From Coding to Stakeout – 9 new ways Leica Captivate v3.0 can increase efficiency

与一切一样 - 时间就是金钱，也是在测量和建筑世界中Leica Captivatev3.0 that will help speed up the work process and make it more efficient.

1) A more efficient way of handling control data

These multiple changes are described in a previous article onLeica Captivate v3.0，请阅读以获取详细信息。Leica Captivate v3.0允许将包含控制和设计数据的几个作业链接到一个工作工作。这样，在选择家庭面板中选择作业时，将自动激活与工作作业一起使用的所有设置，赌注和对齐数据。它还允许并行使用来自多个作业的控制数据，并从家庭面板中隐藏作业来保持整洁，并且只显示当时需要的内容。

Control and design jobs can be linked to the working job.

在新的工作管理面板中，可以将工作设置为
visible/invisible for the Home panel.

2)更快的编码和划线

The coding and linework functionality in the Measure app is one of the most used features and we have done several changes to make this even faster.

Firstly, we have added a hotkey to access the Load Code Template panel. This allows easily changing the sequence of codes when switching between cross sections.

此外，我们添加了五个新的热键，它们允许在“线路工作代码”和“仅使用一个按钮”的非线工作代码之间切换一个突出的代码框。它还允许快速启动新线路。例如，如果测量树，然后想开始一系列树，请按新的热键User - Begin lineand the code is changed to start a line of trees.

The new hotkeys to quickly switch coding between linework and non-linework

The third change is a small improvement but will make a difference for everyone working with attribute values. When an attribute value was selected, pressing the "Enter" button would close the selection list but not move the focus to the next field. This now works with the new version, making the entry of attribute values a much smoother experience.

And, last but not least, a change in multi-coding which may be most useful when surveying cables, pipelines or similar objects – it is now possible to permanently keep multi-coding on. This allows subsequent measurements of multiple points with the same coordinate but different codes. Permanent multi-coding might be useful when, for example, several cables or pipelines join and need measuring simultaneously.

Joining pipelines to be measured


Multi-coding enabled to measure the joined pipeline

除此之外，当多编码永久打开时，我们已经禁用了代码框的重新分类，从而使点存储更快。

3）轻松创建StakeTof Reports

Surveyors might need to quickly and easily provide reports about the points which were staked . This information may be needed in various formats and with varying content from the same job. While the job can contain a mixture of data (measured, control, staked), only the stakeout data is relevant for such a report.

Leica Captivate v3.0现在直接从赌注点应用程序中直接支持用户配置的cutsheet数据的导出。无需办公软件或进一步编辑文件而直接从字段中提供所需的数据。

The cutsheet content can be defined and stored for later use.


Cutsheet content as displayed in Microsoft Excel

4) Accessing functions faster

When working in any software, each button press needs time. So the fewer buttons to press, the more time is saved. We have therefore added new hotkeys to allow faster access to often used functionality.

The new hotkeys allow the following:

• 使用GS传感器置入点时，选择最近的点。此功能到现在为止在“工具”菜单中可用，现在是一个热键，可更快地访问。
• Access the lights and accessories settings to easily turn on or off the laser pointer while working in an app
• Access the ID templates panel to easily change the point numbering rule (e.g. with every new cross section to be measured)

5）更轻松的仪器配置

We have made 2 changes to the general instrument configuration.

The first change is in the传输用户对象现在允许在将设置从一种仪器转移到另一种仪器时排除作业的工具。到目前为止，始终包括工作，这使得有必要在新乐器上删除它们。现在，可以轻松地将设置转移到新工具中，而无需删除工作。

The second change is a general one in the entire system – everywhere a password can be entered, there is now a check box allowing to display the password in plain text. This makes entry of complicated password less error prone, which can, for instance, make SmartNet logins much easier.

密码显示为清晰文本

6）更多点信息

Leica Captivate allows offsets for measured points and multiple elevations for staked points to be entered while in the app. However, once the points were stored, these values could no longer be changed. With the new Leica Captivate version, the offsets and multiple heights entered for each point are shown in the数据管理and, if needed, can be edited and updated later, before bringing them into the office.

For staked points, the stakeout results, shown in the Stake apps, are now also shown in the Data Management for each point, allowing them to be re-used later. This can help, for instance, if a peg gets knocked over on a building site and needs to be re-placed and re-labelled.

Showing the Stake results in the Edit Point panel

7）节省设置

There are two changes that can help save time on setups. The first may reduce the number of needed total station setups to do a survey and the second could speed up theOrientate to linesetup method.

When starting a survey job, the surveyor will assess the area to be surveyed and then decide the best locations to set up the total station – usually trying to minimise the number of setups. While measuring, the surveyor may realize that additional points need measuring and would require an additional setup, sometimes for just a very small number of points. To save on additional setups, a测量隐藏点function is now available on the CS20 also in TS mode. It allows using the CS20 internal Disto for measuring distances to the points hidden from the total station and then calculating the coordinates for these points. This may save having to do an additional Setup and can reduce the time needed for a survey job significantly.

Inside the new Measure Hidden Point app for TS mode

To directly save time on setting up the instrument, we have extended theOrientate to linesetup method. It is now possible to select an existing point to define the line to orientate to, instead of having to type in the point coordinates. Further, the line to orientate to can now define any azimuth instead of being fixed to the northing or easting axis. This makes theOrientate to linemethod much more flexible, allowing to fulfil more setup requirements.

8)水平在增加e Road app

When staking a Road alignment, there may be single points in the blueprint (design) that do not belong to the alignment. For instance, if there is a fire hydrant in the blueprint with a location given by a chainage and offset, it will be useful to be able to stake that single point while working on the road and without leaving the app. So we have extended the COGO Tool within the Road app with new methods that allow creating points with chainage and offset information.

Cogo Roads工具中可用的3种新方法


New points created along the alignment with equal chainage increments,
距离和高度偏移

现在，不再需要计算这些要点的坐标或离开道路应用程序进入和使用它们在Leica Captivate中。

Further, Leica Captivate v3.0 now shows the length of an alignment as meta data when selecting an alignment. Easy access to alignment length information can be beneficial, for instance if the client wants to know how many lineal meters or feet there are in total for a particular section.

9）处理CAD数据时提高速度

对于非常大的CAD文件,徕卡吸引occasionally experience performance issues when displaying them in the 3D viewer. For Leica Captivate v3.0, we have greatly improved the performance of showing CAD data so that the 3D viewer is now able to handle large CAD files smoothly.

And that's it - our 9 improvements to speed up the Leica Captivate work processes. One final improvement is the ability to optionally view DTMs as 3D surfaces. This one was not done for efficiency but for better visibility. Have a look at the screenshot below.

DTM shown as 3D surface

How can the new release be obtained?

如果您想下载新的Leica Caintivate v3.0现场软件，则将在2017年12月1日之后在Leica Myworld上找到。对于安装，您需要一个客户服务包（CCP）许可证，直到至少在2017年12月1日之前有效。您有任何特定的问题或愿望，请与您的当地联系Leica Geosystems代表.

Elke Hacker
Senior Product Manager Field Software
Leica Geosystems