Wednesday, April 29, 2009

The 5 minute function.

No I'm not actually going to put a lot of time into a post since there doesn't really seem to be much interest in what's going on. However a recent conversation in the Vr Python Forum is a perfect example of the whole purpose of having Python in Vr. If you are a member you can check it out there.

http://www.cardinalsystems.net/forum/index.php?topic=51.0

The basic premise is that you need a simple function to automate a fairly simple task, in this case labeling all symbols in specified layers with a piece of text in which the label is the symbols feature code. It could be any attribute, or any entity type, but the point is; rather than waiting for the feature to show up in Vr, with a little practice, you can write it yourself (usually from existing snippets) in about 5 minutes and be on your way.

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