This command creates a report of the horizontal distance and
elevation difference between points and a design. The design
elevation can be defined by a grid file, triangulation file, 3D
polyline, section file, note file, road template file, runway
airway clearance or design points. The station and offset of the
points can also be reported when a centerline is applied.
The data for the cut sheet is shown in a spreadsheet. You can edit or enter data in all the fields except for the Cut/Fill and Hz Error fields which are calculated. The cut sheet data can be saved and loaded with a .CUT file. The functions for processing the data are in the pull-down menus. Here's an outline of a typical workflow:
1. Import the survey data using Import > Points, or Import
>SurvCE.
2. Assign the target design elevation using a method from the Grade
menu.
3. If station-offset are needed, use a method from the Centerline
menu.
4. Run Report > Create Report.
5. Run File > SaveAs to save the cut sheet data.
File > Open: Loads
data from a .CUT file.
File > New: Clears the
spreadsheet.
File > Save: Saves the
spreadsheet data to the current .CUT file.
File > SaveAs: Prompts
for a .CUT file and saves the data.
File > Exit: Quits the
program.
Edit > Delete Row:
Deletes the currently highlighted spreadsheet row. You can also use
the Delete key to delete the current row.
Edit > Insert Row:
Inserts a new row above the current row. You can also use the down
arrow key from the last row to add rows to the bottom of the
spreadsheet, and use the Insert key to add a row above the current
row.
Edit > Cut: Blanks out
the data for the currently highlighted cells and puts this data
into the Windows clipboard.
Edit > Copy: Copies the
data for the currently highlighted cells into the Windows
clipboard.
Edit > Paste: Puts data
from the Windows clipboard into the spreadsheet starting at the
currently highlighted cell.
Import > Points: Imports survey data from a coordinate file for the Point#, Northing, Easting, Survey Z and Description fields of the spreadsheet. This function first prompts for the coordinate file to import. Then there is a dialog to choose whether to select the points by point number range, by selecting point entities from the drawing, or by screen picking points. The Description Match and Ignore Zero Elevations are options for filtering out points.
Besides reading the coordinate data, this import function can
also read station/offset data from the point descriptions by
looking for values after the prefixes defined in this
dialog.Import > Note File: This method
reads the survey data along with the grade elevation from the note
(.NOT) file that is associated with a coordinate file. For example,
if the coordinate (.CRD) file is job3.crd then the note file name
is job3.not. In Carlson Software's data collection programs (SurvCE
and Field), there is an option to store stakeout data to the note
file under the Stakeout options. When storing a point in the
stakeout routines (using SurvCE or Field), the target point number,
coordinates and elevation can be stored to the note file. This
results with the as-staked coordinate stored in the coordinate
(.CRD) file and the target coordinate stored in the associated note
file. The Cut Sheet report can display this stakeout data using the
Stakeout Point Comparison report option. The horizontal difference
between the staked point and the target point can be reported in
Bearing-Distance, Delta X-Y or North-South-East-West format. Also,
in SurvCE and Field, the elevation difference routines can record
the design grade elevation and station-offset to the note file when
a point is stored to the coordinate (.CRD) file. This grade data
can be reported using the Grade Elevation Report option. The note
file records that the Cut Sheet report uses are TARGET_X, TARGET_Y,
TARGET_Z, TARGET_DESC, TARGET_PT, STATION, OFFSET, VOFF1 and
VOFF2.
Import > RW5 File: This
method imports cut sheet data from a RW5 file of measurement data
created by SurvCE. The stakeout functions in SurvCE store all the
data needed to fill out the whole cut sheet including the survey
data, design data and station-offset.
Import > SurvCE Cut
Sheet: Imports data from a SurvCE Cut Sheet file (.CSV or
.TXT). The setup for these cut sheet files in SurvCE is under File
> Job Settings > Stake > Cut Sheets.
Grade > Points: The
reference points to compare can be in the same coordinate file or a
separate file. The reference/design points need to be matched with
the survey points. The Match By Distance Tolerance method matches
the design point that is closest to the survey point and within the
specified Match Tolerance. The Point# Within Description method
looks for the specified Point# Description Code in the descriptions
of the design points and gets the survey point number from the
suffix of the description code. When the Point# Description Code is
found, the number after this code is used as the point# to match
from the other file. For example, if description code is "PT" and
the description for point# 101 in the first coordinate file is
"CURB PT303", then point# 303 from the second coordinate file is
used for the match. For the separate file option, there is a third
method to match points between the files which is to use point
numbers to match points between the files. The Match By Manually
method has a dialog for picking pairs of point numbers for the
survey and design to add. The list of available survey points to
match with comes from points in the spreadsheet that have Point#,
Survey Northing and Survey Easting but not the design data.
Grade > Triangulation File: the
design elevation is determined by the elevation of the
triangulation surface at each point.
Grade > Grid File: the
design elevation is determined by the elevation of the grid surface
at each point.
Grade > 3D Polyline:
When using a 3D Polyline
for the grade elevation, the program calculates the elevation along
the 3D polyline at the position perpendicular from the point
selected. This calculated elevation is then compared to the
point(s) selected to determine the cut/fill values.
Grade > Cross Sections:
With Section Files, the
grade elevation is interpolated from the offset-elevation data in
the section file based on the station-offset of the point along the
centerline. When using this method, a centerline file (*.cl) must
be specified for station-offset data.
Grade > Runway
Clearance: This option defines the target surface as the
airway clearance around a runway. This method is for clearance
reports for tree and building tops by comparing points to this
runway clearance surface. The runway surface is built from a 3D
perimeter polyline of the runway along with slopes for the approach
lanes and runway sides. The runway sides are offset level from the
runway perimeter for the specified distances before starting the
slopes. The parameters for the runway are defined in the dialog and
illustrated in the graphic shown here. The Write Runway Clearance
Surface File creates a triangulation surface file that you can draw
or inspect for verification of a correct target surface.
Grade > Road Design: This option defines the grade elevation using road design files. For each point, the program finds the station-offset for the point along the centerline and then applies the road design at that station to determine the grade elevation. Grade to Process is used to define the surface to use for the cut sheet comparison. These grades are defined as Top Surface, usually final grade, or subgrades and correspond to the defined grades and subgrades within a template file. The required design files include a centerline (.CL) file, a template (.TPL) file, and a profile (.PRO) file. There are also several optional design files such as Superelevation, Template Point Profile and Template Point Centerline. The design files are created in the Civil Design module. Using the design files in Cut Sheet is similar to the Process Road Design command.
Centerline > Centerline
File: This function assigns the Station and Offset fields in
the spreadsheet by prompting for a centerline file (.CL) and
locating each point along the alignment.
Centerline > Polyline:
This function assigns the Station and Offset fields in the
spreadsheet by picking a polyline, entering the starting station,
and locating each point along the alignment.
Centerline > Points:
This method defines the alignment by entering two points to define
a line.
Report > Create
Report: This function display a report of the cut sheet data
using the current report settings. When Use Report Formatter is
off, the report is shown directly in the standard viewer.
Otherwise, the Report Formatter dialog is shown for customizing the
report and outputting to different formats such as Excel.
Report > Report
Settings: There are several settings for the report
including decimal precision, prefix for cut and fill and distance
units. For the Horizontal and Vertical Tolerance, the report
highlights any points that exceed these tolerances. The Distance
Format chooses between Angle-Distance, Delta X/Y, and
North-South-East-West deltas. The Cut/Fill Direction chooses
whether to report cut/fill as Survey relative to Design or vice
versa.
Draw > Draw Labels: This function uses the cut sheet
data and draw settings to create labels in the drawing.
Draw > Label Settings: There are three types of labels to
draw. The Mark Points Outside Tolerance draws a symbol at each
point that exceeds the tolerances setup in Report Settings. The
Draw Delta Symbol draws a symbol to show the direction of the delta
X and delta Y along with the values. The Rotate Deltas By
Centerline option prompts for a centerline to align the deltas.
Otherwise, the deltas are due north-south and due east-west. The
Draw Label creates text labels for cut/fill, delta-x, delta-y,
horizontal distance error or description. There are settings for
the sequence order, prefix, suffix, layer, style, size and
position.
View > Zoom Plan View: This function zoom centers the drawing on the currently highlighted point.
Example 2: Cut Sheet Report comparing points from the Current Coordinate File and with the Use Feet-Inches For Cut/Fill options on. |
Example 3: Cut Sheet Report comparing points from Another Coordinate file, reporting coordinates for the points. |
Example 4: Steps for Comparing Points in Current Coordinate file and using Report Formatter Option to customize report output to user preference.
1) Check on Use Report Formatter on the Cut Sheet Report
dialog.
2) Specify points to compare by one of the four methods described
above for comparing points within the current coordinate file.
3) Select report content by highlighting the desired data
from the Available list on the left side of the dialog box and then
pressing the Add button to place the selected data in the Used
list. Standard window selection methods using the Ctrl and Shift
keys can be used to select more than one item at a time. After
moving the selected data to the Used window it may be necessary to
move data up or down to obtain the desired order of your report. To
do this use the up and down arrows located on the left of the Used
window.
4) When the desired data has been specified in the Used window
press the Display button at the bottom left of the dialog. For more
detailed information on using the report formatter see the Report
Formatter section of this manual.
Pulldown Menu Location:
Survey
Keyboard Command: cutrprt
Prerequisite: A coordinate (.CRD) file