Hello Carlson forum, thanks for allowing me to join this wonderful group.
We use Field to finish for our survey crews here and I have an issue with the linework every now and then that may be unique to my machine as I don’t really see any forums complaining about the issue and likewise, no other drafter using the same software where I work seem to have this issue happen to them. The software I use is Carlson 2020 with the embedded Autocad civil 3d used as a foundation.
So I normally receive a project with a set coordinate file that contains non conflicting ranged point groups from each field crew that I run as the project progresses to keep up with daily survey linework updates when they come in. That said, there will be older point groups that I have already addressed and revised for the linework that I of course do not want ran again.
The problem I have every now and then, mainly on larger projects with over 1000 points is what I call a Field to finish blow out. What happens is that areas I have already revised and edited from a field to finish run the day before, will tangle up and revert back to some hybrid version of the old field to finish order that I have since revised and joined and edited for any crossings or line tangles/overlaps. What was once a uniform set of linework revised from the initial field to finish runs, will revert back the next morning upon opening the project where I have to either re-revise linework yet again, or open up a backup or autosave drawing in order to replace the now tangled linework.
I have two examples of the line work tangling or blow out, as I call it, where I already revised the line work by either joining a re-drawn portion to where I cut or ‘break’ the tangled portion and ‘join’ it to a newly drawn ‘3dp’ line from the side shot data, or I untangle it manually by moving the nodes to then ‘add node’ to sideshots between the beginning and end points of the 3d polyline I am revising.
In the examples below, you will see this blow out effect happen to gutter lines, edge of pavement, a building line, and some concrete linework. Linework that comes from banks, streams, and ditches normally doesn’t blow out like this because I do little editing for those with exception to revising a few nodes by stretching or adding to clear out any line crossing between top and bottom of bank features. Essentially the blow out effect happens usually to 3d lines I have revised by joining to newly drawn linework or lines where I added nodes in between the begin and end point I describe above.
My settings are standard to what my company has set up for each computer, and it all works well except every now and then, usually on large topos with over a thousand points, will show me this blow out effect that cannot be repaired unless I do so manually or replace it with an older archived drawing. Strangely, even with copy and basepoint line work replacements, I have still seen this effect take place, as it seems the memory or link attached to them, somehow adopts them given that they are identical before the blow out takes place. One thing that may be relevant in my general settings, is that I have the linking linework to points checked off, and I wonder if that has something to do with all this.
If anyone has ever dealt with this strange effect from already revised and refined linework from field to finish runs, please let me know what the cause may be and likewise, if there is a solution to this issue. I am attaching a screen shot of the progression where I show the already revised linework on the left, from an initial field to finish run, and then how it looked when I opened it this morning on the right hand side.
Thank you and I hope you all have a great day.
Jerry Pace, Georgia, USA, Survey Drafter/LSIT