TERRAMODEL TRIAL TRIAL
The project I'm now currently working on is a trial to use the Engineers EED, but so far, it's not really working out very well. With this, you are able to know the project like the back of your hand and catch many errors that would cost $ out in the field, especially important for time restricted jobs. This allows us to go through with a fine tooth comb and make sure everything is in there surface wise, and also all the underground, storm drainage, sanitary, waterline, gas, etc. With the past two contractors I've worked for, it has been their policy to go through and re-do everything according to the legal contractural binding paper plans, using the engineers surface in the background as a reference. They have only been responsible to make rough surfaces to cut some sections and generate estimated quantities. Some have been better than others, but always something in the surface grossly wrong, incompleted, or else breaklines crossing all over, point density too tight with huge file sizes, or just too damn many revisions to merge, not to mention they don't generate stripped down background linework files, they have never had to look at the operators or surveyors screen. I can honestly say that in the 7 years of doing data prep that I've never received a correct surface or one that I can "plug-n-play" from the engineers.
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Can you get any free for trial?Ĭongradulations of Website, very good Eartmover site. Can you tell me the process/products you use. I'm interested in learning what is required to do TOPCON data since we are getting more customers who have TOPCON or both TOPCON/Trimble and projects which have both systems on sub-contractors machines. I've heard that 12D has a module for direct export to TOPCON Machine Control, so a 12D customer told me once? I couldn't fined it on 12D Website.Īre you just invloved in Data Prep for the company or is that just one of your many roles? I know AutoCad Civil 3D has a module caled Trimble Link which allows it to export some Trimble Survey formats TIN (Surface), DXF(Linework).
I belive that TOPCON uses it's own formats also so you have to run ANY CAD package through the 3DOffice or TOPSite products? All these packages produce Trimble specific formats and general formats DXF's, CSV's.
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I currently deal with Trimble gear and so use Trimble software Terramodel, SiteVision Office and Trimble Business Centre-HCE. My question, is there a way I can do the same for a SG surface? Is there a way to assign point descriptions to the SG surface points created in SG manager in the same manner as generating a surface from slicing another surface containing breakline names? I have a feeling that I'm screwed with this, and have to do it the time consuming way. This isn't too bad, since you can export a csv, sort the csv by description, add a begining of breakline code, re-import the csv, and then draft linework from points.
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When you generate the DTM, it looks ugly (points and breaklines all over the place), but all the points have a description, same as what they were in the provided FG surface breakline name, and wherever a point was generated from crossing a triangle, no code assigned. What I am trying to do is similar as if you were to assign the provided FG surface as to the "finish surface" in surface manager with the slice box checked. When you Generate DTM, man the graphics look ugly, not good for background files or sending the surface back to the owner for approval (no breaklines or codes) Using SG manager, surfaces can somewhat be easily created using the Parallel to surface feature, only having to make sure the road hal and val, and outer most hard feature, such as edge of paved shoulder (2d alignment only) are correct.
I'm sure you know all the modifications and assignments that need to be made with any change, overwhelming. Not to mention, point density is a nightmare, imagine a 12 mile 4 lane divided highway with certain breaklines having a point spacing of 0.1m, yea, huge file sizes. This results in several additions and revisions throughout the project, including Hal, Val, pavement width alignments, super elevation, side slopes, ditches, etc well pretty much everything. Recent projects I have been working on are very poorly designed and/or not completely designed. This method gives better point/breakline/code carateristics as compared to the SG manager, but then you have to merge surfaces or clip and relayer the individual surfaces. I too have been doing the same procedure of droping the Val and creating a new roadjob from time to time myself, pending my project situation. That was way before quantity calculations became just as much, if not more important, than creating a surface for machine control and survey stakeout.
Man I miss the good old days of just creating the FG surface.