RE: need 2d stata floorplans in DXF format

[Greg Knight <GKnight@PLANT.MIT.EDU>]

All set.

-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick J Nichols II [mailto:pnichols@MIT.EDU] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 1:12 PM
To: Greg Knight; 'Seth Teller'
Cc: David Silverman; bmg
Subject: RE: need 2d stata floorplans in DXF format


Hi Greg,

You can anonymous FTP them to graphics.csail.mit.edu.  Just drop them in 
the "incoming" folder. Let me know when you upload the files, so I can 
confirm that we have them and they are uncorrupted.

Thanks,
Patrick

At 06:47 AM 9/16/2003 -0400, Greg Knight wrote:
>Seth,
>
>These are ready... Just tell me where you'd like me to drop 'em.
>
>Greg
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Seth Teller [mailto:teller@csail.mit.edu]
>Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 11:54 AM
>To: Greg Knight
>Cc: David Silverman; bmg
>Subject: Re: need 2d stata floorplans in DXF format
>
>
>
>i think we need dxf's only.  yes, you can anonymous ftp
>to one of our machines -- bmg students, can you check
>with adel and followup with greg to set up a drop point.
>
>thx,
>
>seth
>
>Greg Knight wrote:
> > seth... i wanted to send you one sample file before i sent you the 
> > entire bunch...  turns out these files are HUGE...  15MB drawing 
> > files... and 45MB dxf files...  i cant compress even one of them 
> > enough to send them via email... do you have a server with some 
> > credentials where i can drop it?
> >
> > greg
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Seth Teller [mailto:teller@csail.mit.edu]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:07 AM
> > To: Greg Knight
> > Cc: David Silverman; bmg
> > Subject: Re: need 2d stata floorplans in DXF format
> >
> >
> >
> > greg,
> >
> > i think we can do a considerable amount with the unstructured plans. 
> > please send them along to me and to "bmg@graphics" (you can 
> > reply-all to this message) when you can.  patrick is doing his MEng 
> > this term only on this project, so the sooner you can get us the 
> > data, the better.  (he will make it work for most other MIT 
> > buildings, but we're really excited about making it work for stata 
> > to help all the confused inhabitants and visitors find their way 
> > around.)
> >
> > if you have layers containing space names and office numbers or any 
> > info of that type, please send it as well.  even if it is just 
> > unstructured collections of labels, we can work with it using our 
> > current tools i think.
> >
> > yes, as the more structured plans become available, please send 
> > those as well, and we will incorporate them.
> >
> > seth.
> >
> > Greg Knight wrote:
> >  > David,
> >  >
> >  > I can convert them for Seth... BUT...  They wont be in the 
> > structure that  > Seth wants until we clean them up... Which as you 
> > know will be no trivial  > matter...  Our absolute deadline for this 
> > is January when the building is  > scheduled to be occupied... If we 
> > get the latest plans the architect has  > polylined, this could 
> > happen in the next month or two if things go well...  >  > Seth,
> >  >
> >  > Does it help if I convert the un-structured plans to DXF in the
>interim?
> >  >
> >  > Greg
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > -----Original Message-----
> >  > From: David Silverman [mailto:DSilverm@PLANT.MIT.EDU]
> >  > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 7:10 PM
> >  > To: 'Seth Teller'
> >  > Cc: Greg Knight
> >  > Subject: RE: need 2d stata floorplans in DXF format
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > Seth,
> >  >
> >  > I'll track down the appropriate CAD floor plans.
> >  >
> >  > Greg, if I give you these files can you do the appropriate 
> > conversion
>for
> >  > Seth?
> >  >
> >  > David
> >  >
> >  > -----Original Message-----
> >  > From: Seth Teller [mailto:teller@csail.mit.edu]
> >  > Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 1:10 PM
> >  > To: David Silverman
> >  > Cc: Greg Knight
> >  > Subject: need 2d stata floorplans in DXF format
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > david,
> >  >
> >  > we'd like to put together a "you are here" and
> >  > route-finding app on big displays near the stata
> >  > entries, so that visitors can walk up to the
> >  > display, indicate a destination (or person, group,
> >  > lab etc.) in the building, and see a display of a
> >  > good route to that destination.  (perhaps even get
> >  > a printout if we can put a public printer there.)
> >  >
> >  > we have all the pieces we need to do this except
> >  > the stata floorplans.  our current algorithms
> >  > use the MIT DXF floorplans posted on the DOF web
> >  > site.  any chance we can get stata floorplans in
> >  > the same format with similar structure ?
> >  >
> >  > thanks,
> >  >
> >  > seth.
> >  >
> >  > ps cc'ing greg knight as well.
> >  >
> >
> >
> >
> >