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VrOne®

A powerful, comprehensive photogrammetric vector collection and editing package.

Overview

VrOne stores all vector data in its own binary file format, which makes for very efficient data access and manipulation. VrOne can open and display up to 2000 vector files and can also open and display up to 2000 TIFF images (with world files) as a backdrop to the vector display.

VrOneThe VrOne vector database has the following characteristics:

  • 3D double precision
  • 10,001 data layers
  • Unlimited file size
  • Unlimited number of points on a line
  • 48 character feature code available for each entity
  • 32 bit non-graphic pointer
  • Text labels up to 512 characters
  • Support for 256 vector colors

Integration

Download VrOne

  1. Visit http://www.vrone.com.
  2. Select "Download."
  3. Select “Download Vr Mapping Software” if the User Information has been submitted to Cardinal Systems. If the User Information has not been submitted, please complete that section and send it to Cardinal Systems by pressing the “Submit” button.
  4. Read the Terms and Conditions page and select “Agree”.
  5. Select “Download Socet/Vr Software”.
  6. Enter the password that was obtained from Cardinal Systems.
  7. From the VrSocet directory, download the vrssAAA-BBB.exe(~55 MB) self-extracting executable to a setup or temp directory on your system. The VrOne-SOCET installation file name includes both the VrOne and SOCET SET version numbers. For example: vrss301-530.exe is VrOne version 3.01 for SOCET SET version 5.3.

Install VrOne

IMPORTANT NOTE

Before the VrOne setup program or the VrOne HostID Utility program can be executed, a password MUST be entered when prompted. This password is only available via email.
Please send your request to:

mike<at>vrone<dot>com and to curt.lima<at>baesystems<dot>com

Thank you.

Using Windows Explorer, go the setup or temp directory into which the VrOne installation file was downloaded and double-click on vrssAAA-BBB.exe.

Since this self-extracting executable is password-protected, enter the password obtained in the above ”Important Notice” section.

During the installation process, the default installation directory of C:\vr can be changed if necessary, and if desired, short-cut icons on the Desktop can be created for vrone_ss.exe and vrcfig_ss.exe.

SOCET DLL Search Path

Note: If vrone_ss or vrcfig_ss is executed from a Desktop icon or by double-clicking on the program from within Windows Explorer, an Unable to Locate Component message window may appear that says:

"This application has failed to start because librti_5*.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem."

Although it shouldn't be necessary to re-install the application, this message does indicate that the required SOCET SET DLL files can't be found in the system's search path. As a result, this error can be addressed by either of the following:

  • Select VrOne SOCET or VrOne Config from the SOCET SET pull-down menu. This method causes VrOne to explicitly inherit the environment variables normally defined during the execution of SOCET SET, which does include the SOCET .\lib directory.
  • Manually include the SOCET .\lib directory in your system's search path by:
    1. Right-click on the "My Computer" desktop icon.
    2. Select "Properties."
    3. Select the "Advanced" Tab.
    4. Click the "Environment Variables" button.
    5. In the System variables window, select "Path."
    6. Press the "Edit" button and add the SOCET ,\lib directory to the "Variable Value" field.
    7. Click the "OK" button to save and exit.

Of the two methods, manually adding the SOCET .\lib directory to your system's search path will provide more flexibility insofar that VrOne can then be executed without having the additional requirement that SOCET SET is running.

VrOne License Request

The information required for the VrOne license can be obtained by executed the \vr\bin\vrone_ss.exe program. If the VrOne license file hasn't been installed, a Vr Security – VrOnewindow will appear with the Computer Name, HostID, and Password.

To facilitate the delivery of the VrOne license file to you, an email request can be made as follows:

To: vipsupport@baesystems.com
Cc: curt.lima@baesystems.com
Cc: <Your_BAE_Sales/Support_Representative>
Subject: VrOne-SOCET License Request
Your Name:
Company Name:
Company Address:
Company Phone Number:
License Request Type: Demo/Evaluation or Purchased/Permanent
And as indicated in the Vr Security – VrOne window.
Computer Name:
Host ID:
User Name:

Upon verification of the license request, an email containing the VrOne password will be sent to you. It is that license code string that will need to be entered into the Password field of the Vr Security – VrOne window.

If the VrOne license has been extended or upgraded, the \vr\data\vr.sec file can be renamed to allow for the entry of the updated license code key.

VrOne Configuration

VROne

The VrOne Configuration can be accessed by either double-clicking on the Vr SOCET Configuration icon, or by using Windows Explorer to navigate to the \vr\bin\ directory and double-clicking on vrcfig_ss.exe.

In the VR Configuration window:

  1. Project | Project Parameters
  2. Use default directories? No
  3. Configuration | XYZ Digitizer
  4. XYZ Digitizer
  5. BAE SYSTEMS SOCET SET
  6. Configuration | Keyport
  7. Keyport Type
  8. Keyport 252 USB or Serial (if using a Keyport)
  9. None (if not using a Keyport)
  10. If the user wishes to always start with either the Mouse or XYZ Input: Vr SOCET Config: General | Start input device | select Mouse or XYZ Digitzer and press OK.

But from within VrOne, either input mode can be selected by entering digmou or digxyz in the VrOne key-in window.

If the user wants to use customized data files:

  • Vr SOCET Config: Configuration | General | Function Key File | enter or browse to the custom file and press OK.
  • Vr SOCET Config: Configuration | General | Keypad Command File | enter or browse to the custom file and press OK.
  • Vr SOCET Config: Configuration | General | Macro File | enter or browse to the custom file and press OK.
  • Vr SOCET Config: Configuration | Vector Graphics | Symbol File Name | enter or browse to the custom file and press OK.
  • Vr SOCET Config: Configuration | Vector Graphics | Pen Table File Name | enter or browse to the custom file and press OK.

The colors used with VrOne can be defined in one of two ways (VrSOCET Config: Configuration | Vector Graphics | Use pen table?).

If this is set to Yes, then VrOne will use the specified pen table (which is one line above the Use pen table? line) and will map out the colors by VrOne layers. If the default VrOne pen table (\vr\data\default.pen) is opened with a text editor, the Layer / Entity Type / Pen Number (color) is shown. Each VrOne layer (1–10001) can have a separate pen number for line entities, splines, symbols and text. This means that the colors will always be fixed based on the entity type for a specific layer. (All lines found in layer 35 would have the same color.) The default is to have one pen number (color) for all of the entities within a layer, but this isn't a requirement. If desired, one VrOne layer could have different colors for each of the four entity types.

If Use pen table? is set to No, then the user will define colors to be used and won't be forced to use the same color for all of the elements within a particular Layer-Entity type. This would then allow for the placement of utility valve, water valves, gas valves, … into the same VrOne layer, but each could have a different color.

If Use pen table? is set to Yes, it's possible to cycle through the available colors with the following:

  1. Insert a line into a VrOne file
  2. Pick the line with Change Pen (Pen | Change Pen)
  3. Press Button 2 to increment or Button 3 to decrement the pen number (color). The Change to pen number and color is shown in the main VrOne menu window.

Lastly, VrOne doesn't display all color combinations to the screen, but only goes up to pen number 70. The screen display colors are determined by \vr\data\defaultscreen.ct, and this file also provides a cross-reference of pen number to color name. Please refer to Appendix A – Pen Table Colorsfor a listing of the default screen display colors.

SOCET SET Configuration

Once SOCET SET is running, VrOne can be loaded by selecting the VrOne SOCET icon from the desktop or by selecting VrOne | VrOne SOCET from the SOCET SET Extraction pulldown.

The current SOCET SET versions should include VrOne SOCET and VrOne Config in the SOCET SET Extraction pulldown menu. If VrOne is not present, it is possible to manually add those items to the menu with the following. Open \usr\geoset\internal_dbs\CONFIG\standard_qt_NT.cnf with a text editor and add the following highlighted VrOne lines to the Extraction section. Please note that tabs must be used to indent the lines: spaces won't be recognized.

  • Extraction|0|0|0
  • Terrain|0|0|0
  • Automatic Extraction|0|2|0|$(EXEDIR)/ate PREF
  • Interactive Edit|2|1|0|$(EXEDIR)/ite PREF
  • Feature|0|0|0
  • Feature Specification Editor|0|0|0|$(EXEDIR)/spec_ed
  • Feature Extraction|2|1|0|$(EXEDIR)/fei PREF RT
  • Feature Database Merge|2|1|0|$(EXEDIR)/fdbm PREF
  • ClearFlite|2|1|0|$(EXEDIR)/clearflite
  • Merge|0|2|0|$(EXEDIR)/dtm_ftr PREF RT
  • Annotation & Counting|2|1|0|$(EXEDIR)/annot PREF
  • VrOne|0|0|0
  • VrOne SOCET|0|1|0|$(VRHOME)/bin/vrone_ss
  • VrOne Config|0|0|0|$(VRHOME)/bin/vrcfig_ss