|     Entering PointsDXF Import
 Controls
 Views
 COGO Functions
 Annotations
 Features
 TINs - Contours
 Laser setup
 Home Owner Surveying
 What I've learned
 System requirementsFree Program Download
 Buy
 Contacts                               
 
 | This program is written more from a contractors 
		perspective than a surveyors or engineers perspective. There have been 
		many times I needed to know the distance, slope or direction between two 
		points, calculate the volume of a cross section, generate points to 
		stake something, align something or calculate an area. I didn't need the 
		artwork AutoCAD could do. I needed the math this program can perform.      
		There are four "Views" of the data - Text, 
		Aerial, Profile 
		and Contour. The sample below is an 
		Aerial View showing a North Arrow, dimensioning of points, lines and 
		curve which represent the edges of a road, and a hatched area which 
		represents a box culvert. 
 This program was written in VB2005 and  
		has the look of Office 2003.  The program was designed to turn 
		things on and off with the minimum of  effort - 
		Point Numbers,
		Features, 
		Annotations, and 
		Legend are toggled with one click each.  
		You can easily get the information you need without having to dig thru a 
		cluttered display. The display redraws and zooms very quickly so "you" 
		can get the information you need.
 
 Look at the 
		COGO functions page to see the 
		visual feedback this program gives
 
 TINs (Triangulated Irregular Network) may be generated 
		from points - The TIN then can be solved to show
		contour lines, the
		volume of the TIN above or below a 
		given elevation, the difference in 
		volume 
		between two TINs may be computed, and the 
		cut / fill between two TINs may be computed
 
 Pictures of below job - 
		This job information was used in several of the 
		screen shot examples
 Original idea was to buy and set pre-cast box culvert extensions.
 These shots let us figure out how big a crane was needed -  large
 Next idea was pouring extension
 Slide area was fixed by fastening a metal culvert to the concrete box then adding fill to 
		slopes
 
  |