Going through some older threads looking for the same answers you posted here. What did you end up doing? I'm currently on C3D 2012 and we are getting back to making a big push to see if the equipment database is worth using.
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Fast forward a few years, we're now on C3D 2014 and are starting to do linework. I am trying again to see if I can find the needed information for the equipment database. If anyone knows where I can find this stuff for Topcon ES 105 - Refractive index, Wave constant, etc. - please let me know.
Rick Jackson
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Thanks for replying.
I have checked the equipment manual, but I'm having a difficult time discerning this information ( I am not very familiar with the stats for the equipment our crews use, and I can't find anything that reads the same, i.e., Nothing in the manual says "Refractive Index" or "Wave constant" specifically). We have also on occasion had to adjust a shot distance (using other software), so I want to be sure I understand how to do it with the survey tools available so we can do it all in Civil 3D (if possible).
Before you go to the work of setting up the database, make sure that your raw data does not already have some of this information applied to it. Some instruments will record measurement data that is already adjusted based on internal parameters. You can also have this type of adjustment in the datacollectors, although this normally shows up in the raw data file.
I'm glad you mentioned that. I checked the raw file for one of our projects, and noticed that some of this is already applied to the file. The data collectors we use do adjust the file. So the question now is this: Since the raw data I receive will already be adjusted, do I even need to worry about setting up the equipment database? Will it introduce additional error if I use it anyway? Am I able to work with the raw data without using an equipment database?
Sorry for all the questions - I'm just trying to figure this out. Any advice is appreciated.
Rick Jackson
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