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jimcox
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RE: AutoCAD Font - Font Change when opened on another computer

yesterday I heard another surveyor mention that his firm had a font style on their files that, when opened on another computer, would adjust title blo...

2 years ago
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RE: An old saying

Anyone else remember the album New Clear Days from the 1980's ?

2 years ago
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RE: Radio repeater batteries

Lithium battery performance drops off very rapidly with cold - might not be the best choice for Alaska (at least not in Winter)

2 years ago
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RE: Setting up a drawing in Civil 3D for Land Surveying

We have a fxl for all our codes for Trimble access but the line types symbols and layers are not what they have in civil3d so i am slowly updating tha...

2 years ago
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RE: Leica files in Trimble Business Centre

You might like to look into using GNSS vector exchange (GVX) files - they are designed for this sort of thing

2 years ago
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RE: Pipe Mic safety handling

think of it as kind of like a condom but bigger and thicker and more capable ?ÿ ?ÿ Yup, and when you have all your personal gear on it looks like y...

2 years ago
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RE: Stake Whiskers

Spray paint them any color you need in batches??ÿ ?ÿ Or just spray the stakes ?ÿ

2 years ago
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RE: Pipe Mic safety handling

You need a bucket, a brush, water and bleach in your truck. A plastic bag to stick over the working end is good too

2 years ago
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RE: GNSS measurement precisions

If you are working in Access there is also a 'cadastral tolerances' function. It is useful for more than just for cadastral work. You can use it for...

2 years ago
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RE: I guess I'll never grow up

When I was one, I has just begun. When I was two, I was nearly new. When I was three, I was barely me. When I was four, I wasn't much more. When I...

2 years ago
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RE: Radio repeater batteries

Deep cycle batteries can drained to pretty much 100% of their capacity Lead acid batteries don't like being discharged to below 50% or so. Doing so c...

2 years ago
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RE: Identify old theodolite

not a working instrument. ?ÿ most of that patina looks like case rub - spent a lot of its time in the case between jobs... ?ÿ

2 years ago
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RE: Identify old theodolite

The black tag in the case states "YORK ENGLAND" on the bottom line.?ÿ ?ÿ In that case it will be almost certainly be labelled as "Cooke, Troughto...

2 years ago
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RE: Level Reduction - Adjustment

I use only the main cross-hair for the level Top and bottom cross-hairs are for distance And the differences as a check

2 years ago
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RE: Identify old theodolite

The colour suggests 'Troughton & Simms' - an English maker common in colonies Its optical, not vernier, so post World War II Looks to have been ...

2 years ago
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RE: Converting .gsb (binary file) to .ggf (GEOID Models) for Trimble Access

@soothsayer05 I have an Ausgeoid2020.ggf and Ausgeoid.ggf (which I think is 2009) - might one of them be what you need?

2 years ago
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RE: Trimble R12i and NetR9 base

If you do want to track Galileo and/or Beidou, you will need to use CMRx rather than RTCM corrections

2 years ago
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RE: Computer hardware question

Most USB ports are only rated for X number of insertions/removals, and that X can be quite low, like say 1500. Might your port be physically damaged a...

2 years ago
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RE: Sigma & resection for the operators understanding

@bill93 @jim.cox Yƒ??all must be on the same wavelength lol. ?ÿ Don't know about you, but these grey hairs of mine are well hard-earned 🙂 ?ÿ

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