To stake out points
You can stake a single point or group of points from the map, or from the menu.
Before you start, configure your navigation display settings. You can stake relative to a DTM or the design elevation, if required.
When navigating to the point, you can navigate to and stake a new point defined by an azimuth and offset from the selected point, if required.
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- Tap the point in the map and then tap Stakeout. Alternatively, double-tap the point.
- Navigate to the point.
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When the point is within tolerance, measure the point.
In a conventional survey, make sure the Target height is correct. To change the target height, tap the target icon in the status bar and edit the height of the target. Tap Accept.
In a GNSS survey, make sure the Antenna height and Measured to information is correct.
- Tap Store.
- If you selected the View before storage option, the staked deltas you selected in the Stakeout options screen are shown. Tap Store.
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- Tap
and select Stakeout / Points.
- If the Stake out point form appears beside the map showing a list, tap > Point to change to staking a single point.
- Tap
next to the Point name field and select:
- List to view a list of all points in the current job and linked files.
- Wildcard search to select from a filtered list of all points in the current job and linked files.
- Key in to key in the coordinates of the point to stake.
Tap Closest to populate the Point name field with the name of the closest point. Closest searches the current job and all linked files to find the closest point that is not an as‑staked point or a design point for the as‑staked points.
- Enter the Point increment value. After measuring and storing the point, the software uses the Point increment value to determine the next point to stake. To:
- Return to the stake out point screen after staking a point, enter an increment of 0 or ?.
- Automatically increment to the next point, enter a valid increment value.
If a point does not exist using the increment specified, tap Cancel to return to this screen after staking a point. Alternatively, tap the Search button to find the next available point.
You can use a decimal point increment, for example 0.5. You can also increment the numeric component of a point name that ends in alpha characters, for example, you can increment 1000a by 1 to 1001a. To do this, tap
and then clear the Apply to numeric only setting.
- Navigate to the point.
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When the point is within tolerance, measure the point.
In a conventional survey, make sure the Target height is correct. To change the target height, tap the target icon in the status bar and edit the height of the target. Tap Accept.
In a GNSS survey, make sure the Antenna height and Measured to information is correct.
- Tap Store.
- If you selected the View before storage option, the staked deltas you selected in the Stakeout options screen are shown. Tap Store.
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The software uses the Point increment value to determine the next point to stake. If a point with the increment value exists, the name and navigation information for the next point are shown.
If the point does not exist, the Stake out point screen appears. Select the next point to stake. Tap Next to find the next point. If it does not exist, tap the Search button to find the next available point.
When staking a single point, you can still use a stake point list to ensure that you stake all required points. To do this, build the stake list, make sure that Remove staked point from list is enabled, and stake points using the stake a single point mode. As points are staked they will be removed from the stake list. Tap > List as required to check which points still need to be staked.
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To stake a group of points, you must create a list of points to stake out, and then select a point from the list and stake it out.
You can update the Stake out point list by changing point selections in the map, when the Stake out point list is displayed on the right.
To work in the map without affecting the points in the Stake out point list , for example to compute an intersection between two lines, close the Stake out point list first, or advance through to the Stake out point navigation screen before you change the map selection. Switch to, or reopen the Stake out point list to return to the previous stakeout list. When you return to the Stake out point list, the map selection updates so that the points selected in the map match the points in the Stake out point list.
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- In the map, select the points to be staked out. Tap Stakeout.
- The Stake out points screen lists the points selected for stakeout. To add more points to the list, do one of the following:
- Select them on the map then tap them in the list to confirm the selection. Tap OK.
- Tap Add. Select the method you want to use to add points to the list.
The points you selected are shown in the Stake out point list.
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- Tap
and select Stakeout / Points.
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If the map is not shown and the Stake out point form is full-width, tap > List to change to staking points from a list.
The Stake out points screen lists all points selected for stake out. The list may already contain points that were added to the list previously but not staked out.
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Tap Add. Select the method you want to use to add points to the list.
The points you selected are shown in the Stake out point list.
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To select points in a CSV/TXT file or another job that is not linked to the current job:
- Tap
and select Stakeout / Points.
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If the map is not shown and the Stake out point form is full-width, tap > List to change to staking points from a list.
- Tap Add.
- Tap Select from file.
- Tap the file to select it or use the controller arrow keys to select the file. Tap Accept.
- If the Advanced geodetic check box is enabled in the Cogo settings screen, and you select a CSV or TXT file, you must specify the Coordinate type of the points in the file. Select Grid points or Grid (local) points.
- If the points in the file are Grid (local) points, select the transformation to use to transform them to grid points:
To assign the transformation later, select Not applied, this will be defined later. Tap Accept.
- To create a new display transformation, select Create new transformation. Tap Next and complete the required steps. See Transformations.
- To select an existing display transformation, select Select transformation. Select the display transformation from the list. Tap Accept.
- To select the points from the file to add to the stakeout list, tap each point name or tap All.
Points in the CSV/TXT/JOB file that are already in the stake out list do not appear and cannot be added again to the list.
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Tap Add.
The points you selected are shown in the Stake out point list.
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- To select a point for stake out from the points list, tap the point name or use the controller arrow keys to select the point. Tap Stakeout.
- Navigate to the point.
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When the point is within tolerance, measure the point.
In a conventional survey, make sure the Target height is correct. To change the target height, tap the target icon in the status bar and edit the height of the target. Tap Accept.
In a GNSS survey, make sure the Antenna height and Measured to information is correct.
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Tap Store.
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If you selected the View before storage option, the staked deltas you selected in the Stakeout options screen are shown. Tap Store.
The software shows the list of points to be staked out, with the point you just staked out removed.
- Select the next point and then repeat the process.