Topocad Mapping and design software

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TopocadMapping and design software
Chaos systems AB

• Tomas SandströmSales managerChaos systems AB

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Topocad calculation software - agenda

• Introduction to Chaos systems and Topocad
• The digital flow - how we look at it.
• Communication and calculation
• Traverse and Net adjustment
• CAD, transformations and calculations
• Database connections ArcGIS
• Plans and drawings, output
• Planning and design

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Chaos systems AB

• Swedish company founded 1993.
• Main office in Stockholm, rep. office in Beijing
• 25 employees, turnover 2.7 M

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Topocad - history

• 1995 version 1.0 of Topocad ready
• 2005 version release of 8.0
• Today, yearly new releases based on maintenance
  agreements.
• Support of 12 languages, approx. 70 countries.
  Today we have more than 8 000 active licenses
  around the world.

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Topocad - what it is

• It is CAD application made for mapping and
  design, TOPOgraphic CAD

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The digital flow
Survey
CalculationTraverseNet adjustment
Communication
Stake out
Mapping, CAD
Plans drawings
Design
ArcGIS
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The digital flow
Survey
CalculationTraverseNet adjustment
Communication
Stake out
Topocad!
Mapping, CAD
Plans drawings
Design
ArcGIS
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Survey and communication
Survey
Communication

• Topocad communicates with most total stations and
  GPS receivers.
• Input and output.
• Manual input
• Field module for direct communication from GPS
  to the map.

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Calculation
CalculationTraverseNet adjustment

• Least square calculation within survey
  calculation.
• Base package with built-in traverse calculation
• Net adjustment module
• Plan and height
• Error tests
• Reports
• Simulation
• Add new known points to database.
• Add graphic to drawing and GIS database.

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Mapping and CAD

• Built-in CAD engine
• TOP drawing contains more data than other file
  formats made for GIS solutions.
• 3D system
• Settings for maps projections and
  transformations.

Mapping, CAD
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Mapping and CAD

• Built-in CAD engine
• TOP drawing contains more data than other file
  formats made for GIS solutions.
• 3D system
• Settings for maps projections and
  transformations.

Mapping, CAD in 3 dimensions
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GIS adaptations

• GIS/database storage possibility
• ArcGIS adapter for personal geodatabase or
  ArcSDE database.

Seamless connection to ArcGIS Open, save, add,
version management
ArcGIS
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Topocad ArcGIS
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Map in Topocad
Map in ArcGIS

• Maps drawing manner stored in XML files
• Long transaction
• Topocad remembers new, edited and deleted
  objects.
• Points, lines, surfaces (polygons) and texts.

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Remember this!
Survey
CalculationTraverseNet adjustment
Communication

• It should work from the surveyor to ready GIS
  without to much of editing!
• Code tables, layers, attributes, map setup, geo
  database makes this happen!

Mapping, CAD
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Plans and drawings

• Use Topocad for sketches, situation plans,
  as-built drawings, 3D pictures, etc.

Plans drawings
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Design

• Topocad is also a design application.
• Use it for road and railway design, sewer, pipes,
  excavations, concrete and asphalt calculations.

Design
Digital terrain model
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Design

• Topocad is also a design application.
• Use it for road and railway design, sewer, pipes,
  excavations, concrete and asphalt calculations.

Design
Volume calculation
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Design

• Topocad is also a design application.
• Use it for road and railway design, sewer, pipes,
  excavations, concrete and asphalt calculations.

Design
Profiles
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Design

• Topocad is also a design application.
• Use it for road and railway design, sewer, pipes,
  excavations, concrete and asphalt calculations.

Design
Sections
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Stake out and output

• Export to instruments and GPS.
• Export to co-ordinate files
• Export to drawing files.
• Export to databases.

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Demonstrations
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Thanks for your interest!