Does anyone know of a way to manually traverse in VIVA using bearings instead of azimuths? Or a function to calculate azimuths from the bearings? I know it is fairly easy to do on paper even, but I'm looking for a way to show the field crews to do it that is a little computer aided. They of course will have a understanding of the concept, but I'm just looking for a way to do it all in the data collector.
Chief,
All you need to do is to change your reference unit to bearings instead of Azimuth. You may just want to leave it this wasy after the change.
1. From main menu select the USER icon.
2. The select System Settings
3. Next select Regional Settings
4. Select F6 (Page) until you are viewing the Angle page
5. Change the Hz Angle Display: field to Bearing
6. When you go back to COGO and use the Traverse (called Point in Direction in other packages) you will be able to enter a bearing value. The method field will still be set to Azimuth (a little confusing I know) but you will have a Bearing field now. Once you try to input a value in the Bearing field the quadrant values will appear at the bottom. Just enter your value in the Bearing field and then select the appropriate quadrant with the function keys.
This is what you are looking for for entering Bearings in COGO
Mark,
Does it mean that on survey screen we are going to see instead of angle right a bearing before we switch it back?
Greg,
No... This only affects say calculation fields such as in COGO.... For example with the system having the Regional Settings Set to use Bearing...
The I orientate between two know points with a Bearing S 30°00'00"E (Az 150°)...
I have configured the dsiplay mask for the Survey Page to include the fields of Azimuth, Horizontal Angle, and Angle Right and the instrument is still orientatione to the backsight...
You can see that Azimuth field and Horizontal Angle are displaying the Azimuth value. The Angle Right (AR) field is at zero. The bearing will not display here and will not affect the angle right field.
Thanks Mark.
I am not getting why they wouldn't leave 1 for NE,2- SE, 3- SW, 4- NW, as it was in any other previous software including AutoCAD LanDesktop instead inventing more new stuff to learn.
Gregory P.L.S.
