Tag: Line

  • Traverse PC Announces the Release of TPC Desktop 2011 with Geodetics and Cadastral PLSS

    Traverse PC Release of TPC Desktop 2011 Ships August 31, 2011 Traverse PC has announced the release of TPC Desktop 2011 with Geodetics and Cadastral PLSS. Their product ships at the end of this month, August 31, 2011. TPC Takes the “Scary out of Geodetics” TPC Desktop 2011 promises to tackle the “scary of geodetics head on with our new Distance and Direction types.”…

  • AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey 2D Points Essential Template Framework

    Today I’m pleased to release my AutoCAD Civil 3D drawing template: AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey 2D Points Essential Template Framework (2011). This includes a digital download dwt (2011) template file and a sample point file. Many land surveyors and designers have asked me to create this template so that they can work with points like they’re 2D. Have…

  • Trimble Offers Utilities an Innovative Software Tool for Power Transmission Line Route Planning

    SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 1, 2011 — Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today the Trimble® Corridor Analyst routing software for power transmission lines. The innovative software simultaneously considers construction costs, environmental restrictions, social concerns and legislative obligations, allowing utility planners to thoroughly examine alternatives and select the most appropriate corridors for high-voltage power transmission lines, which can…

  • Knowing Your Numbers-Land Surveying Field Metrics for Success

    A while back, I wrote Knowing Your Numbers-How To Measure Your Success, an article on the importance of developing your own set of metrics and benchmarks to accurately measure your success, or failure, which is something we all need to understand. In this Premium Membership post I expand on that theme; specifically how to use land surveying…

  • Knowing Your Numbers-How To Measure Your Success

    Know your numbers to measure your success. We all need to know our numbers, but do you know what numbers are important for your success? The metrics and benchmarks to accurately measure our success, or failure, is something we all need to understand. This is true in any professional land surveyor business, whether you are…

  • FARO Introduces World’s Most Accurate Break Resistant SMR as Part of Expanded Line of Laser Tracker

    FARO Introduces World’s Most Accurate Break Resistant SMR as Part of Expanded Line of Laser Tracker FARO Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: FARO), the world’s leading provider of portable 3D measurement and imaging solutions, announced the release of the world’s most accurate break resistant spherically mounted retroreflector (SMR) as a part of their newly expanded line of…

  • Are AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Label Style Layers Not Working?

    Last night I posted on the Professional Land Surveyor Forum a discussion topic, “Are AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Label Style Layers Not Working?” Here is what I posted there: Is anyone else having this problem? I’m now using AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011, and when I set a layer in any Label Style the label, when…

  • AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks: Menu Bar

    AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks: Menu Bar If you’ve upgraded from previous versions of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 one of the first things you’ll notice is the Ribbon interface. The Ribbon interface of process-oriented grouped commands and functions may take some getting used to at first, but once you start using it…