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It depends on the machine control system installed on the excavator - we export 3D dxf's for ours and the machine control software converts to the required format.
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neilyj (No connection with Autodesk other than using the products in the real world)
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AEC Collection 2024 UKIE (mainly Civil 3D UKIE and IW)
Win 11 Pro x64, 1Tb Primary SSD, 1Tb Secondary SSD
64Gb RAM Intel(R) Xeon(R) W-11855M CPU @ 3.2GHz
NVIDIA RTX A5000 16Gb, Dual 27" Monitor, Dell Inspiron 7760
I believe so - I just supply the relevant dxf files and the site engineer does the rest...:)
AEC Collection 2024 UKIE (mainly Civil 3D UKIE and IW)
Win 11 Pro x64, 1Tb Primary SSD, 1Tb Secondary SSD
64Gb RAM Intel(R) Xeon(R) W-11855M CPU @ 3.2GHz
NVIDIA RTX A5000 16Gb, Dual 27" Monitor, Dell Inspiron 7760
neilyj (No connection with Autodesk other than using the products in the real world)
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NVIDIA RTX A5000 16Gb, Dual 27" Monitor, Dell Inspiron 7760
Natalie,
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This last summer I worked as a Grade Checker/Surveyor on a Solar Farm project in Southern Nevada. All the dozers, blades and BG's had Trimble GPS Machine Control. I never got comfortable with Trimble Link in C3D, so I worked back-and-forth with C3D and Trimble Business Center HCE. For Survey Data Collectors(using SCS900 software) a TTM file(Surface) and a DXF file(Linework) is necessary. Machine Control requires an SVD file(Site Vision Design) and an SVL file(Site Vision Linework).
Dave
Dave Stoll
Las Vegas, Nevada
NVIDIA Quadro P5000 16GB
Windows 10 Pro 64 / Civil 3D 2024
Thank you Dave, that is very interesting and helpful, and thanks for your guidance on here 
Nat
Natalie,
"...how do you get the 3D DXF to the machine software, just via USB drive?"
For Trimble Machine Control you put the SVD and SVL files on a Thumb Drive and just plug that thumby into each machine's controller. Amazingly, it just automatically and effortlessly loads the surface and linework.
Dave
Dave Stoll
Las Vegas, Nevada
NVIDIA Quadro P5000 16GB
Windows 10 Pro 64 / Civil 3D 2024
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