Thanx mate very helpful waz give 1 last week and told youll get the hang of it lol managed to do a curved filter pipe and had it in the field don't know how lol yours is the best video iv found so thanx again
HI, very nice tutorial.Been using it on dozers but actually had to learn myself on the job, luckily as you said it's quite user friendly. I just wanted to ask if you can make a more in depth tutorial on creating surfaces from the machine like flat, slopes or road...Didn't have the time to play with it yet and not always using GPS, but I would reccomend these videos to some fellow operators for sure. Thank you.
@@machinecontrol Awesome , that would help a lot. Lots of operators get thrown at it without any previous training actually... Thanks again for taking the time to make such videos.
Hi Alan, Do you have any knowledge on creating model designs on cad before uploading them to the machine? If a 2d dwg with coordinates set simply pop up on the GPS? Thanks
Hi Blaine. The system demands a triangulation either as an XML or DXF. You can't do this via standard CAD it would need to be done in Civil3D or similar. I use n4ce to do mine, other programs like LSS or BricsCAD would also work. The triangulation is the same as what people refer to as a model or surface. Leica call it a DTM. Imagine you uploaded your current drawing to a handheld GPS or total station controller, you would only get heights compared to design level if you clicked on a specific point or line. Creating a triangulation draws lines between all the known heights and interpolates values so if you were to upload the triangulation into your handheld GPS or total station you would have a cut/fill value anywhere you walk on the site without selecting a specific point, very very handy. This is what a dozer or excavator needs so it displays cut/fill values anywhere on the job.
Once you have a model (triangulated layer) you need to create a folder on a USB and call it Projects. Inside there create a new folder with your job name and put your file in there along with any localisation you may or may not have. If you do then ideally a .LOK file. If you are working off national grid then don't worry about that it should be predefined.
Hello to you… great video I’m really new to this and I needed a head start…. Just what I needed keep them coming please… need all the help I can muster…
Thanks for the video I've just started using topcon and your a great help
Thanx mate very helpful waz give 1 last week and told youll get the hang of it lol managed to do a curved filter pipe and had it in the field don't know how lol yours is the best video iv found so thanx again
Cheers Ian. I have new ones soon to be uploaded. Thanks for the feedback. Any questions while using it, send them my way
thanks Alan, just had this system fitted to an hitachi 13t and been dropped in at the deep end, your video has been very helpful
Any Q's just ask
Good talk though video mate just been giving this and at the moment needing to lean as I go till get the traning 🤙🏼🏴
HI, very nice tutorial.Been using it on dozers but actually had to learn myself on the job, luckily as you said it's quite user friendly. I just wanted to ask if you can make a more in depth tutorial on creating surfaces from the machine like flat, slopes or road...Didn't have the time to play with it yet and not always using GPS, but I would reccomend these videos to some fellow operators for sure.
Thank you.
Hi Germy, thanks and yes no problem.
These are pretty rough but thought I would share what I had. I'll upload on regarding surfaces.
@@machinecontrol Awesome , that would help a lot. Lots of operators get thrown at it without any previous training actually... Thanks again for taking the time to make such videos.
Hi Alan,
Do you have any knowledge on creating model designs on cad before uploading them to the machine? If a 2d dwg with coordinates set simply pop up on the GPS?
Thanks
Hi Blaine. The system demands a triangulation either as an XML or DXF. You can't do this via standard CAD it would need to be done in Civil3D or similar. I use n4ce to do mine, other programs like LSS or BricsCAD would also work. The triangulation is the same as what people refer to as a model or surface. Leica call it a DTM.
Imagine you uploaded your current drawing to a handheld GPS or total station controller, you would only get heights compared to design level if you clicked on a specific point or line. Creating a triangulation draws lines between all the known heights and interpolates values so if you were to upload the triangulation into your handheld GPS or total station you would have a cut/fill value anywhere you walk on the site without selecting a specific point, very very handy. This is what a dozer or excavator needs so it displays cut/fill values anywhere on the job.
Once you have a model (triangulated layer) you need to create a folder on a USB and call it Projects. Inside there create a new folder with your job name and put your file in there along with any localisation you may or may not have. If you do then ideally a .LOK file. If you are working off national grid then don't worry about that it should be predefined.
Hello to you… great video I’m really new to this and I needed a head start…. Just what I needed keep them coming please… need all the help I can muster…