Carlson Survey 2012 – Field to finish
Working for a new company where they use Civil 3D with field 2 finish. They use different codes than I’m used to since I have used Carlson forever, and they don’t label their curves in the field. I’m used to a code, such as “ep1” for edge of pavement, and “ep1 pc” for that linework with a begin curve, assuming a 3 point curve. Ending in “pt” with a curve with multiple points.
They use different numbering than I am used to. Such as they are used to “ep.1” to number their different linework. Can I add their numbering technique in Carlson Survey, with their “.1”? Such as, could I edit the codes in Carlson to do that, and add my normal begin curve code? (e.g., ep.1 pc)
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Yes you can…. Change the special codes to whatever you want. I prefer the old Leica +7 & -7.
How do you use the +7 codes? I see them in there but have never used these.
+7 & -7 are the defaul Carlson line work special charicters… +7 starts, -7 ends the line. They came from the old Leica coding. Your carlson survey software should be set to go with these codes… Same with pc, pt, and so on
> How do you use the +7 codes? I see them in there but have never used these.
I thought you said you were Carlson user? +7/-7 is the basics.
It wouldn’t be that hard to adjust, in fact you could go into your carlson f2f and adjust it to the field work or vice versa.
Here:
Now if you press special codes on the bottom left you get this:
Once there you can do whatever you want.
But I think Ladd is the man when it comes to this, so hopefully he’ll chime in because I really don’t get the gist of your issue.
Ralph
I’m used to Carlson field coding, too. With Carlson, all the coding is done in the point description. AutoCAD/LDD’s version was different. If you wanted to note a start/end/PC etc., you’d enter a note into the RAW file, instead of putting it in the point descriptions. Seems really stupid to me to do it that way. Then, instead of importing an ASCII file of Number, North, East, Elev, Desc, you’d import the RAW data file in LDD. I didn’t like this method at all. I think Carlson has a much better field to finish routine.
Replace in Carlson FLD file description EP with EP.
Or change your Carlson “EP” code to “EP*”. That should cover all bases. Or tell them to drop the “.”. Every key stroke you save just saves time, and time is money.
I’m used to carlson coding, just have never used +7/-7 to do coding. I’ve just numbered my line work like I stated. Some of you got my question, just was curios if I could add the “.” to the end of my codes. But, as one of you said, just add the . to the code….which I couldn’t believe I had not thought of that. I think that’ll solve it. I really don’t like the . keystroke in the field, but when you work for a company that has used it for so long, re-training the crews would most certainly create unrest.
> I’m used to carlson coding, just have never used +7/-7 to do coding. I’ve just numbered my line work like I stated. Some of you got my question, just was curios if I could add the “.” to the end of my codes. But, as one of you said, just add the . to the code….which I couldn’t believe I had not thought of that. I think that’ll solve it. I really don’t like the . keystroke in the field, but when you work for a company that has used it for so long, re-training the crews would most certainly create unrest.
Ken
My apologies if I came off the wrong way, after a while I couldn’t figure out if you were on the field end or in the office.Glad you figured it out.
Ralph
> They use different numbering than I am used to. Such as they are used to “ep.1” to number their different linework. Can I add their numbering technique in Carlson Survey, with their “.1”? Such as, could I edit the codes in Carlson to do that, and add my normal begin curve code? (e.g., ep.1 pc)
The [field code].[line name] designation looks like the Eagle Point coding convention. I mocked up some sample data as shown below:
>1,5000,5000,100,EP.1
>2,5000,5012,100,EP.2
>3,5512,5000,101,EP.1
>4,5500,5012,101,EP.2
>5,5512,5500,100,EP.1
>6,5500,5500,100,EP.2When I changed Carlson F2F to adopt the Eagle Point-style of coding:
I was able to get the linework I desired. Be aware, however, that the Eagle Point method for curve coding would be to place dashes for shots “inside the curve PC/PT locations.” For example, the following codes would produce a three-point arc in Eagle Point:
EP.1 <-- PC
EP.-1 <-- POC
EP.1 <-- PTThe following codes would produce a smoothed “multi-point” curve:EP.1 <-- PC
EP.-1 <-- POC
EP.-1 <-- POC
EP.-1 <-- POC
EP.1 <-- PTI hope this helps.—
Ladd Nelson
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