From: Craig (CRAIGVICTOR)
Is there a way to tweak the coordinate window a little longer to show all of the data? I know it's non-typical to be this far away from the origin and eating up this much window space, but I'm using Moi3D as a tool to create surfaces for TOPCON 3D GPS guided equipment jobs. The XYZ coordinates translate into Easting, Northing, and Elevations. That's why these coordinates are so large, it's locating the surface into a perfect alignment on a physical site.
Thanks!
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Moi3D Coordinate Window.png
From: Michael Gibson
Hi Craig, large coordinates like that will tend to cause a variety of problems because the way floating point numbers work is that there are wider gaps between representable numbers the farther away you are from the origin.
Basically all arithmetic operates at a lower amount of precision when working with those large numbers.
Complex operations like Booleans and Fillets will be more likely to fail.
So it's not generally a good thing to do, there is a lot more downside to it than just eating up window space.
It is possible to edit the UI to widen that control though. What version of MOI are you running? It may need to be edited slightly differently in v4 or v5.
- Michael
From: Craig (CRAIGVICTOR)
Good to know, I appreciate that info. When using Moi for this purpose it would more with features like loft or sweep. The shapes are pretty basic for draining parking lots and around buildings. I'm using V5 on Mac. The surface creation tools in the TOPCON software are so clumsy and primitive. It's much easier to use Moi3D.
From: Michael Gibson
Hi Craig, from Finder click the "Go" menu on the top menu bar and choose "Go to Folder..." and put in:
~/Library/Application Support/Moi/startup
Then copy the attached ExpandCoords.js file into there.
After that when you start up MoI that script should run and make the space for xyz coordinates larger.
Hope that helps, - Michael
Attachments:
ExpandCoords.js
From: Craig (CRAIGVICTOR)
Perfect! Thank you! This allows me to select the point creation tool and run around on surfaces, edges, etc to quickly check grade. I don't often need more than a couple decimal places but this leaves me plenty of room.
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Expanded window.png
