Hi Ben,
That's not been my experience in getting the image and associated world file out of TBC. The "Capture" Command has always worked fine for me, and I've never used a plot box, just oriented the screen to show what I wanted captured. What version TBC are you using?
Also note that since Siteworks v1.70 there is an option to manually georeference images directly within Siteworks. While not as simple as capturing an image right out of TBC, which is nice because that creates the world file, you can take a screenshot of your TBC screen using the Windows Snipping tool. Then import the image into Siteworks and then based on two common points between your measured/design points and/or model and the image reference the image and produce the world file. Siteworks user guide entry on this
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Steve DiBenedetto
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Original Message:
Sent: 07-09-2024 11:29
From: Ben Ryschon
Subject: Background Images for Siteworks
All,
I have been trying to use the default background imagery in TBC and use the capture command to create the background images for siteworks. However, I all I get is a black image. I can import a image from google earth and place it and then complete the same process and it works fine. The problem is that the images are not as nicely placed or where I live as sharp as the ones TBC uses in their default background map provider. I have no doubt that it could be a size issue but my photos are less than 1000 kb. Am I doing something wrong? Does TBC not know how to do this? If i don't use a plot box and hit the capture I get part of the screen starting from left to right. If I minimize my screen really small then the capture works with or with our the plot box if by chance you have your screen sized just right. I think this is pretty ridicules and it needs to be addressed. Why market a function that does not work correctly!? And don't get me started on the wok around to get them to sync to your tablet......
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Ben Ryschon
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