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@ Norman_Oklahoma I’m interested in what office CAD and survey package you are using. The person who processes our jobs uses Civil 3D 2024, maybe 2025...
@BStrand I agree, but easier said than done. Is there any way to convert a TDS or a SurvCE file to a .fbk file? Both of those are in the drop down lis...
@ Jon Payne My professor used The combination of a short length of tangent between two circular curves is referred to as a broken-back curve. to descr...
@ lukenz Thanks for posting the links.
@ dmyhill Do something fun: run the geometry of the set up through Star*Net’s pre-analysis routine. Is pre-analysis available in Civil 3D? I talked wi...
@ thebionicman Interesting.
@ bill93 I enjoyed reading the article. So much good information. I remember in 1994 when I moved from a theodolite to a total station, I was trying t...
@ BStrand Looking through my state’s standards, I found only one line relating to locating or setting a monument with an instrument. 7.(f) Side ties ...
@ dmyhill I want to see that court case. There was no court case. My coworker is concerned about a possible future court case where a judge might rule...
@ dmyhill Are you shooting to a rod with a circular bubble? We use a rod with a built-in circular bubble.
@ Norman_Oklahoma IMO the sweet spot between precision and cost is the 3″ model. That sounds reasonable.
@ bill93 Put some distance numbers on the angle value. At a distance of 200' a 5" angular error would only produce a linear error of 0.005'. Please ex...
@ lurker Like I said, it’s how you set it too. Eventually we’re going to buy a new total station. I think we should buy one that meets our job require...
@ chris-bouffard Absolutely not.
@ Norman_Oklahoma I did mention ancillary equipment during the discussion and using sound methodology. One guy is concerned about the possibility of g...
@ Steinhoff Thanks for pointing out the difference between reporting a number and its actual accuracy or should that be precision? Do precision requir...
@ john-hamilton Thanks for the reply. Reading all the replies makes me want to talk with whoever is in charge of the project.