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This Group is for any member of LSU that is a professional land surveyor using primarily GPS in the field.
anyone else finding massive memory problems with c3D 2010?
I am having crashes with files a quarter of the size 2009 used to handle. Unless there is some sort of fix for it, I might be moving on back until the next service pack comes out.
any so...
Hey guys,
I am interested to know what the volumes and surfaces are like in 2010? Do you get decent volume reports from it because I know 2009 is really lame for volume reports. (I have only been able to acheive a 3 line report from it)
I am als...
Use Firefox :) It's a much better browser. faster, cleaner, and has a lot less problems than IE.
it is trying to write an xml file that can be displayed in your internet browser, on my computer they open automatically, I haven't tried one since I updated to IE 8.... make sure you have pop up blockers etc turned off... ??
make sure that the da...
Hi Don,
Thanks very much for your replies, they are very much appreciated.
I tried your solution, but then, when I tried to execute the report it tells me this:
"Error displaying report in registered browser The specified file was not found"
A...
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- Full Name (first, last)
- Darren Noble
- Hometown:
- Bunbury
- Other Social Networking sites you belong to (myspace,facebook,Linkedin, etc.):
- What type of surveying are you involved with?
- Civil Sub-divisions, Mining, Engineering and Construction.
We provide services all throughout Western Australia and the southwest region
- How long have you been surveying?
- 10 years
- Tell the group a little about yourself or what you specialize in:
- I predominantly work on sub-divisions so I do a LOT of bulk earthworks, sewer, drainage and roads.
- Do you have a Website:
- http://www.noblesurveys.com
- How much time do you spend online per week (guess)?
- 5 hours-10 hours
- Types of equipment you are most familiar with or use:
- Trimble S6 Robotic Total Station
- Favorite Music:
- Christian
- Do you have a favorite manufacturer? If so, please share...
- Trimble eat the others up :)
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Civil 3D Volumes
Does anybody out there know how to get a comprehensive volume report out of AutoCAD Civil 3D.
So far I have only been able to get a three line report showing cut, fill and nett but I would really like something a little more intensive.
Heres hoping someone out there knows more than me.
Thanks for your help
Darren
Noble Consulting Surveyors
Surveying Western Australia
So far I have only been able to get a three line report showing cut, fill and nett but I would really like something a little more intensive.
Heres hoping someone out there knows more than me.
Thanks for your help
Darren
Noble Consulting Surveyors
Surveying Western Australia
Posted on December 22, 2008 at 7:42pm — 2 Comments
Comment Wall (7 comments)
- At 9:04am on August 4, 2009,
vishwanath wali said…
- hi am vishwanath. plese help me .I dont know curve & skew culvert calculation . i am using a sokia 2010 total station
- At 3:43pm on November 28, 2008,
Eric Colburn said… - Hey Darren,
How's everything down under? I have used AutoCAD Civil 3D for volumes. Unfortunately I don’t do volume calc’s often enough to remember how the reports work. If memory serves me, though, the report is very sparse – just cut and fill values with an overall net?
I’ll open a job I did volume calc’s on this past spring and see what I did. I’ll let you know what I find out.
Thanks.
- At 1:09pm on November 28, 2008,
Gary Breisch said… - email me at gary@gbreisch.com and I will try to give you what I got on the idea and some progress. I know two old retired surveyors who are about 20 years older than I am that inspired me to think of such an idea at a GeoShack roadshow presentation.
Enoch Cox is the one who said he wanted me to give a presentation on basic practical real use of a GPS system at an upcoming Oklahoma Society of Land Surveyors (osls.org) up coming Convention where most of us go to get our Profressional Development Hours (pdh) of credit required by our State. Both of the retired surveyors enjoy shaddowing me on projects and want to learn how to run a GPS.
I use a Magellan ProMark 3 RTK (PM3R) and they think I am a good teacher or trainer of GPS equipment and methods.
So I came up with a name for the First Class, "GPS for Dummies", for the class and then I thought that I might build it by using videos of me and them working together with the GPS equipment and software from the beginning of a real project to the end.
So many times, the GPS classes are not much help to the beginner and not practically and hand-on enough. I want it to be so simple that a child can understand. To me, that is the test for a good presentation. The presentation might even have a presentation outside.
The equipment has been so expensive in the past that many could not afford to get into GPS and now, with the PM3R, the door is more open. I discovered the best kept secret of some surveyors in Oklahoma too in the process of getting personal experience with GPS that you do not get working for others. Static Systems have existed for a long time that are a lot more inexpensive now, used and new that can get the beginner into GPS easier.
I found that it takes a lot of study, networking, and time to find anyone who can help the beginner purchase and use the lower price systems for static and for the PM3R which can do both static and RTK at good high precision and, with the right techniques, be used for 90% of all projects that would otherwise be done with a Total Station TS. I can do most projects now about 4 times faster in the field that with a TS.
I, working alone can do 4 times the projects than a crew of two working for a local Engineering and Surveying corporation anyhow with a TS, now much more because of the GPS equipment and techniques. I charge much less too so I keep very busy and now most of my jobs are prioritized by retainers or deposits up front.
That way, I spend more time doing real surveys instead of estimates or chasing invoices. I get a better quality client due to my system. I do not get rich but I pay for my bills and am now debt free again and can save up for more and better tools and stuff to make my job more fun and satisfying to my clients.
Search for Land Surveyors at www.yellowpages.com for the Tulsa, OK area or Sand Springs, OK area and you will see me come up first with a 5 out of 5 star rating with no one below me with a rating at all. This is proof of my dream come true to get a high level of client satisfaction.
- At 9:38pm on November 18, 2008,
Eric Colburn said…
- Hello Darren,
My internet interest and development has also been because of my new found extra time - thanks to the tanking economy. In many ways, I'm undertaking creating my blog and delving into LSU here to help increase my exposure and to expand my marketing. Trust me that most of this is way out of my comfit zone, but I'm really enjoying it. Who knew!
Because you've only been doing this for a short time, you haven't been able to build a very large network yet. It takes time and a concerted effort to gather data and records about all of your contacts. Then you have to maintain that relationship. All of the work I am getting, even though it's not very much, is directly resulting from my contact relationships and marketing efforts. I use Microsoft Outlook for all of my contacts, although in the past I've used a program called ACT, which I liked very much. Recently I've started using Constant Contact to do email marketing. We'll see how that goes.
I think marketing and client development would be a good subject for you to start a discussion forum in the Business Innovation Group (BIG). I'm sure we would find a lot of good ideas to implement. I'm already thinking of 5 or 6 good ideas to add for you.
Your tyranny of distance problem, possibly having to drive 2 days, is so funny to me because Rhode Island, being the smallest of the US states, can be driven through in under an hour at it's longest points running north to south. East west, although much closer, takes about 35-45 minutes, mostly due to traffic. The joke in my state is that there a people in certin towns that won't drive to the next town because it takes 20 minutes!
- At 8:40pm on November 17, 2008,
Eric Colburn said…
- Hello Darren,
I don't think there is really that much of a difference. Officially there are licensed surveyors but often non-licensed people survey, often for construction project or companies. There probably isn't a mine within 1000 miles of me, but I do know that there are surveyors that specifically do mine work.
I'm a licensed surveyor, but I assure you that I don't look down on anyone. There is room for everyone, and quite frankly, if you asked some licensed surveyors to do what their "poor cousins" do, they either would run for the doors or not know what to do. Generally, if any work involves boundaries, then a licensed surveyor would do this work.
About 50% of my work involves boundary surveys, 25% involves topographic and aerial mapping surveys and the remaining 25% is subdivisions and site development. Lately with the housing market down and out, what little work ther is has been bounary work.
Enough about me - What is involved with being an engineering surveyor? Are you busy, do you like it? How do you like working for yourself? I'll have to do a little research into western Australia.
ps. Sorry for the spelling. I really wish this had spellcheck: I could use it.
- At 9:22pm on November 16, 2008,
Eric Colburn said…
- Things started downward in August 2007, but our backlog heldout for quite awhile. Then in January 2008 business stopped dead. No new work cam in and the phones stopped ringing completely. We experiened a small bump in April. Then it went back to nothing, again.
By June/July of this year it looks like we hit rock bottom (at least I hope) with virtually no work coming in and no phone calls. I've talked to several other surveyors who are experiencing the same thing and have picked up their phones to make sure they are working- it's that bad. If your area hasn't reached this low point yet, let me warn you that the future is that people are absolutley unwilling to spend ANY money. I think we all knew a slow down was comming, but not a complete stop.
I will say, however, that the people in my area, now in 16 months of recession, sem to be at least contemplating spending some money. Beginning in late August, the phones started to ring again with inquiries into having surveying work done. Not everyone is going ahead with their plans, but at least they are thinking about spending money.
If you are not near the bottom yet, or coming out of it, please prepare yourself for the worst. I'm not trying to be an alarmist, but be prepared to keep your business running with absolutley no work coming in - for many months. Also, collect everything you can from people that owe you money and don't release any work unless you are paid first. The second blow that other land surveyors and engineers have had to deal with is a complete stop in payments for completed work. As the financial/lending house of cards came tumbling down, people completely stopped payments. This was very common with developers. With the lack of money from new work comming in and not being paid for completed work, there are many firms that have laid nearly everyone off and are almost bankrupt.
Sorry to be such a downer, I'm really quite upbeat - But I think we're ahead of the curve here and I want you to be prepared. Mining might be fun for a week or two, but it doesn't sound as good as surveying.
- At 8:11pm on November 13, 2008,
Darren Noble said…
- Noble Consulting Surveyors in Bunbury provide efficient survey services to the southwest region and western australia.
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