Quick guide for point stakeout in Drape mode

To stakeout in Drape mode the given design points hidden in the wall (Wall 1 point), in the floor (Floor 2 point), in the ceiling (Ceiling 3 point) (see the scheme below).

The result of this stakeout in Drape mode will be the projections of each inaccessible point to the corresponding drape plane (Wall 1_stk, Floor 2_stk, Ceiling 3_stk), which are accessible and ready to marking out. The distance between the design point and its respective projection is the "drilling" distance and the projection point is the center of "drilling" in perpendicular to the drape plane.

  1. Configure survey with Robotic Total Station. Click - - .
  2. Connect to the configured total station. Click - .
  3. Setup Occupation point and Backsight. Click - - .
  4. Open the Stake Point dialog. Click - - .
  5. Click , select Setup - Drape mode from the dialog menu to enable Drape mode: (Drape) is added to the dialog's title, target type is forced to non-prism.
  6. Select the desired design point (Wall 1 in our example) from the map or from the list and click Next.
  7. In the open Drape Option dialog, select Find a new plane for each point - in our example we have only one inaccessible design point hidden in the wall.
  8. Then select an appropriate plane (Wall in our example) for the chosen point: next to Wall confirms the selection.
  9. Click Stake.
  10. The dialog may open with a prompt to turn the instrument to the Wall hiding the inaccessible design point. Turn the total station as the application requests and click Yes.
  11. The robotic total station starts scanning for a drape plane according to the settings made and after the plane is scanned the instrument's laser pointer specifies the drape point on that plane for the inaccessible design point Wall 1.
  12. The Stake dialog opens and its Map View shows a location along with the design point Wall 1 and the calculated drape point on the scanned plane.
  13. Design Button at the bottom of the Stake dialog displays the design point name and opens a pop-up list detailing the design point information with an option to scan for a new drape plane.
  14. Click any Text field in the bottom part of the map to open the Select Stakeout Value dialog and select Drape Projected Distance from the list of available parameters. The "drilling" distance between the design point Wall 1 and the found drape point now displays in that Text Field.
  15. Click / (Precise / Quick EDM mode) to measure the found drape point and open the Store Point dialog to review the staked drape point attributes and store this point in the current job.
  16. In the open Store Point dialog you also have an option to store the scanned drape plane in the current job for further use. Open the Drape tab of this dialog, check the box Save drape plane, enter the plane name and layer and click to save the drape point and drape plane and return to Map View of the Stake dialog.
  17. Staked drape point Wall 1_stk and scanned drape plane now appear as objects in the current job's map. Ensure Staked points and Planes are selected in the Map Properties (click on the map).

For Floor 2 and Ceiling 3 inaccessible design points, repeat the routine using Floor and Ceiling on step 8 and 10.

More information: Quick guide for line stakeout in Drape mode.