A plugin for the ESRI ArcGIS software which allows a bidirectional communication & interaction between WinCan VX and ArcGIS is available. The main purpose of this tool is:
- Transfer data from ArcGIS to WinCan VX
- Detect changes in the header data in WinCan VX and match it with the original data
- One click to see where a section or manhole is located
This article shows how to install and how to use the WinCan ESRI Plugin (WinCanVXESRIAddIn.exe) (available at http://www.wincan.com/en/downloads/).
Instructions
Step-by-step guide
- Connect with WinCan VX
- Open the ArcMap test project
- Run WinCan VX and create a new test project
- Connect ArcMap with WinCan VX via the "Connect WinCan VX" button
- Field Mapping
- Select the section layer (1) Make also sure that the same layer is selected in the WinCan toolbar (2)
- Select Field Mapping
- Specify the field mappings
- To identify layer fields use right mouse click Identify…Install the latest WinCan VX ArcGIS plugin
- Select the section layer (1) Make also sure that the same layer is selected in the WinCan toolbar (2)
- Data Transfer
- Select the sections you want to export, for this us a Select feature
- Select the desired section (use the select tool)
- Click Transfer Data
- Start transfer
- The sections should now have been transfered to WinCan VX
- Select the sections you want to export, for this us a Select feature
- Visualization
- Select any of the highlighting tools in the WinCan tool bar
- Select a section in WinCan VX. Now the corresponding section should be highlighted in ArcMap
- Select any of the highlighting tools in the WinCan tool bar
- Visualization of inspection data
- Double-click a section in WinCan VX, enter some inspection data and some observations
- Click the "Reinitialize" button in the WinCan tool bar in ArcMap. The observations and the inspection (colored in green) should be visualized now
- Check for updated section data
- Select Field Mapping
- Check the mappings and make sure that the material field has been properly mapped
- Double-click a previously transfered section from ArcMap
- Change the Material value
- Click the "Check for updated section data" button. The changed header data should appear in the list below
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