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Point Cloud Task IO Manager Dialog Box

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I/O Manager

The I/O Manager is a central dialog containing a list of all Inputs and Outputs defined for a given task. The I/O Manager provides a single view of how inputs and outputs are defined, and in the case of macros, how they are chained together between tasks.  If the Active task happens to be a macro, then all Inputs/Outputs for every task in the macro are listed. The I/O Manager is essentially an easy way for you to select the output of one task to be the input of another.

The I/O Manager is displayed when you click the browse or Selection button in a task window. The window will contain a read-only field that is populated with the input or output selection that you make in the I/O Manager when it opens. The browse button enables only the row that particular operation pertains to, so no other fields (or rows) in the I/O Manager can be edited at that time. This helps to avoid making unintentional errors for different operations while the I/O Manager is open. All of the currently set inputs and outputs, along with any available options can be seen, but they are read-only. The text field will display the actual value (i.e., full file path, folder, layer name, or tool geometry).

Each I/O text field in the Point Cloud Task window will be used to display the current Input/Output value.  These values may be one of four different types (chosen from the Type column in the I/O Manager).  The valid/visible types in I/O Manager are defined by the Point Cloud Task itself.  Therefore, if the only valid option for a task setting is SHP Layer, then that will be the only available choice in I/O Manager for that setting.  The complete list of possible I/O types includes:

  • Tool Geometry

  • SHP Layer

  • LAS Layer

  • File

  • Folder

Each I/O Field can display an invalid state using red text to draw your attention to a potential problem. An invalid state will also use this method in the I/O Manager dialog.  An invalid state is defined as an issue such as an input file or folder that does not exist.

The refresh allows you to update the available Map Layers drop-list while the I/O Manager is displayed.

I/O Manager Quick Set Tip 1

When setting I/O File/Folder fields, you may always use the manual browse dialogs.  However, when chaining together macro tasks, a quick set method eliminates the need to browse or cut-and-paste values.  For example, let's say you want to set "Task B Input Geometry" to be the same as "Task A Output SHP File".  This can be done using the following two steps:

  1. Click the browse button beside the "Task B Input Geometry" field on the Point Cloud Task property window, which selects this item for edit in the I/O Manager.
  2. Click the "Task A Output SHP File" cell in the I/O Manager dialog, which automatically updates "Task B Input Geometry" with the same value from "Task A Output SHP File".

The first click simply copies the value from "Task A Output SHP File" cell, and the second click pastes the value to "Task B Input Geometry".  Of course this can happen only if the cells are compatible.

Quick Set Tip 2 

Anywhere the LP360 project path/location is needed, you can type the string <LP360_PROJECT_PATH> or click the project path button (shown below) to avoid typing the whole path or browsing for the project.

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Also, when you hover over the string, a tooltip will appear and display the full project path. Further information about the project path is described in the Project Path topic.

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