Stake positions relative to the road
This stakeout method can be used when staking from a road design file. It does not apply when staking Strings and surfaces.
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In the stakeout selection screen, select To the road from the Stake field, or double‑tap an empty part of the map. This will clear any selected items in the map, leaving you ready to stake positions relative to the road.
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To stake points offset from the road, leaving the roadway clear for construction, define a construction offset.
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To view the perpendicular cut/fill to the road, select Options and in the Road group box set the Design cut/fill field to Perpendicular.
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Tap Start.
The Road navigation screen appears. Tap Options to configure preferences for the navigation display, grade, as-staked point details, or to view stakeout deltas relative to a digital terrain model (DTM).
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Use the information in the Road navigation screen to see your position relative to the road and navigate to the point to stake it out.
If your current position is:
- Within 30 m of the horizontal alignment, the plan view shows a dashed green line drawn at a right angle from your current position to the alignment.
- More than 30 meters from the horizontal alignment, the software navigates you to a position on the horizontal alignment. This is calculated by projecting your current position at right angles to the horizontal alignment.
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When the point is within tolerance, tap Measure to measure the point.
When using a Trimble SX12 scanning total station in TRK mode with the laser pointer enabled, the Stakeout screen shows the Mark point softkey instead of the Measure softkey. Tap Mark point to put the instrument into STD mode. The laser pointer stops flashing and moves to position itself at the EDM location. When you tap Accept to store the point, the instrument automatically returns to TRK mode and the laser pointer resumes flashing. To remeasure and update the stakeout deltas, tap Measure after you tap Mark point and before you tap Accept.
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Tap Store.
The software returns to the navigation screen.
Next steps
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To continue measuring points along the road, tap the Sta+ or Sta‑ softkey to select the next or previous station.
If you have enabled the Auto increment field in the Select station screen then the next or previous station is automatically selected. See Stations available for stakeout.
- To change stakeout methods, and stake:
- To the road, double-tap an empty part of the map.
- To a string, tap the string in the map.
- A Station on a string, tap the station on a string in the map.
- To exit this stakeout method, tap Esc.
