SDCAD 2009

for field data processing

through
ZwCAD software

Product of the Sri Lanka Survey Department

Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction

2.0 Installation of SDCAD

3.0 SDCAD Software Module Registration

4-5

4.0 Traverse Adjustment with Side Shots

5-8

5.0 Create Standard Layer Template

6.0 Import Coordinate Data

8-9

7.0 Join Boundary Points with Line

10

8.0 Offset Calculation

11

9.0 Fixation

11 - 12

10.0 Check Dangling Nodes

12

11.0 Lot Parcel

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12.0 Area Calculation

13 - 14

13.0 Label Point Feature Description

14 - 15

14.0 Label Boundary Feature Description

15 - 16

15.0 Blocking out

16 - 17

16.0 Add Node and Point

17 - 18

17.0 2D Transformation

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18.0 Georeferencing

18 - 20

19.0 Extract Comma Delimited NEZ

20 - 21

20.0 Extract Parcel

22 23

21.0 Search Duplicate Lots

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22.0 Convert 3D lines to 2D

23 24

23.0 Symbolization

24 - 25

24.0 Command Aliases

25 - 26

APPENDIX I

27 - 29

APPENDIX II

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1.0 Introduction
SDCAD is a CAD software Plug-in, which completely runs on intelliCAD platform of ZwCAD
software. With SDCAD, the familiar AutoCAD workflow and interface embedded in ZwCAD
software enables you to get to work right away with minimal training.
It creates production drafts more accurately and efficiently. Keying less data manually saves
you time and reduces errors and also it automates traverse adjustment with side shots,
subdivisions, transformations, boundary formation and description, survey points, and feature
codes from your field survey data. SDCAD can also handle raster data with important
georeferencing tool.
After you complete design, SDCAD enables you to capture drawing errors and to perform quick
calculation with required outputs such as area calculation and exporting NEZ coordinates for
setting out data back in the field.
This software may be bound to have errors but tested thoroughly to produce quality data.
Your valuable comments regarding this software is highly appreciated so that Research and
Development Branch can come up with new improvements in future versions.
If you have any queries with the SDCAD software, feel free to dial 0714399201.

Supdt. of Surveys,
Research and Development Branch,
Surveyor Generals Office,
Colombo - 05,
Sri Lanka.
July 2009.

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2.0 Installation of SDCAD

Insert SDCAD installation CD into the CD ROM drive.
Browse CD, go to SDCAD2009-V1.1 folder and run SETUP.exe
Setup will ask you to install Microsoft .NET framework 2.0 in your computer if it is not
already installed.
Enter NEXT buttons as it appears until you get the following Dialogue Box.

Enter User Name and Company Name and click on Anyone who uses this computer
icon. Click NEXT to proceed installing SDCAD in the computer.

After completion, restart your computer before proceeding into SDCAD registration.

3.0 SDCAD software module registration

Start ZWCAD software. At command prompt, type MNU and press enter. Then
following Dialogue Box appears to register SDCAD software module.

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In the Dialogue, installation code appears with alphanumeric digits. Write down this code
and convey it to Research and Development Branch, SGO, Colombo-05 to get eight (08)
digits alphanumeric activation code.

Type activation code in the Authorization code text input box with all characters
UPPERCASE and press OK for activation.

Quit ZwCAD application once and restart the same.

Now you are done. Congratulations for using SDCAD software module.

4.0 Traverse adjustment with side shots

Note: Field observation procedure for traverse adjustment is given in Appendix I.
4.1 Adjustment with Totalstation data

From SDCAD menu click on Traverse Adjustment with Side Shots > Open Trv. Data File
to Adjust.

Following Dialogue Box appears to select raw coordinate file (NEZ file) with comma
delimited format.

Click open to proceed. Then from the coordinate file, program will automatically track
whether the traverse is a Close traverse or Open traverse.

If the traverse is a close circuit, enter relevant Bearings and Closeness Factor as shown in
following Dialogue Box.

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 If the traverse is an open circuit, following Dialogue will appear to enter similar parameters.

Click OK to adjust the traverse. If the traverse is closed, following message will appear.

On traverse adjustment, four data files are created in the same directory where the raw
coordinate file is located (part of the name with that of raw cood. data file.)
These four files include Length and Bearing observation file and three separate files in
compliance with Annexures 2, 5 & 7 in Chapter XXI of the Departmental Survey
Regulations (DSR) on Digital Data Management.
If the traverse is misclosed due to angular error, following Dialogue Box will appear.

In such a case please refer to Length and Bearing observation file for further investigation.
If the traverse is misclosed due to coordinate misclosure following message will appear.

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4.2 Adjustment with data collected by Conventional method (Theodolite and Tape)

From SDCAD menu click on Traverse Adjustment with Side Shots > Create Trv. Data
File manually

Following Dialogue Box appears to enter traverse data manually.

Enter Starting Station and Closing Station coordinates and then using Add button, enter
station data and radial shots taken from traverse stations if side shots are available
adopting same data collection procedure as described in Appendix I.

After entering all data, if it is required to change some input values, select relevant row in
the list and click on modify or double click on the row to be modified to get the following
Dialogue Box.

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Change the input data if necessary and click on Change button to modify the list.

Similarly, if it is required to remove rows added, user can select row(s) by pressing Shift
key and on selection, user can click on Remove button.

After completion of all editing/ modification on data entered in the list, next step is to save
data using Save button.

Once saved, two files are automatically created; one is the processed Coordinate file with
the given file name at the time of saving with txt extension. The other file is the raw data
file with underscore at the end of file name with raw extension.

Out of these two files, Coordinate file can be used for traverse adjustment using the
function described under sub-section 4.1 while Raw Data file can be open using the
Open button in the above Dialogue Traverse Adjustment with conventional method.

The importance of the Raw Data File is that it can be open and then add, remove or edit
data before saving the Coordinate file.

5.0 Create standard layer template

From SDCAD menu, click on Create Standard Layer Template to generate all required
layers in compliance with Chapter XXI of the DSR on Digital Data Management.
Following message will appear to confirm creation of empty layers.

If a layer that is to be created is already existing, a message will appear at the command
prompt as e.g. Layer TEXT-TPN already exists.

6.0 Import Coordinate data.

Tip: Always create a new empty drawing in ZwCAD before importing coordinate data.
Otherwise data is appended with another set of data.
Note: Data will be drawn either on 2D or 3D dimensional space depending on the user
requirement. Vide Appendix II to understand supporting delimited data formats.
From SDCAD menu, click on Import Data to get following Dialogue Box.
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Default is the 2D selection. If default is selected, Data Format Dialogue appears to choose
one of the required given formats.

Type Text Height always

based on 1:1000 scale.
For other scales it is
automatically adjusted.

If option 1 or 2 is chosen, 2D points will be drawn with feature code as label and if option 3
or 4 is chosen, 2D points will be drawn with elevation and feature code as labels after label
parameter selection (scale and Text Height) in the Dialogue Box.
Output scale is to be predetermined with the relevant text label height for the base scale
( 1:1000 scale).
Click OK to draw 2D points automatically with Point Number, Point Node, feature code and
elevation label if any, in respective layers as given in Chapter XXI of the DSR on Digital Data
Management.
If 3D selection is selected from the Coordinate System Dialogue, following Data Format
Dialogue appears to choose one of the required given formats similar to procedure explained
above. But this time data is in 3D format.

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7.0 Join boundary points with line

7.1 Join Points with manual option
Tip: To use this application, point numbers should be available.
From SDCAD Tools menu click on Join Boundary Points with Line > Manual.
Then at SDCAD Command prompt enter point numbers to join points.
If an invalid point number that is not in the drawing is entered, a message will pop as shown
below to say number is invalid. But the program does not quit and user has the facility to
enter correct number.

When finished entering numbers, just press enter to quit program.

7.2 Join Points with range option
From SDCAD TOOLS menu click on Join Boundary Points with Line > Range to display
following input Dialogue Box.

Enter point range on above Dialogue Box.

Tick toggle box if necessary to close joining points at starting point.
Then press OK button to join range of points.
If the number range given is not available following message will appear to say point
numbers are invalid.

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8.0 Offset Calculation

From SDCAD menu, select Offset Calculation to get

Dialogue Box

On the Dialogue Box by default above values appear for Starting Lot No, Scale and Text
Height. Type different values if necessary (Text Height must be based on Scale) and
Press OK.

At Command Prompt, Pick close to starting end of line from where offsets are to be
scored in the direction of survey.

As picked, traverse line is selected. Then Enter slope angle if measured to reduce
traverse distances of particular line, otherwise just press Enter to accept default.

Then enter traverse distances and their offsets and pick correct side of the offset with
mouse to draw offsets with corresponding point numbers. When needed to switch to
next traverse line type N and press enter. Similarly follow same procedure as
mentioned above to draw other offsets.

When finished, just press enter at ZWCAD Command: New Line <Traverse Distance:>
to quit application.

following Offset Calculation

Note: If the function is invoked again after quitting Offset Calculation, Starting Point No. is
automatically assigned as the next incremented number to the last Point No. added.

9.0 Fixation
From SDCAD menu, select Fixation to get the following Dialogue.

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 Common control points of source object and destination object can be selected either by
picking with mouse/specifying coordinates at prompt or by typing point numbers if
available.
Once selection is completed, following Dialogue appears to select objects to fix with.

When object selection is finished, data are automatically fixed with destination object in a
layer called BOUND-TR-GEN.
Then program prints the residuals of each control point. This is very much useful to give a
better fixation by removing control points with higher residuals. If text objects are also
included in selecting source objects to be fixed, after fixation, source object text and
residuals are assigned to layer Text-TR.
Note: For a better fixation three or more common control points must be selected. Also,
source and destination objects must be of the same scale.

10.0 Check Dangling Nodes (over shoots and under shoots)

From SDCAD Tools menu, click on Check Dangling Nodes.
Enter radius of dangle circle to be displayed. Default value is 1m.
At command prompt a message to select entities will appear.
Select all line features on which dangles are to be searched.
If dangles available, red circles appear at end of lines in a layer called DANGLE.
A message will appear after searching dangles.

Note: This function will check dangles on selected line features only. If you have objects on
layers that are not needed for dangle checking, switch off layers. Please note that this
function does not check dangles of polylines.

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11.0 Lot Parcel

From SDCAD menu click on Lot Parcel.
Then at command prompt, enter Scale of the drawing and relevant Text Height.
Now enter the Starting lot number. By default it is one (1). If you need, a different number
can be assigned.
Pick inside the parcel to print Lot. Then pick next parcel to print next Lot with an increment
to previous lot. This process can be continued till the end of parcels.
Press enter or right click mouse to quit lotting.

12.0 Area calculation

From SDCAD menu click on Area Calculation to get the following Dialogue Box.

If area calculation is a new task, choose New File (already selected as default), type
required Lot No., Scale and relevant Text Height and click on OK if you have already
printed Lot Nos.
Then following dialog box appears to specify a location and file to save calculated extent of
the lots.

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 Then pick inside lot to print extent. Now Lot No. of the parcel clicked is verified by an alert
message. Then pick next parcel. Follow the same procedure till the end of all parcels
and press enter or click right mouse to quit area calculation.

Extent in Ha/ A.R.P and m2 together with number of vertices and acceptable error (vide
DSR 14.14) is written in the saved file and it pops up on the screen as follows.

It is also possible to print Lot Nos. at the time of calculating extent of lots when Radio
button on the above Dialogue is checked. Once Radio button is checked Lot no. 1 is
assigned to Starting Lot No., if no lotting has already been done. If Lot nos. are existing,
Starting Lot No is assigned the next incremented Lot no to the last Lot added.
Click on lots one by one and after end, right click to view extent data in the saved file.

Note: When you calculate the extent of a parcel, make sure that you have set unnecessary
layers off and see that the entire parcel is displayed on screen and correct area is hatured.
Area hatch and the extent labels are automatically placed in a layer called AREA.

13.0 Label Point Feature Description

From SDCAD Tools menu, Click on Label Point Feature Description.
Then following Dialogue Box appears.

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 Select the appropriate Comma Delimited Format from the Survey Co-ordinate File
Point Size in Absolute units determines the Point Feature Dot size.
Change the point size according to requirement (default is 0.35mm at 1:1K scale)
Click OK button to get following Dialogue Menu.

Click OK button to get following Dialogue Menu.

Open the Adjusted Survey Coordinate File (ASCII file).
Now, Point features are printed according to Point Feature Abbreviations given in DSR.
Note: Feature Description is printed by using the Feature code used for point features at the
time of data collection. However, in office, this code can be changed to given appropriate
code in DSR and saved. If a wrong code that is not given in the DSR is used, program will
not print it.

14.0 Label Boundary Description.

14.1 Auto all
From SDCAD Tools menu, click on Label Boundary Description > Auto all.
Only boundaries on standard layers will be described. A message will appear to this effect.

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 Select Font type: Sinhala or English. Default value is English.

Then select the drawing scale and label text height.
When finished, just press enter or click right mouse button.
14.2 Manual selection
From SDCAD Tools menu, click on Label Boundary Description > Manual selection.
Same message appears for layer description as above.
Select Font type: Sinhala or English. Default value is English.
Select the drawing scale and label text height.
Now, as you pick on the exact place on the boundary lines, label description is printed in
the right orientation

15.0 Blocking out.

15.1 Sliding
Draw a line with the required orientation in order to cut out required extent.

From SDCAD Tools menu, select Blocking out > Sliding to get following Dialogue Box.

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Select extent units; type required extent to cut out and text height to print extent.
Also input required checking Interval. Checking interval controls the leaping distance of the
line.
Then input the number of blocks to be cut out.
Press enter. Then Select objects at command prompt, select cut out line just drawn.
Pick inside lot closer to the fixed boundary of the Lot.
Then line starting moving and finally fixing required extent and thereby printing the extent
inside Lot.

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15.2 Direction
This is similar to Line Blocking out option. Only difference is that direction right angle to the
line which is going to be slided in order to get the required distance can be defined by
picking two points with mouse or specifying coordinates at ACAD command prompt.
Note: This function will be useful in cases where parcels are in odd-shapes.
15.3 Rotation
Draw a line in order to cut out required extent at the fixed point about which cut out line is
to be rotated in order to get the required extent.
From SDCAD Tools menu, select Blocking out > Rotation to get following Dialogue Box.

Input required parameters as explained in 14.1 and press enter.

Pick fixed point using mouse or specify coordinates at command prompt.
Then Select objects at command prompt, select cut out line just drawn.
Pick inside lot closer to the fixed boundary of the Lot.
Then line starting rotating about fixed point and finally fixing required extent and thereby
printing the extent inside Lot.
Note: Only one block can be cut out at a time using this function.

16.0 Add Node and Point

From SDCAD Tools menu, select Add Node and Point to get following Dialogue Box.

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 Default numbering option is Manual. When this is selected user is allowed to enter any
number for the new point inserted on his/her wish.
Input the required Scale and Text Height and Click OK.
At the command prompt: Enter Point Number.
Then pick on exact location to create point.
Now, at the command prompt, Point Description<> appears.
If you just press enter, Point Description becomes Null (no point description added).
Otherwise, input Point Description is printed in the reserved layer.
When you pick on next point, Point Description is automatically assigned the previous Point
Description label. If it is correct, just press enter. Otherwise enter a new description and
proceed to next point location.
If you select Auto Increment option, at the command prompt, you can assign a Starting
Point Number (Default is set to 1). Then as you pick on places where you need points, point
is automatically incremented by 1. However, you can assign/ change Point Description as
mentioned under Manual option.

17.0 2D Transformation
From SDCAD Tools menu, select 2D Transformation to get following Dialogue Box.

Follow the same procedure as explained in section 9.0 for Fixation.

Note: This function is useful to transform coordinates of features from one Co-ordinate system
to another Coordinate System provided sufficient Control points are available (at least three
points needed). If two points are used, a unique solution will yield.

18.0 Georeferencing
Tip: Before running this function, insert the required raster image on ZWCAD Graphical User
Interface (GUI) by clicking on Insert > Raster Image.
Then, from SDCAD Tools menu, click on Georeferencing.
Control Point Selection Box appears with two options.
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 From the Control point selection Dialogue Box, select the control point input method.
Click New to input control point coordinates or click Use Existing to use already existing
control points.
When New option is chosen following input box will appear to enter number of control
points (number of control points must be grater than or equal 3).

Click OK and pick the first point on the image. Following input box will appear to input
coordinates of first point as shown below.

Pick points and enter coordinates as explained above for all points.
After entering coordinates of all points, a message will appear to check Root Mean Square
(RMS) error on georeferencing.

Click OK. Image will be automatically georeferenced and RMS error will appear in a List
box as follows with the residual of each point.

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Note: When New option is used, control point information is automatically saved in a filled
called Control in the ZwCAD 2008i Eng default directory (e.g. C:\Program Files\ZwCAD
2008i Eng).

If the RMS error is not within the error allowed, two options are available:
Option 1: check if the control point coordinates of each point are correctly entered in
the saved control point file and edit it if coordinates are wrong.
Option 2: Remove control points in the saved Control file having higher residuals if
sufficient control points have been picked and save the Control file.

After performing either of options, again click georeferencing tool and choose Use
Existing option to select already saved Control file.

Then pick image points in order as control point appearing sequence in the Control file to
perform georeferencing.

19.0 Extract Comma Delimited NEZ

From SDCAD Tools menu, click on Extract Comma Delimited NEZ to get following
Dialogue Box.

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 Default selection is Range. When this is selected, a user can assign a range in the
following Dialogue Box to extract coordinates in an ascending order.

When clicking OK, following SAVE Dialogue Box appears to save extracting coordinate
data in a txt file.

Once saved, the file will automatically be popped up on the screen.

If Manual option is used, user can assign required point numbers to be extracted by
entering point numbers at the Enter Point No: prompt.
If All option is used, co-ordinates of all points are extracted into the file in ascending
order.
Note: If duplicate pints are available, such points are also extracted. Look at the
extracted data file thoroughly for duplicates.

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20.0 Extract Parcel

From SDCAD Tools menu, click on Extract Parcel to get following prompt at the
command.

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Default is the Buffer Distance Parameter. Enter the required Buffer Distance.
Then Pick inside the lot to be clipped as appearing in the command prompt.
Select entities outside Buffering Region that need to be retained in extracting Parcels
with Select entities prompt.
Clicks enter. Now Save Dialogue Box appears to save extracting data in a different
drawing file as shown below.

Once saved, a new drawing file is created with extracted data.

If Window option is used, a Window Selection can be done with a Bounding Box
either by picking lower left corner and upper right corner or specifying coordinates of
the two corners to extract data. Selecting entities outside the Bounding Box is similar
as described under Buffering Selection.

If Region option is used, a region can be defined either by picking points or specifying
coordinates of the points defining region. Selecting entities outside the region is similar
as described under Buffering Selection.

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Note: Once a region is defined, when you need to close to the Starting point to enclose
region, right mouse click automatically closes from last point picked to Starting point of the
region.

21.0 Search Duplicate Lots

From SDCAD Tools menu, click on Search Duplicate Lots.

If duplicates lots are not found following message will appear.

If duplicate lots are found, following message will appear to confirm duplicate lots.

When click OK, duplicate lot numbers will appear in a List box as follows.

22.0 Convert 3D lines to 2D

From SDCAD Tools menu, click on Convert 3D lines to 2D.
A message will appear at command prompt to confirm this conversion.

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 If you just press enter or type N, this function does not do the conversion and quits giving
following message.

If you type Y, all lines will be converted into 2D format following message appears.

Note: This function will convert all lines in 3D into 2D. Poly lines are not converted.

23.0 Symbolization
23.1 Draw Standard Arrow
From SDCAD Tools menu, click on Draw Standard Arrow.

AT Command Prompt, Enter Arrow Head Size (Default size is 2.5mm at 1:1K scale) and
click enter.
Then at <Pick Point to Draw Arrow Head>, click on place where you need to place head of
the arrow.
Then at <Pick Point to Draw Arrow Tail>, click on place where you need to place head of
the arrow.
At Brake Arrow: No <Yes>, click yes if you want to break arrow.
At Select entity to break: click on the arrow to define 1st break point.
Then at <Second break point>, click on the arrow to define 2nd break point to complete
break of the arrow.
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23.1 Draw Flow Direction Arrow

From SDCAD Tools menu, click on Draw Flow Direction Arrow.
At command prompt, first pick point to start with arrow head and next point to end with
arrow tail (This arrow is grouped once drawn. That is, you can just select the arrow and
move like a block).
Note: This function is not controlled by scale of the drawing. Therefore user is requested to
draw arrow relative to water feature size on the particular scale.

24.0 Command aliases

A
ABT
ADJSS
ANP

About SDCAD
Open Traverse Data File to Adjust with Side Shots
Add Node and Point

C
CAREA
CLT
CTA
CT2D

Calculate Area
Create Standard Layer Template
Create Traverse Data File manually
Convert 3D Lines to 2D

Blocking out by moving a line along a specified direction

Search Duplicate Lots
Check Dangles

Extract Coordinates (comma delimited)

Extract Land Parcel

Draw Flow Direction Arrow

Fixation

Georeferencing

Import Comma Delimited Data

D
DB
DLOT
DNGL

E
ECC
EP
F
FDA
FIX
G
GREF
I
IDC

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L
LB
LBLA
LBLM
LJM
LJR
LPF
LOT

Blocking out with line sliding

Label Boundary Description for all lines automatically
Label Boundary Description at selected places on lines
Line Joining (Manual)
Line Joining (Range)
Label Point Feature Description
Lot Parcels

Load SDCAD menu

Offset Calculation

Blocking out by rotating the line

Draw Standard Arrow

Transform features from one coordinate system to another

M
MNU

O
OCM

R
RB

S
SAR

T
TF

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APPENDIX I
Observation procedure for Traverse Adjustment

Record starting point coordinates in the Total Station in the following format:

Point Number, North, East, Elevation, Code

9000,1000.00,2000.00,7.56,stnLP

Then record closing point coordinates in the same manner. Closing point number can
be assigned any number greater than 9000 as it is not a parameter or output point
number in the adjustment program.
9008,1234.45,2512.50,3.43,stnRP

Orient the instrument to the Back Station using Back Azimuth.

Do not record back station observation.

Then observe side shots and record with point numbers and codes. According to
Chapter XXXI of the Departmental Survey Regulations on Digital Data Management,
side shot point numbers should be less than 9000.

e.g. 1, 1123.45,423.56,1.5,WF
2, 1126.45,429.51,12.5,BW
.......... ...........
......................
Orient the instrument to the Back Station using Back Azimuth. Do not record back
station observation.

After completion of observing side shots, finally observe the forward station and record
data with point number greater than 9000.

e.g. 1, 1123.45,423.56,1.5,WF
2, 1126.45,429.51,12.5,BW
.
9001, 1345.673,1098.456,1.5,stnCP

Carry out the same procedure observing and recording all side shots before sighting
next forward traverse station until you observe and record closing station observation.

At the closing station, observe and record side shots if available and close to the
starting station and record its traverse station observations.

If the traverse is an open traverse, from the closing station observe side shots if
available and close to the next forward known station and record data of the forward
station.

Example figures of the traversing procedure of the two types of traverse are given
below.
Note: When running a traverse, a new observation to an inner traverse station must be
recorded as a side shot (not as a traverse point; i.e. point no < 9000 to be used).

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Close Traverse
LF
4

stnCP

stnCP

9004

9003

stnCP
9005
Original Back
Azimuth

5
LF
Observed fore
Azimuth

stnCP

9002

9001
9000
9006

3
LF

stnCP

stnCP

LF
LF

Open Traverse
WF
5

stnRP

WF
9006

Observed
Fore Azimuth
stnCP

Original Fore
Azimuth

stnCP
9004

9003

CP

9005
stnRP

stnLP

9002
L

6
9001

9000

stnLP

stnCP

Set on
SP

stnCP

stnLP

LF

stnLP
WF
WF

Note: Arrows show the direction of survey.

- Known Station
- Traverse Station

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A sample CLOSE Traverse Data Input File (.txt file)

9000,1000,2000,0,stnCP
9005,1000,2000,0,stnCP
8,1034.32,2006.58,0,LF
9001,1024.738,2004.906,0,stnCP
9,1033.32,2007.59,0,LF
10,1034.32,2006.58,0,LF
9002,1027.503,1978.45,0,stnCP
9003,1002.404,1973.26,0,stnCP
11,1038.32,2007.58,0,WF
9004,999.997,2000.052,0,stnCP
Input parameters for above data in the programme:
1. Observed Fore Azimuth: 95.05 (95D 05).
2. Original Back Azimuth : 275.05 (275D 05).
3. Closeness Factor: (1.58 for a detailed traverse).
4. 9000 - Original coordinates of Starting Instrument Station
5. 9005 Original coordinates of Starting Instrument Station
Note:
Point 9004 with the observed coordinates of the Starting Station

A sample OPEN Traverse Data Input File (.txt file)

9000,549293.54,467189.899,0,GPS
9500,548526.705,467392.434,0,GPS
9001,549086.296,467378.748,0,CP
9002,549013.547,467511.426,0,CP
9003,548900.182,467580.095,0,CP
9004,548704.948,467666.726,0,CP
9005,548714.537,467738.678,0,CP
9006,548708.909,467772.541,0,CP
9007,548664.838,467789.532,0,CP
9008,548609.522,467826.989,0,CP
9009,548549.624,467888.989,0,CP
9010,548503.297,467927.603,0,CP
9011,548468.362,467886.297,0,CP
9012,548486.925,467826.095,0,CP
9013,548486.167,467764.356,0,CP
9014,548463.887,467724.826,0,CP
9015,548451.131,467692.418,0,CP
9016,548475.112,467521.706,0,CP
9017,548543.949,467489.484,0,CP
9018,548558.139,467430.007,0,CP
9019,548526.564,467392.424,0,GPS
9020,548525.579,467296.258,0,GPS
Input Parameters:
1. Observed Fore Bearing: 269.2450 (269D 24 50)
2. Original Fore Bearing : 269.2509 (269D 25 09)
3. Starting Traverse point: 9000 with original coordinates
4. Last occupied station: 9500 with original coordinates
Notes:
1. Point 9019 is the last occupied station number with observed coordinates
2. Point 9020 is the last observed station number with observed coordinates
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Sample comma delimited file formats accepted by the program.

1. Pt.No,N,E,Z,code
e.g. 9000,1000,1000,2.500,stnCP
1,1005.345,2345.324,3.80,L

2. Pt.No,N,E,Z,
e.g. 9000,1000,1000,2.500,
1,1005.345,2345.324,3.80,
.
3.

Pt.No,N,E,

e.g. 9000,1000,1000,
1,1005.345,2345.324,

4.

Pt.No,N,E,Code

e.g. 9000,1000,1000,stnCP
1,1005.345,2345.324,L

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