MicroSurvey CAD Training Movies

NOTES:The training movies have been updated so that all demonstrations use MicroSurvey CAD 2016 or newer. If required, you can download all of the MicroSurvey CAD movies to your computer for offline viewing. Please ensure that Flash is enabled when viewing on a PC. Movies will play on an Android device. Movies will play on an iOS device, you can ignore the prompt to install the “Techsmith” app. For maximum viewing you can press F11 to hide some of your toolbars. Press it again to restore the toolbars. Table of contents or Playback controllers will “autohide,” but you can restore them by mousing over the playback area. Overview movies will end with a collection of clickable links so you can access further related information on the topic.

Movie Section List

Overviews	CAD to Field
COGO Commands	Batch COGO
Various CAD Commands	Various Line Commands
Survey Editing Commands	Misc. Survey Commands
Survey Drawing Commands	Data Collectors/Traverses
Area Calculations	Subd. Lot/House Design
Tables and Ties	Raster Images
Surface Modeling & Contours (Premium)	Volume Calculations (Premium)
AutoRoute Examples (Premium)	Point Cloud Movies (Ultimate)
Legacy Movies

Overviews

How to Register your Program	Start the program and overview
Managing MicroSurvey Settings	MicroSurvey System Toggles
MicroSurvey Labeling Defaults	Hot Toggles Explained
Managing CAD Settings	AutoMap Library Overview
MicroSurvey Smart Entities	Saving and Backup
Customizing your Workspace	Plot from Layout Space
Plot from Model Space	Explorer Dialog Overview
Entity Properties Overview	Mouse options – CADLines/Curves Text Editing

CAD to Field

Open or Import CAD	Drawing Cleanup Tools
Adding Single Points	Adding Multiple Points
Save to CAD and Other Formats	Save to Field Formats

COGO Commands

Start COGO – Enter new Point – Bearing Distance entry	Turned Angle entry
Two Point Inverse	Bearing – Bearing Intersection
Distance – Distance Intersection	3 Point Inverse for Curves and Offset Reports
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
COGO Entry with Bearing Rotation	Output Scale factor and Labeling Styles
Input Scale Factor	Enter a Lot using Azimuths
Hot Toggles

Batch COGO

Batch COGO – New Batch and 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	How to Trim around Text
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	Edit Length Command
3D Viewing and Shade/Render	Zooming and Panning Options
Draw a Wipeout	Insert Drawing
Symbol Librarian	Erase Command
Erase Selected	Erase Outside
Changing Appearance of Point Nodes	Inquiry Commands
Spell Checker	Multiline Text
Write Block to Disk	3D Curve
Cursor Settings

Various Line Commands

Linetypes	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 – Part 1)	Active Coordinate Editor (Overview – Part 2)
Rotate – CAD Method	Rotate – Survey Method
Surveyors View (Part 1)	Surveyors View (Part 2)
Rescale Drawing and Point Update	Rotate Translate and Scale
CAD Lines Dialog	CAD Curves Dialog
Point Editing and GRIPS options	CAD Polylines Dialog “Smart Polylines”
Point Blocks

Point Commands

Google Earth and Google Maps Support	Coordinate History
Locked 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 (IPN, IPD, IPE)
Clusters	Group Manager Multi-Point and ADT Selection/Editing
Lot Closure Report (Map Check)	Lot Closure Report with a Detail and Edits
Helmert’s Transformation	Geodetic Options – Transform Points
Import Shapefiles and GIS Data	Transfer Points Between MicroSurvey Jobs
Other Program Ties

Survey Drawing Commands

Title Block Insertion in Modelspace	Insert Title Block in Layout
Copy and Paste Between 2 Drawings	Mapping Grid command
Create a Detail Blowup of part of the Drawing	Labeling Lot Numbers
Labeling Lines	Label Curves
Other Labeling Options	Label Polylines

Data Collectors/Traverses

FieldGenius SyncWizard	Leica DBX Import
Import TDS RW5 or RAW	Jobxml Import
ASCII import	Manually Enter a Traverse
Draw, Coordinate and get Closure on Traverse	Angular and Compass Adjustments
New Existing Point Traverse	Least Squares Adjustment
Export to STAR*NET

Area Calculations

Area using point numbers	Fast Area by Picking Objects
Calculate Area by Sliding Bearing	Calculate Area by Swinging into a Curve
Calculate Area by Swinging into a Line	Calculate Radial Lot Line for a given Area

Subdivision Lot/House Design

Lot Definition	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 Images	Placing and Clipping a Geo-referenced Image
Insert Bing Imagery

Surface Modeling & Contours (Premium)

Creating a Surface from Points and Breaks	Special Cases for Surface Creation
Inspecting your Surface	Controlling Display of Surface with Boundaries
Drawing and Labeling Contours	Intersect Slope
3D Offset	Auto Site Design
Drape	MS Flatten

Volume Calculations (Premium)

Choosing a Volumetrics Method	Surface Volumetrics
Volumes using the Area Method	Verifying Area Method Volume Results
Entity Volumetrics and Surface Area

AutoRoute Examples (Premium)

Create or Import Horizontal Alignment	Create or Import Vertical Alignment
Create Template	Using the Alignment Browser and Creating a Design Surface
Plotting Cross Sections from an Alignment	Label Alignment
Sewer Design	Station/Offset/Rim
Create a Table of Structures

Point Cloud Movies (Ultimate and Studio)

Open Cyclone Database	Import Cyclone Database
Import Other Pointcloud Formats	Import Leica Multistation
View Options	Clipping and Slicing
Creating a Bare Earth Digital Terrain Model	Stockpile Volume Calculation
Creating Cross Sections	Using the “Floor and Wall” Tool
Using Smart Pick Viewport	Draw a Building Footprint using the “Wall and Wall” Tool
Drafting Architectural Features using the “Wall” Tool