by Dent Cermak » Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:37 pm
Once you get the dwt file going , the field to finish all set up and the field crews using your codes correctly, life becomes easy!!
Autoline work happens, symbols are inserted, point groups are built, culvert inverts are labeled, tree sizes and types are labeled and all of your control points have symbols, northings, eastings and elevations and everything is on the proper layer!! A little clean up and some notes added and you are through.
PLUS if your client has their own symbols and layers all you have to do is build a dwt for them and then copy your field to finish file to one named for them, modify it as necessary and everything works without your field guys having to learn a new code system. Having one set of field codes for all of the work we do was the only way I could sell the product to our field crews.
Our crews run Carlson Field so they have my dwt loaded and the FLD file is converted and loaded to their Panasonic Toughbook data collectors. They have all of my custom tools in their data collector do I get all of the symbols and line work from the field to compare against what I have generated.
How'd I ever make it before Carlson? Danged if I know.