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The annotator veggie problem

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FrankK

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Greetings All,
After a spell just coming back to look at FSX again.

Can someone assist with the FSX annotator. I can get an autogen building to appear on a DXT1 tile OK. However having difficulty understanding what to do to get veggies to show up.

I have the ‘Control’ menu open and have clicked the ‘Vegetation(V)’ option but when I attempt to click a starting point on the image tile I get “Must have a valid vegetation GUID set” message appear. I notice that the Control menu has a message saying “GUID NULL” .

I also have the Autogen configuration editor open, and the ‘Model Entries’ and the ‘Properties’ that shows me the Friendly Name and GUID number of a veggie.


In a previous thread TOPROB suggested the following after a question (18-1-2007):
“So how do you set the vegetation GUID to draw a vegetation autogen polygon?

Yes, the Annotator documentation is a bit... brusque.
To select vegetation:
When you start up Annotator the Autogen Configuration Editor will open as well. From this, open autogendescriptions.xml. Now select either a Grouping or a Regionalization -- just click on it.

(FrankK:I note that it is actually autogendescriptions.spb not xml as given in the docs))

I tried the above suggestion but cannot get the annotator to recognize the GUID

So how do I get the veggie polygon or box on the tile?:confused:

Thanks
 
I often get this - explaining the problem and then it gets solved in the process. Things are now working for me!.:)
 
I had the same problem- There are two steps.

Open the bgl you want to annotate with the annotation tool (File>Open)
Open the AutogenDescriptions.XML from the AutogenConfigurationEditor (it is the xml you need to open) This is located in ..........SDK\Environment Kit\Autogen SDK\Autogen source xml

The AutogenConfigurationEditor will display the list of the regionalisations and groupings or vegetation- You need to highlight a regionalisation or grouping (i.e. this is the group which it randomly selects from at run time- If you want to use just a specific tree model there will be a separate grouping or regionalisation for it)

now click the 'Set GUID' button and draw the vegetation box (V) or Polygon region (I)

Ive noticed that the precision on polygon regions is quite low- For example, digitising a vegetation polygon near a coastline (Say, within 50m) you will end up with trees in the water. Use a vegetation box for this detail work.

Hope that helps- if not, ask again ;)
 
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