RockWorks | Utilities | EarthApps | Flyover | Advanced: Circular
This program:
- Reads a listing of data from the Datasheet Editor: XY locations, elevations, radii, tilt angles, and times.
- Creates a KML output file containing the flyover that circles the listed points, using the specified settings.
- Creates a KMZ (zip) output file, containing the KML file.
- Loads the KMZ file in Google Earth.
See also: Advanced Flyovers - Command-Driven
Menu Options
Step-by-Step Summary
Menu Options
- Input Columns: The prompts along the left side of the window tell RockWorks which columns in the input datasheet contain what data.
Click on an existing name to select a different name from the drop-down list. See a sample data layout below.
- X (Easting): Column that contains the X coordinates for the center of the circular tours.
These can be Eastings in meters or feet, decimal longitudes, etc. See Defining your Datasheet Coordinates for more information.
- Y (Northing): Column that contains the Y coordinates for the circle centerpoints.
- Elevation: Column that contains the elevation coordinates and units at which the circular flyover will occur. This represents absolute elevation, not relative to the ground.
- Circle Radius: Column that contains the radius and units for this circular flight path.
- Tilt Angle: Column that contains the 0 to -90 angle of the flyover view.
- Transition Duration: Column that contains the duration in seconds between that flyover and the next. For example, for there to be 2 seconds between the current flight path and the next, you would enter "2".
- Rotation Duration: Column that contains the duration for that circular flight path.
! Note that this value is defined in seconds per 10-degrees of rotation. For example, for the 360 degree circle tour to occur in 36 seconds, you would enter "1".
- Tour Title: Defines the flyover tour name.
Step-by-Step Summary
- Access the Utilities program tab.
- Create a new datasheet and enter or import your flyover script into the datasheet.
Or, open one of the sample files and replace that data with your own. (In this example, the sample file = "RockWorks17 Data\EarthApps Samples\Flyover_Advanced_Circular_01.rwDat")
Longitude and latitude coordinates must be in decimal format. If you're using another coordinate system, be sure you've specified the Units and the Projection Settings as appropriate. Be sure the Elevation and Radius columns' units are also defined.
- Select the RockWorks | Utilities | EarthApps | Flyover | Advanced: Circular menu option.
- Enter the menu options as described above.
! Tip: If you're working with one of the sample .rwDat files, you can load its specific menu settings by (1) clicking on the Menu button at the top of the window, (2) clicking Load from RCL, and (3) browsing for the .rcl file with the same name as the .rwDat file you're working with.
- Click the Process button to continue.
The program will create a KML file listing the circular flyover around the first point, using the radius, tilt, and rotation time settings. If multiple rows are listed, it will pause the defined transition and create the next circular flyover. It will create a KMZ (zip) file containing the KML file. The Google Earth KML and KMZ file names will be assigned automatically.
- If RockWorks displays the KMZ name in a popup window for your reference, you can confirm:
- Automatically load file into Google Earth: Be sure this is checked if you want to display the output at this time.
- Show this message every time a KMZ File is Created: If checked, this window will be displayed each time a Google Earth output is created. Uncheck this if you prefer not to see this window in the future.
(Both of these settings are also available via the Preferences menu.)
- Click OK to continue or Cancel to cancel the operation.
The resulting tour will be displayed in Google Earth, if requested.
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