The company I work for is making a large investment in Trimble total stations, collectors, RTK equipment and software. My background is mostly FDOT design surveys using EFB, Caice and Microstation. I'm reaching out others to see what advice or best practices there are for utilizing Trimble products and file types with SS3 OpenRoads cadd platform. I see the collectors have a multitude of data file formats (.dc, .jxl, .fbk etc.). I have imported a few .dc files into SS3 with success. I have a few specific questions.
1. Is the linework coding in the .dc file?
2. Are the linework codes the traditional TDS "begin" and "end" type linking codes?
3. Does Trimble software support alphanumeric point naming conventions?
4. We will be utilizing Trimble Access for processing GPS data. Should I also use Access to analyse total station data before introducing the information to Microstation/Geopak? I'm thinking traverse analysis and vertical closure checks.
Any advice or ideas will be greatly appreciated.