Chapter 8 | Importing Measurements
Importing Total Station Data, RTK GPS Data, and other Measurements
Importing Data
Virtual Tutor: Go to help > point array > import to learn more about importing total station data.
Measurements can be imported into Virtual CRASH for Public Safety in a few formats. Your files needs to have a .txt, .xyz, .pts, .csv, or .dxf extension.
Simply drag and drop your file into the workspace or use Project > Import (change the file type drop down in the bottom right corner).
Once opened, you will be prompted to enter information about your data (see below). Use the “file format” drop down menu to enter the format of your data. Remember, the data must be in a non-proprietary text format.
Next select the units used for your instrument.
Once imported, you will see a single “point array” object in your project menu. This object contains all of your total station data. Go to the “points” menu in the left-side control panel to review the point list. You can specify point number, label, and position. You can also hide individual points.
You can also create new points and add them to your point array by using the “create” button in the “points” menu (Virtual Tutor: Go to help > point array > create point).
To draw polylines or other CAD elements through your points, you can snap to your points by enabling the snaps toggle, then enabling Point Array snapping (see below).
Auto-draw Feature
You can take advantage of the auto-draw feature, which will automatically draw polylines to connect your points, so long as your use a common description for those points to be connected, and if the points appear in the order (going down the file) they are to be connected. If you skip a block of points that were supposed to be connected, you can continue as if there were no interruptions – simply use the same description. You can always reorganize your points as needed using a spreadsheet application such as MS Excel.
Select your point array, then left-click on tools > convert > to polylines.
You’ll then see a new group appear with the polyline objects. You can open the group and modify any of the polyline properties. Note, each polyline is named after the group of points it is connecting.
Tags: Importing data, measurements, total station, RTK GPS, measurement log.
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