CAD for Site Engineers 2 Days

Course content

By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:

• Set up a logical filing system
• Import data from the total station
• Tabulate data
• Re-reduce raw data and re-create the co-ordinates of the points
• Check the accuracy of the instrument set-up and control points based on measured data
• Retrospectively attribute codes to points or recode points
• Annotate levels
• Set up code tables
• Transform local coordinates into OS and vice versa
• Create annotated sections
• Import images
• Select points from an electronic file and export them to a setting out schedule
• Create a contoured plan
• Compare volumes between subsequent surveys
• Use least squares adjustment to analyse results including control point data
• Retrospectively insert or edit break lines
• Carry out visual checks on 3D models
• Render slab levels and create a ‘heat map’ of as-built Vs design levels
• Select layers to isolate the relevant information
• Check and convert units
• Import data into the total station including strings, polylines and design surfaces
• Describe the potential technical and contractual pitfalls of working with electronic information as opposed to hard copy drawings
• Create drawings and deliverables and present them correctly

Duration:2 days

Cost:£329.17 + VAT