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Thanks
Monti
Thanks Jim
Thanks for the reply. The four point and stake I meant by drawing 4 points or any number of points in AutoCAD then export the file to the Ranger or to the Survey Pro on the Ranger. Then use the Ranger with the Total station and stake out those four points in the parking lot for example or in the backyard. Then changing the positions of those points and shoot the locations of those points with the total station and reverse the process and ending up seeing those points in AutoCAD. I would like to learn the complete process step by step of doing this since I have never done it before and learning all this is new to me. I am currently a student and have only taken one semester of Introduction to Surveying. No time on any surveying equipment except GPS equipment. Do you have skype with a webcam? maybe you can help me walk through the process.
Thank you for your time.
In AutoCAD, click on Points on your menu, this should drop down a menu. Choose Create Point and Manual. Here you can place the point anywhere you want. If you already have the object drawn in there, you just place the point where ever you want to stake, but make sure the point goes where you want by Holding down Alt and Right click to choose where you want the point to "Snap" to. For example if you're staking the 4 corners of a square house, choose Points>Create Points>Manual and then make sure you can see where you want to place your point and hit Alt+Right Click and choose Intersection. This will make sure the point ONLY goes to the intersection of 2 lines that you choose. Do this 3 more times to get the other 3 corners.
Now to export the points, click Points>Export Points then choose what format to use, I like a .csv file myself because it makes a sheet that can be used by Excel as well as your Ranger. Name it and choose where you want to save it to.
Now you can hook up your Ranger to the computer, Import Fixed Format files, choose .csv and then use the Ranger to navigate Windows (I'm assuming you have Windows, otherwise I can't help :)) and find where you saved the .csv file from AutoCAD and then choose the file.
Now you should be able to start a new job and import that file right in and use it.
To do the opposite, just go backwards. After you collect your points in the field, Export Fixed Format, .csv, then save it to the same folder you would have exported from earlier. Then in the drawing itself, click Points>Import Points>.csv and then find the points. It's just the reverse of the Export.
I hope this helps, if you get lost, I'll help out as best I can.