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I am wondering if anyone has much experience with Digital Terrain Models. Is DTM a file format? Does Carlson support those files? Can I create a DTM with Carlson?
I am interested in creating a set of plan contours for a proposed landfill and would love to be able to load those proposed contours into our Trimble TSC2 data collector. I know how to create the contours and the TIN map, but how do I create a file that can be loaded into our collectors.
Am I completely lost, or has any one else tried something similar? Thanks for considering. Please feel free to redirect me to another forum.
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Hi Sam,
What version of Carlson are you using?
Eric
I am using Carlson Survey 2009 with Embedded AutoCAD.
I'm not very familiar with the Trimble DC, but within Carlson, TIN files are the same as DTM files. Under the "Surfaces" pulldown menu you should see "Import/Export Surface Files" & within that there should be "Export Trimble TTM File". It will prompt you to select the TIN surface you want to export. After that, I am assuming you would transfer the newly created TTM file to your Trimble controller and import it to your job. I hope this helps and I wish I had more experience with the Trimble DC.
Eric