[GRASSLIST:5476] Re: vectors in NVIZ [solved]

[Dylan Beaudette]

Michael-

Thanks for the pointers. In error, i was trying to make NVIZ display vector 
areas... something that I thought that it could do... 

This clears up a lot of "problems" that I had been having with NVIZ over the 
last couple of months...

Perhaps it would be a good idea to mention this somwhere in the NVIZ 
interface..? an error message issued when vector areas are loaded?

Dylan

On Friday 21 January 2005 08:30 am, Michael Barton wrote:
> Dylan,
>
> I just checked my GRASS 6.0.0 beta1 version. NVIZ displays vectors just
> fine. I could view them as flat or following the surface and the z factor
> raised or lowered them above the surface correctly. There are a couple of
> caveats, especially if you are using a slightly older version.
>
> 1. NVIZ does not display vector areas. They used to crash NVIZ, but now
> they just don't display. If you want to display areas you either need to
> -transform them to boundaries (i.e., lines) and display the outlines of the
> areas, or
>     -transform them to raster coverages and use the coverage as the color
> drape over your surface.
>
> 2. Vector lines display under the "vector" panel of old NVIZ. In the new
> NVIZ, this panel is called "vector lines" to make this clear. Vector points
> display under the "sites" panel of old NVIZ. Again, in the current version,
> this is called the "vector points" panel to make the clear.
>
> Michael
>
> On 1/20/05 3:50 PM, "Dylan Beaudette" <dylan at iici.no-ip.org> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > In the last couple of GRASS 5.7-CVS  versions (as of a couple of weeks
> > ago) vectors are not being displayed in NVIZ... they either show up flat
> > at z=0, or not at all... I have checked to make sure that the appropriate
> > settings are correct, and am not sure what is going on...
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
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