Hi Adrian. I used the data that Chris pasted into his mail to test with and that had no spaces...
I use huge regular expression to parse the file for valid point data lines and it doesn't expect spaces. I'll tweak it and send it again if you like... DAN On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 12:22 PM, adrian wyer <adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com > wrote: > ** ** ** ** > > Hey Dan, i gave it a swing, but regardless of my .xyz file formatting, i > always get the error message; Error - no points found or not a valid XYZ > file!!!**** > > ** ** > > have you got an xyz file that works for you, that you caould strip to just > a couple of lines so i can see the format?**** > > ** ** > > the one i'm trying is like this;**** > > **** > > ** ** > > 647680.01, 508967.136, 185.622**** > > 647680.099, 508967.133, 185.609**** > > 647680.124, 508953.779, 184.757**** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > *From:* **softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com** [mailto:** > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com**] *On Behalf Of *Dan Yargici > *Sent:* 09 January 2013 09:34 > *To:* **softimage@listproc.autodesk.com** > *Subject:* Re: terrain ascii xyz import**** > > ** ** > > Hey Chris, was that script of any use? Just curious! :)**** > > ** ** > > It's quite slow, as I'm sure you've noticed as you said it was a large > file!**** > > ** ** > > Never could find a way to speed it up. I just put it down to Python being > slow in the end... :/**** > > ** ** > > DAN**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 6:54 PM, Chris Marshall <chrismarshal...@gmail.com> > wrote:**** > > ok thanks guys. I'll see how this goes. I can always break the file down > into smaller pieces maybe. Or if Dan's script works well, take a percentage > of the point instead.**** > > I'll report back!**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On 7 January 2013 16:51, Vladimir Jankijevic <vladi...@elefantstudios.ch> > wrote:**** > > oh, all right. If it's huge then this won't work that well I think :(**** > > ** ** > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 5:40 PM, Chris Marshall <chrismarshal...@gmail.com> > wrote:**** > > That's what I was thinking. Once I get the file into soft, I'll know what > I'm dealing with. It's a pretty huge file of points.**** > > ** ** > > On 7 January 2013 16:34, Alan Fregtman <alan.fregt...@gmail.com> wrote:*** > * > > With that, then you can use ICE on a grid of sufficient points and set up > a tree like...**** > > "****Get** **Point** **ID****" and pointcloud getdata --> ID To Location > --> .PointPosition --> Set Point Position**** > > ** ** > > (Who knows how the terrain is ordered though. It might look horrid.)**** > > ** ** > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Dan Yargici <danyarg...@gmail.com> wrote: > **** > > Hey Chris, I quickly (read - some things may not work!) refactored my old > .PLY importer for you. should work...**** > > ** ** > > Just rename as .py and run in the script editor.**** > > ** ** > > Like Alan suggested though, it's just point data so it just makes a > pointcloud.**** > > ** ** > > Hope it helps.**** > > ** ** > > DAN**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Chris Marshall <chrismarshal...@gmail.com> > wrote:**** > > Hi,**** > > Sorry for the slow reply on this. We have an xyz file, which is just a > grid of points, like this:-**** > > ** ** > > -105.2500000000,39.7500000000,1757.129 **** > > -105.2500000000,39.7499583333,1758.791 **** > > -105.2500000000,39.7499166667,1760.882 **** > > -105.2500000000,39.7498750000,1763.025 **** > > -105.2500000000,39.7498333333,1765.183 **** > > -105.2500000000,39.7497916667,1767.467 **** > > -105.2500000000,39.7497500000,1768.741 **** > > -105.2500000000,39.7497083333,1771.766 **** > > -105.2500000000,39.7496666667,1773.832 **** > > -105.2500000000,39.7496250000,1775.873 **** > > -105.2500000000,39.7495833333,1777.84 **** > > -105.2500000000,39.7495416667,1779.369 **** > > -105.2500000000,39.7495000000,1781.255 **** > > -105.2500000000,39.7494583333,1783.423 **** > > -105.2500000000,39.7494166667,1785.815 **** > > -105.2500000000,39.7493750000,1788.552 **** > > -105.2500000000,39.7493333333,1791.749 **** > > -105.2500000000,39.7492916667,1795.332 **** > > -105.2500000000,39.7492500000,1800.269 **** > > -105.2500000000,39.7492083333,1804.516 **** > > -105.2500000000,39.7491666667,1808.3 **** > > ** ** > > So it must be relatively easy to convert this into a grid? Anyone got any > ideas or can supply a simple script we can modify that'll read this data > and generate a new grid or adjust the height of an existing grid?**** > > ** ** > > Thanks **** > > ** ** > > Chris**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On 14 December 2012 19:12, Matt Lind <ml...@carbinestudios.com> wrote:**** > > If it’s ASCII, an importer can probably be written fairly easily.**** > > **** > > Do you have a sample file?**** > > **** > > **** > > Matt**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Chris Marshall > *Sent:* Friday, December 14, 2012 5:19 AM > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* terrain ascii xyz import**** > > **** > > Hello,**** > > Anyone know how to get these into soft?**** > > **** > > Cheers**** > > **** > > Chris**** > > **** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > -- **** > > **** > > Chris Marshall**** > > Mint Motion Limited**** > > 029 20 37 27 57**** > > 07730 533 115**** > > www.mintmotion.co.uk**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > -- **** > > **** > > Chris Marshall**** > > Mint Motion Limited**** > > 029 20 37 27 57**** > > 07730 533 115**** > > www.mintmotion.co.uk**** > > ** ** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > -- > --------------------------------------- > Vladimir Jankijevic > Technical Direction > > Elefant Studios AG > Lessingstrasse 15 > CH-8002 Zürich > > +41 44 500 48 20 <%2B41%2044%20500%2048%2020> > > www.elefantstudios.ch > --------------------------------------- **** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > -- **** > > **** > > Chris Marshall**** > > Mint Motion Limited**** > > 029 20 37 27 57**** > > 07730 533 115**** > > www.mintmotion.co.uk**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2637/5519 - Release Date: 01/08/13* > *** >
