Infratech Civil

Product:  Autodesk Civil 3D  |   Subject:  Surveying with Civil 3D

In this exercise, we will learn about Civil 3D Survey software and hardware.

1.3       Software and Hardware

To complete this course, we can use any of the most common modern survey gears available on the marketplace. This includes Total Stations, GPS collectors, and their associated controllers. Some commons survey hardware brands are Leica, Trimble, Sokkia, Topcon, Bosch, etc.

The procedures to operate and process survey data using these equipment are remarkably similar across the board. Therefore, this course will be applicable to almost any survey equipment you may be currently operating.

Today, most survey equipment (GPS, Total Stations, MultiStations, etc.) come with a processing software that allows us to create accurate field data using very similar touch screen mobile controller technology.

To make this course more practical, we will use one brand of survey equipment for our practice examples, the Leica Geosystem's Captivate Data Collector. If you happen to use a different brand of equipment, you will notice how similar the operating procedure is to your own gear. This course does not aim to teach how to operate the equipment. Instead, we will focus on how to use your equipment with Civil 3D and what is the necessary process and set up in Civil 3D. Once you understand this process, you should be able to apply it to almost any survey gear.

More information on the hardware and software we will use as an example can be found at this link.

https://leica-geosystems.com/products/total-stations/software/leica-captivate

In the next few chapters, we will go through the PROs and CONs of each procedure and demonstrate how and when to use them.