CAiCE Visual Survey 10
Features
and Benefits
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Feature Function
Benefit
Stakeout reports
Stakeout report options include the following:
•
Customized report formats using ASCII text
files, Microsoft
®
Word documents, and Excel
spreadsheets
•
Roadway stakeout reports created directly
from design cross sections
•
Export of stakeout information directly to
industry-standard data collector formats
•
Ability to customize stakeout reports
through VBA macros
Because survey crews can use
their preferred format for
internal stakeout reports, there
is no lost time or inaccuracy
interpreting a new report format
in the field.
Customization
and report
generation
VBA integration for customized macros and
report options includes the following:
•
Customized macros are available online for
traverse, cross section plotting, quantity
reports, chain labeling, and many other
common surveying operations.
•
Use VBA to link your project database to
Microsoft
®
Excel, Word, and Access, ESRI
®
ArcView
®
, and other software programs.
•
Easy-to-use VBA TugBoat macros make it
easier to learn the software.
The ability to customize CAiCE
Visual Survey to meet your
workflow requirements reduces
training time and increases
productivity. The software
conforms to the way you work,
not the other way around.
Drafting and
plans production
Features that help minimize drafting cleanup
time include the following:
•
Plotting—plan, profile, cross sections, and
plats
•
Text manipulation, editing, and labeling
•
Customizable annotations of alignments
and profiles
•
Intelligent labeling of station-offset-
elevation information that automatically
updates with modifications
Less time spent on drafting
cleanup means you can focus
on data quality instead of on
data presentation.
Translators and
CAD
compatibility
CAiCE Visual Survey offers
•
Ability to import and export data from other
civil software packages
•
Complete compatibility with AutoCAD and
MicroStation applications
Import and export capabilities
allow the reuse of existing data
in other formats, easing the
transition to Visual Survey.
Database
properties
Database properties include
•
Double-precision storage for all values
•
Full geodetic support for state plane zones,
Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) zones,
and grid-to-ground conversions
•
Database designed for surveying, terrain
modeling, and roadway design modeling
operations
Double precision means that
data accuracy does not depend
on the accuracy of your CAD
drafting tool and ensures the
integrity of your digital design
data.
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