XML templates for windPRO projects
Purpose
This page describes an XML file used to set up initial data for a windPRO project
Disclaimer
This windPRO feature is still in an experimental stage. The XML format relies heavily on the internal structures of windPRO and can be changed from version to version.
Use
The XML template can be created or edited in any tool, either a simple text editor or specialized XML editor. The XML template can be used as argument to a command line launch of windPRO or selected in an open dialog.
Command line launch
windPRO can be launched from a command line (or batch file) as:
windpro /P=xxxx.xml
Notice that windPRO must be shut down. There is currently no support for creating a new project in a running instance of windPRO.
Open XML template
From a running instance of windPRO, an XML template can be selected in the Open dialog. Note that XML can't be selected as file type, the user must either type the full file name or *.xml and search for the XML template
Format of XML template
The current supported format is described. The format may be enhanced or changed in the future.
Main structure
<?xml version="1.0" ?> <WindPROProjectInitialize > <Filename>c:\Windpro data\projects\newtest.w32p</Filename> <Maindata/> <Layers/> <Objects/> </WindPROProjectInitialize>
Filename
File name for the new project. <Filename>Full file name (*.w32p)</Filename>
Maindata
The Maindata tag contains the data from WindPRO project properties.
<Name>Project name</Name> <Country>2 letter country ID</Country> <SitePosEast>Site center longitude WGS 84 datum</SitePosEast> <SitePosNorth>Site center latitude WGS 84 datum</SitePosNorth> <TimeZone>Time zone in Windows notation (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones)</TimeZone> <DefaultSystem1>Coordinate system used in GUI</DefaultSystem1> <ViewDatum>Datum, only for geographical coordinate system </ViewDatum> <Zone>Zone for coordinate system, if needed</Zone> <LatNorth>true for latitude positive north, false for positive south</LatNorth> <LongEast> true for longitude positive east, false for positive west</LongEast> <SiteDescription >Site description </SiteDescription > <MapColl> Collection of background maps, two types are supported <Item> <MapID>Negative integer, must be unique for each map</MapID> <FormatID>For bitmap files with ESRI world file: 10003 </FormatID> <Path>Full file name for bitmap file (*.tif, *.jpg etc </Path> <ScaleInt>Scale of map as integer, e.g. 25000</ScaleInt> <Text>Map name</Text> <System>Coordinate system in world file</System> <Datum>Datum in world file</Datum> <Zone>Zone in world file</Zone> </Item> <Item>/ <FormatID>For WindPRO *.bmi files: 10001</FormatID> <Path>Full file name for *.bmi file</Path> <Text>Map name</Text> </Item> </MapColl>
Layers
List of layers
<Layers> <Name>Layer 1</Name> <Name>Layer 2</Name> ... </Layers>
Objects
List of objects, only general properties are set
<Objects> <Item> <ObjTypeID>Object type, see appendix</ObjTypeID> <UserDescription >Description</UserDescription > <UserLabel >User label</UserLabel > <X>Longitude in WGS 84</X> <Y>Latitude in WGS 84</Y> <Layer>Layer 1</Layer> <PosLocked>true</PosLocked><SymbolLabelSetup>slUserLabel</SymbolLabelSetup> </Item> </Objects>
Object specific properties
On selected objects it is possible to set specific properties. Here is a few samples: Line object
<Item> <ObjTypeID>HCData</ObjTypeID> <UserDescription>Description</UserDescription > <UserLabel>User label</UserLabel > <X>Longitude in WGS 84</X> <Y>Latitude in WGS 84</Y> <SpecificData> <Filename>Filename (*.wpo or *.map)</Filename> <System>Rectangular coordinate system if *.map</System> <Zone>Zone if needed</Zone> <UseAsTIN>True</UseAsTIN> </SpecificData> </Item>
WTG object
<Item> <ObjTypeID>NewWTG|ExistWTG</ObjTypeID> <UserDescription >Description</UserDescription > <UserLabel >User label</UserLabel > <X>Longitude in WGS 84</X> <Y>Latitude in WGS 84</Y> <SpecificData> <WTGUID> <Filename>File name (*.wtg or *.xml Note: special xml WTG format</Filename> <Hubheight>Hub height</Hubheight> </WTGUID> </SpecificData> </Item>
Site data object (Statgen)
<Item> <ObjTypeID>SiteData</ObjTypeID> <UserDescription>SiteData</UserDescription> <UserLabel>Site data object for Statgen</UserLabel> <X>9.963361</X> <Y>57.030325</Y> <Layer>General data</Layer> <SpecificData> <ObjUse>ouStatgen</ObjUse> <NoSectors>16</NoSectors> </SpecificData> </Item>
Site data object (WAsP)
<Item> <ObjTypeID>SiteData</ObjTypeID> <UserDescription>SiteData</UserDescription> <UserLabel>Site data object for WAsP</UserLabel> <X>9.963361</X> <Y>57.030325</Y> <Layer>General data</Layer> <SpecificData> <ObjUse>ouWasp</ObjUse> <Windstatistics> <Item> <Name>c:\tmp\AutoTest\DK MetStationName2 - 42,00 m.wws</Name> </Item> </Windstatistics> </SpecificData> </Item>
Calculations
List of calculations to create
<Calculations> <Item> <ModuleNumber>Module ID, see list</ModuleNumber> <CalcIndex>Calculation ID, see list</CalcIndex> <SpecificData> <Name>Name of calculation</Name> <AdvancedOptionsEnabled>True</AdvancedOptionsEnabled> <CalcHalfDiameter>True</CalcHalfDiameter> <KeyHubheight>50</KeyHubheight> <AirDensityCorrMethod>3</AirDensityCorrMethod> <AirDen_DoNotUpdateAtWTGPositions>True</AirDen_DoNotUpdateAtWTGPositions> <Objects> <Item> <ObjTypeID>Object type, see list</ObjTypeID> <Layer>Name of layer, all objects of ObjTypeID in this layer are used</Layer> </Item> </Objects> </SpecificData> <RunCalculation>true/false</RunCalculation> </Item> <Calculations> <Item> <ModuleNumber>Module ID, see list</ModuleNumber> <CalcIndex>Calculation ID, see list</CalcIndex> <SpecificData> <Name>Name of calculation</Name> <AdvancedOptionsEnabled>True</AdvancedOptionsEnabled> <CalcHalfDiameter>True</CalcHalfDiameter> <KeyHubheight>50</KeyHubheight> <AirDensityCorrMethod>3</AirDensityCorrMethod> <AirDen_DoNotUpdateAtWTGPositions>True</AirDen_DoNotUpdateAtWTGPositions> <Objects><Item> <ObjTypeID>Object type, see list</ObjTypeID> <UserLabel>Use object of type ObjTypeID with this user label</UserLabel> </Item> </Objects> </SpecificData> <RunCalculation>true/false</RunCalculation> </Item>
Lists
Object types
NewWTG (New WTG) ExistWTG (Existing WTG) SiteData (Site data) Obstacle (Obstacle) NSA (Noise sensitive area) MeteoObjectData (Meteorological data) Shadow (Shadow receptor) CtrlPoint (Control point) Camera (Camera) HCData (Line object) Obj3DData (3D Object) AreaObj (Area object) WTGnet (Park design) WTGareas (WTG area) UsrTextData (User text) Ruler (Ruler) VR (3DA Object) Shape (Shape) EGrid (EGrid) BusBar (Bus bar) Transformer (Transformer) ExtGrid (External grid) ELoad (Electric load) RadarObject (Radar object)
Coordinate systems
Only the most used systems are shown
c100001: Geographic format: sddd°mm'ss.ss" c100032: Geographic format: sddd°mm.mmm' c100006: Geographic format: sddd.dddd° c100003: UTM c100002: Gauss Krüger (Bessel)
Datums
Datums do not need to be specified for Gauss Krüger (Bessel).
d1010: WGS 84 d1031: ED 50 (DK)
Calculation module ID and calculation ID
110,7: Basis 111,0: Windbank 116,0: eGrid 118,0: Loss & uncertainty 117,0: MCP 110,13: Meteo 110,14: Atlas 110,18: CFD Interface 110,6: Resource 110,12: WAsP interface 110,1: Park 110,3: Statgen 110,2: Decibel 110,9: Impact 119,0: Nord2000 110,4: Shadow 110,15: ZVI 120,0: Site compliance 110,10: Optimize
Samples
To use these
- Download and unzip
- Replace all file paths (c:\tmp) with the appropriate path on your computer
Very basic sample XML file: File:WP_XML_Very_Basic.zip
Small sample with background map and a line object: File:Sample.zip