Civil Survey Solutions

 

Built for the AutoCAD Civil 3D design environment, Stringer works directly on COGO points and surfaces in the drawing to automate the breakline creation process and enable immediate updating of surfaces as points are edited. Both alpha and numeric coding is supported – Stringer allows you to configure how which codes should be connected, with complete control over whether to include it as a breakline and assignment of 2D and 3D layers for output.

Using your raw observation file, Stringer offers a complete observation editing/reduction environment and button click insertion of co-ordinated points inside Civil 3D. Traverse adjustments importing of control points, transformations and scaling factors can be easily applied as part of the reduction process. 

Stringer allows you to do your breakline processing inside Civil 3D, no matter how the data is obtained: GPS or Total Station. You can add breakline parameters graphically and see the results immediately: breaklines and surfaces are dynamically updated as point codes are edited. 

Editing your survey data inside the drawing is easy, and Stringer will automatically update the breaklines and surface as changes are made. Templates are able to be assigned to point codes to automatically include offset strings and breaklines, so creating sectional features such as kerb can be achieved from a single string pickup in the field.

Stringer includes powerful tools to automatically fix up any field errors: reorder shots taken out of sequence, embed new codes to break strings or auto increment string numbers so you don’t have to remember them out in the field.

You can also work with Geocomp and CivilCAD AS5 files using the import tools inside Stringer. A full set of export options are included. Point group editing controls allows you to compare surveys for quality control with outputs exported to .csv file.

Stringer provides you with all the tools you need to convert a raw observation file into and editable observation file through to the automated import co-ordinated points inside Civil 3D. 

Stringer support a wide variety of data recorders and all the common data file formats for Australian surveyors, including Leica GSI, Trimble, Topcon and Sokkia outputs. As part of our integration with Civil 3D, Field Book File (.fbk) format files are able to be imported into Stringer Reducer for editing and output for inclusion in the Civil 3D Survey Database.

Once a file is selected the software creates a matching copy of the file and opens it for immediate editing and adjustment of the observations. Observations are presented in a spreadsheet format colour co-ordinated based on observation type for immediate identification. Within Reducer you can edit any entry directly in the cells as well as add observation data and exclude data from your transfer to co-ordinates. Add in a forgotten target height adjustment in 4 button clicks and a matter of seconds.

Stringer allows you to easily adjust your control points by typing the corrected co-ordinated direct in the cells, importing a file of points to update the co-ordinates or getting the co-ordinates adjusted by reading Civil 3D Point co-ordinates from a drawing. 

Scale factors can be applied across the curve and at the time of co-ordinating the points you can also apply a transformation of the data including a shift, rotation and/or scale.

Click on Transfer to have the points imported directly into Civil 3D including all your descriptions, point numbers and selected attributes. Civil 3D will present the points based on your descriptions and build a surface from a point group.

Stringer makes it quick and easy to add, edit and remove breaklines directly inside the drawing. With a wide collection of point and string editing tools you can quickly correct any pickup errors and get to the finished product.

Because Stringer works on points directly in the drawing, the breaklines and surface are updated as changes are made.

At a single button click Stringer will add breaklines to connecting Civil 3D Points in the drawing, based on point description, string number and sequence of point pickup in the field, as well as adding 2D polylines. With Stringer you are able to control which point codes are connected with a 2D polyline and a breakline (3D polyline), as well as which layers these features are created on.

Using simple parameters that can be added in the field or later applied in the drawing, breaklines can be set to automatically include curves, offset strings, close strings and form rectangles from 2 or three points.

Stringer provides you with all the tools to quickly rectify any field errors or omissions directly in the drawing. With Stringer a complete set of tools are included for you to address any issues: change point descriptions, add parameters to close the linework/breaklines or fit curves, and automate the re-sequencing of points that may have been picked up out of sequence using Stringer. 

As points are edited, Stringer will automatically update all affected breaklines, 2D polylines and rebuild the surface, so you can track the progress as you make changes. 

 

Stringer includes tools to import from other surveying programs so you can work with historical data. 

Export your points to native file formats that can be read Leica, Trimble and Sokkia instruments to minimize issues with transfer.

Auditing tools are included for you to check and confirm the quality of your survey by comparing and documenting the differences between two surfaces or a surface and points.

Set up your tree symbols to include independent scaling of the trunk and canopy, as well as assignment of a 3D tree block.

A number of cadastral tools are also included to augment Civil 3D – undertake traverse adjustments from polylines and points, label linework, compare linework and label distance/bearing differences, create linework using links, and create radiation tables.