To Configure Survey Projects

After the creation of the Survey database, you use the Survey module to configure the database.

To configure the Survey database

Use Global Settings to define default values, display units and formats.

1. In the AutoCAD Map 3D Maintenance workspace, do one of the following:
   • Connect to an enterprise industry model project that contains the Survey model.
   • Open an industry model drawing that contains the Survey module.

   Your System Administrator adds the Survey module to a project or industry model drawing in Infrastructure Administrator .

   Click Insert tab > Survey panel > Survey.

2. Click Settings Global Settings.
3. On each tab, check the predefined values. See also Global Survey Settings.

To set up instruments

Use the Instrument Manager to set up the instruments that are used by your field crew to collect the measurement data. For example, set up several tachymeters with different precision. To process GPS data, or coordinates, set up an instrument of type GPS.

1. Start Survey.
2. Click Settings Instrument Manager.
3. Under Instrument, click Create Instrument .
4. In the Create Instrument dialog box, enter a name, such as Tachymeter TM1200.
5. Under Instrument Type, select Tachymeter.
6. Click Create.
7. Under Settings, define the Tachymeter Settings.
8. See also Instrument Manager

To process control distances, specify the Default Control Distance Settings in the Global Survey Settings.

To set up an operator

Use the Operator Manager to set up at least one operator.

1. Start Survey.
2. Click Settings Operator Manager.
3. See Operator Manager

To create the field code list

Use the Field Code List Manager to create a list that lists all field codes that are used in the measurements. For each field code, you specify the document and the feature class that stores the point as well as search rules to find existing points in the database.

The following steps add a field code for a control manhole that has been measured with field code 41.

1. Start Survey.
2. Click Settings Field Code List Manager.
3. In the Manager Field Code List dialog box, under Field Code List, click Create Field Code List .
4. In the Create Field Code List dialog box, enter a name, such as Topographic Survey.
5. Under Field Code, click the Calculation tab, and click Add.
6. In the New Field Code Calculation dialog box, enter the following values, for example:
   • Field Code: 41.
   • Document Placeholder: Enter the placeholder for the document, such as {WASTEWATER}.
   • Feature Class: WW_MANHOLE
   • Identical Point Search: Select this option to enable the search for points that have been measured more than once. Configure the search by selecting one of the following. If you use point numbers to identify a point, select Identifier. Select Position, and enter a tolerance, to find identical points by location.
   • Existing Point Search: Select this option to enable the search for existing points.
7. Click Add.
8. Under Field Code, click the Distribution tab, and click Add.
9. In the New Field Code Distribution dialog box, enter the following values, for example:
   • Field Code: For example 41.
   • Tolerances: Enter the limit values for precision and reliability that must not be exceeded for points in order to be stored as reliable points (TB_POSITION_RELIABLE is True). Tolerance/0.15/0.25/0.15/0.25
   • Rule Name: Enter a descriptive name such as Manhole.
   • Document Placeholder: Enter the placeholder for the target document, such as {WASTEWATER}.
   • Feature Class: WW_MANHOLE.
   • Keep Identifier: Select this option to store the identifier in the point number attribute of the target feature class.
   • Update Position: For existing and for moveable points, select this option to replace the existing coordinates.
   • Attribute 1: Select the feature class attribute to be stored, such as ID_FUNCTION.
   • Value 1: Select the value to be stored, such as 2 for a control manhole.
10. Add another definition, if you want to distribute the point to another document.
11. Click Save.

See also Field Code Settings for Calculation and Field Code Settings for Distribution.

To set up a project

Use the Project Manager to create at least one project group and one project, and to assign the field code list to the project.

1. Start Survey.
2. Click Project Manage.
3. In the Manage Projects dialog box, under Project Group, click Create .
4. In the Create Project Group dialog box, enter a name, such as Survey Projects, and click Create.
5. In the Manage Projects dialog box, under Project, click Create .
6. In the Create Project dialog box, enter the Project Name, such as Wastewater.
7. Under Field Code List, select the field code list to e be used in the project.
8. Click the Calculation tab, and click Fill Document.
9. In the Fill Document dialog box, for each row, click the Document input field, and select the document.
10. Click Fill, and click Close.

Now the Survey database is ready for your calculation projects. In one project, you can create multiple Calculation Projects, where each calculation project contains the measurements that are processed in one adjustment calculation. You use the Calculation Wizard to process your field measurements. See Survey Calculation Wizard.