valid License Click Add New button in order to add multiple licenses in case there are more than one library 12 Blom ASA Proprietary iB BLomURBEX Be BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 6 In order to remove a Library or a License click delete button next to it 7 Click OK button to finish configuration Setup the BlomURBEX Viewer basic options The first thing to do in an application that uses BlomURBEX Viewer is to specify some minimum options in order that the viewer can correctly search for images For this follow the next steps 1 Open BlomURBEX Viewer window using the dockable_container command as explained above 2 Inthe BlomURBEX Viewer toolbar select the menu Settings gt Open settings dialog to open the Settings dialog Blom ASA Proprietary imm BLOMURBEX 5 BLOM BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 General Layout Linking Printing Saving Overlays W Display image visible extent on linked mapping application
52. this follow this steps 1 Open the Settings dialog and select the Linking tab Center linked map at main view center Center main view at linked map center To update AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 map center when BlomURBEX main view changes 2 The main view in BlomURBEX is one of the opened views Depending on the layout the main view changes The settings dialog marks which is the main view for each layout type This view can be in sync with the linked map application For it check the Center linked map at main view center Now each time the location of the BlomURBEX main view changes the map will be refreshed to show that location 21 Blom ASA Proprietary 6 10 BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 To update the main view in the BlomURBEX layout with AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 3 The main view in BlomURBEX is one of the opened views Depending on the layout the main view changes The settings dialog marks which is the main view for each layout type This view can be in sync with the AutoCAD map For it check the Center main view at linked map center Now each time the center of the AutoCAD map changes BlomURBEX main view will be refreshed to show that location Seeing historical images from different years It is possible to show imagery for different years in each view facilitating user to follow the changes occurred in a spot of the city To do this follow these steps 1 Open the Settings dialo
53. tings The latest settings are used by default To configure different settings use the Save button to save a file with the settings that can be later opened with the Open button 10 This finish the configuration Settings do not persist if the Plug in is reinstalled We need to set the settings again in case of re installation 5 4 Changing language interface Language interface can be changed through the direct menu Settings gt Language or through the Settings dialog by Settings gt Open Settings dialog The first is a more direct way to change the language but the results are the same To change the language through the direct menu 1 Click in menu Settings gt Language gt lt The desired language gt The interface language of the application is changed at once The selection is saved in the user registry so next time BlomURBEX Viewer is opened the preferred language will remain in the interface Bil Open settings dialog EI English _ layout Espa ol Deutsch Francais Italiano Nederlands Portugu s Dansk Norsk Svenska Suomi Romana Blom ASA Proprietary an BLoMLIRBEX Ax BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 pictametry countrportho satellite 5 5 Changing layout BlomURBEX Viewer can show one or several orientations at the time using Blom ASA Proprietary Es BLoMURBEX LE BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Plug i
54. w Blom ASA Proprietary lin ei ov BlomURBEX Plug in for AutoCAD 2007 2008 2009 v3 0 0 3l BlomURBEX plug in 3 0 for AutoCAD 2007 08 09 f Aa BLOM Please take a moment to read the license agreement now IF you accept the terms below click I Agree then Next Otherwise click Cancel License Agreement BLOM ASA T END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT EI NOTICE TO END USER CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING LEGAL AGREEMENT USE OF THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED WITH THIS AGREEMENT IHE SOFTWARE CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT PROMPTLY RETURN THE SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING ITEMS r O Do Not Agree Agree 10 The next screen displays the license agreement Please read this and if you accept the terms select the I Agree radio button Click Next gt to continue Cl BlomURBEX plug in 3 0 for AutoCAD 2007 08 09 fog Select Installation Folder Ae BLOM The installer wll install BlamLl RBE plug in 3 0 for AutoCAD 2007 08 09 to the following folder To install in this folder click Next To install to different folder enter it below ar click Browse Folder C Program Files x86 Blom ASA BlomUABE plug in 3 0 for AutaCA Install BlomUABES plug in 3 0 for AutoCAD 2007 08 09 For yourself or For anyone who uses this computer Everyone 3 Just me

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