This tab allows you to set configuration options for the stakeout routines.





Note: Use this option with care.  You may not realize that this option is set, and will discover that directions to your expected stakeout point of 10 are really based on a point 10 from another file altogether the control file.



Stake Offset Desc

This allows you to define what the ID is called for each offset location in the Stake Offset routine.



Auto Descriptions

This button allows you to configure the point description when you store points in stakeout.  The very act of storing a staked point is optional.  You can stake a point or a station and offset, but must click Store Point within the stakeout screens to actually store a point.  If you do choose to store the point, the description is configurable.  See image below.



A user in Australia or Great Britain might want to change the STA for “Station” to CH for “Chainage”.  An example of a typical stake description, based on your configuration settings, is shown at the bottom left of the screen.  The first line (STK1317 CB#22 CUT 2.100) represents a typical Stake Point description, where CB#22 is the description you would enter, and the rest is governed by your Stake Description settings.  Similarly, if centerline-based stakeout is being conducted, then the lower line would apply.  The description (CL in this case) is the only aspect entered by the user in the field during stakeout.  All the rest is reported based on your Stake Description settings.  If you turn off an item, note how it will not appear in the reported “sample” description.  The “+” in the station can also be configured to appear or not appear, but this is set globally within the Units Tab of Job Settings.  The behavior of the On/Off, Up/Down and Update buttons is identical to that discussed above in the Cutsheet discussion.


Other routines, particularly Cross Section Survey and Slope Staking (part of the Roading features), have their own settings for descriptions.  When any automatic description for stakeout is turned on, the program will no longer default to the last-entered description;  it will use the “automatic” description instead.  If you type a new description, you will turn off the “automatic” stakeout description.  If you delete the default (new) description, the program will return to using the automatic stakeout description.  To delete, you can simply place the cursor in the description field and hit the delete key — there is no need to first highlight the description.


Alignment Settings

This dialog allows the user to define how all alignments and roads are staked.




Alignment Tab


Station, Offset, Elevation, Description, as in

20100, -11.5, 102.34,

20109.23, -11.5, 102.35, PC



Road Tab


Cutsheets

There can be as many as three cutsheet files active at one time, one for point staking cutsheets, one for centerline staking cutsheets and one for slope stake cutsheets.  All three cutsheet files can be given distinct names, and any of the three can be turned on or off for purposes of storing.  It is even possible to have a fourth, named, cutsheet file if cutsheets are turned on within Cross Section Survey in the Roading menu.  And finally, if cutsheets are reported from the raw file, a distinct new name can be assigned prior to recalling the raw file and creating the cutsheet file.  All cutsheet files are ASCII and can be viewed in a text editor or an Excel Spreadsheet.


The Cutsheets button leads to the following options:




Format

Select the format button to configure each cutsheet to your liking. Column order and column headers are completely user-defined and any column can be turned off if not useful.




Edit File

Select this option to edit and review the cutsheet file.  Shown below is a point cutsheet file as viewed in the Edit File option. Notice that the vertical bars of the spreadsheet can be moved left and right to condense the display and who more of the header lines.  Just pick them in the title line and move them. The Cutsheet editor also includes the ability to insert and delete lines.  If you insert a line and enter a Design Elevation and a Stake Elevation, the program will compute the cut or fill.  Using the Special button, you can increase or decrease the Pt ID, Design Elevation or Stake Elevation by any desired amount, and the cut or fill will be computed.  Do not use the Special button to directly modify the cut or fill.