Contour It! FAQ's

(Frequently Asked Questions and Issues for Contour It!)

►  Startup & Loading Problems

►  Border & Breakline Problems

►  Volume Problems

►  Triangulation & Contouring Problems

►  Contour It Window Problems

►  Other Problems

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Startup & Loading Problems

►  Access (or Permission) Denied  (CI12)

►  Contour It! does not appear on the “Sight” Survey Add-Ins menu   (CI02)

►  Illegal Function Call  (CI04)

►  INIST30 Error (during installation)  (CI01)

►  Program appears to hang upon startup  (CI05)

►  Running Contour It across a Network  (CI03)

►  Contours were not completes successfully.  Input error in border file!  (CI08)

►  The border segment from pt. x to pt. y intersects with the border segment from pt. a to pt. b.  Select Borders from the Edit menu and adjust the border accordingly.  (CI14)

►  The breakline from pt. x to pt. y intersects with the border from pt. a to pt. b.  Select Breaklines from the Edit menu and adjust the breaklines accordingly.  (CI15)

►  The breakline from pt. x to pt. y intersects with the breakline from pt. a to pt. b.  Select Breaklines from the Edit menu and adjust the breaklines accordingly.  (CI13)

►  The pt. x lies on the breakline from pt. a to pt. b.  Select Breaklines from the Edit menu and adjust the breaklines accordingly.  (CI16)

Volume Problems          ▲TOP

►  Both files must be triangulated before volume calculations can be performed.  (CI09)

►  Cannot Compute a Volume  (CI17)

►  To compute a volume you must load a secondary file.  Calculations will then be based on the two files.  (CI11)

►  Both files must be triangulated before volume calculations can be performed.  (CI09)

►  Cannot triangulate the coordinates.  (CI10)

►  Can't create a contour map with a line weight of zero  (CI20)

►  Contours were not completes successfully.  Input error in border file!  (CI08)

►  Contours were not completed successfully.  Small point list.  (CI06)

►  Problems with Contour Labels  (CI18)

►  After contouring, the Contour It window is blank and may display the words, "Contour It"  (CI19)

►  Can't create a contour map with a line weight of zero  (CI20)

►  Two or more points exist with the same coordinate values.  Select Points from the Edit menu and remove duplicate points from the Contour Point List.  (CI07)

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