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scenProc user interface?

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Hi all,

While writing my tutorial about using scenProc and OpenStreetMap data I was thinking that some sort of graphical user interface would be useful. So let me write down my ideas here:

  • Kind of like a text editor, to edit the configuration file
  • With some easy button to directly start scenProc with the loaded file
  • With a function to help you search the right GUID from the autogen SDK XML files
  • With some function to help you construct the filters, based on the attributes available in the shapefiles

Let me know if you think this is a good idea and if you have other suggestions.

I expect the answer to be YES, but I am not sure if I have the time soon to make it. I first want to improve the creation of the autogen buildings more :).
 
I think your idea is so good.
I think most of the people have difficulty with the command lines.
 
Who doesn't like having more options? While a command line interface works (and has its advantages), a GUI is definitely welcome. :)
 
Hi,

This user interface is just an idea at the moment. I haven't started coding anything and given my priorities I don't expect to start very soon with it.
 
The autofill for GUID doesn't work for me. The paths to the SDK files/folders are correct.
 
Hi,

Just a double check, you set the folder to the Autogen SDK in the options (not to the main SDK)? It should then find the correct XML files for you.
 
You have to click on a file in the autogen directory when setting up the paths for it to fully grab the directory path otherwise it ends up one directory lower
 
I'll double check if I can make that more user friendly.
 
Thanks Arno for pushing the GUI of ScenProc, I dream that it will become one day like QGis U.I with visual layers of vectors and visual editing etc etc :)

Cheers
 
Hi,

I might add some more preview of the data in the future, but I am not planning to make it a manual editor to draw autogen. We can use annotator for that already :)

Send from my phone using Tapatalk, so excuse the short sentences and possible typos
 
:D

Only a crazy idea ... you could have a preview of the images of both the building or vegetation when choosing the guid ?
So as you can see the choice would be possible to see the image?
sometimes it becomes difficult to guess the right type for the area that you're doing would be a nice convenience ... I think.

Just an idea maybe in the future .....

Antonio.
 
Hi,

That is a nice idea actually. I would have to check if it is possible to implement that. And of course I need to find the right images as well :).
 
Hi,

But you know that the autogen classes you assign in scenProc are not the same as the objects in the autogen.bgl file. In one autogen object class there can actually be multiple library objects.
 
Yes that what I meant, a way to identify those autogen classes, for autogen library objects we can use the above link. But of course it's a little crazy to have a browser for this (so many objects), but would be great, we would have a full control of what is annotated in the autogen files.:cool:
 
:)

Well so is too much ... I was content only of the types:
terrain Autogen class which are about 128 I think,
and are the same as that currently appear in the form of write scenproc ....
in the link posted above are about 1200 and there are also guid seasons, proportions ... way too much for large areas where scenproc does its job.
For how efficiently or specificity prefer to add annotator with the individual trees.

Antonio.
 
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