VectorWorks C4d UTM/LAT LONG/GPS

[mdbassett]

Hi All,

 

Any Vectorworks users manage to place 3d loci as per assigned UTM/GPS cords. Basically I am using VectorWorks / C4d and I have gps locations for camera points and want to recreate the same locations within VectorWorks / C4d, I usually use x,y,z cords for this type of work. Any thoughts.

 

Thanks,

M.

[Jeff Mottle]

I don't know specifically about Vectorworks but most people who get camera coordinates for "certified views", are provided to them by the surveyor who measured the data. They have applications to plot the points in 3D space. As you are likely only working with a small area, you are only interested in the relation of all of those points to one another and to an established benchmark. (I assume that is what you are trying to do).

 

You could try this app

 

http://www.gps2cad.com/

[Jeff Mottle]

You might be able to plot those points with something like Google Earth and then export that to a DXF too.

 

I found this app too: http://www.expertgps.com/gps.asp a lot cheaper too.

[mdbassett]

Hi Jeff,

 

Thanks for the response. I have to use gps points to adhere to guidelines for a visual impact. I will have to delve deeper into the depths of this as there is no quick fix solution with Vw and C4d. I will post a result as soon as I have one.

 

Thanks again.

Michael.

[Jeff Mottle]

I have to use gps points to adhere to guidelines for a visual impact.

 

What specifically are the guidelines as they relate to coordinates? All GPS reports their coordinates as either Lat/Long or UTM. Lat/Long use the lines of latitude and longitude as their reference and UTM uses it's own grid system. Regardless of which you use, you can very easily convert between the two. If you plot the points in CAD you don't loose anything, you will simply get those points all plotted in relation to one another. If it has to be related to one of the base lines of either UTM or Lat/Long, just create two points along one of those lines and plot those as well. Now you have those points related to the system they are measured in. Likewise if those points need to be related to a survey benchmark, just plot that point too. Using software to plot geographic coordinates would not convert them into something else, so there is no reason they would not meet a guideline. Interested to know what they are.