After calling the command Coordinates->Renumber or Measured data-> Renumber a dialog window is displayed for list renumbering.
Enter the name of the input file in the field File. In case of renumbering a coordinate list, you can also enter the name of the output file so the original file will remain unchanged. This is advantageous especially if the original and new numerical series are overlapping, so the renumbering could cause a conflict in both series
The program allows completing the prefix for the points with an incomplete prefix. If some of the prefixes have fewer digits than the preset prefix, it will be completed from left by the required number of digits
To use this function, follow the below steps:
In reductions , (or in the settings bar) enter the complete prefix
If you want to perform the change only for a part of the list, select the chosen items on the list.
If you change the prefix in the coordinate list, choose the output file (it can be identical to the input file.
Press the button (Complete the point numbers).
You can change the prefix in two ways:
To set the same prefix for all the points, you simply have to enter the prefix in the input window. All the points will get the same prefix after the renumbering.
To remove the prefix for all the points, leave the input field empty, or enter the value 0.
To change some parts of the original prefix use a mask. The mask allows changing only some digits of the prefix. Th mask can be specified in two ways:
Mask with question marks
When entering a mask in the form ???xx??? (Eventually the equivalent form ###xx### can also be used), the digits in the positions of the question marks (or #) will be kept and all the other digits will be replaced with the characters entered in the mask.
For example, the original prefix 12345678 would, after entering the mask ???9???? change to 12395678. The characters in the positions of the question marks would remain unchanged while the fourth digit of the prefix would be replaced by the digit 9.
Mask with positions
The previous steps are suitable if the individual digits are replaced, but there is no need to change their position. If you need (for example) to move the first three digits to the end of the prefix, you can't use the above method. You can, however, define the mask in a different way: instead of the question marks, write the positions of the characters in the prefix in square brackets (e.g. <8><7><6>9<4><3><2><1>).
Since all the prefixes do not have to have the same number of characters, the positions are numbered from the right side (not left). Using the above mask, you will get the same result as in the previous example (the final prefix will again be 12395678).
If you want to index from left, you can write the digits in square brackets with the character as negative. The report <1> therefore means the first character from right, the protocol <-1> means the first character from left. The same result as in the previous example can therefore be achieved by using the mask <-1><-2><-3>9<-5><-6><-7><-8>.
When renumbering using a mask, you can switch the digits as you want. For example, if you enter a mask <3><2><1>??<8><7><6>, the first three digits will be replaced with the last three digits, and the fourth and fifth digit will remain unchanged. After entering this mask, the original prefix 12345678 would change to 67845123.
To change the point number, turn on the number change using the checking window, and enter the first digits of the point.
If you wish that the step in the point number when renumbering the coordinate list to be different than 1, you can enter the required amount in the input window Step. If you enter as the first point number the highest required number, and enter the step -1, the list will be renumbered in descending order from the entered point number (which will also reverse the points order on the list).
In case of the coordinate list, the renumbering can be performed from one file into another one (the points in the old file will remain unchanged, the newly renumbered points will be in the new file), or within one file (the point numbers will be changed).
Besides the standard renumbering, a mask can also be used for the prefix.
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If, during the coordinate list renumbering, a mask is used in the prefix or in the point number, we recommend performing the renumbering in a new, empty coordinate list. If you chose the renumbering in the original file, a warning with the question if the program shall proceed with the renumbering will be displayed. |
The renumbering of a list can be started by pressing the button (Renumber).You can choose whether to renumber an entire list or just the selected items. In addition, when renumbering the measured data list the following options are available:
To renumber the positions
Checking this option, the position numbers will also be changed during the renumbering. If this option is unchecked, the position numbers remain unchanged.
To renumber the orientation
Checking this option, the orientation numbers will also be changed during the renumbering. If this option is unchecked, the orientation numbers remain unchanged.
To renumber the alphanumeric
Checking this option, the point numbers with alphanumeric character will also be changed during the renumbering.
Keep the duplicates
Some point numbers can repeat on the measured data lists (for example in case of repeated survey). During a regular renumbering, both surveys would get a new number according to the position of the measurement on the list. If you check this option, all these measurements will have identical point numbers (the same as the first point survey) after the renumbering.
After renumbering, a report containing the table of old and new point numbers is displayed.