The equipment database is where you set up the various types of survey equipment that you are using in the field. Doing so allows you to apply the proper correction factors to your traverse analyses when it is time to balance your traverse. Civil 3D comes with a sample piece of equipment for you to inspect to see what information you will need when it comes time to create your equipment. The Equipment Database Manager dialog provides all the default settings for the sample equipment in the equipment database. On the Survey tab of Toolspace, expand Equipment Databases, right-click Sample, and click Manage Equipment Database to access this dialog, shown in Figure 1. |
| Use Equipment Database Manager. |
You will want to create your own equipment entries and enter the specifications for your particular total station. Add a new piece of equipment to the database by clicking the plus sign at the top of the Equipment Database Manager window. If you are unsure of the settings to enter, refer to the user documentation that you received when you purchased your total station.
Also be careful that you aren’t applying a correction that hasn’t already been applied in the gun itself such as prism offset.