STARTING SURVEY

USING
TOTAL STATION

PREPARED BY
ARPIT MEHTA(110453)
MANJEET YADAV(110424)
SAWAN MISHRA(110475)
SHWETABH GUPTA(110480)

And other students of section C4(2K10

Batch)

Under the Guidance of

Dr. Mahesh Pal

INITIAL SETTINGS OF TOTAL STATION

1.Press Menu > Settings
2.Enter General Settings
Page1
Tilt Correction : 2 Axis
Hz Correction : On
Page2
Hz increment : Right
V Setting
: Zenith
Face 1 def.
: V left
Page 3
Angle Unit
: Degree ,minute,
second
Page 5
Double Point Id : Not Allowed
3.Enter EDM Settings
EDM Mode : Prism Standard (if
working with
prism)
: Non Prism Mode (if not
working with
prism)
Prism Type : Round
NOTE : Given prism constants not to be
changed unless specified on the of prism
used.

Laser Point : On/Of

FOR SURVEYING WHEN THE INSTRUMENT IS SETUP FIRST

TIME
1. Switch on the instrument.

2. Press Function Key(FNC).Press F1 for leveling & centering.

Firstly, do approximate levelling by using the Tripod legs. When

the bubble comes inside the circle as shown in fig. further leveling
is done by using Foot screws. The Intensity of the laser beam.

Can be adjusted by using the up and down Arrow keys. When the
leveling is done centering gets slightly disturbed. In that case
unclamp the screw (with the help of which instrument is clamped
to the tripod stand) & move the instrument slightly to correct the
centering.
3. Press MENU.
4. Press (PROGRAMS).

5. Press F1 (STATION SETUP).

6. Press F1 (Set Job).

7. Press F1 (NEW) to give a new job name.

8. To write the name of the job. Press F1 (INPUT) and then using
the Function keys F1 to F4 give the name and Then Press Enter
Key.

9. Press F4 (OK)

10. Press F2 (Set Accuracy limit)

11. Press F4 (OK) OR you may give some accuracy limit

Generally accuracy limit is not disturbed. It is kept as it is.

12. Press F4 (OK)

14. Now select the method of orientation. Initially we dont have a
Backsight point so we select the method of Orientation by
Angle. Give Height of Instrument in the Option(hi) as shown in
the fig.

15. Now go down by using the F4(arrow) as shown on the screen &
Press ENH to enter the occupied stations Easting, Northing &
Height.

16.And Press F4 OK.

17. Now give reflector height for prism say (1.500m) in the Option
(hr).
18. Now sight a particular direction & press the F4 (arrow) as
shown in fig. and set the horizontal angle to zero by using Option
(Hz=0).
19. Press F4 SET now your station and orientation has been set.
After that you can start surveying.
20. In main menu bring the cursor to program icon and Press Enter
key.

21. Now press F2(Surveying).

22. If you have set station setup already then Press F4 Directly Now
your survey is started .By giving Pt ID and hr you can collect data
by sighting any point using the prism(in prism mode) or by using
laser(in Non prism mode).No need to give hr in Non-prism mode.

At last you can start any program in Program menu .The

station setup is same for all programs.

STAKEOUT(This function helps to locate a point in memory

on the ground).
1.In main menu bring the cursor on program and press Enter key

2. Press F3(Stakeout).

3. Press F1 Set Job.

4. Press F1 New and give job name or choose the job from
memory and press F4 OK.

5. If your station setup is already done then press F4 start

6. After that select the point ID from memory it will indicate angle
& distance. Make the angle zero with the help of tangent screw.

If new points that are not in memory are to be located on

the ground than it is called Layout. Press F4 arrow key
until ENH appears.

7.Press F2 (ENH)

8.Give the Pt ID and give the Easting, Northing, Height. And Press
F4 OK

Now the steps are same as before in stakeout. Make

the angle zero

STEPS FOR SHIFTING THE TOTAL STATION

After taking sufficient no. of readings on diferent points there is
a need to shift the instrument to cover subsequent area.
Suppose we are shifting the instrument to the last point we have
sighted having point id (say 25) and the point id of occupied
station is (say 1)
1. Now Shift the total station to the twenty fifth points.
2. Do centering & leveling as discussed above.
3. Also, shift the prism to point (1) & now it needs to be leveled
by placing it in the tripod stand (there is a separate tripod
stand for prism to level it) by adjusting the legs by pressing
the buttons given on each leg.
4. After that we need to do some setting in the total station.
These are as follows:
5. Press MENU > PROGRAMS

6. Press F1 (Station Setup)

7. Press F1 (Set Job).

8. Enter the Name of the Job as discussed above.

9. Press F4 (Start).
10.
In front of the method select Orientation with
coordinates (not resection as shown in figure below. Use
navigation key to change this resection method to
orientation with coordinates).
11.
Now measure the height of the instrument & enter it in
the option (hi).
12.
Now the occupied station is the twenty fifth point. Enter
the point Id(25) or you can go to the option List and enter
the point from there.
13.

Now Press OK.

14.
Now we will give the point Id of the point to be
targeted/Sighted(i.e 1)
15.
The point Id can be directly given by using input or the
point can be taken from the list.
16.
Press F4 (OK).
17.
Now Sight point (1) & Press F1(ALL).

18.
Now Press F4(Compute).
19.
Now Press F4(SET).
20.
Press F1(Old) or F2(Average) or F3(New)
(Generally We go with F1(Old) )
21.
Now the Orientation has been set & you can start
surveying as before by entering MENU > PROGRAMS >
SURVEYING.
Steps for Operating the Tie Distance Program.
The Tie Distance Program is used to find the horizontal distance
between two points either by measurement in the field or if the
coordinates of the points are present in the memory.
1. Press MENU
2. Program

3. Press PAGE.

4. Press F1 (Tie Distance).

5. The First three steps will remain the same(set job).

6. Press F4 (Start).

7. There are two type of distance Polygonal and Radial.

8. The Polygonal is the point-to-point distance where as the
Radial is used for finding the distance from a single point
being kept fixed. We select here F2 Polygon

When the Points are not in memory and you want to operate the
program by taking the measurements right in the field,
9. Sight the 1st point and Press F1(ALL).

10.

Now sight the 2nd point and Press F1 (ALL).

11.
Now you can see the results(Tie Distance) displayed
on the screen.

When the coordinates of the points are already in the

memory.
1. In front of the point enter the number of the first point and
Press F2 (FIND).
2. If the Point is in the memory it will be found then press F4
(OK).

3. In front of Point 2 Enter the number of the second point again

Press F2 (FIND).
4. Press F4 (OK).
5. The results(Tie Distance) are displayed on the screen.
Steps for Operating the Area Program.
1. Press MENU.
2. Press F1 (Programs).

3. Press PAGE.

4. Press F2 (Area).

5. The First three steps are the same(i.eSet Job).

6. Press F4 (Start).

The points whose area is to be found can be either in the

memory or can be sighted directly in the field.
7. In front of Point ID Enter the number of the first point Press
F1 (ALL).

8. Keep on sighting the point in a proper sequence until you

have all the points once you have shot all the point for the
enclosing area Press F2 (RESULTS) the results(area) are
displayed on the screen.
The point whose area is to be found is already in the
memory.
9. In front of the point ID enter the number of the point, which
forms the enclosed area.
10.
After entering the point number Press FIND.
11.
Press F4 (OK).
12.
Keep on repeating this procedure until you have all the
point imported in the point and Press RESULT.
13.
The results(area) will be displayed on the screen.

VOLUME CALCULATION
1. Press MENU > PROGRAMS
2. Now go to Page(2) using Page Key (Key left to FNC).
3. Press F2(Area & DTM Volume)

4. The First three steps are the same(i.eSet Job).

5. Press F4 (Start).
6. Now enter the height of reflector(Prism) in the option(hr).

The points whose area is to be found can be either in the

memory or can be sighted directly in the field.
14.
In front of Point ID Enter the number of the first point
Press F1 (ALL).

15.
Keep on sighting the point in a proper sequence until
you have all the points once you have shot all the point for
the enclosing area Press F2 (RESULTS) the results(area) are
displayed on the screen.
16.
Press F4(arrow) so that option BREAKLINE is
displayed on the screen.
17.
Press F1(Breakline).
18.
Now sight a point in between the enclosed area and
press F1(ALL).
19.
Now Press F2(RESULTS).
20.
Volume will be displayed on the screen.

REMOTE HEIGHT PROGRAM

The Remote height program is used to find the elevation of the
remote points where it is possible to place the prism directly
below the point the point whose remote elevation is to be found.
1. Press MENU.
2. Press F1 (Programs).

3. Press PAGE.

4.Press F3 (Remote Height).

4. The first three steps will remain the same(i.e Set Job).

5. Now move the telescope and focus the bottom point and
press F1 (ALL)(In Non Prism mode)

6. Now move the telescope and focus the top point whose
elevation is to be found(In Non Prism mode).
7. The height value will be displayed on the screen.

LISCAD (MAPPING SOFTWARE) STEPS

INSTALLATION OF LISCAD SOFTWARE
Insert the CD in the CD DRIVE
Select LISCAD PLUS, Press NEXT
Select WORKSTATION
Select only (SURVEY AND ENGINEERING) option
Press NEXT
Press NEXT
Press FINISH
Press YES, Press OK
Press EXIT

HOW TO TRANSFER DATA FROM TOTAL

STATION T0 COMPUTER:For transferring the data follow the following
steps:1. Go to properties of your computer and then click on
hardware option and then after click on device
manager
2. Select port(USB serial/(profix)(com 3)
3. Now open flex office in your computer
4. Click on tool icon >data exchange manager
5. Select port > com 3(ts 02/06/09)
6. Right click >refresh
7. Proceed as follow:- com>files>job
8. Right click on job >copy
9. Paste it to your computer

10.
Change format to XML,GSI or any other you
want
11.
Dxf is autocad file and csv is excel file
12.
Fix file-F and measurement file-M
13.
In tools option in flex office click on import raw
data and select xml format file
14.
Click on project>new>assign
15.
Right click>(direction and distance) ,select
Point from 1 to 2( select any two point) and then
right click give you diferent observation

To export data click on export ascii data in

tools option(setting can be done depending
upon which type of data you want)
TO USE LEICA SEE :1. Open liscad see
2. Go to file > new >give file name> press
ok
3. Go to task > data conversion
4. Go to import data >user definable
>choose file (csv file)>enter
5. Select format free> give point id 1>east
2> north 3> elevation 4>code 5 in field
order
6. Change separator from space to comma
and then enter
7. If you get error then dont display it rather
cancel it
8. Now you can see your points on the
screen
9. For viewing of points with point no. &
crosses go to DISPLAY
10.
Select FEATURES

11.
12.
13.

Select POINTS
Select IDENTIFIER
Select CROSSES and press OK

For creation of line

go to task >computation >create >line
Select method which you want and click on the two point which you want to join
For polygon go to task > computation>create>polygon >select method and then
after click on the point which you want to be vertices of the polygon and if
you want area of the polygon then right click>display features >polygon >
area active and then after press end the area will be displayed inside the
polygon
Note: - in the method you get two method i.e by freehand or by existing point
By freehand the point is not available and you have 2 decide your own point in a
particular region by simple click
After importing data the point displayed on the screen are generally joined by
the line and if we have 2 make contour then figure is not clear so we go to
block and by free hand we select all the region and then delete the lines by
simply clicking on the icon provided in top right of deleting lines
CONTOURING
Select TASK
Select TERRAIN MODELING
Select MODELING
Select VALIDATION
Press OK (with default settings)
(If there is any error, try again from modeling---validation & uncheck the boxes of
duplicate co-ordinates and then trying--------further if there is error then remove the
point which are creating errors ) please note that finally there should be no error.
Press OK
Again select MODELING

Select FORM MODEL and fill the require data and new figure will be displayed
actually triangulisation will be there
For contours, select DISPLAY
Select FEATURES
Select MODEL
Give MAJOR & MINOR contour intervals (smaller for small altitude variation)
Click on the CONTOURS
Click on the VALUES
Click in the box of ALONG THE LINE
Press OK and the contour will appear on the screen
VOLUMES
(Please make sure that you have created a model by terrain modeling method before
computing the volume)
Select TASKS> volumes
Select VOLUMES
Select BASE PLANE
Give DATUM ELEVATION (at what level you want to draw plane)
Press on COMPUTE VOLUME
You will see volume above datum and below datum and if you want to calculate
volume by dividing the figure into triangle hen select progressive calculation
before computing
Window 3d view
Go to task> utilities > configure > 3d >select open gl and press ok
Now go to window >new > and click on 3d view
After that right click > display features >select discrete colour in model

Click on the co-ordinate system given at the lower left to examine the model
Window cascades shows all the window we have created
PROFILES
(Please make sure that you have created a model by terrain modeling method before
computing the volume)
Select TASK
Select COMPUTATIONS
Select CREATE
Select ALIGNMENT
Select METHOD
Select EXISTING POINTS (select the points from which the alignment should pass)
Press END
Close the box
Select TASK
Select PROFILES
Select CREATE
Select SECTION MARKER
Select METHOD
Select RANGE; select the intervals according to your requirement
Press OK
Close the box
Select CREATE
Select CO-ORIDOR OF INTEREST
Select METHOD

Select TABLE
input the starting distance, 1st off set (left)_and 2nd offset (right with -ve sign)
Press ADD and keep on adding the points as per your requirement
Select APPLY
Press CLOSE
For long section go to 1 and for cross section go to 2
1. LONG SECTION
Select PROFILE
Select LONG SECTION
Select by ALIGNMENT
Select NEW WINDOW
Give long section name
Select PROFILE ALONG ALIGNMENT
Select PARAMETERS
Click on MODELS
Press OK
Press CREATE
You can see long section on the screen
Go to features for particular viewing
For final printing of long section
Select CAD OUTPUT
Select AUTO LISCADCAD
Select LONG SECTION LAYOUT
Select DEFAULT
Select LOAD

Set LONG SECTION PARAMETERS

(Select the output settings, give a name)
Select SAVE
Press OK
Select DATUM& SCALE (choose scale, sheet size..)
Press OK
Save LONG SECTION LAYOUT
Select OUTPUT TO CAD
Press OK
It will save the file with .LCD extension
Press EXIT
Now go to Cad 8.0 and open this file, you will see long section there
Now take the printout
2. Cross-section
Select PROFILE
Select CROSS SECTION
Give cross section name
Select ALIGNMENT
Select NEW WINDOW
Select PARAMETERS
Select MODELS
Select OK
Select CREATE
Press OK

You will see the first x-section on the screen

Press the NEXT CROSS SECTION button to see the 2 nd cross section and keep on
pressing the buttons for next cross sections
Press first x-section button to see 1st x-section
For final printing of cross-section
Select CAD OUTPUT
Select CAD 8.0
Select CROSS SECTION LAYOUT
Select DEFAULT
Select LOAD
Set CROSS SECTION PARAMETERS
(Select the output settings, give a name)
Select SAVE
Press OK
Select DATUM& SCALE (Choose scale, sheet size .)
Press OK
Save cross SECTION LAYOUT
Select OUTPUT TO CAD
Press OK
It will save the file with .LCD extension
Press EXIT
Now go to CAD 8.0 and open this file, you will see cross sections there
Now take the printout
FINAL PRINT OUT or cad output
Click on TASK
Click on CAD OUTPUT

Click on SETTING
Select CAD SYSTEM
Select AUTO CAD DXF
Select SETTINGS
Select PARAMETER FILE
Select NEW (Create only once and next time select the same setting by clicking on
OPEN and selecting the same)
Give name (say ongc)
Select codes (change the settings for text, points, line, and polygon)
Select save
Select close
Similarly go to tables and select the settings
Similarly for legends, grid, alignment model (for smooth contours select the curve
factor from 1-100 and the line weight)
Press OK
Go to OUTPUT
Click on FIT Button
Click on OPTIONS
Select the options you want to see
Press OK
It will save your file with the .lcd extension
Close Liscad SEE 8.0
Now you can open your drawing file in CAD 8.0