Traverse TPC Desktop Series, Introduction Manual

Page 1: ...rors that may appear in this document Copyright 2022 TRAVERSE PC INC All rights reserved No part of this documentation may be reprinted reproduced or utilized in any form without written consent from Traverse PC Inc with the exception that the examples may be stored and retrieved electronically for personal use https traverse pc com Learning Center Getting Started ...

Page 2: ...following typography to distinguish items in the text Enter Brackets indicate keys on the keyboard flexibility Italics are used to highlight words for more emphasis Lot 2 Numbers or text that you enter System Requirements This version of TPC Desktop requires Windows 10 8 1 8 or later We recommend you have 2 GB of RAM 32 bit OS 4 GB RAM 64 bit OS and 60 MB of free hard disk space in which to instal...

Page 3: ...th a few features like Quick View and Smart Drawing Objects the fun begins You ll find that you actually enjoy working up a survey with TPC Desktop It Starts with Your Data TPC Desktop starts with your survey data Whether you enter a deed manually or import data from your data collector GPS or total station all your data is available all the time So correcting mistakes is easy If you enter a beari...

Page 4: ...er TPC users Quick Start Guide We ve provided a sequence to help you learn how and why TPC works Learn Workflows We provide step by step instructions for specific survey types like Mortgage Boundary Topo Site and more Learning Guides TPC s Learning Guides are cookbook like with the steps on the left and pictures on the right Live and Recorded Web Seminars Call and ask about attending a FREE web se...

Page 5: ...us Navigation Quick View Select the traverses points and surfaces you want to include in a drawing and tell TPC how you want to draw them and our Quick View technology draws it for you And go ahead fix the mistake you made when you calculated a point or entered a bearing The drawing updates automatically because it s based on the data Smart Drawing Objects Take the busy work out of drafting with o...

Page 6: ...he desktop streamlined and efficient You can also group views together using tabs This frees up other areas of the desktop for other things In the example below we ve left lots of room for our drawing Synchronized Views As you enter or edit survey data in one view the changes are reflected in every other view So go ahead add a point to a traverse and it shows up automatically in the drawing and th...

Page 7: ...located at the top of the desktop perform survey operations This is where you will save the survey you are working on import and export data do coordinate conversions or adjust a network using Least Squares Survey Information When you create a survey you can enter information about the client job location and your own survey company The Tasks manager displays this information helping you identify ...

Page 8: ...e your survey data These views are called managers and are found in TPC Desktop s Manage menu and Navigation toolbar They can be docked anywhere on the desktop where they provide handy access to the data they manage You ll find managers for Surfaces Drawings or Traverses Points Point Codes Drawing Data and Tasks Windows Other views in TPC Desktop expose a specific type of survey data These views a...

Page 9: ...es the same way Dockable Managers Dockable Managers are the most efficient way to work with survey data that we have found to date Think of them as sticking to your desktop where you want them In this example we ve docked the managers to the left side of the desktop separating them into two tabbed groups Tabbed Views and Managers Tabs let you organize your views and managers in groups Tabbed views...

Page 10: ...ubdivision you will probably have a traverse for each lot in the subdivision If you are staking out points on a construction project you might have a Traverse for each building and one for miscellaneous points Keep in mind that you can always create additional traverses by recalling points from the survey If you want to do something with selected points just recall those points into a traverse and...

Page 11: ...nt the traverse You format the Traverse View to include the column sequence you want Now enter your data and watch as TPC computes the points for you Or recall existing points into a traverse to see their relationships inverses Display each point in a single row as shown here or use two rows per points like a conventional field book Multiple Traverse Views You can have multiple Traverse Views open...

Page 12: ...in its own Traverse View choose Tools Closure View Adjusting Data Often times you will open the Closure View just to see if a traverse closes within reason But you can also adjust a traverse in the Closure View Adjust for curvature and refraction or balance just the angles And if you don t get what you want the first time just undo the adjustments back to the raw coordinates and try it again Netwo...

Page 13: ...erally adequate and simple to use Ground TPC provides several types of ground distances that relate ground distance to grid distances using elevation and grid factors You always know when you re using a grid distance and when you re using a ground distance Geodetic TPC provides a number of geodetic types to choose from These use geodetic positions and equations to compute points geodetic direct an...

Page 14: ...splay any combination of grid ground or geodetic distances and either grid or true directions TPC even includes drawing variables that automatically annotate your drawing with the distance and direction types being displayed COGO Many COGO dialogs let you select which distance and direction types to use in the computations or display in the dialog and reports These COGO dialogs display the abbrevi...

Page 15: ...he arrow type of all dynamic offsets and lots more by edit the drawing settings Drawing Templates Drawing templates are also very easy to create Just complete a drawing and save it as a template TPC saves all the paper space objects page size orientation scale blocks and the survey position on the page Managing Drawings From the TPC Desktop menu choose Manage Drawings TPC displays the Drawings man...

Page 16: ...Quick View works like CAD but we hate to call it CAD because it isn t limited by the many problems that CAD brings to drawing surveys It s Not CAD If you try to draw in TPC like you do in CAD you ll end up frustrated Instead let Quick View do your drawings for you You ll learn how the Traverse Drawing Settings create the drawing for you typically 90 of it Start with a drawing template choose your ...

Page 17: ... In Case symbol so Quick View added it to the legend Plus the legend is anchored to the nearest corner of the drawing so as items are added it grows away from that corner automatically you don t even have to reposition it Smart Pictures Once you have calibrated a picture you can rescale the drawing or drag n drop the survey anywhere on the page and the picture and survey retain the proper referenc...

Page 18: ... are unique to a particular drawing Maybe you want to show 1 contour intervals in one drawing and 5 contour intervals in all the rest Not a problem just tell TPC that you want to use unique settings for this surface in this drawing then set the contour interval colors smoothing layer names etc just the way you want them Fast Contouring Editing TPC computes surfaces at 10 000 points per second on a...

Page 19: ...int Code manager The Point Code manager manages your point codes You can create traverses for all the codes or just the ones you want You can standardize your Point Codes plus easily add any new ones you used that day Then assign Drawing Settings to each code telling TPC which symbol color annotations and so on you want to use when you draw each code Creating Traverses from Point Codes The travers...

Page 20: ...t compared with its design point You have a complete record of what you staked when and how You ll also find specialized reports for traverse adjustments least squares adjustments legal descriptions imported data traverse closures stations and offsets line posting and lots more COGO Summary Button Many of the COGO dialogs include a Summary button like the one shown here Your computations are added...

Page 21: ...facturer when TPC can do the work for you Reviewing the Imported Data One of the benefits of using TPC to import data from your data collector is the detailed report TPC gives you When you turn on Details in the Settings dialog for any of the supported file types TPC displays every record of data it reads in the Message View The data is formatted so it is easy to read and can be printed out like f...

Page 22: ...g Data Using Equations To recall data that can be defined by any currently existing points use an equation For instance to recall the bearing between points 11 and 12 type 11 12 in the bearing field and press Enter To recall the elevation of point BM14 type BM14 in the elevation field and press Enter Picking COGO Points Lines and Bearings The pick buttons circled here in the Rotate dialog let you ...

Page 23: ... it A1 2 etc In this way the point label is unique but you know that it is related in some way to point A1 You may edit any point label at any time Point Descriptions Each point in the survey can have its own point description These are the field notes you might otherwise enter on the right hand side of your field book Descriptions can be alpha or numeric characters The field notes are saved with ...

Page 24: ... be validated TPC will not run 30 day Grace Period If you have validated TPC then take your laptop into the field where there is no internet TPC automatically starts a 30 day Grace Period so you don t miss a beat Next time you are back in the office or somewhere where you have internet TPC resets the grace period so you get the full 30 days the next time it happens Validating TPC Desktop Any time ...

Page 25: ...Help You can search for any word or phrase in the help files You don t need to know what heading it comes under you just need a word or two describing what you are looking for To access the search function choose the Search tab from any of the help screens or select Help Search for Help On from any View and then click on the Search tab Type a word or phrase and then choose List Topics to view a li...

Page 26: ...of options Messages that are displayed in the Message View are also stored there If you do not choose Tools Clear View the messages will continue to pile up and you may become confused about what TPC is telling you Learning Center Our TPC Learning Center has it all Everyone learns differently so we provide videos learning guides help topics and lots more Find what works for you TPC User Forum Get ...