RE: need 2d stata floorplans in DXF format

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

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.
>  >
> 
> 
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