Survey User Settings Dialog Box

Use this dialog box to change and view survey user settings.

Survey user settings are specific to a Windows user login account and affect the survey features, not database, or drawing data.

Miscellaneous

Establish default external editor settings.

Use External Editor: Specifies whether to use an external editor for displaying analysis input and output and editing field book and batch file. Click the check box to use an external editor.

Note: If you do not specify to use an external editor, the default editor, specified in the AutoCAD Options dialog box, is used.
External Editor: Specifies the path and name of the external editor. Enter a name and path or click to browse to a location.
Preview Vertical Exaggeration: Specifies if the network, setup, and figures previews are exaggerated vertically. Enter a value, which is the factor applied to the levels of the objects displayed in the previews.

Survey Database Defaults

Establish default locations for the survey database settings.

Survey Database Settings Path: Specifies the path for the location of the survey database settings files. The .*sdb_set files located in this path can be selected in the Survey Database Settings.
Survey Database Settings: Specifies the survey .*sdb_set file. This file contains the default database settings that are used when you create a new survey database.
Extended Properties Definition Path: Specifies the path for the location of the survey extended properties definition files. The .*sdx_set files located in this path can be selected in the Extended Properties Definition.
Extended Properties Definition: Specifies the .*sdx_set file. This pre-defined schema contains both LandXML and user defined properties that can be specified as the default when you create a new survey database.

Equipment Defaults

Establish default equipment database settings.

Equipment Database Path

Specifies the path for the equipment databases. This is the path where all new equipment databases are stored. Enter a path or click to browse to a location.

Current Equipment Database

Specifies the current equipment database. Click the equipment database from the drop-down list.

Note: The list of available databases is determined by the databases listed in the Equipment Databases collection in the ToolspaceSurvey tab.

Current Equipment

Specifies the current equipment to use. Click the equipment name from the drop-down list.

The current equipment sets the values associated with a specific surveying instrument, such as the standard deviations associated with the measuring capabilities for the equipment. This information is used in various calculations including least squares.

Linework Processing Defaults

Establish the default location for the linework code set and specify the linework code set to be used to do linework processing during the import.

Linework Code Sets Path

Specifies the path for the Linework Code Sets. This is the path where all linework code sets are stored. Enter a path, or click to browse to a location.

Process Linework During Import

Specify Yes to process linework during an import command.

Current Linework Code Set

Specifies the default linework code set to use when linework processing occurs.

Process Linework Sequence

Specifies the order in which survey point descriptions are processed to determine linework connectivity. Select one of the following:

By Import Order - processes points in the order in which they are imported. Point names are always processed by import order.
By Point Number - processes points sequentially by point number (ascending order only).

Figure Defaults

Establish equipment and figure prefix database information as well as the default external editor.

Figure Prefix Database Path

Specifies the path for the figure prefix database. This is the path where all new equipment databases are stored. Enter a path or click to browse to a location.

Current Figure Prefix Database

Specifies the current figure prefix database. Click the figure prefix database from the drop-down list.

Figure prefixes enable you to determine the layer that a figure is drawn on by creating a prefix for a group of figure names. All figures with a specific prefix are placed on a specific layer.

Note: The list of available databases is determined from the databases listed in the Figure Prefix Databases collection on the ToolspaceSurvey tab.

Figure Style

Specifies the default style for figures inserted into the drawing.

Figure Layer

Specifies the default layer for figures inserted into the drawing.

Interactive Graphics

Control the display of survey components during import and entry of survey data.

Note: To change the colors for the components, click the color swatch to open the Select Color dialog box, from which you can select a color.

Automatic Pan and Zoom: Specifies if the drawing automatically pans and zooms to the survey observations when they are imported or entered.
Show Backsight Line: Specifies whether a line, which represents the line backsighted by the survey instrument setup, is displayed.
Show Backsight Prism: Specifies whether a symbol, which represents the prism at the backsight point, is displayed.
Show Station Instrument: Specifies whether a symbol, which represents the instrument (transit) at the station (or occupied) point, is displayed.
Show Foresight Line: Specifies whether a line, which represents the line foresighted by the survey instrument setup, is displayed.
Show Foresight Prism: Specifies whether a symbol, which represents the prism at the foresight point, is displayed.
Show Baseline: Specifies whether a line, which represents the line established as a baseline, is displayed.
Show Baseline Prism: Specifies whether a symbol, which represents the prism at any new point created from a baseline, is displayed.
Show Baseline Offset Line: Specifies whether a line, which represents the baseline offset to any new point created, is displayed.
Show Current Figure: Specifies whether a line, which represents the current figure, is displayed.
Show Current Figure Vertex: Specifies whether the figure vertex is displayed.

Import Defaults

Specify the properties for importing a batch file into the selected survey network.

Show Interactive Graphics

Specifies whether to display interactive graphics during the import of survey data. Use Interactive Graphics settings to control the display of individual graphics components.

Erase Survey Points From Drawing

Specifies whether to erase all the points referenced by the selected network from the drawing.

Note: Points referenced by other networks are not erased from the drawing and database.

Reset Network

Specifies whether to remove all the observations in the survey database for the selected network. When this property is unchecked, incoming observations are appended to the observation database for the selected network.

Delete Network Figures

Specifies whether to erase figures, which have a reference to the selected network, from the drawing and database.

Insert Network Object

Specifies whether to create a network object in the drawing.

Insert Figure Objects

Specifies whether to create figure objects in the drawing.

Insert Survey Points

Specifies that Survey points are inserted into the drawing.

Default Figure Site

Specifies the default site for figures that are set to create Plot Lines. When inserting a figure into the current drawing:

If this site does not exist in the current drawing, it is created.
This site is used if the Plot Line property for the figure is set to True, and the Site property for the figure is blank.

Display Tolerance Errors In Event Viewer

Select Yes to display tolerance errors in the Event Viewer when you import data using the Import Field Book, Import LandXML, or Import Batch File commands. For more information, see Reporting Tolerance Errors

Export Defaults

Specify the properties for exporting survey data to a field book file.

Export Figures With Network

Select Yes to export the figures in the database when you use the Export Field Book command.

The figure type determines what is added to the field book. For information on the conditions and syntax that is added to the field book, see About Export Defaults.

Export Point Identifiers

Specifies if point IDs are used to define figures when figures are exported to a field book.

For information on the conditions and syntax that is added to the field book, see About Export Defaults.

Export Point Data

This check box is active when the Export Point Identifiers property is not set to None. Select Yes if you want each figure vertex that references a point identifier to output the following to the field book file prior to the section defining the figures: NE SS <point ID> <north> <east> <level> <description>

Network Preview

Specify the network preview properties when selecting a Network item in the SurveyToolspace tab.

Show Network: Specifies whether to preview the network lines for the selected network item.
Show Sideshots: Specifies whether to preview the sideshot lines for the selected network item.
Show Points: Specifies whether to preview the points for the selected network item.
Show Figures: Specifies whether to preview the figures that reference the selected network item.

Note: Showing figures significantly increases the time required to generate the preview elements.

Setup Preview

Specify the setup preview properties when selecting a Setup item in the Survey Toolspace tab.

Show Sideshots: Specifies whether to preview the sideshot lines for the selected setup item.
Show Points: Specifies whether to preview the points for the selected setup item.
Show Figures: Specifies whether to preview the figures affected by the selected setup item.

Figure Preview

Specify the setup preview properties when selecting a Figure item in the SurveyToolspace tab.

Show Figure: Specifies whether to preview the line segments for the selected figure item.

Note: Showing figures significantly increases the time required to generate the preview elements.
Show Points: Specifies whether to preview the display of the points referenced by the selected figure item.

Change Reporting

Specify the default settings for the change report.

Report Style Path: Specifies the path for the change report style sheet.
Report Style: Specifies the report style sheet (.xsl file) used with an .xml file to create the report.