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Geomatics Software from AiC Ltd Site Fact Sheet

Survey Software
for AutoCAD™
Application Overview
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Site removes much of the tedium of Surveying and Setting Out by seamlessly linking Total Stations and GPS into
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AutoCADTM. Site Office allows downloading, formatting and processing of survey data, whilst Site Survey links
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directly to your instrument for infield recording of data. This turns Site Survey into an advanced mouse or digitiser.
In both cases everything is stored and processed internally within CAD. Measurements are taken or downloaded,
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allowing detail to be created in real-time. Key to this automation is Site’s CodeTable.

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Site Field Capture and Survey Processing Software for AutoCAD

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Site
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Application Toolbar – Site Survey
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Site is embedded within AutoCADTM as a plug-in. New icons will be seen in CAD, resulting in the following toolbar
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which is used for Site Survey. The Site Office Toolbar is similar with the omissions for instrument interfaces.

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Site Survey Toolbar

Access to program functionality is provided via this toolbar. From left to right these options are:
1. Display the Project Manager 6. Tools for Global Settings
2. Start a Total Station Setup 7. Display the CodeTable
3. Survey Measurements, or Setout 8. Alter Drawing Scale
4. Disto or Manual entry of Chain and Offset values 9. Zoom Extents, Zoom Rectangle, Pan (submenu)
5. Surveying with GPS 10. Regenerate View (submenu)

System & User Settings

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These views shown here are the primary views used in Site Survey which configure the instrument
communications and system defaults. Once set these defaults are stored in the current DWG, or alternatively can
be saved as an AutoCAD Template, which will be available for any new CAD drawing.

Current Instrument and Communication Settings Defaults for Region, Prism and Methods of Working

GPS Settings Station Display Settings

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Geomatics Software from AiC Ltd Site Fact Sheet
User Input
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Site Survey is intended for use infield with small
rugged tablet PC’s. Key to making this work efficiently
is the user interface. Care has been taken to make
buttons and Icons large for easy interaction. The
inbuilt pop-up keyboard is not always suitable for
inputting survey data quickly without error. To help
here two new keyboards have been provided, one
numeric the other alphanumeric. When you select an
input field the appropriate keyboard will appear.
Full Alphanumeric On-Screen Keyboard
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Site Survey - Total Station Interface
This is the view a user will see when collecting data using a Total Station. The screen displays information related
to the current reading mode, for example Resection, Traverse or Detail data capture (as below).

Describes the Triggers the CAD view to follow

Occupied Station Current Code the EDM Measurements Sets the Target Height

Sets the Current Prism Takes a Reading

Saves the Current Reading Enables the Listening

Mode

Change between IR
Makes screen transparent so and RL Modes
CAD can be seen through it

Shows Detailed
Instrument Controls
Changing Survey Code

Provides access to user Tools to continue existing Invokes Setting Out Puts the collector into
defined code groups and features, start new objects, modes for either Points a smaller quick view
string numbering edit attributes etc… or Reference Lines mode

The menu bar seen here at the base of the screen provides additional functionality to change the survey code,
continue digitising previous objects, View/Set dimensions, and lots more.

The 4Site CodeTable

The Code Table translates co-ordinated values with an
associated code, into a survey drawing.
Object types such as Points, Lines, Annotation and Blocks are
draw with user definable style and colour on specified layers.
Combining the various object types together allows for detailed
CAD work to be automatically generated as the readings are
recognised.
For example a spot level can be displayed as a simple cross
with height annotation, whilst a road edge could be drawn as a
polyline, with annotation aligned to it. A tree could be
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Site CodeTable

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Site
The Project Manager
Each AutoCAD drawing will have its own self contained project containing any number of Total Station, GPS or
Disto folders, off a Project Tree as shown here. Various tabs control exactly what information is currently displayed,
allowing data, where appropriate, to be edited. The example here is displaying readings from STNM2.

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Site Project Manager

Survey Functionality: Setting Out:

• Reduction, Resection and Traverse Adjustment • Any location in CAD
• CAD Detail from Readings using the CodeTable • 2D/3D Polylines
ƒ Points • Robotic Instruments turn to correct bearing
ƒ Lines
ƒ Polylines & Splines Simple Instrument Control:
ƒ Arcs & Circles • IR/RL Switching
ƒ Annotation • Prism Control
ƒ Blocks • Laser Pointer On/Off
• Tracking On/Off
• CAD Detail with • EDM Measurement Mode
ƒ User defined Layers
ƒ Automatic Annotation Advanced Robotic Control:
ƒ Style and Size definitions • ATR On/Off
Import/Export: • Locking On/Off
• From/To • Prism Search Window
ƒ Excel CSV – (I/O)
• Full Power Search
ƒ AiC EXP – (I/O)
• Flip Scope
ƒ Leica GSI – (I/O)
ƒ Sokkia SDR - (I) • Servo Control
ƒ Trimble DC – (I)
Supported Instruments:
Direct Instrument Download • Leica
• Leica System 1200 • Topcon
• Trimble instruments supported via Trimble Link • Sokkia

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Registered Dealer
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LOUGHBOROUGH,
Leicestershire, LE12 9AE, ENGLAND

Tel: +44 (0) 1509 504501

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