PointCloud CAD Movies

Some of these movies may have been recorded in a previous version of or even in another one of our products, but in these cases the concepts are identical.

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Movie Section List

Point Cloud	Animation
Overviews	AutoCAD to MSCAD
COGO Commands	Batch COGO
Various CAD Commands	Various Line Commands
Survey Editing Commands	Misc. Survey Commands
Survey Drawing Commands	Raster Images
Surface Modeling & Contours	Volume Calculations
Data Collectors/Traverses	AutoRoute Examples
Area Calculations	Subd. Lot/House Design
Tables and Ties

 

Point Cloud Movies

Point Cloud Open	Pan and Zoom Controls
Generate Data Points	Generate Linework
View Options	Cutting Cubes
Profile Slices	Reference Planes
Generate Surface from Point Cloud	Grid Survey - Generate Bare Earth Points
Conversion Utility	Merge Point Cloud Files
Convert PTS to PCI	Draw and Viewing Shortcuts
Automatic Road Line Extraction (Parking Lot)	Automatic Road Line Extration (Highway)

 

Animation Movies

Animation Overview	Timeline
Direction Track	Pitch Track
Roll Track	Visibility Track
Animated Cameras	Static Cameras
Record Movies	Velocity Markers and Time Graph
Working With Large Symbols	Materials
Set Origin	Path Control

 

Overviews

How to Register your Program	Start the program and overview
Labeling Default Dialog Overview	Hot Toggles explained
MicroSurvey Assistant Overview	AutoMAP Library Overview
CADLines and CADCurves and AUTOP	MSBackup Routine
Database Utilities Overview	Numeric and Alpha-Numeric Point IDs Overview

Create / load your own Custom Toolbars	Plot Dialog Configuration - Plot Drawing
3D Rendering Overview	Configure Dialog
Layout Mode Overview	Convert FLX to DWG using batch processing
Entity Properties Overview	Explorer Dialog Overview

 

AutoCAD .DWG to MicroSurvey CAD

AutoCAD 2008 DWG to MicroSurvey CAD 2008	AutoAdd Points to Objects
Export Points to ASCII, FieldGenius, or Data Collector file	Uploading to FieldGenius
Open and see the job in FieldGenius	Saving MicroSurvey Data in Other Formats

 

COGO Commands

Start COGO - Enter new Point - Bearing Distance entry	Turned Angle entry
2 Pnt Inverse	Bearing - Bearing Intersection
Distance - Distance Intersection	3 Pnt Inverse
Bearing - Distance Intersection	Deflection Angle entry
Bearing Offset entry	Bearing + Angle entry
Distance entry as a Formula	Distance - Angle Intersection
Curve entry	Distance - Distance Intersection
Bearing Rotation option	Distance Scaling entry options
Enter a Lot using Azimuths

 

Batch COGO

Batch COGO - new batch, lot entry	Batch COGO - finish lot entry
Batch COGO - house corners	Batch COGO - edit and rerun
Batch COGO - continue and edit again

 

Various CAD Commands

Grips	How To draw a Line
How To draw an Arc	How to Draw and Edit a Polyline (2D vs 3D)
How To Trim a Line or Arc	Another Example of the Trim command
The Move command	Extending Lines and Arcs
Offset, 1 side or both	Offset a house and Hatch the house footprint
Boundary Hatch to Exclude Text	Copy Object Properties
Fillet Lines and Polylines	Scale objects up or down in size
Place and Move Text, Break Line	Erase Selected
3D Viewing and Shade/Render	Zooming and Panning Options
OLE - ADT coordinates to Excel to an embedded table	Insert DWG
Symbol Librarian	Draw a Wipeout
Edit Length Command	Delete Command
Changing the Point Definition	Inquiry Commands
Spell Checker

 

Various Line Commands

Fence Line	Text Line
Tree Line	Parking Stalls
Right of Way	Join Points by Range
Best Fit Line	Best Fit Curve
Split the backlines of a block into short segments	X,Y,Z Coding Linework Generation
SDRMap Linework Generation

 

Survey Editing Commands

Active Coordinate Editor (Overview)	Rescale Complete Drawing
Rotate - CAD Method	Rotate - Survey Method
Rotate - ADT Method	Surveyors View
Labeling Default Rotation to match the View	Rotate Translate Shift and Scale
Mouse options - CADLines/Curves Text Editing	Point Editing options

 

Misc. Survey Commands

Check Layer Conversion	Coordinate History
Protected Points	Compute Stakes
Stake Out Report	List Points Used/Unused + ADT List
Zoom to a Point	Curve Problem Solver
MS Text Dialog	Independent Point options and Settings
Clusters	Group Manager Multi-Point and ADT Selection/Editing
Map Check - Closure Report	Transfer Points Between MicroSurvey Jobs
Helmert's Transformation	Transform database from NAD27 to NAD83
Other Program Ties	Feature File Support

 

Survey Drawing Commands

Sheet and Title Block insertion	Copy and Paste between 2 drawings
Create a Detail Blowup of part of the Drawing	Mapping Grid command
Labeling Lot Numbers	Labeling Bearings, Distance, Curves, Text on Arc

 

Data Collectors/Traverses

Download and Import from FieldGenius	Download and Import from SDR33
Export Points to SDR20 Data Collector file	Upload points to the SDR20 Collector
Import RW5 Collector File	Manually Enter a Traverse
Draw, Coordinate and get Closure on Traverse	Angular and Compass Adjustments
New Existing Point Traverse	Least Squares Adjustment
ASCII import

 

Area Calculations

Area using point numbers	Fast Areas
Sliding Bearing Area and Fastarea	Swing into a Curve Area and Fastarea

 

Subdivision Lot/House Design

Lot_Definition.htm	Design a House and place House on Lot
Create a Block and Subdivide into Lots	Place Houses on Lots, Generate Reports

 

Tables and Ties

Multiple radial ties and Table	Multiple Perpendicular Ties
Curve Table	House Ties
Coordinate Table	Line Table

 

Raster Images

Insert and manipulate Raster image

Placing and Clipping a Geo-referenced TIF

 

Surface Modeling & Contours

Import an ASCII file	Z-Coding
Extract Points and Breaks to a Surface - TIN	Draw Tin - 3D Rendering
Contour Settings and Draw	Create a Boundary, redo contours
Contour Linetype, Labeling, 2 Options, Smoothing	Save the Surface File
AutoSite Design	Drape and Flatten
Drape	Flatten
3D Offset	Intersect Slope

 

Volume Calculations

Importing Fieldwork for Volumes	Creating and Viewing Surfaces
Volumes using the Area Method	Verifying Area Method Volume Results
Volumes using the Surface Method	Save the Job and Surfaces

 

AutoRoute Examples

Import ASCII file	Create Surface TIN
Horizontal Alignment with Spiral-Curve-Spiral	Cross Section Template Design
Design Vertical Alignment - Apply Template	Render the Surface
Label Horizontal Alignment	Extract Cross Sections
Plot Cross Section Sheet	Sewer Layout
STA/OFF/RIM and Tagging	Structure Table - AutoProfile
Save Drawing and Surfaces