12d Model

Fair comment.
Simon should join the general 12d forum to enjoy the benefits of advice from the support staff and other users.
http://forums.12dmodel.com/profile.php? ... ff62ae91c1

I am using vers 11 and 12. I have an alignment string

I don't think Simon is using the practice version.

Have you installed Trimble Link engine?

Yeah I found this option to be the reverse of my logic.

I've got a macro that does what you want.
Send a email to qld.support@12d.com and I'll send you the macro.

Yes it's on the installation disk and also on the install download.
I'm not sure if it's available separately.

When you install 12d there's a tick box to install training data.

Only hold Ctrl and pan once. Then pan with mmb. When you want to return to the previous command esc once.

Beat you Matt

Hold Down Control and pan with the middle mouse button once. Then you can pan to your hearts content.
If you keep hold of control while panning, however many pans you do that's how many times you'll need to escape.

I don't see the need in spending to much time on the Ln3 format when they can take DWG/DXF and we already have acad mapfiles to separate the data into layers by colour...etc

3D office is a free Topcon software to manage machine control data.

The Vis Library is a library of 3D objects that you can place into your data.
And as Ed mentioned they should work in SD calcs.
You can also create your own or import from other 3D modelling packages.

I use notepad++
There has been some posts somewhere for the configuration of notepad++
I'll look for it and post back.

Can you export to CAD from the practice version?