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  1. vicman2

    Theodolite vs. Total Station.

    Try the old 3-4-5 triangle method.
  2. vicman2

    Help with a treasure hunt and some COGO terms

    AR stands for angle to the right from your backsight (BS) or previous traverse station.
  3. vicman2

    Continual water running thru sump pump.

    My feeling is that the old tile drain comning towards your house is the source of the problem. Is it true that the old tiles run under your house? Even if the the tiles do not flow properly, the trench may be allowing water to migrate towards your house and the foundation is acting as a trench...
  4. vicman2

    Reclaiming sand & gravel mine

    What will be the final use for the site? Mixing organics with compacted fill could lead to a disaster if any other construction is to be carried out at future date. Generally reclamation id carried out over a number of years, using various grasses to build up topsoil of a 3 to 10 year period.
  5. vicman2

    slope change maximums industrial trucks

    Take a look at the construction of portable scales at gravel pits etc. They usually are constructed above grade.
  6. vicman2

    Drying Clay

    Why not dry on site using a propane fueled portable ashpalt plant? Most large paving contractors have these available. They ususally conform to most enviromental requirements. If the temp drops below freezing at night, you can use small lifts and discing to dry the material. This assumes that...
  7. vicman2

    How do I convert 2D point to a 3D point?

    What cogo program are you using? You should be able to specify output as 2d or 3d. You could out put an ascii file with x,y,z coordinates and read it into autocad with a freeware lisp routine. However most cogo programs will allow you to export a dxf file, many require you to specify 2d or 3d...
  8. vicman2

    HP 48/49 and COGO

    Talk to T.D.S in Corvalis Oregon, they used to use the H.P. 48 as a base for a data collector system.
  9. vicman2

    under water elevations

    Are you trying to get a cross-section of the river or a profile of a centre-line of a stretch of river? Hummingbird sells portable fishfinders for under $200 that are suitable for this use. With one of these units all you need is method of horizontal and vertical control that can be supplied by...
  10. vicman2

    Need help with cut/fill calculations

    Average end areas is the method you want to use for hand calcs. 1.) It is easily explained to contractors and clients. 2.) It is commonly used throughout the construction industry and can be defended in a dispute. Try explaining some engineering software to a judge or jury. You might want to...
  11. vicman2

    degree symbol

    Thanks for the help guys. Another quick question- how do I make %%d ( the degree symbol) a hot key?
  12. vicman2

    degree symbol

    Years ago I was able to modify the degree symbol to give it a larger diameter. I believe I modified the *.shp file which became a *.shx file. This was back in the Acad 2.5 days. Is it still possible to do this with Acad2000? I also rember having a hard time finding the ASCII number for the...
  13. vicman2

    Pipe Bursting Underneath Electrical Building

    Krsservices is on the right track. Relocation will provide the best long term solution. Perhaps you should consider hand digging near and around the electrical conduits. The transformer will have a ground system around it. I will be a combination of ground rods and cables about 1 meter out from...
  14. vicman2

    show bearings and distances

    I searched my archives and came up with these. The one I am attempting to load is one of these but has been modified for Canadian use. The distances are in metres and decimals thereof ( a lttle legal mumbo jumbo from a surveyor's affidavit)and bearings are azmuiths measured from north, that is...
  15. vicman2

    how to retain attributtes

    I need to dxfout drawing to an older dos survey program (last update 1994). This program will not use or preserve Autocad blocks. It barely reads R12 and R14 dxf files. Most blocks are ignored. Usually I convert the blocks to "X's". As surveyors we are only concerned with the x,y,z...
  16. vicman2

    show bearings and distances

    I will post lisp routines when I figure out how to do it.
  17. vicman2

    show bearings and distances

    Is there a way to get autocad to dimension survey lines? That is show bearings and distances. I haven't worked with Autocad since version 12. Back in the 90's we a lisp routine that did this but I wasn't able to load it into 2000.
  18. vicman2

    how to retain attributtes

    thanks cadaver
  19. vicman2

    how to retain attributtes

    I would like to explode blocks and retain attribute information. I have a number of test holes with the same block, but the test hole numbers disappear when I explode the blocks. I would like to explode the blocks and retain the line work and the attribute values for dxfing into an older and...

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