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Using .dc files in Survey Pro 5.6.2

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(@msj-surveyor)
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I am not familiar at all with .dc files from Trimble, however, a firm sent me what they call a .dc (Control File) and various .DC (road stakeout files) exported from Civil 3D. I am wondering if someone has a standard workflow for getting these files into a Survey Pro System V5.6.2 and then getting the roads to show up so that I can go to work. No matter what I do, when I try to import the .DC (road files) it says that they are in a different projection than the existing file, and nothing shows up in the roads. Is there a more efficient export from Civil 3d for Survey Pro, or am I just missing something simple.
Survey Pro seems to only allow .survey and .job files, yet will allow the import of the .dc file. So the only way to begin (as I see it) is to start up a new job and import the .dc control file into the .survey file.

 
Posted : October 12, 2015 7:08 am
(@mvanhank222)
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5.6.4 allows .dc files to be referenced in or imported

 
Posted : October 12, 2015 10:00 am
(@david-livingstone)
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An XML format usually works for me. I think I'm running survey Pro 5.6.1

 
Posted : October 12, 2015 10:03 am
(@mvanhank222)
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Don't quote me on this but it should be free to go from 5.6.2 to 5.6.4 as it is a maintainance upgrade but that may not be the case anymore

 
Posted : October 12, 2015 10:16 am
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a .dc file is a data collector file that should have the raw data in it.

 
Posted : October 13, 2015 9:34 am