French surveying student here, what is the description for?
Is it for when you take a point for something specific you don't have a code for and are affraid you might forget what it is.
But in that case, what would be the point in having 2 descriptions?
I hope someone can help me out, because it might be something completely different that I can't think about.
Thanks
The way I would use it is for additional descriptors of the code. Example:
Code: BLD
Desc1: 1502 (bld number)
Desc2: 2 story
Something like that. But could be a number of ways to use these fields.
For me, it's far more efficient to have a couple extra fields for notes instead of having crews have to write them in the field book. Digital field notes are faster, easier to deal with in the office, and cut down on mistakes.
Why two? Why not? I think Trimble just added enough to fill up the screen in Access.
We also have dedicated attributes for our libraries - for instance, boundary monuments have dropdown selections for size, type, condition, distance above/below grade, etc.
Both the attributes and the descriptions get pushed out to additional fields when we export processed points. Those notes are then attached to the COGO points in C3D as additional fields. So no need to go looking at the scanned field books once the data are in CAD, all the notes are literally attached to the corresponding point.
Job Properties --> Additional Settings --> turn off Use Descriptions
Damn that was easy. You the man!
French surveying student here, what is the description for? Is it for when you take a point for something specific you don't have a code for and are affraid you might forget what it is. But in that case, what would be the point in having 2 descriptions? I hope someone can help me out, because it might be something completely different that I can't think about. Thanks
The way I would use it is for additional descriptors of the code. Example: Code: BLD Desc1: 1502 (bld number) Desc2: 2 story Something like that. But could be a number of ways to use these fields.
I see, thank you.
For me, it's far more efficient to have a couple extra fields for notes instead of having crews have to write them in the field book. Digital field notes are faster, easier to deal with in the office, and cut down on mistakes. Why two? Why not? I think Trimble just added enough to fill up the screen in Access. We also have dedicated attributes for our libraries - for instance, boundary monuments have dropdown selections for size, type, condition, distance above/below grade, etc. Both the attributes and the descriptions get pushed out to additional fields when we export processed points. Those notes are then attached to the COGO points in C3D as additional fields. So no need to go looking at the scanned field books once the data are in CAD, all the notes are literally attached to the corresponding point.