Hello everyone,
I am facing a problem with my new total station that I bought two months ago from ebay. It appears to be a brand new machine. I am a novice in this total station machine and could not figure out what is exactly happening with this machine, as it does turn off by itself after a...
I am looking for a battery charger for Nikon DTM 332 total station that I recently bought without the charger. CAn anybody tell me please where can I get a charger? Thanks and appreciate your help.
Hi everyone,
Can someone please advice me how tall of prism pole and kind of prism that I should buy for my recently added surveying services? I have done a lot of surveying work long before, however not with total station. This is something new for me. Do I really need a tall pole with large...
Can anyone tell me what is the minimum bar size per ACI code in Footing as well as in Column for residential (6 storied) construction. My engineer mentions 12 mm (#4) is the minimum for flexure members and 16mm (#5) for compression members. Another structural engineer said #5 (16 mm) is the...
Owner is interested in having a 85'x45' building (auto repair and office bldg), either a masonry block or stucco building. I am new in the commercial building design. I would appreciate if someone can help me by providing the following info. Highly appreciate your feedback. Thanks..
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I am new in autocad and trying to set up my standard. Wondering what others are using in the industry when it comes to line type/weight/color for proposed (say, property line, curb and gutter, new building, dimension, dimension test, leaders, etc.) and existing features in general. Highly...
Can anyone help me with the following: Owner wants to change the outside face of a commercial building, as part of city requirments. Is there any website where I can get some idea about remodeling/facade change of the building. Thanks in advance.
Can anyone help me with this? I am looking for a civil software which I can use for small subdivision work, or small residential/commercial lots for grading plan and drainage design, including topo survey. Definitely I am looking low-priced one, Not like eaglepoint which runs almost $4k. I...
Owner wants to replace the window on the second floor with a sliding door, where he is planning to put a cantilevered deck, which he can access through this sliding door. Question is "is there any good source of plans for cantilered deck? I am little confused about the cantilevered beam...
I am a new user of autocad. I have autocad 2000. I would like to know, what linetype, lineweight and color normally is used in the industry for grading plan by others for a better plotting quality. I am having a hardtime to get an optimum plotting/printing satisfaction. Any thoughts will be...
I mainly do small scale (less than 5 acres land) topo surveying for grading plans of residential or commercial lots. Can anyone please let me know what kind of total station (of course within a resonable price range) I might need and the company where I can buy a used one? Thanks in advance.
Can anyone tell me something about STRUCAL software, on wood-structures? Is this an expensive software. Appreciate any comments. Thanks a lot in advance.
Owner wants to replace his existing flat roof with a gable one. I have never done this before, therefore, like to ask what kind of calculation and details might be needed for permit to construct? Appreciate any feed back. Thanks in advance.
I would appreciate any feedback for the following problem:
I have a 3d drawing of cylinder (18" dia x 24" height) that I would like to convert to 2d drawing. The 2d drawing would be a rectangular whose one side would be 24" and the other side would be equal to the length of the perimeter of...
Can anyone help me with the following as to how should I proceed: The owner wants to have a 6'x8' opening on the existing masonry block commercial (load-bearing) 12 ft tall building. This opening will be used as a loading dock and has to be located next to (within 1') an existing exit door...
Does anyone has information about steel (corrugated metal or similar materials) building for a proposed auto repair facility. The owner wants to go for metal structure since it is cheaper, at least he thinks so. However, the city requires any steel building to have non-steel appearnce (i.e...
Owner wants to construct a bi-level residential building on a lot of 5000 sft. Currently, I am on the process of doing the topo survey using the traditional level machine for the grading plan. I would appreciate any comments regarding the survey as to how close I should take elevation shots...
Can anyone help me with the following? The owner of the property thinks that the existing masonry wall along the western property line was built on a wrong location. As per him, the wall was built 2-3 feet inside from the property line. The property is rectangular in shape. According to the...
