Using Trimble Link Without a Data Collector
Posted by Jason Hickey on June 27th, 2008
Yesterday I was browsing around the Autodesk Civil 3D discussion group for a few minutes. I go there from time to time to research quick questions or to see if anyone needs help. I was talking to a user who was having trouble with Trimble Link and Civil 3D - well, part of the problem was with Trimble Link and Civil 3D...he couldn't import a .JOB file using Trimble Link because he didn't have the data collector available. I ran into this same problem when I first installed Trimble Link a few years ago, because I don't have any physical data collectors that I can hook to my computer. I have emulators for TDS Survey Pro, Microsurvey FieldGenius 2008, Leica GPS/TPS 1200, Trimble TCS and SCS900, Topcon TopSurv PC and Carlson SurvCE, and have successfully transferred data from them into Civil 3D, but it took a bit of work. So if you find that you don't have access to the data collector BUT you have the .JOB files stored on either a local machine or a network, then this is the article for you. Follow the link to find out more.
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