[GRASSLIST:4187] Re: dxf files in 3D

[Radim Blazek]

v.in.dwg can import also DXF.

Radim

On Monday 16 August 2004 14:03, Andrew wrote:
> I am anticipating a problem. I have a requested a dataset from a mine
> geologist which represents the 3D structure of the mine proper from
> which his proprietary program creates stratigraphic maps. The file
> contains the information extracted from cores and related samples over
> decades of drilling and exploration. I need to create depth layers of
> this data for a project of my own, as opposed to the full 3D images or
> vertical cross sections he usually works with. I am not certain, but my
> best chance for acquiring this data may be accepting a 3D dxf file
> (which imports directly into arcGIS, I am told, but I don't have
> arcGIS). I have both Grass 5.3 and Grass 5.7 installed on my computer.
> The 5.3 distribution has a pair of commands, v.in.dxf and v.in.dxf3d,
> which may serve my purposes. This seems to be missing from 5.7. Is this
> because the functionality is not yet/never-to-be implemented in 5.7, or
> is its functionality subsumed by some other command or commands? Will I
> have to import to 5.3, export to 5.7 and then work with , e.g. grid3D
> stuff, or can it be done directly in 5.7 ? Are there problems with
> v.in.dxf3d from 5.3 that I can expect to wrestle with (or perhaps be
> defeated by)?
>
> Thanks for any advance warning you may be able to give me. I am pressed
> for time on this project.