Aven exports sketch file instead of pos file

[Brian Clipstone]

I run Windows 1.2.42 and have just output a POS file with no problem, from 
AVEN, export to survexpos.
Notepad does not read the file very well, but Wordpad and Word does.

Brian.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Lake" <mikel at speleonics.com.au>
To: <survex at survex.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2019 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: Aven exports sketch file instead of pos file


> Hi Wookey & List
>
> Glad it's known about. I had looked at the release notes for a few 
> releases but had not found that one. I just didn't look that far back. I 
> can see it there now.
>
> I don't have a Windows box to check now but on the weekend I'm pretty sure 
> I tried a Skencil export and got a Skencil file, not a POS. It was 
> definitely a Windows 1.2.42 version on the weekend that had this error so 
> if it was fixed in 1.2.32 then its reverted.
>
> At least it's known about. Thanks.
>
> Mike
>
> ---
> Mike Lake
>
> On 2019-10-24 19:55, Wookey wrote:
>> On 2019-10-24 10:08 +1100, Mike Lake wrote:
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> During a survex course I ran last weekend I came across a problem with 
>>> Aven.
>>> When you select to export the pos file it exports a sketch file.
>>> This occurred with the Windows and macOS versions. I was able to use the
>>> 3d2pos.exe to create the pos files OK.
>>>
>>> Survex Windows 1.2.42  exports Sketch file instead of a POS file.
>>> Survex macosx-1.2.27 exports Sketch file instead of a POS file.
>>> Survex Linux 1.2.38 is OK
>>>
>>> Could not find this listed as a bug in the mail archives or Wiki.
>>> Anyone else find this?
>>
>> Yes. Madphil pointed it out to me a few months back.
>> It is noted in the release notes. It was fixed in 1.2.32:
>>
>> + Fix exporting to skencil and Survex .pos formats.  When aven's export 
>> to
>>   .pos was added in 1.2.19, the ordering didn't match up and since then 
>> .pos
>>   export has produced skencil files and vice versa.
>>
>> So the workaround for now is deliberately pick 'skencil' to get pos :-)
>>
>>
>> Wookey
>
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