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Stakeout surface

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  • The function allows to determine in the field the design elevation of a three-dimensional surfaces loaded in current job.

  • For every position, the elevation of the current position is compared with the elevation interpolated on the surface and the difference of elevation is calculated.

  • The surfaces stakeout can be used for:

    • Stakeout of a planned surface in the field.

    • Quality check to test the correspondence between the built and the plan.

For more information on how to import or create a surface please refer to Surfaces and Volumes.

The command is also available from the Surfaces list.


  • Click Stakeout.

  • Click Surface.

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  • Select from the list of available surfaces in the job the surface to stakeout.

Stakeout the surface

  • The software shows the surface stakeout page.

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  • The side panel visualizes in real-time the difference of elevation between the current position and the elevation interpolated on the surface. The field above the cut/fill value shows the surface elevation at current position.

  • In the input field, manage the point name.

  • Click Measure to measure the current position with stakeout information.

Stakeout surface view mode

  • It is possible to change the surface stakeout view mode clicking on image-20250723-090252.png icon.

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    • CAD: shows the standard CAD view.

    • Elevation: shows in a readable way the cut/fill values and the current elevation of the surface. This view mode is recommended when the GNSS is used in machine control setup.

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    • Elevation and CAD: shows in a split screen the CAD view and the cut/fill values with current elevation of the surface.

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Change the surface during the stakeout

  • To change the surface to stakeout click the surface name on the left bar.

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  • Select the surface to stakeout from the list of available surfaces in the job.

Apply a vertical offset to the surface

  • To apply a vertical offset to the surface to stakeout click on the left bar.

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  • Specify how the offset is applied and the offset value.

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    • Offset vertical: the offset is applied vertically to the selected surface.

    • Offset perpendicular: the offset is applied perpendicular to the selected surface.

    • Offset: the offset values.

  • Click OK to apply the offset.

Display vertical or perpendicular elevation difference

  • The software allows to display the elevation difference to the surface as vertical or perpendicular to the surface.

  • To change the visualization click the elevation difference icon.

    • Vertical elevation difference:

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    • Perpendicular elevation difference:

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Stakeout two surfaces

  • The software allows to stakeout in parallel two different surfaces, and have elevation differences to both the surfaces.

  • To add a second surface click Add and select the second surface.

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  • The software shows the elevation differences from the current position to the two surfaces.

  • For each surface the software also indicates the current surface elevation and the difference in elevation between the two surfaces.

  • It is also possible to apply a vertical offset to the surfaces.

Display the cross section profile

  • It is possible to change the view from top-view to cross section view.

  • Click the icon on CAD to change to cross section view.

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