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Navigation: Batch Processing Reference > Macros

Macro actions

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When you click on the Add button in the Macro dialog, the Macro Step dialog opens:

macro_step

The Action field includes a list of all available macro actions. Depending to the selected action, another dialog may open when OK is clicked or the dialog may be expanded when the action is selected. The settings for the selected macro action are then defined in the next or expanded dialog.

An overview of macro actions is given in the table below. There is a corresponding tool or menu command for many of the macro actions. The following Sections explain only the settings and parameters that are specific for the macro actions. Otherwise, there is a link to the description of the corresponding tool or command.

TO	USE ACTION
Apply a classification routine for single points	Classify points
Apply a classification routine for groups	Classify groups
Assign groups to laser points	Modify groups > Assign groups
Fix groups along block boundaries	Modify groups > Fix border groups
Clear group numbers of selected classes	Modify groups > Clear by class
Copy the group attribute from the closest neighbor point	Modify groups > Copy from closest
Split groups by class	Modify groups > Split groups by class
Draw polygons around point groups	Vectorize > Draw polygons
Detect paint markings from point cloud data	Vectorize > Find paint lines
Detect poles from point cloud data	Vectorize > Find poles
Detect overhead wires from point cloud data	Vectorize > Find wires
Create 3D models of buildings	Vectorize > Vectorize buildings
Call an Addon function	Addon command
Adjust misalignment angles	Adjust angles
Apply a TerraMatch corrections file to laser data	Apply correction
Assign a color to laser points	Assign color
Create a surface model in TerraModeler	Create model
Add a comment line to a macro	Comment
Compute normal vectors for laser points	Compute normal vectors
Compute parameters of road cross sections	Compute section parameters
Compute slopes on road surfaces	Compute slope arrows
Convert time stamps of laser data	Convert time stamps
Cut off points from long range measurements	Cut long
Cut off points from overlapping lines	Cut overlap
Assign line number from trajectories to laser points	Deduce line numbers
Delete points of certain class(es)	Delete by class
Delete points of certain line(s)	Delete by line
Execute a Windows command	Execute command
Export a lattice model	Export lattice
Extract additional points from waveform information	Extract echoes
Fix the elevation of points	Fix elevation
Execute a key-in command	Keyin command
Adjust color values of points	Modify color
Modify line numbers of points	Modify line numbering
Save points into new files	Output points
Save points into new files separated by line	Output by line
Save points into the original file	Save points
Manipulate intensity values	Scale intensity
Run a tie line search in TerraMatch	Search tie lines
Smooth the elevation of points	Smoothen points
Sort points by time stamps or coordinate values	Sort points
Thin points to a lower density	Thin points
Apply a transformation to the points	Transform points
Update the display of a CAD file view	Update views
Create a section points data set	Write section points
Write points into CAD file	Write to design

Each macro action returns a value that indicates whether a process was successful or failed. The return value can be the amount of points that has been effected by the macro action or another value specifying the result of the macro action. The return value is displayed in the Macro execution window if a macro was executed in TerraScan or it is written in the report text file if the macro was executed in TerraBatch. If a processing step failed, the line in the Macro execution window appears in red color and the return value is usually -1.

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