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Professional
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| Real Estate Agents/Groups |
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| Tax Assessors / Title Companies |
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| Land Dispute Attorneys |
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| Landscape Mapping |
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| Forestry / Resource Management |
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| Accident Investigation |
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| Archaeology Mapping |
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| Educational Institutions |
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| Surveying |
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| Estate / Ranch Infrastructure Planners |
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| Commercial Construction staking and layout |
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| Mining |
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| Land Developers |
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| Civil Engineering |
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| Public Lands Surveys (PLSS) / CFedS |
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| Grid & Ground Distance types |
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| Compute ground distance from project elevation or mean course elevation |
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| Grid & True Direction types |
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| Project mapping angle determines true directions |
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| Select distance and direction types for COGO |
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| Select distance and direction types for drawing areas and labels |
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| Project mapping angle determines true directions |
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| Geodetic videos, learning guide and sample files |
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| Geodetic direct and inverse |
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| Compute geodetic distance from project elevation or mean course elevation |
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| Compute true bearing from mean course convergence |
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| All geodetic computations related to Coordinate Reference System |
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| Report scale factor and convergence for each survey point |
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| Computes geodetic areas from project elevation or mean course elevation |
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| Select geodetic distance and direction types for COGO |
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| Select geodetic distance and direction types for drawing areas and labels |
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| Test: Semi-major Axis of Error Ellipses |
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| Test: Standard deviations of distances between monuments |
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| Metric or Imperial precision (0.07′ +/- 50 PPM) |
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| 95% Confidence Interval |
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| ALTA 2021 Minimum Standard |
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PLSS – Public Land Survey System
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| Ground distance and true bearings per PLSS |
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| PLSS traverses, areas, COGO and drawings |
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| Single and Double Proportion with detailed report |
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| Grant and Irregular Boundary adjustments with detailed report |
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| Offset random line to true line |
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| Import GMM Township record files, automatically create traverse, auto-plot |
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| Medial Lines |
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| Cadastral videos, learning guide, sample surveys, drawing templates, blocks |
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| Point Protection |
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| Coordinate Conversion: Feet/Meters/Chains/Scale Factor |
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| Compute Grid Coordinates from Ground Distance |
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| Inverse Ground Distance from Grid Coordinates |
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| UTM, NAD 83 (2011) (PA11), NAD 83 (Albers), NAD 27 |
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| Country CRSs Included (Canada 3TM/MTM/UTM, New Zealand NZTM2000) |
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| State & County CRSs Included (Minnesota, Oregon, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana) |
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| Add / Edit your own CRS |
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| Use ESRI Projection File for CRS |
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| User-defined Grids and Ellipses |
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| International or U.S. Survey Foot |
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| Convert Single Geodetic Point (Lat/Long) <=> Grid Coordinates |
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Learn More – Working With Elevations
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| Positive & Negative Instrument Height |
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| Positive & Negative Target Heights |
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| Benchmarks |
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| Protect Elevations Manually or as Entered |
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| 3-Dimensional Drawing Objects |
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| Move point elevations to a surface – NEW TPC Desktop 2019 R1 |
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Learn More – Working With Areas
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| Double Meridian Distance Method |
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| Curve and Spiral Segments Included |
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| Grid Areas |
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| Geodetic Areas |
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| Included Areas in Legal Descriptions |
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| Predetermined Area Computations – Slide or Hinge method |
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| Scale Only, Translate Only, Scale & Rotate, 2D/3D Conformal, Vertical Shift |
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| Calibrate / Reverse Calibrate drawing objects like background raster images |
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| Calibrate / Reverse Calibrate CAD entities (i.e. XRef) and files |
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| Calibrate / Reverse Calibrate GNSS / Total Station / Record data |
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| Site Calibration (automatically calibrate geodetic points) |
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| Automatic re-calibrate when editing calibration parameters |
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| Calibrate or Reverse Calibrate Imported / Exported Coordinates |
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| Control / Topo / Deeds / Foundations / Features / Areas |
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| Predefined & User-defined Traverse View Formats |
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| Alpha / Numeric Point Labels |
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| Raw Closure / Relative & Linear Error / Area |
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| Set Closed Loop Tolerance |
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| One or Two Lines per Point |
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| Closure Information Available in Traverses Manager |
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| Predefined & User-defined Drawing View Traverse Format |
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| Adjust XYZ / Angles / Undo |
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| Point-by-Point Adjustment Details |
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| Precision Tool (Adjustment) |
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| Adjust Curvature & Refraction / Scale Factor |
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| Notes |
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Learn More – Traverse Operations
| Insert / Append / Delete / Edit Points |
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| User-defined Reusable Formats |
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| Edit Raw Data |
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| Recompute from Raw Data |
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| Compare Raw Data with Adjusted/Inverse Data |
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| Use Equations to Enter Data |
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| Display Traverse in Temporary Drawing or Share Permanent Drawing |
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| Find Point Command in Traverse/Point Views |
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| Gap Point Type to Not Draw Line |
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| Store/Recall Traverse/Drawing Settings by Name |
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| Copy Points from one Traverse to Another |
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| Re-label Points for Export to Data Collector |
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| Duplicate / Copy Traverses |
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| Precision Tool (Adjustment) |
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| Sun Shots |
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| Compute Angle Sets |
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| Report Angle Set Errors |
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| Multiple Sets |
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| Enter Angle Sets: BFBF / BBFF / BFFB / BF2 / BF4 |
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| Create and manage lots |
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| Lot closure with area |
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| Lot labels in drawings – name, acres/hectares, square ft/meters/chains, closure information |
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| Adjust opacity of adjacent lots in a drawing |
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| Group lot traverses together |
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| GIS – import / export lots as shapes |
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| Add lot table to drawing |
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| LandXML (Civil3D) – share lots as parcels |
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| Compute Predetermined Areas for new Lots |
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| Automatically Plots All Curve Parameters in Drawings |
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| Cul-de-sacs |
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| Enter Any Curve Data & TPC Computes All Parameters |
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| Stations/Equations/Offsets |
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| Right-of-Way Offsets |
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| Spirals / Spiral Offsets / Spiral Intersections |
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| Multiple Points on a Grade |
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| Float PC’s & PT’s Along Tangents Automatically |
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| Compute Station / Offset of any Points Based on any Alignment |
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| Horizontal Line / Curve Fitting |
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| Vertical Curves |
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Professional
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| Plot any traverse in profile mode using stations and elevations |
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| Draw vertical curves |
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| Specify vertical scale factor (10x is common) |
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| Include grid and label stations and elevations automatically |
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| Plot any traverses as cross sections using stations and elevations |
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| Draw multiple cross sections on a single sheet of paper |
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| Use multiple traverses per cross section to show original ground, typical cross sections, etc. |
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| Specify vertical scale factor (10x is common) |
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| Include grid and label stations and elevations automatically |
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| Point Code View-List Codes & Descriptions |
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| Build New Code Tables from Existing Data-Instantly |
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| Update Existing Traverses with New Points & Codes |
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| Assign Drawing Settings to Codes for Feature Mapping |
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| Copy Drawing View Settings Between Codes |
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| Assign Survey Point Properties |
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| Point Code Alias |
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| Manage Multiple Code Tables |
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| Supports Most Data Collector Codes |
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Professional
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| Interactive COGO Dialogs |
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| Random Inverse |
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| Horizontal Curves |
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| Enter Radial Bearings for Horizontal Curves |
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| Enter Equations for Bearing / Distance / Elevation |
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| Shared Lot Lines-Changing One Changes the Other |
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| Insert Points at Midpoint of Line or Curve |
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| COGO Tools Available in All Views |
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| Rotate / Translate / Inverse / Offset |
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| Intersections Including Offsets / Spirals / Curves |
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| Corner Offsets |
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| Resection / Benchmark |
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| Automatic Lot Setbacks – Front / Side / Rear |
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| Multiple Points on a Line |
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| Compute Offsets to a Line or Curve |
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| Create a Point at a Distance & Offset |
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| Remote Offset-Perpendicular / HA / VA / Horizontal/Vertical Distance |
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| Best Fit Horizontal Curve (Least Squares, average radius) |
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| Best Fit Horizontal Line (Least Squares, fixed bearing, through point) |
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| Predetermined Area |
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| Tangent Intersects with Offsets |
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| Average Point |
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Professional
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| Over 20X Faster & More Accurate |
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| Multiple Contours Per Drawing-Stockpiles / Construction Phases / More |
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| Create Contours for All Points / Individual Traverses / Selected Points |
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| User-defined Contour Intervals / Colors / Line Types / Labels / Borders / Breaklines |
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| Save / Reset User Settings |
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| Optional Border |
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| Fix Blunders Easily with TOPO Point Delineation |
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| Contour Smoothing |
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| Exclusions |
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| Break Line Toggle |
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| Contour Information Reports |
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| Surface Area / Plan Area / Cut & Fill Areas |
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| Volumes to a Border / Specific Elevation / Another Contour Surface |
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| Computes Net Volume / Cut Volume / Fill Volume |
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| Cut-sheet Report |
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| Generate Transects from Traverses / Lines / Polylines |
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| Slope Analysis |
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| Import / Export LandXML |
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| Uses QuickView Technology for Fast, Accurate, Up-to-date Drawings |
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| Include Complete Survey or Selected Traverses |
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| Center Drawing at Maximum Scale on Any Page |
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| Rotate Drawing on the Page-North Arrow Tracks Automatically |
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| Set Point Symbols / Line Types / Labels / Colors-Globally / by Traverse / Individually |
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| User-defined Hatching |
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| Zoom Page / Extents / Window / Previous / In / Out |
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| Pan with Drag-n-Drop |
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| Paper Space / Survey Space Modes |
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| Hide / Show Objects |
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| Edit Individual Object Properties (Font / Size / Line Type / Symbol / etc.) |
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| Cut / Copy / Paste Text to and from Other Programs |
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| Select Multiple Objects for Edit / Delete / Hide / Show / etc. |
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| Trim / Rotate / Resize Symbols |
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| Ortho Mode |
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| User-defined Line Types |
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| Variables for File Name / Drawing Scale / Drawing Data / More |
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| Interactive COGO Tools |
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| Find Point Command |
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| Repeating Commands |
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| Create Traverses from Drawing View |
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| White or Black Background |
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| Delineate Traverses and/or Points (highlight in drawing) |
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| Gap Point Type to Not Draw Line |
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| Spell Check-Individual Objects / Selected Objects / Entire Drawing |
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| Store / Recall Traverse / Drawing Settings by Name |
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| Traverses from CAD Lines / Text / Points |
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| User-defined Blocks |
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| User-defined Grid |
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| User-defined Symbols |
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| User-defined Layers |
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| Tables – Line / Curve / Lot / Point |
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| Group drawing objects |
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| Trim / Extend / Break / Offset / Chamfer / Fillet / Copy – manually drawn objects |
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| Traverse Smoothing – riparian boundaries, ponds, etc. |
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| Drawing Details – create and edit |
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| XReference CAD Files |
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| Turn Traverse Smoothing On / Off Within a Traverse |
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Learn More – Using Drawing Codes
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| Begin Line / End Line |
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| Begin Curve / End Curve |
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| Begin Figure / End Figure / Close Figure |
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| Rectangle from next 3 points |
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| Curve from next 3 points |
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| Rectangle from next 2 points and width |
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| Codes in Notes |
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| Codes in Point Descriptions |
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| Import / Export GNSS CSV Files |
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| Use RTK RMS values in Least Squares |
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| Calibrate Local Survey To/From GNSS CRS |
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| emlid (CSV) Import / Export |
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| Bad Elf point/track log (CSV) Import / Export |
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| Generic GNSS (CSV) Import/Export |
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| Match surveys to GNSS CRS |
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| CAD View (native CAD files) |
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| Import Coordinates from a DXF File |
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| Export a Drawing as AutoCAD R11-2018 DWG File |
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| Export a Drawing as AutoCAD R9-2018 DXF File |
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| Raster Image Support |
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| Export Entities Only |
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| User-defined Layers |
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| Export Symbols as Blocks |
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| Traverses from CAD Lines / Text / Points |
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| Import a DXF / DWG File into Drawings with Layers / Hatching / Blocks / More |
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| Convert Imported Objects to Survey Points Selectively or in Groups |
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| Check Tolerance of Imported Objects to Eliminate Duplicates |
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| Export Survey Points or Traverses as Shape Files |
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| Import Shape Files as Survey Points or Traverses |
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| Export Drawings as Shape Files |
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| Export Point or Polyline shapes |
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| Export Point Labels, Coordinates and Descriptions in DBF File |
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| Writes Projections(.prj) on Export |
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| Reads Projections(.prj) on Import |
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| Select GIS Coordinate System on Export |
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| Import Shape Files into Drawings |
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| GIS Coordinate Systems (Geographic,Projected,Local) |
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| Identifies Imported Geographic Shapes without Projection File |
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| Calibrate Import Shapes to Survey |
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Learn More – Using Google Earth
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| Import / Export KML files |
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| Import / Export KMZ files |
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| Import points, traverses, surfaces, lot labels, sideshots, drawings |
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| Export points, traverses, surfaces, lot labels, sideshots, drawings |
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Learn More – Using LandXML (Civil3D)
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| Import / Export LandXML files |
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| Import / Export Points |
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| Import / Export Parcels |
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| Import / Export Alignments |
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| Import / Export Vertical Curves |
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| Import / Export Surfaces |
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Learn More – Using Least Squares
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| Blunder Detection |
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| Solve Resections |
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| Four Step Process (Analyze, Solve, Update, Report) |
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| 2D or 3D Adjustments |
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| Traverse Adjustments |
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| Undo Adjustments |
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| Report Positional Tolerances |
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| Relative Positional Accuracy (RPA) |
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| Network Adjustments |
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| Individual Traverse A Priori Values |
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| ALTA 2021 Minimum Standard Relative Positional Precision |
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| Survey Point Photos |
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| Traverse Photos |
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| Finding and Adding Photos to a Survey |
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| Adobe PDF Export |
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| User-Defined ASCII Coordinates |
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| User-Defined Raw Data Files |
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| MS Excel CSV |
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| MicroSurvey Field Genius |
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| Shape Files |
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| SDR / TDS |
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| Direct Connection to Data Collector / Total Station / Laser |
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| Files Transfer: Ymodem / Kermit / Text |
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| TDS RW5, RAW, CR5, Binary CR5 |
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| Carlson Surv CE RAW, Binary CRD |
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| Trimble Business Center |
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| AutoCAD R9-2018 DXF (see CAD for details) |
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| AutoCAD R11-2018 DWG (see CAD for details) |
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| Leica / LisCAD / Pentax |
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| Nikon RAW V2.0 |
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| Criterion / Impulse / Range-Range / Reverse Direction |
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| Garmin GPS Waypoints / Routes / Tracklogs / Text / E-Trex (Serial Connections Only) |
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| SMI Coordinates or Raw Data |
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| Trimble 5600 Series Total Stations |
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| Topcon GTS Series Total Stations |
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| Thales Navigation Z-Max Raw Data |
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| CST / Berger / Geodimeter 600 |
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| MicroStation V7 / V8 DGN |
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| DCA R10 – import only |
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| Pacsoft CRD & PDT- import only |
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| C&G CRD (Binary) & CGC (Binary)- import only |
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| Eagle Point Nodes- import only |
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Learn More – Legal Descriptions
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| Convert Traverse to Legal Description |
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| Edit Legal Description |
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| Insert into Any Drawing |
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| User Style Settings Include Rounding, Abbreviations, Decimals, One Course per Line, More |
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| Spell Check All or Portion of Legal Description |
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Learn More – Staking Out Points
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| Specify stakeout points via point label text, point label value, point description or attribute or side shots |
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| Stakeout Report – with cut / fill / difference/ average difference |
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| Works with any data collector |
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| Works with total stations / GPS / GNSS |
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| Stakeout Report |
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| Edit / Print / Copy / Paste |
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| Coordinates / Traverses / Raw Data / Raw Closure |
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| Survey Report |
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| COGO Reports |
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| Insert Any Report into Any Drawing |
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| Spell Check All or Portion of Report |
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| Save / Recall / Edit Reports |
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| Station / Offset |
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| Multiple Traverses |
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| Stakeout Report |
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| Surface Information |
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| Legal Description Report |
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| Least Squares Report |
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| Volume, Cut / Fill Report |
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| Slope Analysis |
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| PLSS – Public Lands Survey System |
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| Traverses from CAD Lines / Text / Points |
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| Insert Traverse Command |
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| Traverses Manager-Closure Information |
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| Electronic Plat Checking Booklet (PDF) |
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| Drawings |
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| Reports |
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| Legal Descriptions |
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Learn More – Search/Replace/Sort/Query
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Premium
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| Find Matching Point Labels / Descriptions / Attributes |
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| Replace Text in Labels / Descriptions / Attributes |
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| Select Points by Proximity to a Known Point |
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| Select All Points in a Range |
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| Select Points by Matching Text |
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| Select Points by Tags |
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| Sort Points to Nearest Neighbor |
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