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Traverse adjustment

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Message 1 of 14
sacprasanna
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Traverse adjustment

Hi all,

 

Can adjusted this type of traverse with side shorts in civil 3D without using field book file? I attached the point file.These are the information of traverse.

 

9000,1000,2000,0,stnCP

8,1034.32,2006.58,0,LF
9001,1024.738,2004.906,0,stnCP
9,1033.32,2007.59,0,LF
10,1034.32,2006.58,0,LF
9002,1027.503,1978.45,0,stnCP
9003,1002.404,1973.26,0,stnCP
11,1038.32,2007.58,0,WF
9004,999.997,2000.052,0,stnCP

 

  • Closed traverse
  • 9000-9004 Instrument station
  • 8-11 slide shots
  • shot 8 from 9000
  • shot 9,10 from 9001 like this

1. Observed Fore Azimuth: 95.05 (95D 05’).

2. Original Back Azimuth : 275.05 (275D 05’).
3. Closeness Factor: (1.58 for a detailed traverse).
4. 9000 - Original coordinates of Starting Instrument Station
5. 9005 – Original coordinates of Starting Instrument Station
Note:
Point 9004 with the observed coordinates of the Starting Station
9005,1000,2000,0,stnCP

 

Can adjusted this traverse using compass method in civil 3D?

 

Chamara Prasanna
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2015 SP 1
Sri Lanka
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Message 2 of 14
AllenJessup
in reply to: sacprasanna

As far as I know. You can't adjust a Traverse without angular information. That would come from the Field Book.

 

Allen



Allen Jessup
Engineering Specialist / CAD Manager

Message 3 of 14
sacprasanna
in reply to: AllenJessup

Hallo Allen,

 

I have angle information.I included it above as follow.

 

1. Observed Fore Azimuth: 95.05 (95D 05’).

2. Original Back Azimuth : 275.05 (275D 05’)

 

This is closed traverse.

 

Chamara Prasanna
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2015 SP 1
Sri Lanka
Message 4 of 14
AllenJessup
in reply to: sacprasanna

Chamara,

 

Yes. I noticed the azimuths. However you don't have the turned angles turned between the traverse stations. You could infer those by plotting the points and measuring the angles, but I wouldn't trust that without knowing the field procedure that was used in turning the angles.

 

Actually the only adjustment I've used in many years is Least Squares and that requires a lot of data from the field. Hopefully someone with more experience with this type of adjustments will answer in a while.

 

Allen



Allen Jessup
Engineering Specialist / CAD Manager

Message 5 of 14
rl_jackson
in reply to: AllenJessup

You could also use the Coodinate Geometry Editor on the Analyze Tab under survey. to obtain the angular info from a pline. and the use the balancing rules.


Rick Jackson
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bcsurvey
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This thread is somewhat recent, so hopefully I'll get an answer to my question.  It's related to the COGO editor mentioned above. 

 

I have a polyline that I created using Mapcheck (Analyze Tab/Survey/Mapcheck).  I loaded the polyline into the Coordinate Geometry Editor and all courses came in fine.  When I choose the adjusment method (Crandall) and view the report, it shows only the original courses with the x, y, and z deltas as zeros.  So then I choose to insert polyline and I get a message confirming the new polyline is based on the chosen adjustment.  Ok, so I'm getting somewhere.  But from this point, I'm not sure how to have the cogo editor display these deltas from before and after the adjustment.  I've been using C3D for about 2 years but am somewhat new to traverse adjustments.  I'm hoping I don't need to go through creating a survey database with all the garbage that goes along with that. 

 

Hope there's an easy solution for this that I'm just overlooking or perhaps I'm just ignorant of the process.

 

Thanks!

Civil 3D 2019 (6.1)
Windows 10 Pro (21H2)
(i7-11850H @ 2.50 GHz)
32GB RAM
NVIDIA RTX A2000
Message 7 of 14
bcsurvey
in reply to: bcsurvey

Well, I just came across an option in Mapcheck (right-click on item in mapcheck list) that allows for an adjustment.  On first glance, this appears to output all necessary data. 

 

But I would still like to get this data confirmed within the cogo editor, since this produces a nice easy to understand report as well as a redundant check.  Also, it gives you the option to insert cogo points on the adjusted polyline.

 

Civil 3D 2019 (6.1)
Windows 10 Pro (21H2)
(i7-11850H @ 2.50 GHz)
32GB RAM
NVIDIA RTX A2000
Message 8 of 14
rl_jackson
in reply to: bcsurvey

At the Dialogue box with all the Courses, there is the POB, and the Closing Point, select the arrow at the right, then select the point of closure. then it will show the error (No Adjustment) and the new info the adjustment you use.


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Message 9 of 14
bcsurvey
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Did you mean the button to choose the POB?  When I do that, and pick the beginning point, I get a prompt for whether or not to use that as the point of closure for generating a closed traverse, which will then generate the deltas in the report if accepted.  But choosing the point of closure directly gives no prompt. 

 

To show my ignorance on the matter, in the cogo editor you can choose Crandall adjustment (which I believe the least squares is based on) but in the mapcheck adjustment, there is a direct option for least squares OR Crandall, among others.

 

Looks like these two methods each have their pros and cons, and when used correctly, will give the user sufficient analysis, whether the traverse is based on metes and bounds or legal descriptions (mapcheck), or on observed cogo points (cogo editor).  The output data for the mapcheck method seems to be superior though.

Civil 3D 2019 (6.1)
Windows 10 Pro (21H2)
(i7-11850H @ 2.50 GHz)
32GB RAM
NVIDIA RTX A2000
Message 10 of 14

To do a closure report / balance you need to have both a POB and a POC. We set up the tool so that if you pick a POB it will ask if you want to use that as the POC as well. The thinking was that were be more closed loops than open. The POB/POC can either be COGO points or picked points in the drawing.

 

Regards,

 

Peter Funk

Autodesk, Inc.



Peter Funk
Autodesk, Inc.

Message 11 of 14

And thats the nice part of it you can actually run a closure to GPS Control Points, and then you run a conventional survey through those point with multiple legs and check the closure and adjust to the GPS points.. ? Rick

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Message 12 of 14
rl_jackson
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See if this helps

 

http://screencast.com/t/UTUn1fGKKxU


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rl_jackson
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See if this helps http://screencast.com/t/UTUn1fGKKxU ? Rick

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Message 14 of 14
bcsurvey
in reply to: rl_jackson

Thanks Rick.  The cogo editor (specifically the pob/poclosure point selection) is a bit non-user-friendly, but after a bit of tinkering, I think I'm up to speed with how it works.

 

I appreciate the replies!

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(i7-11850H @ 2.50 GHz)
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