Getting Started. Carlson Field to Finish

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1 Professional Land Surveyors of Ohio 2016 Annual Conference -- Dayton Ohio Getting Started with Carlson Field to Finish Presented by

2 Who Is That CAD Girl? Jennifer DiBona is a long time CAD consultant and trainer doing business as That CAD Girl. She is based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Jennifer has a degree in Surveying and spent about 15 years working as an engineering & surveying technician before leaving to become a Civil 3d Implementation Certified Expert (ICE) for an Autodesk reseller. Today, as That CAD Girl, she provides sales, support and training for Carlson, AutoCAD and IntelliCAD software and Carlson hardware and data collection. Jennifer specializes in Field to Finish, Surface Modeling, CAD standardization and Carlson Software implementation. Jennifer is one of the charter members of Carlson College, is a member of the Steering Committee for the National CAD Standard and serves as Chair of the Survey/Civil Task Team. Jennifer can be reached at Jennifer@ThatCADGirl.com or (919) Carlson Self Study Manuals are available for purchase from my online store at

3 1 Creating a Field Code Table (.fld) File To process points using Field to Finish, the first step is to load or create a new Field Code Table (.fld) file. If you are starting from scratch, you can use an existing Coordinate (.crd) file to create a new FLD file. For best results, work with as clean a CRD file as possible. In other words: consolidate and simplify descriptions, correct misspellings and, generally, use as few descriptions as necessary. In Carlson Survey, go to Survey > Draw Field to Finish (1 1) When prompted, associate the drawing with any Coordinate (.crd) file. (1 2) Pick the Edit Codes/Points button. (1 3) Pick the Code Table by CRD button. (1 4) When prompted, pick the button to create a New FLD file. Specify a filename and save location. (1 5) Now, in the Field to Finish editor, delete any unwanted Field Codes by selecting them and then using the Cut button. (1 6) Where possible, make changes to multiple Field Codes at one time by using Shift+<Select> or CTRL+<Select> and then picking the Edit button. (1 7) Make changes to a single Field Code by picking the Edit button next to the Field Code. (1 8) Pick the Save button then the Exit button when finished. Jennifer DiBona (919) ContactUs@thatcadgirl.com Page 1 of 15

4 2 Examples of Field Codes An example of a typical 3D and 2D Polyline Entity Type Field Code is shown below. An example of a typical Points Only Entity Type (with special symbol) Field Code is shown below. Jennifer DiBona (919) ContactUs@thatcadgirl.com Page 2 of 15

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6 An example of a typical 2D Polyline Entity Type Field Code is shown below. An example of a typical Points Only Entity Type (with generic symbol) Field Code is shown below. Jennifer DiBona (919) ContactUs@thatcadgirl.com Page 4 of 15

7 An example of a typical 3D Polyline Entity Type Field Code is shown below. Jennifer DiBona (919) ContactUs@thatcadgirl.com Page 5 of 15

8 3 Field Coding for Field to Finish (3 1) Back in the Field to Finish editor, pick the Code Table Settings button. (3 2) Pick the Export SurvCE Codes button to create a Feature Code List (.fcl) file that can be loaded into a SurvCE data collector. (3 3) Pick the Special Codes button to review and customize linework instructional codes. The most commonly used Special Codes are: BEG END PC PT CLO RECT JPN OH OV OFB Begin Linework End Linework Start a curve End a curve Close back to first point Create a rectangle (requires 3 points) Join to Point Number Offset Horizontal Offset Vertical Offset to both left and right / Append character description \ Prefix character description // Append Field Code description \\ Prefix Field Code description Jennifer DiBona (919) ContactUs@thatcadgirl.com Page 6 of 15

9 Field Coding Sample 1 1, , , ,BC BEG 2, , , ,BC PC 3, , , ,BC 4, , , ,BC 5, , , ,BC END 6, , , ,BC BEG 7, , , ,BC PC 8, , , ,BC 9, , , ,BC 10, , , ,BC END By using the Special Codes BEG and END, you can repeatedly use the BC Field Code and the program will recognize the points delineate separate sections of linework. However, using BC for more than one section of linework requires you to collect the points for one section of linework before starting on the next. You could also code the points this way to get the same result: 1, , , ,BC1 2, , , ,BC1 PC 3, , , ,BC1 4, , , ,BC1 5, , , ,BC1 6, , , ,BC2 7, , , ,BC2 PC 8, , , ,BC2 9, , , ,BC2 10, , , ,BC2 Coding the points with BC1 and BC2 instead of simply BC makes each section of linework unique. (The Field Code is still BC even if used with a suffix like BC1 and BC2) Also note that ONLY the PC of the curves have been coded not the PT. If there is a PC code but not a PT, the program will assume the PC and the following two points are a 3 point curve. Jennifer DiBona (919) ContactUs@thatcadgirl.com Page 7 of 15

10 Field Coding Sample 2 Create BC and EP linework at the same time 1, , , ,BC BEG OH-2.5 OV-.5 2, , , ,BC PC OH-2.5 OV-.5 3, , , ,BC OH-2.5 OV-.5 4, , , ,BC OH-2.5 OV-.5 5, , , ,BC END OH-2.5 OV-.5 You could also code the points this way to get the same result: 1, , , ,BC1 OH-2.5 OV-.5 2, , , ,BC1 PC OH-2.5 OV-.5 3, , , ,BC1 OH-2.5 OV-.5 4, , , ,BC1 OH-2.5 OV-.5 5, , , ,BC1 OH-2.5 OV-.5 Field Coding Sample 3 Take shots in a Zorro (crosssection) pattern 11, , , ,EP1 12, , , ,EP2 13, , , ,EP2 14, , , ,EP1 15, , , ,EP1 16, , , ,EP2 17, , , ,EP2 18, , , ,EP1 Field Coding Sample 4 Create a rectangle from 3 points 19, , , ,CONC 20, , , ,CONC 21, , , ,CONC RECT Jennifer DiBona (919) ContactUs@thatcadgirl.com Page 8 of 15

11 Field Coding Sample 5 Fit a curve 22, , , ,CLRD 23, , , ,CLRD PC 24, , , ,CLRD 25, , , ,CLRD 26, , , ,CLRD 27, , , ,CLRD 28, , , ,CLRD PT 29, , , ,CLRD Specifying the PC and the PT points on a curve will fit a curve using all points between with the same description. You can specify whether the curve should be Bezier, Sequential Arcs or Best Fit through the Additional Draw Options dialog box. Field Coding Sample 6 Join to another point 1, , , ,BC1 2, , , ,BC1 PC 3, , , ,BC1 4, , , ,BC1 5, , , ,BC1 6, , , ,BC2 JPN1 7, , , ,BC2 PC 8, , , ,BC2 9, , , ,BC2 10, , , ,BC2 Jennifer DiBona (919) ContactUs@thatcadgirl.com Page 9 of 15

12 4 Field to Finish Processing from a Text/ASCII File (4 1) Start a new drawing using any Drawing Template (.dwt) file. (4 2) Work through Carlson s Startup Drawing Wizard to create a new Coordinate (.crd) file and select the option to Import Points From... Text/ASCII File. (4 3) After specifying the Text/ASCII File to import, select the option to draw points with Field to Finish. Jennifer DiBona (919) ContactUs@thatcadgirl.com Page 10 of 15

13 5 Field to Finish Processing from a Coordinate (.crd) File (5 1) In the Draw Field to Finish dialog box, pick the Set button to specify the Field Code Table (.fld) file. (5 2) Specify the Range of Points to be processed. (5 3) Pick the Additional Draw Options button to view or make changes to settings. (5 4) Back in the Draw Field to Finish box, pick the OK button to Draw Field to Finish. Jennifer DiBona (919) ContactUs@thatcadgirl.com Page 11 of 15

14 6 Misc Field to Finish Tips (6 1) When entering a point description, you can put a space between two descriptions and, if Field Code definitions exist for both descriptions, Field to Finish can process the point twice once for each Code. For instance, a point located along both a sidewalk and back of curb can have a description of BC SW. If Multiple Codes are found, the program will, by default, prompt you for confirmation before processing the point as a Multiple Code. You can change this setting to Split All Multiple Codes or Split No Multiple Codes in Code Table Settings. (6 2) To have a point s Raw Description displayed as the Drawing Description, set the Use Raw Description setting to Both in the Field Code definition dialog box. (6 3) To have the Field Code Description displayed as the point s Drawing Description, set the Use Raw Description setting to Off and provide a new Description in the Field Code definition dialog box. (6 4) To enter additional descriptive information about a point and have it displayed as a prefix in the Drawing Description, enter a back slash after the point description and then enter the descriptive information. You must also have the Use Raw Description setting in the Field Code definition turned Off and supply a Field Code Description. Using this method, a description entered in the field as OAK\12 could be displayed as 12 Oak Tree in the Drawing Description. Jennifer DiBona (919) ContactUs@thatcadgirl.com Page 12 of 15

15 (6 5) To enter additional descriptive information about a point and have it displayed as a suffix in the Drawing Description, enter a forward slash after the point description and then enter the descriptive information. You must also have the Use Raw Description setting in the Field Code definition turned Off and supply a Field Code Description. Using this method, a description entered in the field as IP/Disturbed could be displayed as Iron Pipe Disturbed in the Drawing Description. You can create a set of Field Codes for the purpose of labeling sizes of pipes, trees, property corners, etc. (6 6) Create a new Field Code named 18. Set the Use Raw Description setting to Off and enter a Field Code Description of 18 (make sure to add a space after the ). Other settings in the Field Code definition dialog box will not be used. (6 7) To use the size Field Code Description as a prefix, enter a double back slash after the point description and then enter the size Field Code. Using this method, a description entered in the field as RCP\\18 could be displayed as 18 RCP Pipe in the Drawing Description. (6 8) To use the size Field Code Description as a suffix, enter a double forward slash after the point description and then enter the size Field Code. Create additional size Field Codes such as 12 for 12, 01 for 1 and 1 4 for ¼. Jennifer DiBona (919) ContactUs@thatcadgirl.com Page 13 of 15

16 (6 9) Use the Separate Attribute Layers settings in the Field Code definition dialog box to define unique layers for Point Symbol, Point Number, Point Elevation or Point Description for points with that description. The example shown to the right is for a point with a tree symbol. The Point Number and Elevation for these points can be frozen and thawed by the PNTNO and PNTELEV layers (along with most other points in the drawing). However, the Description and Symbol can be frozen and thawed independently of Descriptions and Symbols for other points. Jennifer DiBona (919) ContactUs@thatcadgirl.com Page 14 of 15

17 (6 10) From the Code Table Settings window, you can populate a table of Substitution Codes. This can be helpful if you typically use a particular list of Field Codes but then have a client that requires you to use a different set of codes and Code Table. For instance, if your standard Code list is based on alpha characters such as TREE and FENCE but the corresponding codes for a DOT you are working for are and 20010, you could set up substitution codes that allow you to enter TREE or FENCE in the field but process and in the office. Jennifer DiBona (919) ContactUs@thatcadgirl.com Page 15 of 15