Export coords, by base station

[Jim Frame]

FWIW, BricsCAD is no longer a member of the IntelliCAD Consortium. BricsCAD went it's own way sometime before 2015, which is when I dumped AutoCAD in favor of BricsCAD. Not knocking Carlson, but I found BricsCAD to be much more stable, extensible and user-friendly than IntelliCAD.

 

[Joe Paulin]

Nate, I just realized I hijacked your thread, I do apologize.

 

[Nate The Surveyor]

"Export base, and all associated points from base point number"

Was this ever implemented?
Thank you,
Nate

 

[Shawn Billings]

It seems so. In filters there is an option for "By Base". I have not tried it.

 

[Nate The Surveyor]

Found it. Thank you Shawn.
That's handy, to keep things organized!
N

 

[Andrey Zhiganov]

Added "Base Line" CoGo task for easier creation and deletion baselines.

 

[Sdrake14]

Way to go Andrey! Thanks.

 

[Nate The Surveyor]

Does this mean that the radial lines, ie, sideshots, can now be exported? If so, that would be very handy, for a historic record, of how things got shot in. IE, point 47 was shot in from BASE1, and Point 48 was shot in from BASE4. They are 4' apart, and this accounts for a tenth of error between.... Such thoughts are mine.
Nate

 

[Andrey Zhiganov]

Does this mean that the radial lines, ie, sideshots, can now be exported?

Yes it does. They are just polylines with two points.

IE, point 47 was shot in from BASE1, and Point 48 was shot in from BASE4.

I will add the information to the baseline description.

 

[avoidthelloyd]

@Nate The Surveyor , it sounds like you need field notes.... Haha. Not. When you export your .txt files from the LS, just open it and read the bottom part and it shows the latest setup and all the points shot from that setup. Import them into CAD on their own layer. I've used layer names with the job number and date, client name and date, etc.

FWIW, I used AutoCAD behind EaglePoint, Civil3D, and behind Carlson too for nearly 20 years. When I went out on my own, I went with IntelliCAD/Carlson and there were some minor issues that I can't really remember now because they ended up being so minor. I wouldn't hesitate to do it if you need to upgrade. The annual maintenance isn't bad at all. They do have great support, like Javad.