Quick Reference Guide

All the geographic conversions are based on the document Geomatics Guidance Note Number 7, part 2, Revised July 2012 released by International Association of Oil & Gas Producers.
The ellipsoidal distances are computed with the Vincenty's formulae.

This program have two methods to create the route.

• The first one is by input the route data through a dedicated form.
• The second method is by import a preformatted text file with the information of the route.

MANUAL INPUT

This will be incorporated in a future release.

AUTOMATIC INPUT

Select Import Route Points… from the File menu.
Select the text file to import and click Open
The program will automatically evaluate and store the route.

OPTIONAL

Configuration needed for the geographic coordinates and distances.
To define the geodesy of the route there is two options.

• File > Master Geodesy > Define to manually define the coordinate reference system.
• File > Master Geodesy > Load to load the coordinate reference system from a file.

MANUAL INPUT

Select an ellipsoid from the list of the EPSG ellipsoids OR manually input the dimensions of a custom ellipsoid.

MANUAL INPUT

Select the projection method.
Then set the parameters of the selected projection.

With the coordinate reference system defined, the program start to evaluate all the geographic coordinates and distances of the loaded route.

Now you have to set the properties for each element that you want to plot.
Click on the gear, next to the element, to set the relative parameters.
Through the Settings menu you can load or save the configurations from a file.

K.P. flag properties:
Change the plotting parameters and then click on the Apply button to update the preview on the right.

Points and Route properties:
Change the plotting parameters and then click on the Apply button to update the preview on the right.

Is possible to activate the plot of the CP and IP points.
Is possible to write the coordinates for all the points and the K.P.s for the TPs.
In this window you can also select the color of the route.

There are two export options.
The first option is to export the listing of the route as text.
Click on Export to Text file … from the Exports menu.

In the window you can see the list of the available information for each vertex and segment of the route.
With the Settings menu is possible to change the format of the values.
With the List Mode menu is possible to switch between the Route and the KP listing.
Then with the File menu is possible to save the list in one of the available formats.

The second option is to export the route in a dgn file.
Click on Export to DGN file … from the Exports menu.

In the window you can select witch elements you want to draw inside the dgn file.
Note: the elements will be drawn according to the settings of the preview window.
With the Select Output DGN File… button select a dgn file.

Then with the Export To DGN File button the program start to write inside the selected dgn file.
There is also a third export available only when a datum is defined.
This extra export let you create a Kml file that you can visualize in Google Earth.
Click on Export to KML file … from the Exports menu.

ROUTE DEFINITION FILE

The format of the text file that contain the route information need a particular format to be recognised by the program.

• Lines that start with P contain the X and Y of the vertex (Turning Point).
• Lines that start with A contain the radius and the bend direction of the segment between the previous and the next point of the list.
• Lines that start with I contain the X and Y of the immaginary vertex (IP) and the bending radius.
• The file MUST start and end with a P line.
• The A lines CAN NOT follow an I line.
• The rounded vertex can be defined with 3 lines (P,A,P) OR with a single I line.