To Create a New Survey Instrument Setup

Use the Toolspace Survey tab to create new instrument setups.

You can create a point using an angle turned from either a specified reference line or a previously determined backsight point. Additionally, you can also use a vertical angle or vertical distance to locate the point.

To create a new setup

1. In the SurveyToolspace tab, right-click on the Setups collection and click New to display the New Setup dialog box.
2. Enter the station point for the setup.
   Note: If you enter a non-existent station point, you are prompted to create a point and the New Control Point dialog box is displayed where you can create a new station point.
3. Enter the backsight point for the setup. When this column contains a valid entry, the Backsight Direction column displays the calculated backsight direction value and is read-only.
   Note: If you enter a non-existent backsight point, you are prompted to create a point and the New Control Point dialog box is displayed from which you can create a new backsight point.
   Note: Setups can be created using the names of Survey Points that exist in the Survey Database. Enter the point names in the Station Point and Backsight Point fields.
4. Enter a backsight direction. This field is read-only if the Backsight Point column contains a valid point number.
5. Enter the backsight orientation angle for the setup.
   Note: This is the reference angle for all angle observations except Face1 and Face2 angles.
6. Enter the measured instrument (theodolite) height. This is typically measured from the center of the theodolite optics to the setup point on the ground.
7. Click OK to create the new setup.

To create a setup using the survey command language

1. In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click on the network that you want to add control points to. Click Survey Command Window.
2. At the Command line, enter:

   STA [point] (instrument height) (description)

Example

This example sets the instrument on point 1. It is 5.1 feet above ground elevation. Therefore, the instrument elevation is 105.1 feet.

NEZ 1 1000 1000 100

AZ 1 2 90

STA 1 5.1

!STATION h.i.: 105.10

!POINT: 1 NORTH: 1000.0000 EAST: 1000.0000 ELEV: 100.0000

Command Syntax

STA [point] (instrument height) (description)

Parameter	Definition
point	The point identifier of the traverse station.
instrument height	The height of the instrument above ground elevation.
description	An optional description associated with the point.