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Adjusting a Survey Traverse in Civil 3D

Posted by Jason Hickey on May 31st, 2007

 

For the surveyors out there who want to go a bit deeper into the Survey Database, today we'll talk about traverse analysis and adjustments. Why do we need to adjust our traverses? Because they're not perfect! Human error (that guy running the rod isn't holding it perfectly plumb, or has the shakes, or just doesn't put the tip of the pole in the same spot every time, or "heat monkeys" wreaking havoc with the guy in the scope) or mechanical error (the optical plummet isn't exactly right, the instrument got dropped one too many times, the rod got ran over by the crew truck, etc) will introduce error into any traverse loop, and over great distances, that error can add up to the point that your data is outside acceptable parameters. So how do you adjust a traverse in Civil 3D? You'll find out after the jump...

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