problems with v.rast.to

[Malcolm Williamson]

Hi, Giorgos
Check the size of your .dxf files. If they are big (say, more than 1 meg) 
you should check your digitizing software (AutoCad ??) to make sure that 
you are not generating coordinate pairs more frequently than your data 
deserves. In other words, check the actual accuracy of your map, and then 
set your software so that its placement of coordinate pairs is not closer 
together than the map accuracy justifies. As an example, GRASS's v.digit 
defaults to 0.03 inches when working at a 1:24000 scale; many users feel 
that they can justify changing the digitizing threshold to 0.01 inch. 
Hope that this helps!
	-Malcolm Williamson

On Thu, 22 Jun 1995, Mr G Zacharioudakis wrote:

> Hi netters,
> I am a new Grass user and I am using the code for my project.
> I import .dxf files from a digitiser and convert them succesfully to
> vector maps using
> - v.in.dxf
> -v.support
> -v.digit
> However, When after these commands I am trying v.to.rast to the already
> created vector map, I get the message :"G_calloc out of memory"
> What does that mean? May the data that I imprt with each .dxf file 
>  be too much for grass to process?
> I am using a terminal and I am connecting with the main SUN1 workstation 
> at the Un. of Birmingham where I work with GRASS.
> Thanks very much
> 
> Giorgos Zacharioudakis MSc in Hydrogeology, School of Earth Sciences
>                         University of Birmingham
> e-mail : ers4gxz2 at sun1.bham.ac.uk
>