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Customizing Topcon Tools Application Guide

Part Number 7010-0941 Rev A

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How to Customize Topcon Tools .................................... How to Setup Your Project for a Local Region ........ How to Save the Current Settings ............................. How to Install Topcon Tools for a Local Region ..... Typical Installation............................................. Custom Installation ............................................. How to Customize Reports ....................................... How to Customize the Toolbar for Your Own Tasks How to Customize the Filter ..................................... How to Create a Custom Format File ....................... How to Show Only Desired Columns in Tabular View......................................................... 1 1 4 5 5 5 7 13 23 25 28

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How to Customize Topcon Tools
How to Setup Your Project for a Local Region
Before importing raw data to the created Topcon Tools job, Topcon recommends customizing this job to work in the desired area.In the job, the user can set: • The corresponding projection for this region - SPC-83 grid system, zone Ohio (North) • The geoid model that covers the area where the job’s points are located. • The linear unit used by the surveyor • The local time The user sets these items in the tables of the Job Configuration dialog box. Described below is an example of how to configure a new job for RTK datafrom the Ohio region: 1. To set the desired projection, click Job Job Configuration Coordinate System. Select USA SPC83 Ohio (North) projection in the Projection field.

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2. Select Grid in the Coordinate Type field:

3. To select the corresponding geoid, which covers the work area, please go to NGS web site (http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PC_PROD/ GEOID03/index.shtml) andselect the desired geoid. Using information from this page, geoid g2003u07.bin is used for an example:

4. In the Coordinate System tab click the Geoid List button. On the Geoid List dialog box, click the Add button, select the file format USA 99 and 2003 Geoid, navigate to the location of the

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correspondinggeoid g2003u07.bin, and click Open on the Open dialog box: .

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5. To select the desired linear unit, click Job Job Configuration Units and select US Feet in the field:

6. To set the local time, click Job Job Configuration and click the Time tab.

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How to Save the CurrentSettings
The user can take the above steps only once. You can save these settings and use them for other jobs, and in other computers, where Topcon Tools is installed. To save the entered settings, do the following: 1. Click Job Job Configuration. 2. Click the Save configuration button. 3. Type in the desired name into the Configuration name field. 4. Click the OK button. Topcon Tools createsthe file ‘MY_CONFIGURATION.ttcfg’ in the C:\Documents and Settings\User_Mane\TopconTools\Configurations folder. 5. To use this saved configuration file in any other job, click List Configuration. 6. Highlight the desired configuration. 7. Click the Load button. 3 4 6 1 2 5 7

8. To use this configuration in other computer copy the ‘MY_CONFIGURATION.ttcfg’ file into the folder: C:\Documents and...