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InRoads Survey

Course Summary

This course introduces you to using InRoads Survey software for the collection, reduction, and evaluation of electronic survey data. At the completion of this course, you will be familiar with using InRoads Survey software to collect, review, evaluate and edit survey data. And how to pass the intelligence of the survey data onto InRoads design software increasing the efficiency and consistency of your design workflow.


InRoads Survey
» Madison, WI, Aug 14-15, 2008

Price
» $795

Instructors

The seminar will be led by one of the primary instructors listed below, as well as others from The Envision Group’s professional staff.

Ronald J. BrysRonald J. Brys, PLS
Mr. Brys, is the founder and president of the training and consulting firm The Envision Group. He is a former Land Surveyor, designer, and CADD system administrator. He has specialized in the software MicroStation & InRoads from Bentley Systems Corporation. His experience with the application of the software for engineering firms is invaluable in the instruction and ultimate use in a productive manner.

He received his degree in Civil Engineering Technology from the Madison Area Technical College and became a licensed Land Surveyor in 1981. Mr. Brys is a qualified instructor for the InRoads suite of products including InRoads (roadway/site design) and InRoads Survey (survey data collection and processing). He is also a qualified instructor for classes ranging from MicroStation Basics to advanced topics  such as 3D modeling and visualization.

He has nearly three decades of experience in the management of data for civil engineering design and construction projects ranging from airports, urban infrastructure design, to environmental sites and facilities.

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Course Description

This course introduces you to using InRoads Survey software for the collection, reduction, and evaluation of electronic survey data.

At the completion of this course, you will be familiar with using InRoads Survey software to collect, review, evaluate and edit survey data. And how to pass the intelligence of the survey data onto InRoads design software increasing the efficiency and consistency of your design workflow.

Course Content:

  1. Introduction to InRoads Survey
    • Learning InRoads Survey
    • A descriptive overview
    • Important concepts
    • InRoads vs. CAD
    • An orientation to Comm IT
    • Loading raw data
    • The InRoads Survey fieldbook
    • The feature table
    • Exporting data
    • InRoads locks
  2. Production Essentials
    • Platform setup
    • Project Defaults
    • Interface & Menus
    • Viewing Survey Data
    • Survey Options
  3. Importing a Data Collector File
    • Data collector format
    • Correcting Errors
  4. Features
    • Feature coding
    • Alpha coding vs. numeric coding
    • Feature code intelligence
    • Feature attributes
    • Custom operations
    • Point connection
    • Line connectivity
    • Using control codes
    • Creating a new feature
  5. InRoads Survey Fieldbook
    • Reviewing fieldbook data
    • Displaying fieldbook data
    • CAD vs. fieldbook viewing
    • Editing the fieldbook
    • Adding information to the fieldbook
    • Saving fieldbook information
  6. Exporting the Fieldbook
    • Viewing options
    • Survey data to graphics
    • Survey data to surface
    • Survey data to geometry
    • Using the text import wizard
    • Getting information to the data collector
  7. Exporting Survey data to InRoads
    • Options
    • Symbology manager
    • Feature style manager
    • Preference manger
    • Geometry style manager
    • Feature table to preferences
  8. Surface Models
    • Fieldbook to surface
    • Surface properties
    • Feature properties
    • Surface evaluation
    • View surface commands
    • Fieldbook editing
    • Place feature command
    • Editing features
    • InRoads design surface commands
  9. Fieldbook Geometry Data
    • Viewing geometry
    • Gogo Point Creation
    • Creating/editing alignments
    • InRoads geometry overview


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