Digitize

Digitizing is the act of inputting data into the computer by tracing the data from a plan sheet. You need to have a digitizer board, puck, Carlson Takeoff, your     computer and your plan to do digitizing. Wintab is a digitizer driver that lets you to use the digitizer cursor as both a digitizer cursor and a mouse. You need to install Wintab when you install Carlson Takeoff. Wintab can be downloaded from GTCO web site: http://www.gtcocalcomp.com/supportgtcosoftware.htm. Select the driver version that suits the type of your digitizer board well.

After you installed Wintab driver on your computer, you set up you digitizer to the correct point mode. In Windows 2000/XP, go to Start->Settings->Control Panel->TabletWorks, high light the 16-Btn Cursor, and select Mouse as the Pointing Mode, which lets the digitizer cursor moves relatively to the screen coordinates. This step is indicated in the following TabletWorks Control Panel dialog.

The next is to set up the pointing device in Carlson Takeoff. Open up Takeoff and go to pull-down Settings->Preferences, click tab System, select Wintab Compatible Digitizer as Current Pointing Device, and set the Accept input from to Digitize and mouse. Please refer to the following Options dialog.

Now, you are ready to use your digitizer. On the bottom of the screen, there is a tray icon TABLET on the right side of MODEL. You can use accelerator key F4 to toggle on/off the tablet.

The 16-button puck can be used as either a mouse or a digitizer. It's very important to understand how the 16 buttons are mapped in both modes.

When the tablet is off, the puck is in Mouse Mode. The top-left button is the left mouse click, and the top-right button is the right mouse click. The labels on the other buttons do not mean anything. All buttons are mapped as same as the buttons of the default pointing device in AutoCad . Please refer to AutoCad Reference manual for further information.

When tablet has been calibrated and is on, the puck is in digitize mode. It is mapped as a small keyboard, which enables you to enter numerous values such as elevation, thickness and offset etc., and also provide you some functionality to digitize various entities. Currently there are two puck layouts in Takeoff, shown in the figure below.  After you install Carlson Takeoff and finish setting up the digitizer, you go to the pull-down menu Digitize->Puck Layout to select a 16-button puck layout. A button mapping would be created and Takeoff would recognize the buttons as represented.
   

      

Layout 1 is Carlson Puck Layout, which is the most common layout used in Carlson Takeoff. Layout 2 is for users who don't have a Carlson Puck. If your puck is different than these two layouts, please contact Technical Support for help setting the mapping for your 16 button puck.

Prompts:

Digitizer Settings Dialog
Specify the Digitizer Puck Layout to layout 1 or 2

Keyboard Command:

dig_config

Pull-Down Menu Location:

Digitize

Prerequisite:

Have a digitizer board and a puck connected to your computer, and have Wintab driver installed. The digitizer has been correctly set up.

You can calibrate the tablet/digitizer in one of two ways: Known Reference Points or Drawing Scale with New Reference Points. Reference points are the foundations of whatever data you digitize into the computer. Takeoff bases everything from drawing location to drawing scale on the reference points you digitize.

Drawing Scale with New Reference Points method is very convenient when you don't know the precise coordinates of the entities on your drawing. As long as your can obtain the drawing scale from your plan, this method can establish a coordinate system relative to the position of the plan on the digitizer board. In addition to the drawing scale, you are required to enter a random coordinate for the first reference point, the default coordinate is (1000,1000). Takeoff would computer the coordinate of the second reference point that you pick based on the first point. The coordinates of these two reference points would be saved and will be display on the Tablet Calibration Dialog next time when you calibrate the tablet, so you can digitize back to the previous coordinates using Know Reference Points method if you are working on the same drawing, though you might have moved or rotated your drawing on the digitize board..

If you know the precise coordinates of two points, you can select Known Reference Points method, which establishes a coordinate system that is exactly match the coordinates in the field or on your drawing. Furthermore, Takeoff saves the coordinates of the two reference points from previous calibration and displays them on the Tablet Calibration Dialog next time when you calibrate the tablet. If you want to continue to work on the same drawing, you can use the Know Reference Points method with the saved coordinates to digitize back to your previous coordinates although you might have moved or rotated your drawing on the digitizer board.

For accurate takeoff calculations, choose two points that can be easily found in the field and are farther apart rather than closer together.

      

Tablet Calibration Dialog
Specify the Calibration Methods. If you select Drawing Scale method, enter the drawing scale and the coordinate of the first reference point. Otherwise enter the exact coordinates of the first and second reference points.
Pick first reference point:    pick a point on the drawing
Pick second reference point:    pick another point on the drawing

digsetup

Digitize

Have a digitizer board and a puck connected to your computer, and have Wintab driver installed. The digitizer has been correctly set up.

Executes AutoCad's TABLET command to set the tablet on. Refer to the AutoCad Reference manual for further information.
P.S. Function key [F4] can toggle on/off tablet.

tablet

Digitize

Have a digitizer board and a puck connected to your computer, and have Wintab driver installed. The digitizer has been correctly set up.

Executes AutoCad's TABLET command to set the tablet on. Refer to the AutoCad Reference manual for further information.
P.S. Function key [F4] can toggle on/off tablet.

tablet

Digitize

Have a digitizer board and a puck connected to your computer, and have Wintab driver installed. The digitizer has been correctly set up.

This command saves current tablet calibration to a file. You are prompted to enter a file name.

tablet1

Digitize

Have a digitizer board and a puck connected to your computer, and have Wintab driver installed. The digitizer has been correctly set up. Have done tablet calibration for current drawing.

This command restores the tablet calibration parameters from a file and load it into the current drawing. You are prompted to specify a file name.

tablet2

Digitize

Have a digitizer board and a puck connected to your computer, and have Wintab driver installed. The digitizer has been correctly set up. The calibration file should be associated to the current drawing, and the current drawing shouldn't have been moved on the digitizer board since last calibration.

This command allows you to digitize individual points one at a time. The first time it prompts you the Digitize Points Dialog for entering point symbol styles, point prompt settings and number settings, starting point number and layer name. If you want to enter the elevation and description for each point, select Prompt for Descriptions and Prompt for Elevations. After having digitized a point, you can continue to digitize next point by picking the point on the drawing. The command defaults to the last layer name, point symbol, elevation, description and the last point number plus 1. If you have finished digitizing points, press Enter to finish.

Digitize Points Dialog
Specify a layer name and select the point symbol, point prompt settings and number settings.
Pick point to create (Enter to end):    pick a point on the drawing
Select/<Enter Point Elevation <>>:    enter the elevation or type <Select> to select the elevation text on the screen
Enter Point Description <>:    enter the point description
Result like "N: 1231.16  E: 1099.17  Z: 30.00" would be display on the command line, and a point would be drawn on the screen with the text of its number, elevation and description.
Pick point to create (Enter to end):    pick next point or press Enter to finish digitizing points

dig_pt

Digitize

Have a digitizer board and a puck connected to your computer, and have Wintab driver installed. The digitizer has been correctly set up. Have done tablet calibration for current drawing.

This command allows you to label points with their elevation. The point can either be digitized from a drawing, picked on a screen or specified by a point number. The command first prompts you the Label Spot Elevation Dialog for entering layer name, label prefix and suffix and symbol types etc. Click OK to start. After specifying the point, the command prompts you to enter the elevation if its elevation is unknown and then pick an angle from the location of the point to label the elevation. You can repeat labeling points until you press Enter to finish.

Label Spot Elevation Dialog
Specify a layer name, label prefix and suffix and select the spot symbol.
Point to Label ?
Pick point or point number:    2 (enter a point number)
PointNo.  Northing(Y)  Easting(X)   Elev(Z)   Description
2         1231.16      1099.17      30.00     bb
Note: if the point number you entered is not in the drawing, you will be prompted again to pick point or enter a point number.
Elevation <30.000>:    press enter
Pick angle for label:    pick an angle from the spot
Point to Label (ENTER to End)?
Pick point or point number:     pick a point on the drawing
Elevation <0.000>:    enter elevation
Pick angle for label:     pick an angle from the spot
Point to Label (ENTER to End)?
Pick point or point number:   press enter to finish

labspot

Digitize

Have a digitizer board and a puck connected to your computer, and have Wintab driver installed. The digitizer has been correctly set up. Have done tablet calibration for current drawing.

2D polyline is a line of connected points that have the same elevation. This command lets you digitize a 2D polyline by picking points along the lines on the drawing. It prompts you first the Polyline 2D Options Dialog for entering the layer name. Prompt For Polyline Elevation option allows you to enter the elevation for each polyline, otherwise all 2D polylines have 0.0 elevation. Auto-Zoom mode would automatically zoom the display to center around the last point when you get near the edge of the screen while picking points. There are three ways to enter a layer name, Use current drawing layer, Select from a list of layer name, or Pick an entity on the screen to get its layer name. While digitizing a polyline, the command keeps prompting you to pick next point until your press Enter to finish digitizing, or press A on the puck or enter Close on the keyboard to close the polyline on itself . If you make a mistake, press B on the puck or enter Undo on the keyboard to remove the mistake and then continue to digitize. After finishing a polyline, the command prompts your to digitize another polyline until you press B or enter No.

      

Polyline 2D Options Dialog
Enter the layer name and select the options of Prompt For Polyline Elevation and Auto-Zoom mode etc.
Enter default elevation <0.00>: 100
First point:    pick a point on the drawing using puck
Segment length: 0.00, Total length: 0.00
Close[A]/Undo[B]/Pick next point (Enter to end):    pick next point
Segment length: 119.03, Total length: 119.03
Close[A]/Undo[B]/Pick next point (Enter to end):   pick next point
Segment length: 121.76, Total length: 240.80
Close[A]/Undo[B]/Pick next point (Enter to end):   pick next point
Segment length: 115.23, Total length: 356.03
Close[A]/Undo[B]/Pick next point (Enter to end):    press enter to finish digitizing or press A to close the polyline
Digitize Another FINAL Polyline [Yes(A)/<No(B)>]?    press A on the puck or enter Yes on the keyboard to digitize next 2D polyline, press B on the puck or enter No on the keyboard to finish digitizing 2D polyline.

dig_2dp

Digitize

Have a digitizer board and a puck connected to your computer, and have Wintab driver installed. The digitizer has been correctly set up. Have done tablet calibration for current drawing.

Function:

3D polyline is a line of connected points that have various elevations, and the slope between points is constant. It can be used in defining pads, excavations, drainage ditched and slopes from proposed design features to meet existing site conditions. This command lets you digitize a 3D polyline by picking points along the lines on the drawing. It prompts you first the Polyline 3D Options Dialog for entering the layer name. Prompt For Polyline Elevation option allows you to enter the elevation for each point you pick. If you don't select this option, all points have 0.0 elevation and you get a 2D polyline. There are four ways to enter elevations: known elevation of the point, slope from previous point, ratio from previous point and degree from previous point. You can choose one of the methods between picking points. Auto-Zoom mode would automatically zoom the display to center around the last point when you get near the edge of the screen while picking points. While digitizing a polyline, the command keeps prompting you to pick next point until your press Enter to finish digitizing, or press A on the puck or enter Close on the keyboard to close the polyline on itself . If you make a mistake, press B on the puck or enter Undo on the keyboard to remove the mistake and then continue to digitize. After finishing a polyline, the command prompts your to digitize another polyline until you press B or enter No.

Prompts:

Polyline 3D Options Dialog
Enter the layer name, toggle on Prompt For Polyline Elevation and select the Auto-Zoom mode.
First point:   pick a point on the drawing
Elevation <0.00>:     12 (enter the elevation)
Z: 12.00, Hz dist: 0.00, Slope dist: 0.00, Slope: 0.0% Ratio: 0.0:1
Close[A]/Undo[B]/Pick next point (Enter to end):   pick a point on the drawing
Slope/Ratio/Point/Degree/<Elevation> <0.00>:     S (switch to entering Slope)
Ratio/Point/Elevation/Degree/<Slope> <-8.24>:    12 (enter the slope)
Z: 29.47, Hz dist: 145.56, Slope dist: 146.61, Slope: 12.0% Ratio: 8.3:1
Close[A]/Undo[B]/Pick next point (Enter to end):   pick a point on the drawing
Ratio/Point/Elevation/Degree/<Slope> <-15.31>:    R (switch to entering Ratio)
Slope/Point/Elevation/Degree/<Ratio> <-6.53>:    23 (enter the ratio)
Z: 37.83, Hz dist: 192.45, Slope dist: 192.63, Slope: 4.3% Ratio: 23.0:1
Close[A]/Undo[B]/Pick next point (Enter to end):   pick a point on the drawing
Slope/Point/Elevation/Degree/<Ratio> <-5.44>:    D (switch to entering Degree)
Slope/Ratio/Elevation/Point<Degree(dd.dddd)> <0.0000>:    22 (enter the degree)
Z: 121.04, Hz dist: 205.94, Slope dist: 222.11, Slope: 40.4% Ratio: 2.5:1
Close[A]/Undo[B]/Pick next point (Enter to end):   pick a point on the drawing
Slope/Ratio/Elevation/Point<Degree(dd.dddd)> <0.0000>:     P (switch to entering Point)
Slope/Ratio/Elevation/Degree/<Point> <0.00>:    34 (enter Z value of the point)
Z: 34.00, Hz dist: 206.05, Slope dist: 223.68, Slope: -42.2% Ratio: -2.4:1
Close[A]/Undo[B]/Pick next point (Enter to end):   press Enter to finish digitizing current polyline, or enter A to close the polyline
Digitize Another 0 Polyline [Yes(A)/<No(B)>]?   press A on the puck or enter Yes on the keyboard to digitize next 3D polyline, press B on the puck or enter No on the keyboard to finish.

Keyboard Command:

dig_3dp

Pull-Down Menu Location:

Digitize

Prerequisite:

Have a digitizer board and a puck connected to your computer, and have Wintab driver installed. The digitizer has been correctly set up. Have done tablet calibration for current drawing.

Function:

Perimeter is a 2D polyline that all points on it have the same elevation. It can be used as boundary polyline of your targets on your drawing. This command allows you to digitize a perimeter by picking points on the drawing. While digitizing a polyline, the command keeps prompting you to pick next point until your press Enter to finish digitizing, or press A on the puck or enter Close on the keyboard to close the polyline on itself . If you make a mistake, press B on the puck or enter Undo on the keyboard to remove the mistake and then continue to digitize. After finishing a perimeter, the command prompts your to digitize another polyline until you press B or enter No.

First point:    pick a point on the drawing using puck
Segment length: 0.00, Total length: 0.00
Close[A]/Undo[B]/Pick next point (Enter to end):    pick next point
Segment length: 104.27, Total length: 104.27
Close[A]/Undo[B]/Pick next point (Enter to end):   pick next point
Segment length: 153.14, Total length: 257.41
Close[A]/Undo[B]/Pick next point (Enter to end):   pick next point
Segment length: 104.89, Total length: 362.30
Close[A]/Undo[B]/Pick next point (Enter to end):    press Enter to finish the perimeter, or press A to close the perimeter
Digitize Another PERIMETER Polyline [Yes(A)/<No(B)>]?    press A or enter Yes to continue digitizing another perimeter, press B or enter No to finish digitizing perimeters.

dig_perim

Digitize

Have a digitizer board and a puck connected to your computer, and have Wintab driver installed. The digitizer has been correctly set up. Have done tablet calibration for current drawing.

A contour is a line of points with a constant elevation, representing the natural contour of the site. In Takeoff, there are two layer targets: Existing Ground Surface and Design Surface. Contour Polyline has two sub-command to digitize contour lines into Existing Contour and Final Contour layers directly for assigning them easily into Existing Ground Surface and Design Surface in the future analysis.

There are two ways to digitize contour lines: sketch mode or point mode.

Sketch Mode:

Pick Mode:

This command lets you digitize contours as polylines one at a time. The first time it prompts you the Digitize Contours Dialog. Enter the layer name or select it from a list of existing layer. Look at your plans and determine an elevation interval that is between most of the contours and enter it in the Elevation Interval field. You are able to modify both the value and the direction of the elevation interval between digitizing contour lines, using the buttons on the puck. If you decide to do Sketch mode digitizing, you need to enter the increment field. To have Takeoff automatically close contours whose beginning and ending points are within a specified range, check the Auto Detect Close Contour.  Draw Labels would draw the elevation at the starting point of the contour. In Pick mode, if you want the Takeoff to automatically zoom the display to center around the last point when you get near the edge of the screen while picking points, check the Auto Zoom Center. Click OK to start digitizing.

Place your cursor at one end of the contour line and begin digitizing the line. While digitizing a line, you can force a contour to close on itself by pressing A on the puck to end the contour and connect the last point to the first point, or remove a mistake by pressing B on the puck. At the end of the contour line, press Enter on your puck or keyboard. The contour is completed, and the elevation for the next contour is automatically incremented. You would be asked to digitize next contour. If you press A on the puck or enter Yes on the keyboard, you can digitize another contour, or press B on the puck or enter No on the keyboard to finish digitizing contours.

                      Digitize Contour in Sketch Mode                                    Digitize Contour in Pick Mode

Sketch Mode:

Digitize Contours Dialog
Enter Layer Name, Elevation Interval, Increment in Sketch Mode if select Sketch Mode, and toggle on/off Auto Detect Close Contour etc.
Increment(1.00)[A]/Direction(+)[B]/Elevation <573.00>:    450 (enter elevation or press Enter to accept current value)
Pick and drag to digitize (Enter to finish):    <Pen down>  <Pen up> (press Enter on the puck or keyboard to finish sketching)
1 polyline with 243 edges recorded.
Note:
If you are using puck layout 2, Takeoff would prompt you differently here.
Pick and drag to digitize (Press [0]/Enter to finish):   <Pen down>  <Pen up> (press 0 on the puck or press Enter on the keyboard to finish sketching)
1 polyline with 243 edges recorded.

Close[A]/Undo[B]/Pick to continue (Enter to finish):   press Enter on the puck or keyboard to finish the contour line
Digitize Another Contour [<Yes(A)>/No(B)]?   A (press A to digitize next contour line)
Increment(1.00)[A]/Direction(+)[B]/Elevation <451.00>:    A
(Elevation is automatically incremented. Press A on the puck or keyboard to increase it by the Increment again.)
Increment(1.00)[A]/Direction(+)[B]/Elevation <452.00>:   press Enter on the puck or keyboard to start digitizing
Pick and drag to digitize (Enter to finish): <Pen down>  <Pen up> (press Enter on the puck or keyboard to finish sketching)
1 polyline with 234 edges recorded.
Note:
If you are using puck layout 2, then Takeoff would prompt you differently here.
Pick and drag to digitize (Press [0]/Enter to finish):   <Pen down>  <Pen up> (press 0 on the puck or press Enter on the keyboard to finish sketching)
1 polyline with 234 edges recorded.

Close[A]/Undo[B]/Pick to continue (Enter to finish):
Digitize Another Contour [<Yes(A)>/No(B)]?   A (press A to digitize next contour line)

Increment(1.00)[A]/Direction(+)[B]/Elevation <453.00>:    B
(Elevation is automatically incremented. Press B on the puck or keyboard to change the increment from positive to negative.)
Increment(1.00)[A]/Direction(-)[B]/Elevation <452.00>:    A (Press A on the puck or keyboard to increase it by the Increment again.)
Increment(1.00)[A]/Direction(-)[B]/Elevation <451.00>:    A (Press A on the puck or keyboard to increase it by the Increment again.)
Increment(1.00)[A]/Direction(-)[B]/Elevation <450.00>:    A (Press A on the puck or keyboard to increase it by the Increment again.)
Increment(1.00)[A]/Direction(-)[B]/Elevation <449.00>:    A (Press A on the puck or keyboard to increase it by the Increment again.)
Increment(1.00)[A]/Direction(-)[B]/Elevation <448.00>:   press Enter on the puck or keyboard to start digitizing
Pick and drag to digitize (Enter to finish): <Pen down>  <Pen up> (press Enter on the puck or keyboard to finish sketching)
1 polyline with 109 edges recorded.
Note:
If you are using puck layout 2, then Takeoff would prompt you differently here.
Pick and drag to digitize (Press [0]/Enter to finish):   <Pen down>  <Pen up> (press 0 on the puck or press Enter on the keyboard to finish sketching)
1 polyline with 109 edges recorded.

Close[A]/Undo[B]/Pick to continue (Enter to finish):   press Enter on the puck or keyboard to finish the contour line
Digitize Another Contour [<Yes(A)>/No(B)]?    B (press B to finish digitizing contour line in sketch mode)

Pick Mode:

Digitize Contours Dialog
Enter Layer Name, Elevation Interval, Increment in Sketch Mode if select Sketch Mode, and toggle on/off Auto Detect Close Contour etc.
Increment(1.00)[A]/Direction(+)[B]/Elevation <458.00>:    press Enter on the puck or keyboard to start digitizing
First point:
Close[A]/Undo[B]/Pick next point (Enter to end):   pick next point
(You can force a contour to close on itself by pressing A or remove mistake by pressing B.)
Close[A]/Undo[B]/Pick next point (Enter to end):   pick next point
Close[A]/Undo[B]/Pick next point (Enter to end):   pick next point
Close[A]/Undo[B]/Pick next point (Enter to end):   pick next point
Close[A]/Undo[B]/Pick next point (Enter to end):   press Enter to finish picking
Digitize Another Contour [<Yes(A)>/No(B)]?    A (press A to digitize next contour line)
Increment(1.00)[A]/Direction(+)[B]/Elevation <459.00>:   press Enter on the puck or keyboard to start digitizing
First point:
Close[A]/Undo[B]/Pick next point (Enter to end):   pick next point
Close[A]/Undo[B]/Pick next point (Enter to end):   pick next point
Close[A]/Undo[B]/Pick next point (Enter to end):   pick next point
Close[A]/Undo[B]/Pick next point (Enter to end):   pick next point
Close[A]/Undo[B]/Pick next point (Enter to end):   press Enter to finish picking
Digitize Another Contour [<Yes(A)>/No(B)]?    B (press B on the puck or enter No on the keyboard to finish digitizing contour line in pick mode)

digcont_exist, digcont_final

Digitize

Have a digitizer board and a puck connected to your computer, and have Wintab driver installed. The digitizer has been correctly set up. Have done tablet calibration for current drawing.

This command allows you to digitize section lines and store the section data in the section file you have specified. The command first prompts you the Digitize Section Dialog. Enter the section file name and determine if you want to digitize second and third sections at the same station. Look at your plans and determines the station interval, which is used to automatically default to the next station value when digitizing a series of stations. If the grids at all the stations have the same base elevation, toggle on Use Fixed Base Grid Elevation. You can also toggle on Interpolate Zero Offset Elevation, Prompt for Subgrades, Prompt for Save for Each Section and Use Beeps with Prompts. Click OK to start digitizing.

Takeoff prompts you to calibrate the section sheet before you digitize the section lines. You pick three points and specify their offsets to the centerline and elevations in order to determine the horizontal and vertical intervals. Corners on the section grid are preferred reference points. Place your cursor at one end of the section line and begin digitizing the line. While digitizing a line, you can remove a mistake by pressing A on the puck or entering Undo on the keyboard. At the end of the section line, press Enter on your puck or keyboard. The station is completed, and the station value is automatically incremented. The command would prompts to digitize next section. You can press A on the puck or enter Exit on the keyboard to finish digitizing. If  you want to continue to digitize next section, press Enter or enter the new station number. For every station after the first one, you can calibrate the grid sheet by picking one reference point and specify its offset and elevation. After you digitize the section lines on your drawing, all the section data would be saved in a section file (.sct).

Digitize Section Dialog
Enter Section File Name, Station Interval, and toggle on/off Use Fixed Base Grid Elevation etc.
Section station to digitize <0.000>:    press Enter to start with station 0.0 or enter a station number
Calibrate section sheet
Pick First section sheet reference point:   pick a grid point of this station on your drawing
Enter offset <0.0>:   press Enter to accept the offset or enter the offset of the point to the centerline
Enter elevation:    1030 (enter the Elevation of the reference point)
Pick Second section reference point:   pick the second grid point
Enter offset:    0 (enter the offset of the point to the centerline) 
Enter elevation:    1040 (enter the Elevation of the reference point)
Pick Third section reference point:   pick the third grid  point
Enter offset:    50 (enter the offset of the point to the centerline) 
Enter elevation:    1040 (enter the Elevation of the reference point)

3 calibration points

Transformation type:            Orthogonal            Affine        Projective
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Outcome of fit:                        Success              Exact        Impossible
RMS Error:                            11.49
Standard deviation:                 2.38
Largest residual:                     14.08
At point:                                 2
Second-largest residual:          14.08
At point:                                 1

Digitize break point for DRAWING1 section 0.000 (Enter to end):   pick a point on the section line
Offset: -39.81 Elev: 1028.80
Digitize break point for DRAWING1 section 0.000 (Undo[A],Enter to end):   pick a point on the section line
Offset: -9.94 Elev: 1030.03
Digitize break point for DRAWING1 section 0.000 (Undo[A],Enter to end):   pick a point on the section line
Offset: 49.44 Elev: 1034.93
Digitize break point for DRAWING1 section 0.000 (Undo[A],Enter to end):   press Enter to finish
Save changes to DRAWING1 section 0.000 [<Yes(A)>/No(B)]?   A (press A or B)

Exit[A]/Section station to digitize <50.000>:    200 (enter next station number)

Calibrate next section
Pick section reference point:   pick a grid point of the station on your drawing
Enter offset <0.00>:    press Enter to accept the offset or enter the offset of the point to the centerline
Enter elevation <1030.00>:    1020 (enter the Elevation of the reference point)
Digitize break point for DRAWING1 section 200.000 (Enter to end):   pick a point on the section line
Offset: -40.40 Elev: 1008.07
Digitize break point for DRAWING1 section 200.000 (Undo[A],Enter to end):   pick a point on the section line
Offset: -5.38 Elev: 1019.98
Digitize break point for DRAWING1 section 200.000 (Undo[A],Enter to end):   pick a point on the section line
Offset: 27.86 Elev: 1030.02
Digitize break point for DRAWING1 section 200.000 (Undo[A],Enter to end):   pick a point on the section line
Offset: 50.33 Elev: 1035.80
Digitize break point for DRAWING1 section 200.000 (Undo[A],Enter to end):   press Enter to finish
Save changes to DRAWING1 section 200.000 [<Yes(A)>/No(B)]?   A (press A or B)

Exit[A]/Section station to digitize <250.000>:    A (press A to finish or enter the station number to continue)

digxsec

Digitize

Have a digitizer board and a puck connected to your computer, and have Wintab driver installed. The digitizer has been correctly set up. Have done tablet calibration for current drawing.

There are two types of end areas: cut area and fill area. This command allows you to digitize both cut area and fill area on the drawing and writes data to a .ew file. The command first prompts you to calibrate the section sheet by picking three points and specify their offsets to the centerline and elevations in order to determine the horizontal and vertical intervals .Corners on the section grid are preferred reference points. Then it prompts you to digitize the cut area and fill area respectively. Place your cursor at one end of the end area and begin digitizing the outline of the area. At the end of the section line, press Enter on your puck or keyboard. The end area is completed, and its area is printed on the command line, and you are prompted to digitize next end area. After you finish all the end area at one station, accumulated cut area and fill area are computed and printed out on the screen. All data of cut area and fill area at every station would be saved in the area file (.ew) that you have specified.

Calibrate section sheet
Pick First section sheet reference point:   pick a point on the drawing
Enter offset <0.0>:   press Enter to accept the offset (or enter the offset of the point to the centerline)
Enter elevation:    1020 (enter the Elevation of the reference point)
Pick Second section reference point:   pick a point
Enter offset:    0 (enter the offset of the point to the centerline)
Enter elevation:    1030 (enter the Elevation of the reference point)
Pick Third section reference point:   pick a point
Enter offset:    50 (enter the offset of the point to the centerline)
Enter elevation:    1030 (enter the Elevation of the reference point)

3 calibration points

Transformation type:            Orthogonal            Affine        Projective
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Outcome of fit:                      Success                Exact        Impossible
RMS Error:                           11.69
Standard deviation:                2.40
Largest residual:                    14.29
At point:                                2
Second-largest residual:         14.29
At point:                                3

Digitize cut area (Enter to end):    pick a point that is on the outline of the cut area, 0*(0.211129 1030.76)
Digitize cut area (Enter to end):    pick a point that is on the outline of the cut area, 1*(11.5804 1030.49)
Digitize cut area (Enter to end):    pick a point that is on the outline of the cut area, 2*(17.8643 1030.73)
Digitize cut area (Enter to end):    pick a point that is on the outline of the cut area, 3*(19.0216 1032.35)
Digitize cut area (Enter to end):    pick a point that is on the outline of the cut area, 4*(-0.777246 1030.75)
Digitize cut area (Enter to end):   press Enter to finish
End area: 17.2312
Accumulated Cut Area: 17.2312
More Cut Areas [Yes(A)/<No>(B)]?   press A to digitize more Cut Areas, or press B to finish digitizing Cut Areas.

Accumulated Cut Area: 17.2312
Digitize fill area (Enter to end):    pick a point that is on the outline of the fill area, 0*(-18.9614 1029.65)
Digitize fill area (Enter to end):    pick a point that is on the outline of the fill area, 1*(-18.1315 1030.75)
Digitize fill area (Enter to end):    pick a point that is on the outline of the fill area, 2*(-11.9592 1030.49)
Digitize fill area (Enter to end):    pick a point that is on the outline of the fill area, 3*(-2.06761 1030.72)
Digitize fill area (Enter to end):    pick a point that is on the outline of the fill area, 4*(-10.0082 1030.01)
Digitize fill area (Enter to end):    pick a point that is on the outline of the fill area, 5*(-18.531 1029.67)
Digitize fill area (Enter to end):   press enter to finish
End area: 8.64646
Accumulated Cut Area: 8.64646
More Fill Areas [Yes(A)/<No>(B)]?   press A to digitize more Fill Areas, or press B to finish digitizing Fill Areas.
Accumulated Cut Area: 8.64646
Total Cut Area: 17.2312
Total Fill Area: 8.64646
Store data to file [<Yes>(A)/No(B)]?   press A or B

Opened file: C:\Program Files\Carlson TakeOff 2004\DATA\Drawing1.ew
Station Number:    1 (enter Station Number)

Data Stored in file: C:\Program Files\Carlson TakeOff 2004\DATA\Drawing1.ew
Digitize another station [<Yes>(A)/No(B)]?   B (press A or B)

digendar

Digitize

Have a digitizer board and a puck connected to your computer, and have Wintab driver installed. The digitizer has been correctly set up. Have done tablet calibration for current drawing.