Digitize XYZ Points

Use the Digitize Points button in the RockPlot3D toolbar to capture X, Y, Z world coordinates from the 3D scene. You can choose to capture the XYZ coordinates as individual point listings or the distance, bearing, and angle between point pairs that you digitize.

Step-by-Step Summary

1. Open / create the RockPlot3D scene for which you wish to capture coordinates, and adjust the desired starting angle and zoom.
2. Click on the Digitize Points button in the upper toolbar.
   
   The program will display an editor window.
   
3. Click the Mode button at the bottom of the window, and choose whether you want to record the XYZ coordinates of individual points, or the distance/bearing/dip between sequential points that you digitize.

   

   
   
4. Position your mouse on the location in the view that you wish to capture, and click the left mouse button.
   
   If you are in Point mode, the program will record the X, Y, Z location coordinate of that point in the editor window. The coordinates will be separated by Tab characters.
   ! If no object is under the mouse, no data will be recorded.
   
5. Position your mouse on the next point to be captured, and click the left mouse button.
   
   If you are in Point mode, the XYZ coordinates will be listed in the window.
   If you are in Distance/Bearing/Dip mode, the program will compute the distance between points 1 and 2, and display that in the editor.
   
6. Continue in this manner for as many points as you wish to digitize or point pairs whose distances you wish to compute.
   

   

7. When you are done digitizing:
   Save: Use the save button to save the listing to a text file.
   Print: Sends the listing to a printer
   Copy: Copies any selected text to the clipboard.
   Copy All: Copies all text to the clipboard.
   Font: Controls the font style for the editor display.
   Larger/Smaller: Adjusts the font size in the editor display.
   
8. Click the Digitize Points button on the main toolbar to close the Editor window and end the digitizing mode. If you have unsaved data you will be prompted whether you wish to save it.
   

Notes

• Use the Pause button to halt digitizing so that you can rotate, pan, or zoom with your mouse without collecting data.
• Use the Digitize button in the Editor window to resume digitizing.
  

  

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See also

• Viewing world coordinates
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