Format files and export between Trimble and Magnet

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Minbarwinkle

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Recently I've started with a new company that are looking to transition from their current surveying software setup to Magnet. My experience so far in using Magnet involved using Leica equipment, which uses format files for exporting the field data from the controller.

Can anyone give me some pointers on how this works for Trimble? I've been relegated, more or less, to handle the transition to Magnet but I'm not sure where to start. What I want to do is setup a code library for Magnet that will work with the existing code base that everyone is already using.

My current understanding is that the controllers use an .fxl file for the codes and that I can export a .dc type raw file from Trimble that would be the equivalent of a neutral file from Leica. Hopefully someone here uses both Trimble and Magnet and can give me a quick brief on how to set things up.

Posted : February 9, 2025 5:30 am

field-dog

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I've got a MF code library written in XML. Maybe you can use it as an example.

Posted : February 15, 2025 11:35 am

jimcox

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FXL files are actually XML - should be possible to write an XSL style sheet to convert them automatically.

But if you only have one or two to do it is probably just as easy to do it by hand

Posted : February 16, 2025 9:40 am

growndwinde

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For Trimble to Magnet transitions, you'll want to export your .dc raw files and potentially use an XSL transformation if you have multiple code libraries to convert.

The FXL files being XML gives you some flexibility in mapping codes between systems. If you're doing a manual conversion, creating a spreadsheet mapping between the two systems might be your quickest path.

Posted : February 19, 2025 6:59 pm