Improved Standardisation with Survey Defaults

Maintaining consistency across large projects can be a time-consuming task. The new Survey Defaults Command is designed to streamline your setup process and ensure data integrity from the start.

This command centralises the configuration of essential default settings for point code strings including:

• Coordinate Systems
• Point and String Code Sets
• Point Styles
• Point Groups

These defaults are then automatically applied whenever you create new COGO points and survey strings. By configuring these settings once, you ensure that every new piece of survey data adheres to your project standards, reducing repetitive selections and the risk of errors.

Moving to a new machine or standardising Stringer settings across your entire team is now simpler, through the new Export Settings and Import Settings functionality.

Use the Export Settings command to save your Point Code Sets, Survey Line Settings, and Point Group Settings to a single, portable file. Then, use Import Settings to quickly apply that file, giving you the critical option to create a backup of your current setup before replacing it. This ensures that team-wide standards can be adopted instantly and reliably.

Enhanced Delete String (SDS)

We’ve significantly improved the Delete String command (SDS) to make editing survey strings faster and more intuitive.

Now, by simply picking any string section on screen, the command automatically deletes that specific segment. Critically, it then intelligently renumbers the subsequent points to split the original line, effectively creating two distinct survey strings from the remaining data. This enhancement streamlines complex string cleanup and editing workflows.

Create Points

The Create Points form has been revamped and new features added to streamline the point creation process.

• Code Picklist: A new option allows users to select Codes directly from a picklist, which is populated from the selected Code Set Table. This improves accuracy and speed, but still allows you to overtype for any code and string number combination as needed.
• Append next available String Number: Automatically append the next available string number to the selected code, making it quick and easy to begin a new string of points.
• ‘Always Use Defaults’ Toggle: This new toggle gives you control over the form style defaults. You can either populate from your inputs in the Survey Defaults form or remember your last used settings.

Quick Section (QCSECT)

The new Quick Section (QCSECT) creates dynamic cross-sections along a selected polyline, displaying multiple data sources in an interactive viewer. This single tool allows you to overlay and analyse all critical components of your design:

• Surfaces
• COGO Points
• Survey Strings

This capability helps surveyors assess surface outcomes and identify issues, leading to better decision-making and verification of survey.

Combine Points

A new command to combine points has been added to the Point Groups command (Options > Combine Duplicate Points). This feature is designed to clean up your data by identifying and merging duplicate points—that is, points that share the same x, y, and z coordinates within a user-defined tolerance.

When the command is run, it combines the duplicate points by appending the Code of the second point to the Code of the first point, effectively creating a “multi-coded” point. The second point is then removed from the drawing, reducing clutter and ensuring data integrity. This process helps to streamline your survey data and eliminate redundant information.

Multi-Symbol Functionality Enhanced (AutoCAD/BricsCAD only)

The Multi-Symbol feature has been significantly improved, providing greater flexibility and automation when working with COGO points.

Previously, multi-symbols were applied only via a point group, but now we’ve improved accessibility by integrating it directly into the Point Code Set. This means you can now create multi-symbols on your COGO points based on their Point Codes, as well as via Point Groups. This enhancement saves considerable time and ensures that your symbol representations are consistent and tied directly to your survey data.

Once created, making edits to your COGO points in the drawing will automatically reposition the scaled blocks to match.

Point Property Display (AutoCAD/BricsCAD only)

The Point Property Display form has been updated to give users more control over the appearance and editability of their points.

• Decimal Place Override: You can now override the number of decimal places used to display numeric point properties, which helps to maintain a clean and consistent drawing presentation.
• Point Group Exclusion: This feature allows you to exclude all points within a selected Point Group from being edited. This is useful for protecting critical survey points or design elements from unintended display changes.