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1. Record Count Plots Count plots are taken to supplement the cruise plots They are used when there is a need for more basal area measurements to measure the stocking variation This system allows recording the count by species Count plots must be done exactly as the cruise plots using the same form point and prism factor Counts are recorded by entering the plot number prism or fixed radius code species and the number of trees in the CT column If count plots are taken with measure plots DO NOT record count trees on the measure plots Count trees can only be recorded on measure plots in a timber cruise with no count plots Atterbury Consultants Inc 28 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Example of count plot entry Count plots are highlighted in yellow yen O41N Rge 01W Sec 11 Tract TEST Type 1001 siz0ft Jor 140 16 er al asi 1 l fello T ros 1 20f1 lor 18 0 16 88 4 77 sof 13 0 87 d ATT Record Count Trees Count trees may be recorded by diameter class on measure plots when similar diameters occur in a sampled species or identical measure trees occur on a plot Count trees are useful in situations such as cruising merchantable stands with very little variation in tee measurements The count trees are recorded by entering the plot number of the measure plot being sampled prism factor species the
2. Min Max BdFt CuFt Abr Status Age Age Adjustment Adjustment DF 25 ep 0 10 100 Enter the species code for the species that is to be adjusted A status code value is optional Enter a minimum age for the adjustment required A maximum age is optional If you are adjusting BdFt volume or CuFt volume enter a decimal percent value i e to decrease the volume by 90 percent enter 0 10 in the adjustment cell You do not have to adjust both BdFt and CuFt but a 1 value must be entered in the cell where no adjustment is to occur 6 If you are adjusting Site Index a decimal percent adjustment value is entered into the CuFt adjustment cell with a 1 value in the BdFt adjustment cell 7 Start a new row for each additional species 8 When you have finished entering the species adjustment parameters click OK at the bottom of the adjustments table dialog screen BIN Age A table in which age categories are defined for the cruise data There are two fields Code and Description Currently not available Atterbury Consultants Inc 45 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Code A one character wide numeric field representing the age class Description A field describing the age class category For example for a Code 2 the description could be 150 249 meaning all those trees falling in the age class of 150 to 249 years Aspect Defines the codes used for describing aspect in a cruise Th
3. 8 You will be prompted when the transfer is complete Click OK Atterbury Consultants Inc 18 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Data Input x A Data transfer is complete The cruise project is now available for selection from the Project Selection screen in SuperACE 06 for accessing and reporting on the cruise data Download Tables to Pocket SuperEASY After creating the Species Sort and Grade tables in SuperACE 06 to be used on a cruise project the tables can be transferred to Pocket SuperEASY for use in the field Transferring Tables 1 Make sure that the mobile device is synced with the PC Open SuperACE 06 on the PC In SuperACE 06 make sure that the Species Sort and Grade tables that are to be transferred are set as the active tables 2 3 4 From the menu bar select File Export Tables to Windows Mobile Device FLIPS SuperACE Project DEMO Location C FLIPS061DE File Project Stand Ownership Reports Tables Setup View Help Cruise to Inventory Import D Printer Setup EE cru RA ES 0002 101 36 Y Y 0003 8592 y y 0004 30 26 y y 0005 2472 Y Y 5 The following screen appears Click on Copy Tables to Device BER Make sure your device is connected to the PC via ActiveSync Connecied Copy Tables to Device 6 The following screens appear when the process and transfer is complete
4. Match Fields Inventory TOWNSHIP RANGE Atterbury Consultants Inc 58 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Filling in the Buffers Area When the shapefile was initially selected the linkage routine automatically identified any records that contained a AY attribute If any Y attributes occur in the data they will be listed in the Buffers area of the interface screen In this portion of the screen the user may name the buffer fields with an alphanumeric name up to four characters long basically giving these areas a type designation Also the Priority column is filled in Priority assignments tell the software which field name is assigned to an area that two or more fields share in common For instance perhaps a light duty road crosses over a secondary highway Rather that have two records for the area contained in the intersection of their buffers the higher priority field contains the record 1 Click the cursor in a cell of the Inventory field next to the first GIS cell entry Priority 2 Enter a name up to 4 alphanumeric characters long to identify the GIS buffer 3 Set the priority for each buffer area by clicking in the cell and edit the desired priority assignment Matching the Data Once the fields have been picked to match on and the buffer names and priorities have been assigned if buffers exist in the shapefile it is time to let FLIPS and GIS search for data mat
5. For example an abandoned road might have a code of ABN with a description of ABANDONED ROAD Seed Zone A table that describes the seed zone that a stand falls in Code A three character wide numeric field describing the seed zone Description A brief description of the code For example a code of 041 would have a description of SEED ZONE 041 Slash A table that describes the distribution of slash on a site Code A one character wide alphabetic field that describes the distribution of slash Description A brief description of the code For example with Heavy slash distribution there would be a code of H with a description of HEAVY Soils A table that briefly describes the soils in the project area based on the type of tree species that can be grown there Code A five character wide alphabetic field that describes the soil type Description A brief description of the code For example with a code of NONCO the description would be NON CONIFER SITE CAN T GROW CONIFER SPP Sort GradeTable Overview The sort grade table is the table in which the project s sorts and grades are defined These definitions or classifications will be used when generating reports that have a reference to tree sorts and grades Below is a description of the fields of the sort grade table Table Name required The table name reflects the choice of sort table made from the Table Names dropdown list box of existing tables locate
6. 2 Choose Explode a Stand from the Stand menu The Stand Explode dialog appears 3 Change the Twn Rge Sec Type and Acres areas of the table to the appropriate information Note that each time information is entered into the bottom row of the table a new line appears This allows the user to continue to copy the type in new locations 4 Click OK The type is created in the new locations See also Copy a Stand Delete a Stand Export a Report Graph After running a report you can export a report or graph by clicking on the a button in the report preview window Next select the file format you wish the report graph to be exported in Then select the destination of the file and click OK This will bring a browse tree screen to browse to the drive and directory where you want to store the file See Also Run a Report Find a Stand It s easy to find a stand by using the Find Type dialog screen Select Find under the Stand drop menu The find type dialog screen appears Enter as many fields as needed to find the appropriate stand Click OK The desired stand is highlighted on the stand list screen Hr fe Go No Grow a Project A project may be grown either forward or backward to a user specified month and year The growth routine uses original stand data as its basis even when the project has been grown multiple times 1 Select a project 2 Choose Grow from the Project menu bar The Growth dialog appears 3 Fill in t
7. A 100 cruise tree is entered in SuperACE by preceding the plot number with a dash For example 001 Or use S1 in the PF column for the tree and assign a value of 1 in the type master screen Situations for use 1 A cruise of one tree 2 Marked trees along a right of way 3 A few less than 100 large scattered trees in a reproduction type which can be easily identified 4 A few scattered large trees of a merchantable type which are usually a different species age and of high value i e older Douglas fir trees in a younger stand The younger trees may be prism cruised while the more valuable Douglas fir trees should be 100 cruised Advantages 1 No sampling 2 Provides a record of every tree Disadvantages 1 100 cruises are expensive The higher costs must be justified by specific requirements which cannot be obtained otherwise 2 Possibility of missing trees 3 Possibility of cruising trees twice Strip Cruise A strip cruise is a cruise of a percentage of the total type area or number of trees Continuous strips are run through the tract at regular intervals A strip cruise is entered in the tree input screen of SuperACE by entering S1 S2 S3 S4 or S5 in the PF column for each tree record A strip cruise blow up factor is entered as a whole number on the type master screen For example if each tree cruised represents 5 trees a 20 cruise then a 5 is entered Atterbury Consultants Inc 3 S
8. Click OK on both Process is complete A Data transfer is complete 7 In Pocket SuperEASY tap on the Utl option at the bottom of the Project screen and select Receive Tables send from SA first Atterbury Consultants Inc 19 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual a PocketEASY dx 11 45 Project Type E 10M123 M015 01vv 10 TEST 0001 J015 01W 10 TEST 0002 Calcs D Transfer checked files to SA06 Receive Tables send from SA firs Change Db Location PocketEASY Information Master Plots Tbls Del Ut Exit Ej 8 Tap in the box next to the tables you wish to transfer to make a check mark appear e dx 10 15 Process Return 9 Tap Process The tables are transferred and can now be viewed and edited in Pocket SuperEASYTM Download Data from a CMT Unit 1 Connect download cable to com port 1 on the PC default setting in SuperACE and to com port 1 on the CMT 2 Select file from the opening menu of SuperACE and choose import from drop down menu 3 Select SuperACE from handheld e On CMT enter 7 to select Communications option e Enter 1 for Send Data H Use arrow keys to select the project to send H Select the type s in the selected project to send H Press the F2 key to initiate the transfer 4 After the transfer process is complete a dialog screen appears in SuperACE in which the destination of the data is entered 5 The cruise project is n
9. PocketEASY Information Master Plots Tbls Del Utl Exit Ej 3 Make sure that the mobile device is synced with the PC 4 In SuperACE 06 select from the menu bar File Import Cruise Files from Windows Mobile Device FLIPS SuperACE Project DEMO Location C FLIPS06 DEMO File Project Stand Ownership Reports Tables Setup View Help Cruise to Inventory SI SuperAce 2006 from DOS SuperAce Export gt Super ce 2006 from Handheld Printer Setup Backup Restore Exit DS otw 4 018 O1W 24 UNIT1 0005 24 72 Y N Flips 2006 from DOS SuperAce Flips 2006 from DOS Flips 5 Click Copy Data from Device on the following screen LR Make sure device is connected to the PC via ActiveSync Connected Copy Data hons Device 6 You will be prompted when the transfer is complete Click OK Sa x Process is complete 7 The following window will open allowing you to specify where the cruise data is to be stored on the PC Click Process after choosing the destination directory for your cruise data Note on some laptops and PCs this screen may appear on the taskbar at the bottom of the computer screen and will need to be restored to view it BER File Edit View Help osa ele Sle re Destination C FLIPSO6 DEMO Browse T Split into Domestic and Export Projects based on Age Coc Process For Help press F1
10. a user friendly flexible working environment to assist you in completing all of your timber cruising projects Below is a brief list of some of the exciting new features available with SuperACE Seamless Integration with FLIPS Import Data from DOS Versions of our Forestry Software Menu Driven On line Help Flexible Database Design Multiple sampling systems Generate Numerous Reports and Graphs Variable log lengths User defined tables Timber cruise and reforestation input Atterbury Consultants Inc 1 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Sampling Forests are generally too large and have too many trees for a 100 inventory of every tree Limited time and money for cruising usually dictates that the population be sampled Samples are collected that hopefully will represent the entire population Sampling has to be done in a way that the answers are still reliable Reliability comes only when the stratification is done properly the acres are calculated correctly the right sampling method is used the trees are measured or estimated correctly and data are properly extended to useful information There is always some risk of not having the right answer when sampling Bias can cause a systematic distortion This can be caused by using the wrong sampling system bad measurements or poor estimates This can only be avoided by cruiser training and continually measuring all of the parameters all day every day Accuracy means the
11. optional The minimum allowed small end diameter of a log for a particular tree species For example in many timber cruises logs smaller than a 5 x 12 are not accounted for If a value entered is less than the Min Dia value defined in the Sort Grade table then the value in the Sort Grade table will be overridden Min Len optional The overall minimum acceptable length of a log by species If a value is entered it overrides a lesser Min Len value defined in the Sort Grade table Max Len optional The ovarall maximum acceptable length of a log relative to scaling rules Logs over this length are split scaled Max Ht optional The maximum total tree height Trim required Excess length added on to the log that is not reported It compensates for length that will be lost in processing at the mill For example a 40 foot log may actually be 41 feet because approximately 1 foot may be lost in processing BdFt Rule required The board foot rule to be employed For example depending on where the project is located westside eastside or doyle rules may be employed CuFt Rule required The cubic foot rule to be employed when calculating volumes 1 Northwest S Samalian W Weyerhaeuser Weight optional The pounds of wood per either MBF or CCF Weight Type optional The volume unit used in the measurement of weight Would enter an M for MBF or a C for CCF Status A table classifying the status of a tree damage in a stand Atterbu
12. 12 inches for the butt log diameter would be JAEX 12 Product optional The type of product expected Sorts required An alphanumeric field representing the sorts of the logs being priced E g JCK would mean that all 3 sorts Japan China and Korea would have the same price Up to five sorts can be assigned to a single price Grades required An alphanumeric field representing the grades of the logs being priced Up to five grades can be assigned to a single price Min Dia required The minimum allowed diameter of the log being priced Max Dia optional The maximum allowed diameter of the log being priced Min Len required The minimum allowed length of the log being priced Max Len optional The maximum allowed length of the log being priced Rate required The number of dollars assigned to a Rate Type Rate Unit required Units of measure i e Thousands of board feet M cunits C tons T piece P etc Destination optional Name of the destination where logs will be delivered Load Size optional Average load size Margin optional Percentage Margin Unit optional Thousands of board feet M cunits C tons T piece P etc Roads A table that classifies types of roads Atterbury Consultants Inc 49 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Code A three character wide alphabetic field that describes a type of road Description A field that briefly describes the code
13. 125 R 18 45 0 5 50 F 6 15 0 S 19 47 5 6 60 G 7 17 5 T 20 50 0 7 70 H 8 20 0 U 21 52 5 8 80 IER 22 5 V 22 55 0 9 90 J 10 25 0 X 23 57 5 K 11 27 5 W 24 60 0 L 12 30 0 Y 25 62 5 M 13 32 5 Z 26 65 0 Bole Ht Bole Height required A three digit numeric field Bole height is the distance from the stump to the Top Diameter Fraction or the Top Diameter outside the bark to the nearest foot or meter Tot Ht Total Height optional A three digit numeric field Total height is the distance from the stump to the tip of the tree Maximum tree height for a species is input on the species screen Bole height and tree height can be entered individually or together Classification optional Po T1 Position O over story Older age trees usually residual D dominant C co dominant intermediate S suppressed U under story younger trees than the main canopy CR T2 Crown Ratio percent of the tree length with canopy 1 10 2 20 3 30 4 40 5 50 Atterbury Consultants Inc 23 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual 6 60 7 70 8 80 9 90 Vi T3 Vigor H healthy living tree may have damage M alive but damaged and or is not normal D dying Da T4 Damage A animal damage unknown species B bear C D deer E F fire G H insects J J rooted when planted K L M N O P Q R S T5 other Segments Up to 12 Segment
14. 48 History SE A A A a a AA Eini 48 LtEtt cea 48 NOMSIOCK EE 48 Non TIM eege ee ege 48 Price Table OvervieW EE 49 PRONG EE 49 Seed Zonen Ee Ee 50 EE 50 SOI EE 50 SOM Grade ee EE 50 Species Table Overview siesta cence eege ENEE ENEE Eege 51 o sas air ls 52 SP E 53 RE 53 Uer EE 53 EBSCO eebe eege 53 TO le Te 53 WSC TAU Oca EE 54 WHO ME 54 LINKING FLIPS TO A GIS SHAPEFILE use 54 Reasons eler We 54 Orga izing KEE 54 EE Eeer Pats scat tet chee eege EE SE 55 Initiating the Link MOE MOS ana aaa 57 Selecting th FLIPS Projectar oi id 58 Filling in the Match Fields EE 58 Filing in the Butters Aree EE 59 Matching the Data EE 59 Making Choices for the FI GIS Matched Area oooooccccinncccccnnonoccccccconcnncccnnnancnn cnn ncnnnnnnnnos 60 BACK oA a E ES E ee eege d 61 TECHNICAL SUPPORT weiss aiii snusctesuscsctcsasivstessseecaereneectessseeeeess 62 Before Calling for Technical Support cestos it Seodevnatebieey 62 Calling ACI Technical Support in the United Gates 62 Atterbury Consultants Inc SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Customer Services scot eeh Training Ee e How to Find a Class Near You or Set up Customized Training cooonnccccnnnnncccccnnnnancccnns Atterbury Consultants Inc SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Welcome to FLIPS Atterbury Consultants is pleased to bring you FLIPS the windows version of our Forest Land Inventory and Planning System FLIPS Finally a user friendly flexible working environm
15. 99N gow 14 St 2 27 In this case there are RDBUF and HYBUF fields because a road and hydro layer was overlayed so that road and hydro buffer stand masters could be created automatically in FLIPS through the linkage routine If you didn t create a road or hydro buffer layer these attributes will not be in the table and buffer stand masters will not be created in FLIPS Atterbury Consultants Inc 56 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Initiating the Link to Flips 1 Open SuperACE FLIPS 2 Click either on the on the B button on the toolbar or the GIS Link on the menu bar FLIPS SuperACE Project DEMO Location C FLIPSO8 DEMO File Project Stand Ownership Reports Tables Setup View GISLink TES FYS Help S PI ool col Ma Bl 3 The following dialog appears Lock p CQ Shape dec 9 lead cee A Section dts A stands det Fie pame 4 Select the Shapefile DBF file to be linked to a FLIPS project Remember that this should be a GIS shapefile that has tabular fields that match the tabular fields in a FLIPS project These fields will not necessarily have the same name but they must represent the same data 5 Click Open The Linking interface screen appears Note You can only select one shapefile to link at a time however you can open a new session to link additional GIS files as many times as you wish You can click on the Exit Program button at any time to exit the program Atte
16. Ratio percent of the tree length with canopy 1 10 2 20 3 30 4 40 5 50 6 60 7 70 8 80 9 90 Atterbury Consultants Inc 8 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Vi T3 Vigor H healthy living tree may have damage M alive but damaged and or is not normal D dying Da T4 Damage A animal damage unknown species B bear C D deer E F fire G H l insects J J rooted when planted K L M N O P Q R S T5 other Segments Up to 12 Segments can be described for each tree required for volume calculation SH Segment number two digit automatically assigned by the program This includes cull segments breakouts and logs S Sort A single alpha or numeric code as described in the active sort grade table G Grade A single alpha or numeric code as described in the active sort grade table Ln Segment length Two digit numeric On the final log segment of a tree a may be entered instead of a numeric length If a is entered the program will compute the length of the segment to the minimum top diameter Log length min and max are defined in the species sort and grade tables Bd Ft F Board Foot length deductions Il Board Foot diameter deductions Cu Ft F Cubic Foot length deductions I Cubic Foot diameter deductions Numeric field left blank when using length or diameter deductions A 1 is e
17. available projects is found by clicking the b i button on the opening screen tool bar Or by selecting Project on the menu bar then Select Project from the drop down menu This opens the project selection screen To select a specific project mouse click on the gray area to the left of the desired project Once a project is highlighted click on the Select button at the bottom of the screen to display the associated stands Select a Stand The list of available stands appear on the opening screen To select a stand 1 Click the mouse on the gray area to the far left of the stand The entire line should be highlighted in black 2 The Stand Information screen can be accessed by either double clicking on the desired stand or by selecting Stand on the menu bar then select Stand from the drop down menu See also Select Multiple Stands Start Forest VIEW If you have purchased ForestVIEW 3 7 you can start it without leaving FLIPS Select ForestVIEW from the Stand drop down menu Update Inventory from Cruise Data There two methods for moving cruise data into an inventory Site index and age must be assigned to each species on the type master screen before the cruise data can be processed Method 1 1 Select the stand or stands that have cruise data to be moved into inventory Note If no stands are selected then all cruise data in the project will be moved into inventory 2 From the menu bar select File and from the drop down menu s
18. become necessary to change species sort or grade codes in a type or project An example would be if a cruiser mistakenly used a different set of species sort or grade codes than the other cruisers on a cruise job In order to make all the data consistent the cruiser s codes will need to be changed before the data can be processed Instead of editing each tree entry one at a time the codes can be changed globally on a stand or project by using the Change Species Sort Grade option under Project and Stand on the menu bar Codes can be changed in SuperACE only Change Species Sort or Grade at the PROJECT Level Select the project to be processed Click on Project from the menu bar Click on Change Species Sort Grade from the Project menu The following screen appears Poe Atterbury Consultants Inc 13 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual m Species Sort r Grade Old NEW Old NEW Old NEW DF 8 1 RA 9 2 WH D 3 J 4 K 9 Cancel The codes shown under the Old column are the current codes assigned to the data 5 Under the NEW column enter the codes that are to replace the old codes If an old code is still to be used leave the new cell blank Each time a code is entered in a cell be sure to hit the enter key 6 Be sure that the new codes are consistent with the tables associated with the project After all the entries have been made click on the OK button 7 Th
19. classes for individual species The scaling diameter classes are defined by the user in the report parameters screen It summarizes information for an entire project or selected types associated with the project Spp Species for which the information is being reported ST Species status code Sort A means of classifying the type of tree usually based on its destination For example a tree may sorted according to export sorts local market destinations or take vs leave trees Grade A means of classifying a tree based on its quality generally defined by the local scaling bureau Log Len The length of the log assigned to a grade classification for a given species Gross MBF The total volume in MBF calculated for a given grade and log length without deductions for defect Def The percent of defect calculated for a given grade and log length Net MBF The total volume in MBF calculated for a given grade and log length after deductions for defect are removed Spc The percent of total species net mbf volume in a given grade and log length Net Volume by Scaling Diameter in Inches The calculated net mbf volume by scaling diameter classes See Also How to Run Reports Graphs Log Stock Table Percent Board Foot Report This report breaks down the percent board foot volume attributed to the individual sort grade combinations by scaling diameter classes for individual species The scaling diameter classes are
20. collector software lt may be necessary to change this setting on some PC s due to other input devices utilizing com port 1 i e mouse The com port settings are stored in the flips ini file which is located under the C windows directory Windows 98 C Winnt directory Windows 2000 XP To change the com port setting 1 Open the flips ini file using notepad or an editor software application 2 The file will look similar to this Directories Atterbury Consultants Inc 12 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual FlipsDir C FLIPS04 CurrDB C FLIPS04 DEMO DEMO mdb CurrDataDir C FLIPS04 DEMO Setup ID 3CE3 4018 CruFlag 1 InvFlag 1 Company ComPort 1 ConvBoise 1 Customer DEMO ReportWeyco 1 ReportMB 1 ReportBoise 1 ReportHampton 1 ForestVIEW PassDataDir C FV37 Project CurrProject DEMO Near the bottom of the Setup section is the statement ComPort 1 Simply change the 1 to a different com port number i e ComPort 2 Save the flips ini file and close Communications will now utilize the new com port setting oar wo Change Report Parameters Report parameters are accessed by choosing Reports on the opening menu bar Then choose Parameters and Log Stock Table or Project Summary by Species Sort Grade from the drop down menu Assign min and max values as needed and click OK All cells must have a value Change Species Sort or Grade Codes Situations may arise where it will
21. defined by the user in the report parameters screen It summarizes information for an entire project or selected types associated with the project Spp Species for which the information is being reported ST Species status code Sort A means of classifying the type of tree usually based on its destination For example a tree may sorted according to export sorts local market Atterbury Consultants Inc 37 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual destinations or take vs leave trees Grade A means of classifying a tree based on its quality generally defined by the local scaling bureau Log Len The length of the log assigned to a grade classification for a given species Gross MBF The total volume in MBF calculated for a given grade and log length without deductions for defect Def The percent of defect calculated for a given grade and log length Net MBF The total volume in MBF calculated for a given grade and log length after deductions for defect are removed Spe The percent of total species net mbf volume in a given grade and log length Percent Net Volume by Scaling Diameter in Inches The calculated percent net mbf volume by scaling diameter classes See Also How to Run Reports Graphs Log Stock Table Percent Cubic Feet Report This report breaks down the percent cubic foot volume attributed to the individual sort grade combinations by scaling diameter classes for individual species Th
22. diversity in age or size may have to be sampled with more than one system or plot size at the same time Nested plots can be used for many situations Merchantable stands with a few scattered large trees can be cruised with a BAF for the merchantable element and with a 100 or a strip used for the large trees Atterbury Consultants Inc 4 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Merchantable stands containing a minor species of high value can be cruised using a combination of prism for the major species and a strip cruise for the high value minor species Sampling Design and Intensity 1 Determine the accuracy needed for the project or each sampling unit type Prioritize the sampling intensity to the highest value largest nearest to operations or highest volume per acre 2 Stratify the ownership into sampling units types or operational units that can be sampled Each type may be sampled with a different method and intensity 3 The number of plot and tree samples is a function of the needed accuracy and the variation with the sampling unit Stratification can reduce the number of plots needed to satisfy accuracy Statistical calculations of the samples will determine the actual sampling error Estimating the number of plots needed for the accuracy comes more from experience than from statistical calculations before the sampling is started Statistics from old cruises in an area can help in judging the number of plots that are
23. estimates are close to the true values Often cruisers will measure one parameter such as DBH with great precision and guess all of the heights and have very inaccurate cruise The measurement effort must be balanced among all parameters in all species to avoid bias and error The populations in forests are often variable Every tree can have a different volume and balance and every acre a different volume and value This variation is measured by installing a series of samples spread over the entire population SuperACE calculates and reports a Statistical Summary for each timber type Variation and Standard Error are calculated for basal area net cubic feet per acre and net board feet per acre The confidence limits are printed for each parameter for a given standard deviation Usually foresters use one standard deviation or that the average will fall in the confidence limits 67 of the time The statistical calculations are done after the cruise is complete Rarely is it feasible to go back to the forest and take more samples The cruiser must decide before starting the cruise what kind of sampling system to use what kind of plots to take and how many plots to establish Stratifying the forest into homogeneous types usually brings the Coefficient of Variation in normal forests to around 50 We have found that 30 to 40 proportional plots with an average of 4 to 6 trees per plot or a total of around 150 sample trees will yield accurate ans
24. field that briefly describes the code For example with a code of CAB the description might be Cable Logging History Planning A table describing any previous or future planned land management operations For example the stand may have undergone a pre commercial thin or is slated to have a pre commercial thin carried out on it at some future point Code A two character wide alphabetic field describing the type of history or planning operation Description A brief description of the Code Ex If the stand had a prescribed burn planned for it the Code would be BU and the description would be BURN Landform A table that describes the project area terrain Code A five character wide alphabetic field that describes the type of terrain Description A field that briefly describes the code For example with a code of STEEP the description would be MORE THAN 30 SLOPE Another example is for a code of INACC the description would be INACCESSIBLE NonStock A table containing Codes Categories and Descriptions of various Non stocked types Code A two character wide field describing the classification code of non stocked area Category A two character alphabetic field describing a catagory grouping the non stocked area Description A field that briefly describes the kind of non stocked area For example a non stocked area with dense brush might have a code of DB for dense brush a category of BR for brush an
25. number alpha numeric is assigned to each plot Each plot in a timber type must have a unique number Duplicate plot number will be computed as one plot The program will check for duplicate plot numbers when you start entering a plot Plot numbers should be pre assigned when more than one cruiser is taking plots in a type Tree No Tree Number A three digit numeric field Tree number is assigned by the computer except when measuring permanent plots Users input tree numbers when measuring permanent plots for growth and each tree is going to be measured more than once PF Plot Factor or Prism Factor required A two digit alpha numeric field When a two digit number is entered the field is a Prism Factor or Basal Area Factor i e 20 equals a 20 BAF If a decimal value is used for a prism factor then a B1 B2 B3 B4 or B5 is entered with the prism factor value defined in the type master screen i e B1 is entered in the PF column and 33 61 is entered next to B1 in the type master screen Glass prisms should always be checked for the proper prism factor A letter followed by a number i e F1 R1 or S1 is referring to a Plot Factor in the type master screen These refer to various sampling systems and plot sizes If a cruiser requires that a tree be treated as a 100 cruise tree on a cruise plot enter the tree on a plot with the plot number preceded by a dash Up to 5 options for each sampling system can be used System Option Example A
26. of the destination project 4 In the lower Destination window use the browse button and browse to the directory where the destination project is stored 5 Select Copy in the options section and either Cruise or Inventory 6 Click OK See also Copy a Stand Delete a Project Delete a Stand Copy a Stand Select a stand to copy Choose Maintenance from the Stand drop down menu The Stand Maintenance dialog appears Select Copy and Cruise or Inventory from the Options area of the dialog Fill in the Destination Project and Destination Directory Choose the Type tab at the bottom of the dialog if a single stand is to be copied or select Section Tract if the types associated with an entire section or entire tract are to be copied 6 Inthe Destination area of the table in the dialog screen change Twn Rge Sec Tract and Type information as needed If only the tract name is to be edited follow the directions in the on line help for changing a tract name 7 Click OK The new stand is created in the new location OV eB CON IND x See also Change a Tract Name Delete a Stand Explode a Stand Create or Add a Project Build a new project from scratch or add an existing project 1 Choose New Project from the Project menu The Add Edit Dialog box appears 2 Set the path and directory for the project file in the Directory box 3 Fill in the Project box with a new project name up to 8 alphanumeric characters long or choose an existin
27. required for a certain accuracy on types to be sampled Average timber types have coefficient of variation of around 40 50 and can be sampled to about 10 at 1 standard deviation with 30 to 40 plots Proportional plots require about 4 6 trees average or 120 to 240 trees Stands with more variation require more plots or trees To reduce the error by half requires four times the samples Determine the number of sample trees per plot Proportional plots determine the BAF by estimating the basal area per acre and divide by 5 trees Example BAF 100 sa ft per acre 5 trees 20 Fixed area plots estimate the trees per acre and divide by 10 Example Plot Radius 200 trees per acre 10 20 acre plot radius of 26 33 feet Determine plot spacing Square grid sqrt 43 560 x type acres number of plots Example Total acres 44 Plots 44 Square grid sqrt 43 560 x 44 44 208 71 feet Acres per plot plot spacing 2 43 560 208 71 2 43 560 1 00 Rectangular grid Spacing between lines Acres x 43 560 plots x distance between plots Example Total acres 44 Plots A4 Distance between plots 132 Spacing between lines 44 ac X 43 560 44 plots x 132 330 Acres per plot distance between plots x spacing between lines 43 560 132 x 330 43 560 1 00 Lay out the plot lines on the maps to cross drainages and other patterns that may cause the sample to be in error The acres
28. table that classifies the trees relative to their position in a stand or health diseased suppressed etc Code A one character wide alphanumeric field describing a tree s health or position in the stand Description A brief description of the code Atterbury Consultants Inc 53 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual For example if a tree has mechanical defect from a pre commercial thin done to the stand the code would be M and the description would be MECH DEFECT Vegetation A table describing the type of vegetation found in the project area Code A two character wide alphabetic field describing the species of vegetation Description A field describing the code For example with a code of SW the description would be sword fern Wood Type A table describing the type of wood in the stand The table defines wood type codes entered into the species table Code A one character wide alphanumeric field describing the type of wood Description A field that briefly describes the code For example with a code of P the description would be PINE or with a code of W the description would be WHITEWOODS Linking FLIPS to a GIS Shapefile In order to take advantage of this program the user should be familiar with data in FLIPS that corresponds to data in the GIS The steps in this guide outline the procedures necessary to link data from a GIS to FLIPS or FLIPS to a GIS It is assumed that the polygon shapefile be
29. the bole This is entered as a single digit percent value or as an alpha value for diameter As shown below Top Diameter Fractions of FP Top Diameters Top Diameters TDF top dia dia at Form Point Alpha Codes Alpha Codes Code of diameter at FP Code Inches Centimeters Code Inches Centimeters 0 Total Height A 1 2 5 N 14 35 0 1 10 B 2 5 0 O 15 37 5 2 20 C 3 7 5 P 16 40 0 3 30 D 4 10 0 Q 17 42 5 4 40 E 5 125 R 18 45 0 5 50 F 6 15 0 S 19 47 5 6 60 G 7 17 5 T 20 50 0 7 70 H 8 20 0 U 21 52 5 8 80 IER 22 5 V 22 55 0 9 90 J 10 25 0 X 23 57 5 K 11 27 5 W 24 60 0 L 12 30 0 Y 25 62 5 M 13 32 5 Z 26 65 0 Bole Ht Bole Height required A three digit numeric field Bole height is the distance from the stump to the Top Diameter Fraction or the Top Diameter outside the bark to the nearest foot Tot Ht Total Height optional A three digit numeric field Total height is the distance from the stump to the tip of the tree Maximum tree height for a species is input on the species screen Bole height and tree height can be entered individually or together If a 0 zero is entered in the TD cell then the Bol Ht value will be automatically copied to the Tot Ht cell Classification optional Po T1 Position O over story Older age trees usually residual D dominant C co dominant intermediate S suppressed U under story younger trees than the main canopy CR T2 Crown
30. the drop down menu to show the table tree Click and highlight the table or tables to print from the table tree 3 Click the Process button at the bottom of the screen E 4 Inthe print preview screen click on the button N See Also Open a Table Print a Window Print a window by selecting Print from the File menu This will print anything visible in the window Query Stands It s easy to query stands based on stand attributes using the Query Builder dialog or by using Selection under the Reports drop down menu The query builder gives results based on the non calculated data for on screen queries while the selection screen gives results based on processed data for reporting Using the query builder dialog Atterbury Consultants Inc 27 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Select Filter Query from the Stand drop down menu Use the filter query dialog screen to build your query using Boolean expressions If you wish to save the criteria values use the save button and enter a name for the query for future use Click OK Only the stands that meet your query parameters are displayed on the stand list screen To restore a complete stand listing simply select Stand from the menu bar and click on Clear Selected Types O DS GIN Using the selection screen to query stands 1 Choose Selection from the Reports drop down menu 2 The selection screen appears 3 Click the criteria from the left side of the scree
31. the type information for each location of the type it is much faster to explode copy it and simply change the location and acreage information Explode a Stand to a New Project Atterbury Consultants Inc 24 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Select a stand to copy Choose Explose a Stand from the Stand menu The Stand Explode dialog appears Type in the new project name in the Destination Project box Enter the path to the project in the Destination Directory box Change the Twn Rge Sec Type and Acres areas of the table as needed Note that each time information is entered into the bottom row of the table a new line appears This allows the user to continue to copy the type in new locations 6 Click OK The type is created in the new project Hr ZS ON a Explode a Stand to an Existing Project Select a stand to copy Choose Explode a Stand from the Stand menu The Stand Explode dialog appears Type in the project name in to which the types are being exploded into the Destination Project box Enter the path to the project in the Destination Directory box Change the Twn Rge Sec Type and Acres areas of the table as needed Note that each time information is entered into the bottom row of the table a new line appears This allows the user to continue to copy the type in new locations 6 Click OK The type is created in the project gi em N Explode a Stand within the Same Project 1 Select a stand to copy
32. which are to receive cruise data 3 Onthe menu bar select File 4 From the drop down menu select Cruise to Inventory 5 The program moves the cruise data into inventory for the selected stand s Update Fl Cruise data for an individual stand can also be imported into inventory by clicking on the _Update FI_ button on the type master screen TC Tree Input screen and the TC Tree Edit screen Import a DOS based FLIPS Project Projects from DOS based FLIPS may be converted for use in FLIPS The following steps assume the project to be converted has already been restored into DOS FLIPS from a previous version of DOS FLIPS Start the DOS based FLIPS program Go to the Forest Inventory option and hit enter Choose 4 Reports Select C Update for Inventory Choose S Convert Data Files Select A Build Windows Text Select the project to convert and press Enter Move the cursor to either All Types or desired individual types to convert by pressing the enter key to select or deselect Press F9 to run the operation This creates a Windows conversion file which will be automatically seen by FLIPS upon starting Exit from DOS Flips 10 Open FLIPS 11 Fill out the directory path to where the project is to be located then click Process The converted project is now active in the opening menu window O O NEO O Sr a er Import a DOS based SuperACE Project Atterbury Consultants Inc 26 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual P
33. 646 5393 Fax 503 644 1683 Attn Tech Support E mail atterbury atterbury com Hours 8 00am to 5 00pm Pacific Time Monday through Friday except holidays Pay as you go Support Users in the United States may purchase technical support by simply calling ACI s Technical Support Center and charging the service to a VISA MasterCard or American Express credit card Call for current prioces Support for Single Users Single User Support Services receive P ACI Technical Support Center for one year must specify contact person Customer services You can contact any of ACI s customer service via telephone fax or E mail during our normal business hours Monday through Friday excluding ACI holidays ACI Corporate Office 3800 SW Cedar Hills Blvd 145 Beaverton OR 97005 Phone 503 646 5393 Fax 503 644 1683 Hours 8 00 a m to 5 00 p m Pacific Time Customer Service for ordering billing shipping product information and order status Phone 503 646 5393 Fax 503 644 1683 E mail atterburyOatterbury com Hours 8 00 a m to 5 00 p m Pacific Time Atterbury Consultants Inc 62 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Training Services ACI offers an introductory course on SuperACE FLIPS P Introduction to SuperACE FLIPS These courses are taught at ACI s Education Center in Beaverton OR and at a variety of training sites throughout the United States On site classes and ACI Rent a Tech customized trainin
34. AIM adas 31 Selecta Prol iii 32 SISO o SEAN WEE 32 Start Foros EE 32 Update Inventory from Cruise Data icon 32 WISE De fa lts Srs NEES 32 aiaa e A E cadencia di ii did did did 33 Age Class Conifer amp Hardwood Summary Report sssssessesseseessserrssrrrnrerrrnresserrnnerrnnn 33 Age Class Distribution By Spp Type Average Vol per Acre Report cceeeseeeeees 33 Catalog Species Volume Hemnort ici ENNEN EKNEE SEENEN 34 Catalog Tree Classification Report AAA 35 Log Stock Table MBF REDON ia EE ee 37 Log Stock Table Percent Board Foot Report Nu 37 Log Stock Table Percent Cubic Feet Report ANNE 38 Non Stocked and Non Timbered Acres Report c ccceeeeseceeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneees 39 SE A A e 39 le Sie EE 39 Species SOM Grade Reporta darte adas sedan 40 Species Summary Logs and Volumes Report 41 Stand Table Summary Repollo doi 41 Statistics E 43 Timber Value Analysis RepOldcoooooonnncccn nnnnncnonconcconnnnononnnnnnncccnncnnnn cnn 43 Tract Summary E A 44 Tree Segment Volumes Repo cocociontnsicnocn cian de eri 44 Atterbury Consultants Inc SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Type Acres List Report EE 44 Volume Relationships by Species Report 44 TABLES Sustrato 45 Adjustment EE 45 PO A red es a eee els 45 A 46 CAMA aia 46 Cost Table E A e areas 46 TI COW ROS ei o as 46 O 47 COMPONEN ds 47 RTE BEE 47 IER un e 47 EFI eet EE 47 A eege Eege hed uted ade oededai ces ante SE
35. Atterbury Consultants Inc Atterbury Consultants Inc SuperACE FLIPS 2008 Copyright 1997 2008 Atterbury Consultants Inc This program is protected by U S and international copyright laws as described in the About Box User s Manual 3800 Cedar Hills Blvd 145 Beaverton Oregon 97005 Phone 503 646 5393 Fax 503 644 1683 http www atterbury com e mail atterburyOatterbury com SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Table of Contents Welcome EE Eege 1 Welcome to SuperACE EE 1 SAMPLING E 2 Key To Timber Cruise Sampling Method 2 Sampling Methods EE 3 Sampling Design and ION Vueiosiics tacones aves olewdaetusnenvanewt ences guaeepesbeventenesssetee 5 DATA INPUT WEE 5 TES DDA ET H 5 TC Extra Tree Measurement ia 6 e EE tee e ele Rer EE 6 Fls Land SOilS iii aeaa ea a a aa EEE E a a aaie 6 AI Ge EE 6 FI Sort Grade SC EE 6 e ERT ENEE EEN 6 stand IMPOR MAUOMS CIOS RE 6 Fl Stand Input SCreen EE 6 Fl Stand TADS EE 6 Ree PSS EE 7 TG Tree TAPUL SOHO il WEE 7 Type Master SO EE 9 EK ENEE 10 Add and Remove ZM Ek e 10 Adjust Timber ee ia 10 Adjust Inventory Volumes ii 11 PGS CSS LEE A A ate anne 11 Assign Tables to a Project EE 12 Backup a Projet cuted haaa aea EA AE EE 12 Change Communication COM Ports sionistas et dios 12 ue EE ei dE 13 Change Species Sort or Grade CGodes Ak 13 Change a Tract NaI sil E ee ee Eege EE 14 ele 14 ele ee EE 15 Copy tanda cada Ee 15 Create Or Ad
36. Graphs Reports are often viewed as the desired end product of a SuperACE FLIPS session Based on the tables that were set up at the beginning of the work session the user may generate several different types of reports with project data Note that graphs are also available Reports are either type or project reports Type reports print individually when multiple types are selected Project reports print one combine report for multiple types 1 Select a stand stands or project for which the report will be run 2 Click on Reports on the menu bar and select Inventory or Cruise from the drop down menu to show the report tree 3 Ifan entire project or multiple stands are selected click on the report or reports followed by project from the report tree so it is highlighted Ifa single stand is selected click on the report or reports followed by type 4 Click the Process button at the bottom of the screen Reports can also be run from the following screens by clicking on the Reports button Screens SuperACE Master TC Tree Input TC Tree Edit TC Plot Loc TC Extra Tree Mea TC Scaling TC Transect Flips98 Master Fl Sort Grade Fl History Planning Fl SppSum FI Stand Input See Also Print a Report Graph Run a Stand Table Adjustment Cruise With this routine existing stand table information can be entered into the TC Tree Input screen to be run against existing cruise information Use this feature only if there is a high level of confidenc
37. IPS project that you linked to the GIS shapefile is now updated if you choose either of the Create Inv selections or the Update Inv selection Atterbury Consultants Inc 61 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Technical Support Before Calling for Technical Support Before you call ACI for technical support you should be at your computer with FLIPS running and prepared to give the following information The version of SuperACE FLIPS you are using To find the current version number choose About FLIPS from the Help menu Your registration and product identification numbers To find your registration number choose About FLIPS from the Help menu Your product identification number Product ID or PIN is assigned to you when you register your product The type of hardware you are using including network hardware The operating system you are using The exact wording of any messages that appeared on your screen What happened and what you were doing when the problem occurred How you tried to solve the problem Calling ACI Technical Support in the United States Using ACI s Complementary Support Service Users in the United States who have registered their software are eligible to receive complementary support directly from ACI s Technical Support Center for a period of 30 days The complementary support period begins when you call for your installation code s To contact ACI s Technical Support Phone 503
38. LIPS project When you check this box and click the Process button the following window comes up Create New Project New Project LINK Location OWONUNKTEST Tea TWN Range Fill in the New Project name Location and use the dropdown window in each of the cells to select which shapefile attributes are to be used to create the stand masters This is useful if your shapefile contains other attributes that you want to use to create a new FLIPS project Atterbury Consultants Inc 60 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Create INV From Un Matched GIS This function is useful in automatically creating stand masters in FLIPS for stands that occur in the GIS but not in FLIPS When you check this box and click Process the same window as above opens New Project LINK Location CXVACRUNETEST Township Fill in the New Project name Location and use the dropdown window in each of the cells to select which shapefile attributes are to be used to create the stand masters This process forces the user to create the stand masters in a new FLIPS project in order to safeguard the existing FLIPS data You can then use Stand Maintenance in FLIPS to copy the new masters from one FLIPS project to another Update INV From Matched GIS This selection is the most used process of the linkage program It will use the matched data between the GIS and FLIPS to automatically load acres from the GIS into FLIPS and if the shapefile contains buffer
39. You cannot delete a project if it is currently active You must first make another project active then exit and reenter the program T Choose Maintenance from the Project drop down menu The Project Maintenance dialog appears 2 Inthe Original window enter the name of the project you are deleting Select Delete in the options section 3 Click OK The project is now deleted from the harddrive See also Copy a Project Copy a Stand Delete a Stand Delete a Stand It is easy to delete any selected stand or delete several stands by type section or tract name 1 Select a stand to delete 2 Choose Stand Maintenance from the Stand drop down menu The Stand Maintenance dialog appears 3 Select Delete from the Options area of the dialog 4 Choose the Type tab at the bottom of the dialog if a single stand is to be deleted or select Section Tract if the types associated with an entire section or entire tract are to be deleted 5 Click OK See also Explode a Stand Copy a Stand Atterbury Consultants Inc 16 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Delete a Table Choose Tables from the menu bar Click the Delete Table tool button Choose the table category wish to delete from the left area of the table delete window Choose the name to the table you wish to delete from the right area of the table delete window Click OK aprons Note A table cannot be deleted if it is currently the active table See Also Crea
40. act name legal acres type acres owner state and county by section See Also How to Run Reports Graphs Plot List Report Gives a list of plots in a selected type with calculated volumes and bole measurements Plot No Plot number Plot acres Total acres represented by a given plot Age Age class major species on the plot SI Site index of major species on the plot Maj Spc Major species on the plot Trees Me Number of measure trees on the plot Trees Ct Nummber of count trees on the plot DBH DBH of the major species on the plot 16 FF Form factor of the major species on the plot Tot Ht Average total height of the major species on the plot Atterbury Consultants Inc 39 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Nor Stk Percent normal stocking of the plot BA Ac Basal area per acre of the plot Trees Ac Trees per acre of the plot Net CuFt Ac Net cubic feet per acre of the plot Net BdFt Ac Net board feet per acre of the plot Total Cunits Total cunits represented by the plot Total MBF Total mbf represented by the plot See Also How to Run Reports Graphs Species Sort Grade Report There are two types of species sort grade reports type and project that break down the percent of board foot volume attributed to the individual sort grade combinations by species The project report summarizes information by species from all types associated with the project while the type repo
41. aged stand with large tree OVErStOry 0 ee cece eeeeeteeeeeneeeeeees Prism plots plus 100 Variable Stocking DE Prism plus count plots Homogeneous stand Spp and DH Prism plus count trees Area unknown ENEE Strip Sampling Methods Reforestation Cruise Reforestation surveys are used in stands with heights of less than 20 feet Timber stands taller than 20 feet have measurable volume and should be sampled with a timber cruise program Reforestation surveys are entered in the TC Tree Input screen of SuperACE by placing R1 R2 R3 R4 or R5 in the PF column to indicate a fixed radius reforestation plot Values are assigned to the R1 thru R5 factors on the type master screen For example if you re running a stocking survey with 1 1 00 acre plots R1 is entered in the PF column for each tree record In the type master screen a value of 11 78 plot radius in feet for a 1 00 acre plot is entered in the cell next to R1 Values for R2 thru R5 are left blank since only one plot radius was used in the survey All blank plots must be recorded in order to calculate stocking All blank plots must be recorded in order to calculate stocking Blank plots are recorded by entering a plot number species code and 0 in the Ct column 100 Cruise This is not a sampling method but rather a complete or 100 cruise of the entire population This is rarely feasible Do not attempt a 100 cruise unless you are absolutely sure all trees can be identified and measured
42. al inventory data Therefore inventory stands that have been adjusted must be grown in order to calculate the results of the adjustments If an adjustment is applied then the name of the adjustment table is displayed in the INV window on the stand information screen Caution should be used when applying adjustments 1 From the menu bar select either project or stand depending on the level of adjustment 2 Choose adjustments from the drop down menu 3 The adjustments dialog screen appears Inventory C Volume Adjustment l Adjustment Table C Cruise Adjustment GENERAL Cancel Select Inventory and Site Index Adjustment Click on the Adjustment Table button in order to edit the adjustment parameters or to create a new adjustment table In the adjustment pull down window select the table you wish to run the adjustments against Click OK Original site index values are adjusted according to parameters set in the adjustment table o eo P Atterbury Consultants Inc 11 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual See Also Adjustment Tables Assign Tables to a Project Each project has four primary groups of tables associated with it Species Sort Grade Price and Cost tables screens At any time the project may refer to any one of a number of different tables within each of these primary groups There are two methods to set default tables The first method is the recommended procedure Method One Choose D
43. attributes will create buffer stand masters in FLIPS This is the most time saving feature of the linkage program Update GIS From Matched INV This function will create a data base file dbf in a directory named Fldata The data base will contain one record of stand inventory data for every matched shapefile record This table can be used in a GIS to link using the FIFVkey field to the shapefile for querying and symbolizing inventory data in the GIS For this option it is best to use a shapefile that does not contain road or hydro buffer attributes I Create INV From Matched GIS J Create INV From Un Matched GIS I Update INV From Matched GIS I Update GIS From Matched INV Hot Species BO H Summary File LINK Summary 555 Total Shape 16 Un Matched GIS D Un Matched Fl 1 Fillin the number of species to be used in the project Up to seven species can be included If there are more species available than the number entered into this box the main species will be chosen For example if the user has 4 species in a timber type and chooses 2 as the of Species the information associated with the main two species will be used 2 Either enter a new name in the Summary File box or accept the default name of the original shapefile name 3 Click the Process button Back to FLIPS Once the processing is complete you will be returned to the FLIPS project you were in when you initiated the GIS Link routine The FL
44. average log of a given species and D4H Tons Ac The tons per acre of wood for a given species and D4H Net CuFt Ac The net volume per acre in cubic feet for a given species and D4H Net BdFt Ac The net volume per acre in board feet for a given species and D4H Totals Tons The total tons of wood for a given species and D4H in the type or project acreage Totals Cunits The total net cunits of wood for a given species and D4H in the type or project acreage Totals MBF The total net MBF of wood for a given species and D4H in the type or project acreage See Also How to Run Reports Graphs Atterbury Consultants Inc 42 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Statistics A statistical analysis on the selected project or stand s in a project It reports on the total number of plots and trees cruised in a stand It includes a stand summary by species and reports coefficient of variation and standard error percent on board feet cubic feet trees ac basal area ac net bf ac and net cuft ac See Also How to Run Reports Graphs Timber Value Analysis Report Evaluates an individual timber type two or more types combined or an entire project in terms of revenues and costs associated with harvesting The components for estimating revenues are Species Species for which the information is being reported Name Eight alphanumeric character wide name Logs The number of logs of a given species Tons The total tons of w
45. ayers will be overlayed with the stand and pls layers to create the final shapefile for linking to FLIPS Atterbury Consultants Inc 54 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Before processing can begin the stand and pls layer attribute tables need to have the following attribute fields in their attribute tables Stand layer table attributes All the fields require a value with the exception of the FIFVkey which is left empty The value for this field will be automatically created by the GIS Link tool and used as the key field for the linkage process Field Name Field Type Field Length Tract Text 12 Type Stand or Strata Text 4 Acre Double 12 2 FIFVkey Text 6 Depending on the type of inventory data Stand layer attribute table example FID Shape AREA PERIMETER ACRE STAND FIFVkey 0 Polygon 1804026 458 14507 4 41 411248 LINK 1 Polygon 2962815 26953 8903 48 68 02 6056 LINK 2 Polygon 1195766 96972 8606 229 27 45 1138 LINK 3 Polygon 1547452 29785 8588 243 35 52 0985 LINK 4 Polygon 4839895 23925 16509 72 111 11 6054 LINK 5 Polygon 3187176 01464 13069 99 73 17 7023 LINK 6 Polygon 2422101 87207 10413 21 556 1148 LINK y 7 Polygon 300743169922 2121 944 69 1149 LINK PLS layer table attributes All the fields require a value Field Name Field Type Field Length Township Text 3 Range Text 3 Section Text 2 Field names can be abbreviated e g TWN for Tow
46. ches 1 Click on the Match Data button at the bottom of the interface screen Click Yes or No to the window that pops up This window appears if the user did not enter any names for the Buffers area Inventory fields FLIPS GIS Link 1 No Inventory buffers were entered Do you want to CONTINUE No 2 After processing is finished three tabs appear on the lower left portion of the screen Rge Tract Type Buffer Create INV From Matched GIS gow LINK 0533 RD 3 I Create INV From Un Matched GIS ESO Ur 0533 1 pow LINK 0533 3 baw lu NK 0533 2 Update GIS From Matched INY DO UNK 0985 2 4 ES LINK 1133 o r H g Baw LINK m s 1 pow LINK 1148 RD 3 s f 4 Summary File EST JUN 1148 2 10 99 Bow UN 1149 1 gant awa 1 hle AG en A Summary lt gt _FUGIS Matched GIS UnMatched Fl UnMatched D 555 Total Shape 16 Un Matched GIS Exit Program Reports Match the Data Process 0 Un Matched Fl 3 Resize the tab area in order to see all three tabs These are the FI GIS Matched GIS UnMatched and Fl Unmatched tabs 4 Click on these tabs from left to right in order to view the data matches and non matches that occurred between FLIPS and the GIS those records that did not match from the GIS data and those that did not match from the FLIPS data Atterbury Consultants Inc 59 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual The GIS UnMatch
47. cription Code A one character wide field representing the component Description A field in which the code is briefly described For example a code of C would have a description of CONIFER Component Cruise System A table defining the origins of the cruise data Code A two character wide alphabetic field describing the source of the data Description A field that briefly describes the code For example a code of TC would have a description of timber cruise and a code of RS would have a code of REFORESTATION SURVEY T4 Damage A table classifying the tree damage in a stand Code A one character wide field describing the type of tree damage Description A brief description of the code For example with code of W the description is WIND Environment A table that defines any either legal or disputed issues over the property For example the area may be an endangered wildlife area or may have the location of a boundary in dispute with the adjacent landowner Code A three character wide alphanumeric field describing the issue Description A brief description of the code For example if there is a boundary dispute the code may be BD and the description would be BOUNDARY DISAGREEMENT Atterbury Consultants Inc 47 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Harvest A table describing the logging method used Code A three character wide alphabetic field describing the logging method Description A
48. d a description of DENSE BRUSH whereas an non stocked area that is light brush not dense might have a code of LB for light brush a category of BR for brush and a description of LIGHT BRUSH Another example for a non stocked area that is a clearcut which has been prepared for replanting would have a code of PL for plantable a category of CL for clearcut and a description of CLEARCUT PLANTABLE AS IS NonTimber A table with descriptions of non timbered types such as roads creeks rock pits Code A two character wide field that describes the category of non timbered area Category A two character wide alphabetic field that describes the non timbered area Atterbury Consultants Inc 48 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Description A field that briefly describes the non timbered area For example a non timbered area such as a homesite might have a code of HM for home a category of MM for manmade and a description of HOMESITE A second example would be a lake This would have a code of LA for lake a category of WA for water and a description of LAKE Note there are two entries into this table that are useful when updating an inventory These are Codes of ZM and ZP both with a category of MM for manmade The codes have descriptions of MINUS ACRES and PLUS ACRES respectively These refer to artificial types which add or subtract acres to get the type acres to add up to the legal acres for a section Price Table O
49. d at the bottom left of the screen These tables may be existing or newly created See Creating a New Table Sort required One character wide alphanumeric field representing a specific sort For example an export table might assign a 0 to a cull log a 1 to an old growth log a 4 for a peewee Japan log an H for a hardwood sawlog etc Grade required A one character wide alphanumeric field that represents a specific grade Abrv required Two character wide alphabetic field representing a specific sort For example an export table might assign CU to a cull log OG to an old growth log PW for a peewee Japan log an HD for a hardwood sawlog etc Description required An eight character wide alphanumeric field describing a specific sort It may relate to a log s probable destination or to its surface characteristics Atterbury Consultants Inc 50 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual For example a Japan export with a 12 inch minimum diameter might have a description such as JA EX 12 Fiber optional Refers to whether or not the log should have board foot volume calculated Entering an F in this column will cause any logs of this sort to have no Scribner volume calculated for it If a G or a blank is in this column Scribner volume will be calculated Min Dia required The minimum acceptable small end diameter to meet a specific sort requirement E g a China export may have a minimum diameter of 12 inches on the sma
50. da Pro lO laa ais EE 15 Create a New Stand uti 16 Create a New Tapes ee eege ees 16 Pi E EE 16 Delete a Stan WEE E 16 Delete a Table escet ec Acasa asian ada AND 17 Delete Cruise Plots iu saicdaneudadag dans E andes naa G 17 Download Data from Pocket SuperEASY to SuperACE OI 17 Download Tables to Pocket Gupert AGT AAA 19 Download Data from a CMT UAW susan EE 20 Atterbury Consultants Inc SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Download Tables From PC to CMT Un 20 Edit Plot Dala EE 21 EdiRrO clasica a die 21 EI TADOS EE EE 21 Enter Plot Daiana 22 EXPlOd a Stand altea 24 Export a REDONDA iio 25 A 25 Grow Be le EE 25 Grow a e WEE 26 Import Cruise Data into Inventory is ccsesetaciadassesennesecdsadestecoseaa eletieenigactaeng EEEEAE EEN 26 Import a DOS based FLIPS Project cooooocccuononccccnnconccnnnnccnccnnnnnnnnononnnnnancncnnnanencn ranma 26 Import a DOS based SuperACE Project kk 26 Open a Type Master Screen EE 27 Opera Table conil Ee 27 Printa Repo sico eee o 27 Printa Be goes a Pre e Ee SEENEN 27 EI A AACO 0 eege dere eege ee 27 COSI NS O andi et cued alesis 27 Record Blank Plot unta aan 28 Record Count Plots nc o Eeer 28 Record Count TRES ti 29 o A PROFS egen ducts E suns ducati deb least tiga dea chcahea means means E E eae 29 Run Reports GraphS di eegend 30 Run a Stand Table Adjustment Cruise scccieccescctesccccdepsdosndeatseenaepnnestrecueyacenadeigaeteeseunr cues 30 Select Multiple SIMS EE 31 SOC
51. dex predominate species DBH height BA ac trees ac net cf ac net bf ac and volumes both Cunits and mbf are reported for every type within a tract See Also How to Run Reports Graphs Volume Relationships by Species Report Reports on all species within a project or selected stands and compares various calculated items by species Items Total Gross Cunits Total gross cunits Total Net Cunits Total net cunits Total Gross MBF Total gross mbf Total Net MBF Total net mbf Total Tons Total tons BA Acre Basal area per acre Trees Acre Trees per acre QM DBH Quadratic mean DBH Gross CuFt Acre Gross Cubic feet per acre Net BdFt Acre Net board feet per acre Net Gross Ratio Net to gross ratio Tons Acre Tons per acre Logs Per Acre Logs per acre Avg Log Length average log length Lineal Ft per Acre Lineal feet per acre G CuFt SqtFt BA Gross cubic feet per square feet basal area N CuFt SqFt BA Net cubic feet per square feet basal area G BdFt SqFt BA Gross board feet per square feet basal area N BdFt SqFt BA Net board feet per square feet basal area Tons SqFt BA Tons per square feet basal area G CuFt G MBF Gross cubic feet per gross mbf N CuFt N MBF Net cubic feet per net mbf G BdFt G CuFt Gross board feet per gross cubic feet N BdFt N CuFt Net board feet per net cubic feet Tons G CCF Tons per gross cunits Atterbury Consultants Inc 44 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Tons G MBF Tons per
52. e codes are now changed for the whole project Change Species Sort or Grade at the STAND Level Select the stand to be processed Click on Stand from the menu bar Click on Change Species Sort Grade from the Stand menu Follow steps 4 through 6 from above The codes are now changed for the selected stand goe 0 D Change a Tract Name Use the following method If you have a stand or stands in which the tract name needs to be edited or changed Backup your data Select a stand or stands with a tract name that requires editing Choose Maintenance from the Stand drop down menu The Stand Maintenance dialog screen appears Select Copy and Cruise or Inventory from the Options area of the dialog screen Copy the stand s to a new temporary project by filling in the Destination Project and Destination Directory of where the temporary project is to be stored 6 Choose the Type tab at the bottom of the dialog screen if a single stand is to be copied or select Section Tract if the types associated with an entire section or tract are to be copied 7 Inthe Destination area of the table in the dialog screen change the Tract name as needed If the stand is to be linked to ForestVIEW the tract name can not exceed eight characters 8 Click OK The stand s are copied with the tract name changes into the temporary project 9 Select the temporary project and verify that the stand s data has been copied correctly 10 Select the original
53. e in the stand table information The stand table data is actually used to adjust the volume of the collected cruise data This is useful in situations such as timber marking dot tally cruises or percent cruises Do not run this routine with count plots or count trees in the timber cruise The stand table information can be entered before or after the cruise is run Every species and diameter class must be represented by at least one cruise tree The stand data is entered by inputing STND in the plot number coulumn a species code tree count and diameter class The cruise data is entered as normal Atterbury Consultants Inc 30 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Below is an example of the TC Tree Input screen with stand table and cruise data entered Jee DIN Rge 01W Sec 11 Tract TEST Type 1000 sto 1 20 1 wH 99 120 2 20 1 wH 45 120 3 20 1 wH 20 14 0 4 2014 wn 10 17 0 5 2011 wn 20 18 01 szali wm 5 an rior 1 20 2 wn 12 0 16 89 4 64 80 a 3 40 2 20 1 wm 170 16 88 4 75 97 a 3 40l2 3 2079 wn 30 0 16 87 4 90 102 8 2 40 nol 1 20 1 w 18 0 16 88 4 77 99 8 3 40 2 20 1 wn 1 14 0 16 87 4 64 es 8 3 40 In the above example the stand data listed WH 12 0 at 144 trees The CT column only accepts a two digit number therefore WH 12 0 has to be entered
54. e predominantly Hardwood Total Cunits Total volume in cunits Total MBF Total volume in MBF s See Also How to Run Reports Graphs Age Class Distribution By Spp Type Average Vol per Acre Report Reports on average volume and basal area per acre by predominant species distributed by age class Age Class Age classification Atterbury Consultants Inc 33 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Species Type Predominant species in age class Acres Total acres in which the dominant species occurs No Types Number of types included in the total acres Ave SI Average site index for the species Trees Acre Trees per acre represented by a given species BA Acre Basal area per acre represented by a given species by age class Ave DBH Average DBH for a given species by age class Ave T Ht Average total height for a given species by age class Net CF Ac Net cubic feet per acre for a given species by age class Net BF Ac Net board feet per acre for a given species by age class Total Net CCF Total net cunits for a given species by age class Total Net MBF Total net MBF for a given species by age class See Also How to Run Reports Graphs Catalog Species Volume Report Reports volumes by individual species for an entire project or for a selected stand or stands in a project It totals acres and volumes both Cunits and mbf by section township range and project A brief description of the re
55. e scaling diameter classes are defined by the user in the report parameters screen It summarizes information for an entire project or selected types associated with the project Spp Species for which the information is being reported ST Species status code Sort A means of classifying the type of tree usually based on its destination For example a tree may sorted according to export sorts local market destinations or take vs leave trees Grade A means of classifying a tree based on its quality generally defined by the local scaling bureau Log Len The length of the log assigned to a grade classification for a given species GR CCF The total volume in CCF calculated for a given grade and log length without deductions for defect Def The percent of defect calculated for a given grade and log length GR CCF The total adjusted volume in CCF calculated for a given grade and log length with defect removed Atterbury Consultants Inc 38 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Spe The percent of total species adjusted gross ccf volume in a given grade and log length Percent Net Volume by Scaling Diameter in Inches The calculated percent adjusted gross ccf volume by scaling diameter classes See Also How to Run Reports Graphs Non Stocked and Non Timbered Acres Report Lists non stocked and non timbered acres by section See Also How to Run Reports Graphs Ownership Report Lists tr
56. e the adjustments See Also Adjustment Tables Atterbury Consultants Inc 10 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Adjust Inventory Volumes Timber inventory volumes can be adjusted over an entire project or individual stands Volume adjustments are applied to the original inventory data Therefore stands that have been adjusted must be grown in order to calculate the results of the adjustments If an adjustment is applied then the name of the adjustment table is displayed in the Inv Adj window on the stand information screen Caution should be used when applying adjustments 1 From the menu bar select either project or stand depending on the level of adjustment 2 Choose adjustments from the drop down menu 3 The adjustments dialog screen appears Inventory Volume Adjustment Adjustment Ti able AAA AS C Cruise C Site Index Adjustment Adjustment GENERAL Cancel Select Inventory and Volume Adjustment Click on the Adjustment Table button in order to edit the adjustment parameters or to create a new adjustment table In the adjustment pull down window select the table you wish to run the adjustments against Click OK Original inventory volumes are adjusted according to parameters set in the adjustment table o N D o S See Also Adjustment Tables Adjust Site Index Site index can be adjusted for inventory data over an entire project or individual stands Site index adjustments are applied to the origin
57. ed See Also How to Run Reports Graphs Catalog Tree Classification Report Reports on all species within a stand listed by age and species Type Type number Acres Total acres in type Atterbury Consultants Inc 35 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Date Exam date of stand as entered in inventory Age Age assigned to species SI Site index assigned to species Spc Species code as defined in the species table ST Status code assigned to species ie D for Dead PO Crown position assigned to the species CR Crown ratio assigned to the species VI Vigor code assigned to the species DA Damage code assigned to the species T5 A user defined code DBH DBH of the species FF Form factor assigned to the species Total HT Total height of the species STK Percent normal stocking represented by the species BA Ac Basal area per acre represented by the species Trees Ac Trees per acre represented by the species Net Cf Ac Net cubic feet per acre represented by the species Total CUNITS Total cunits represented by the species Total MBF Total MBF represented by the species Atterbury Consultants Inc 36 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual See Also How to Run Reports Graphs Log Stock Table MBF Report The log stock report MBF breaks down the board foot volume attributed to the individual sort grade combinations by scaling diameter
58. ed and Fl Unmatched tabs are useful in determining if you need to enter or remove a stand master in FLIPS or edit the GIS shapefile If you need to do an edit before continuing just click on the Exit Program button to end the linkage routine Once you have completed your edits simply restart the linkage routine again and repeat the previous steps to see if your edits were successful If you click on the Reports button you can choose to generate and print reports for each of the three tab screens Weien Des Urblatching GIS Dwa Unbtatchng PUPS Data T Upstate GAS Fram Matched INV a Sono een T5 Tod Shape 16 UnMalehes GS 0 Unrbatched Ft Making Choices for the FI GIS Matched Area Now it is necessary to choose whether or not to create an inventory from the GIS data update the FLIPS data with the GIS data or update the GIS data with the inventory data Check any or all of the four checkboxes to choose how you want to use the matched and un matched data The two Update options are the most commonly used linkage options Each option is explained below I Create INV From Matched GIS I Create INV From Un Matched GIS I Update INV From Matched GIS I Update GIS From Matched INV Hof Species 3 Summary File LINK Summary 555 Total Shape 16 Un Matched GIS D Un Matched Fl Create INV From Matched GIS This function will automatically create stand masters in a new F
59. ee digit numeric field Tree number is assigned by the computer except when measuring permanent plots Users input tree numbers when measuring permanent plots for growth and each tree is going to be measured more than once PF Plot Factor or Prism Factor A two digit alpha numeric field When a two digit number is entered the field is a Prism Factor or Basal Area Factor i e 20 equals a 20 BAF If a decimal value is used for a prism factor then a B1 B2 B3 B4 or B5 is entered with the prism factor value defined in the type master screen i e B1 is entered in the PF column and 33 61 is entered next to B1 in the type master screen Glass prisms should always be checked for the proper prism factor A letter followed by a number i e F1 R1 or S1 is referring to a Plot Factor in the type master screen These refer to various sampling systems and plot sizes Up to 5 options for each sampling system can be used System Option Example As entered in the Cruise Master Screen Basal Area Factor B1 thru B5 B1 27 78 Fixed Area Plots F1 thru F5 F1 0 25 One quarter acre plot Reforestation Plot Radius R1 thru R5 R1 11 78 1 100 acre plot Strip Cruise Blowup S1 thru S5 S1 4 00 25 strip cruise Identification A Age required A one digit numeric field for age code The age in years is input on the cruise master screen Default age is code 1 Up to nine ages can be input per type Age is used for calculating the tree form bark
60. efaults from the Setup drop down menu The defaults screen appears If the Tables screen isn t visible click on the tables tab Click in the field next to the table category you wish to change Use the drop list arrow button to show a list of available tables Click on the table you require Click OK E BOON es Method Two Choose Tables from the menu bar From the drop down menu choose a table category Click on the table name you require in the upper left corner of the screen Click the Make Default button Close the Tables screen apons Backup a Project Backing up data is recommended after any significant changes have been made to a project The data is stored in a zip file format i e filename zip and can be saved to a hard drive tape drive zip drive or floppy disks The zip file contains the data in an Access file format and has an MDB extension i e filename mdb Select the Backup Restore option in the File drop down menu 1 Backup restore dialog screen appears 2 Select the tab labeled Backup 3 Select a project to backup from the project list window 4 Type or browse to where you want it stored i e hard drive or floppy disk 5 Check the boxes if you want to include tables and multi volume in backup 6 Click OK See Also Restore a Project Change Communication COM Ports When the software is installed com port 1 is set as the default serial port for communication between the PC software and data
61. efers to whether or not the log is being graded or will be used for its fiber pulped Entering an F in this column will cause any logs of this sort to have no Scribner volume calculated for it If a G or a blank is in this column Scribner volume will be calculated Cost required The amount in dollars per unit that a given task costs For example reforestation may be given a cost of 200 per acre 200 would be entered into this cell Cost Unit required The unit for which the cost is being assigned For example the costs might be in terms of thousands of board feet M Cunits C tons T or acres A T1 Crown Position A table describing the crown position of a tree in a stand There are two fields Code and Description Code A one character wide numeric field describing the crown position Description A field that briefly describes the code Atterbury Consultants Inc 46 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual For example with a code of D the description might be DOMINANT T2 Crown Ratio A table describing the percent of total tree height covered by live crown There are two fields Code and Description Code A one character wide numeric field describing the crown ratio Description A field that briefly describes the code For example with a code of 2 the description might be 20 Component Defines the codes used in describing stand component in the species table There are two columns Code and Des
62. elect Cruise to Inventory Click the OK button at the prompt 4 If an inventory already exists you will be prompted if you wish to cancel the process or replace the existing inventory data w Method 2 1 Open the type master screen of the stand you wish to update the inventory 2 Click on the Update Inv button 3 Click the OK button at the prompt 4 If an inventory already exists you will be prompted if you wish to cancel the process or replace the existing inventory data Use Defaults Screen The defaults screen is accessed by choosing Defaults from the Setup drop down menu This screen enables the user to assign active tables and modify parameters for data input report calculation log scale calculation and statistical calculation The modifications are made by using the following tabs in the Defaults Screen These defaults do not effect the original data They are applied only when reports are run Tables Tab With this screen the user can assign tables to run a project against for volume and value calculations See also Assign Tables Sample Tab The user can define timber sampling system minimum and maximum values by species to be downloaded to a data recorder for collecting plot data Measurements Fields Tab Data input fields can be toggled on off to aid in entering tree data into program Calculation Tab This screen enables the user to run reports with different log scale rules scaling diameters minimum lo
63. elect Ownership 3 Select Add ZM ZP Types from the drop down menu 4 ZM and ZP types are added automatically To remove ZM ZP types eO N Select the Project you wish to adjust From the menu bar select Ownership Select Remove ZM ZP Types from the drop down menu ZM and ZP types are removed Adjust Timber Cruise Volume Timber cruise volumes can be adjusted over an entire project or individual stands These adjustments only occur when a cruise report is run The original cruise data is not effected If an adjustment is applied then the name of the adjustment table is displayed in the Cru Adj window on the stand information screen From the menu bar select either project or stand depending on the level of adjustment 2 Choose adjustments from the drop down menu 3 The adjustments dialog screen appears Adjustments EN C Inventory Volume Adjustment Adjustment Table EECH Cruise Site Index Adjustment Adjustment GENERAL Cancel 4 Select Cruise and Volume Adjustment 5 Click on the Adjustment Table button in order to edit the adjustment parameters or to create a new adjustment table 6 In the adjustment pull down window select the table you wish to run the adjustments against 7 Click OK 8 From the cruise reports selection screen select the report to run and check the Apply Cruise Adjustments box at the bottom of the screen 9 Click the Process button 10 The volumes calculated in the reports will includ
64. ent to assist you in completing all of your forest inventory projects Below is a brief list of some of the exciting new features available with FLIPS Stand View e View stands by species D4H and sort grade H Update growth and create new sort grade records using old sort grade records Flexible Database Design H Manipulate database easily due to component design e Attach more project information such as customer name and address project leader etc D Include external information from sources such as satellite images aerial photos and ForestVIEW projects Interface with a GIS D Update GIS data with FLIPS and vice versa e Create new inventory data from within a GIS Seamless Integration with Timber Cruise Interchange data between FLIPS and our new timber cruise software SuperACE if you have purchased this e View plot and tree level data in the SuperACE timber cruise program directly from FLIPS Import Data from DOS Versions of our Forestry Software e Effortlessly import data created in MS DOS versions of FLIPS and SUPERACE Generate Numerous Reports and Graphs Create reports and graphs for an entire project individual stand or selected stands D Use the new Data Selector to produce reports and graphs based on data selected by user defined stand parameters Welcome to SuperACE Atterbury Consultants is pleased to bring you SuperACE the windows version of our Super Accurate Cruise Extension program Finally
65. er is measured four feet or 1 3 meters above the stump outside the bark Diameters less than 99 9 inches can be input to the nearest tenth inch Trees larger than 100 inches are input to the nearest inch FP Form Point required A two digit numeric field is provided for form point Default is DBH four feet above the stump Form point is where Form Factor is measured and or where the tree taken in with a BAF If form point is defined as four feet the program will automatically use a form point of 16 feet to calculate Form Factor Form point can be varied for each tree if needed FF Form Factor required A two digit numeric code Form factor is the percent relationship of the diameter at Form Point 16 feet divided by the DBH Default values for Form Factor by species are input on the species screen If no form factor is entered the form factor from the species table will be used TD Top Diameter required A one digit alpha numeric field Top diameter is the diameter outside the bark at the top of the bole This is entered as a single digit percent value or as an alpha value for diameter As shown below Top Diameter Fractions of FP Top Diameters Top Diameters TDF top dia dia at Form Point Alpha Codes Alpha Codes Code of diameter at FP Code Inches Centimeters Code Inches Centimeters 0 Total Height A 1 2 5 N 14 35 0 1 10 B 2 5 0 O 15 37 5 2 20 C 3 7 5 P 16 40 0 3 30 D 4 10 0 Q 17 42 5 4 40 E 5
66. ere are two fields Code and Description Code A two character wide alphabetic field describing the aspect Description A field briefly describing the code For example the code for northwest would be NW while the description could be either NW again or NORTHWEST Category A table with one column that describes non forested areas Examples of these are ROAD FIELD CLEAR CUT etc Cost Table Overview Defines the various per unit costs associated with harvesting and transporting trees in a stand A cost table can be assigned to an entire project or different cost tables can be assigned to each stand in a project by assigning the table in the type master screen If a cost table is assigned in a type master it will override the cost table assigned to a project Conversely if no cost table is assigned in the type master then the cost table assigned to the project will be used See also Assigning Tables to a Project Table Name required The table name reflects the choice of cost table made from the Table Names dropdown list box located at the bottom left of the screen These tables may already exist or may need to be created See Creating a New Table Group Currently not available Spp optional Species abbreviation from the species table For example DF for Douglas fir Items required Any tasks such as falling and bucking rafting road construction etc associated with the harvest operation Fiber required R
67. es as a whole all sort grade Atterbury Consultants Inc 40 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual combinations included and for the project as a whole all species and all sort grade combinations included Total Net Mbf The Net Mbf per acre times the number of acres Percent of Net Board Foot Volume Log Scale Dia The percent of total net board foot volume accounted for by logs of a given species sort grade combination that fall in a scaling diameter range For example 84 of the total volume of Douglas fir with a sort of 4 and a grade of 3 have a scaling diameter of 9 11 inches Percent of Net Board Foot Volume Log Length The percent of total net board foot volume accounted for by logs of a given species sort grade combination that fall in a log length range For example 22 of the total volume of Douglas fir with a sort of 4 and a grade of 3 have a log length of 26 to 34 feet Ave Log Ln Ft The average log length for logs of a given species sort grade combination Ave Log Board Feet The average number of board feet in a log of a given species sort grade combination Logs per Acre The average number of logs per acre for a given species sort grade combination See Also How to Run Reports Graphs Species Summary Logs and Volumes Report This report totals the cunit and mbf volume gross and net by species along with the number of logs in a project or selected stands Species Species for which the information is be
68. ext overlay process all the coverages using the Identity tool with the Stand layer being the input coverage 3 Convert the final overlay coverage to a shapefile Atterbury Consultants Inc 55 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual 4 Calculate acres using the field calculator 5 The shapefile should now contain all the necessary attributes to run the GIS Link tool Example of the final shapefile table fields AREA PERIMETER OVER3_ OVER3_ID STAND TRACT TWN RGE SEC RDBUF HYBUF Acre FIFVkey 1804475 00875 14507 9500022 2 1 1248 LINK 99N DOW 14 41 43 2895381 8989 16197 7528821 3 2 6056 LINK 99N 99W 14 66 47 515058 746377 6218 1502722 4 31138 LINK 99N DOW 14 11 82 1505611 03351 8258 67439689 5 4 0985 LINK 99N 99w 18 34 56 1667034 73963 7613 55354357 6 5 6054 LINK 99N 99W 14 38 27 367825 808281 4353 08193231 7 6 7029 LINK 99N 99w 18 8 44 2117356 53605 9469 26323064 8 7 6054 LINK 99N DOW 13 48 61 27712 1370351 2404 58562096 9 8 7029 LINK 99N 99w 18 St 0 64 1038191 80134 5230 25563062 10 9 7029 LINK 99N DOW 18 23 83 67226 6784492 7345 76128719 11 10 6056 LINK 99N 99W 14 AY 1 54 1163152 02621 7133 18089041 12 117029 LINK 99N 99W 17 26 7 410385 737216 2838 40562104 13 12 1148 LINK 99N gow 13 9 42 579429 773891 5596 97264201 14 137029 LINK 99N DOW 17 SC 13 3 298723 999608 2116 27155071 15 14 1149 LINK 99N gow 13 6 86 98735 4136238 829482320155 16 15 1138 LINK
69. factors growth and for age class reports If no age is assigned then a default age of 30 is used for volume calculations Spp Species required A six digit alpha numeric field is provided for species The numbers or letters must match the active species screen A species table must be active before the cruise data is entered Species is very important It is usually not a good idea to group species Each individual species should be entered on the species table with appropriate factors and limits Atterbury Consultants Inc 22 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual St Status optional A one digit alpha numeric field Input must match codes in the status table Status is used to indicate dead trees etc Ct Count optional The tree count A two digit numeric field is provided for tree count Count plots are used to adjust the trees per acre for the trees on the cruise plot Trees can be counted on the plots by species and diameter Count plots can be used with BAF fixed area plots and strip cruises Blank plots are entered as a count plot with a species code and a 0 in the Ct column Measurements DBH Diameter Breast Height This field is required when cruising volume plots and optional when cruising count and regeneration plots DBH is a four digit numeric field including the decimal point is provided for diameter This diameter is normally at 4 5 feet above the ground on the uphill side of the tree This diamet
70. g are also available How to Find a Class Near You or Set up Customized Training For more information about ACI FLIPS software classes contact Atterbury Consultants Inc 3800 SW Cedar Hills Blvd 145 Beaverton OR 97005 Telephone 503 646 5393 Fax 503 644 1683 Website www atterbury com E mail atterbury atterbury com Atterbury Consultants Inc 63
71. g lengths and Atterbury Consultants Inc 32 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual trim against any project or timber type It is recommended that the user select T temporary in the Replace All cell With the T option the defaults are applied for only one report run After the reports are generated the value reverts to N no If Y yes is selected the defaults will be applied every time reports are run Report Format Tab Enables the user to select options such as a stand attribute to determine the dominant species of a timber stand for reporting purposes Statistics Tab The user can change statistical parameters to run project and stand reports against Age Class Conifer amp Hardwood Summary Report Reports on acres and volume by age class grouped by conifer and hardwood for a type s or project Age Class Age classification Conifer Acres The acreage of timber types which are predominantly conifer Hardwood Acres The acreage of timber types which are predominantly hardwood Total Acres Total acres in the report Conifer Cunits Volume in cunits for all species within timber types which are predominantly conifer Conifer MBF Volume in MBF for all species within timber types which are predominantly conifer Hardwood Cunits Volume in cunits for all species within timber types which are predominantly hardwood Hardwood MBF Volume in MBF for all species within timber types which ar
72. g project from the drop down window to add a project 4 Enter optional information in the Project Information section of the screen then click on the Save button Atterbury Consultants Inc 15 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Create a New Stand In FLIPS it is easy to create a stand by using the New Master dialog screen oO PO ba Select New Stand from the Stand drop down menu The new master dialog screen appears The Twn Rge Sec Tract Type and Acres fields must be defined Other fields are filled as needed to describe the stand Click OK The new stand appears on the stand list screen See Also Stand Input Screen Create a New Table If the table needed for a project does not already exist in the system you may create a new one A table may be created by either typing the information one cell at a time or by copying and editing a table that already exists DGA BOs Choose Tables from the menu bar Choose a table category from the pull down menu Click the New Table tool button The New Table dialog appears Select a Table Type from the drop down list of tables Name the table in the New Table box and click OK to begin entering table data If copying the table choose the most similar table from the Copy from Table list of available tables and edit it appropriately Note that information can be cut and pasted from other Excel tables to fill in the new table information Delete a Project Note
73. g with the computed values and error messages for each log segment This screen is used to edit the tree data that was entered in the TC Tree Input screen The tree data is edited directly into the screen cells and through the insert segment delete segment insert tree delete tree and replace buttons located at the bottom of the screen Computed These fields are calculated automatically by the program Cum Ht Cumulative Height Height of segments including trim Top DOB Top Diamater Outside Bark The small end of the log outside the bark as specified in the scaling rule Top DIB Top Diamater Inside Bark The small end of the log inside the bark as specified in the scaling rule Net CuFT The cubic feet in a log less defect deductions Net BdFt The board feet in a log less defect deductions If a tree segment does not meet any of the parameters defined in the species or sort and grades tables an error message will appear in red to the right of the computed fields Once the segment is edited the message will disappear TC Tree Input Screen The TC Tree Input Screen is accessed by clicking on the TC Tree Input tab of the stand information screen It is this screen where timber cruise plot data is entered The data is entered directly into the screen cells and through the insert tree delete tree and replace buttons located at the bottom of the screen Plot No Plot Number required A Four digit plot
74. gives critical information on each of these species Table Name required The table name reflects the choice of sort table made from the Table Names dropdown list box located at the bottom left of the screen These tables may already exist or may need to be created See also Creating a New Table Atterbury Consultants Inc 51 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Code required A five character wide numeric field representing a specific species For example 0001 could be assigned to western hemlock and 0004 could be Sitka spruce Abrv required A two character wide alphanumeric field representing a specific species For example western hemlock is WH Douglas fir is DF etc Description required An eight character wide alphanumeric field describing a species e g NOB FIR for noble fir or COTWOOD for cottonwood Bark required The bark thickness ratio for a given species Asubo Ao required A factor used in Behre s hyperbola which describes tree form Enter one of the following species codes to use an Ao factor base upon age DF LP WH RA PP SS SF RC or NF For example red alder and cottonwood have a similar tree bole form so for both species in this column RA may be entered the Ao for red alder Age must be defined for each species in every stand The age is defined on the type master screen If age is not defined on the type master the program uses a default age of 50 years old An Ao factor may al
75. gross mbf Lbs G CuFt Pounds per gross cubic feet Lbs N BdFt Pounds per net board feet N CuFt Lineal Ft Net cubic feet per lineal foot N BdFt Lineal Ft Net board feet per lineal foot Lbs Lineal Ft Pounds per lineal foot See Also How to Run Reports Graphs Adjustment Tables Adjustment tables are used to store the parameters and percent adjustment to be used for adjusting site index or board foot and cubic foot volumes in cruise or inventory data Several tables can be created for different adjustment scenarios The adjustment tables are accessed in one of two methods Method 1 1 From the menu bar choose Tables and from the drop down menu choose either Inventory Adjustments or Cruise Adjustments 2 The table dialog screen appears Method 2 1 While in the adjustments dialog sceen click on the Adjustment Table button 2 The table dialog screen appears With the adjustments table dialog screen you can create new tables delete outdated tables print a table and edit table parameters and adjustment percentages On the top right hand corner of the adjustments table dialog screen pick either CruAdjustments or InvAdjustments from the pull down window Next pick the table name you want to run from the pull down window on the upper left corner of the adjustments table dialog screen The adjustment parameters are entered and edited in the current adjustments section of the adjustment table Current INV ADJUSTMENTS Table GENERAL
76. he Grow to Month and Grow to Year boxes 4 Click OK The project is grown forward or backward depending on the month and year chosen See also Atterbury Consultants Inc 25 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Grow a Stand Grow a Stand A stand or stands may be grown either forward or backward to a user specified month and year The growth routine uses the original stand data as its basis even when the stand has been grown multiple times 1 Select a stand or stands 2 From the Stand menu bar choose Grow The Growth dialog appears 3 Fill in the Grow to Month and Grow to Year boxes 4 Click OK The stand is grown forward or backward depending on the month and year chosen Note You can also grow a stand by clicking the Grow button on the master screen See also Grow a Project Import Cruise Data into Inventory Cruise data can be imported into inventory at the project or stand level Before cruise data can be imported the species site index and stand age classes must be defined in the type master screen To import cruise data into inventory at the project level 1 Select the project with the cruise data 2 Onthe menu bar select File 3 From the drop down menu select Cruise to Inventory 4 The program moves all the stands with cruise data in the active project into inventory To import cruise data into inventory at the stand level 1 Select the project with the cruise data 2 Select the stand or stands
77. ing reported Total Number Logs The total number logs for a given species in a project or selected stands Total Gross Cunits Total cunits represented by a given species Total Net Cunits Total net cunits represented by a given species Total Gross MBF Total gross mbf represented by a given species Total Net MBF Total net mbf represented by a given species See Also How to Run Reports Graphs Stand Table Summary Report Reports tree information by D4H by species for either an individual type for two or more types combined or for an entire project Following is a description of the types of information provided in the report Spc Atterbury Consultants Inc 41 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Species for which the information is being reported ST Species status code DBH The tree diameter measured outside the bark at 4 feet above stump Sample Trees The number of trees measured with the same D4H in the sample area FF 16 Average form factor measured at 16 feet for sampled trees of a given D4H Av Ht Total Average total height of sampled trees with a given D4H Trees Ac Number trees per acre with a given D4H BA Ac The basal area per acre for a tree of a given species and D4H Logs Ac The number of logs per acre for a tree of a given species and D4H Average Log Net CuFt The net cubic feet in an average log of a given species and D4H Average Log Net BdF The net board feet in an
78. ing used for the linkage was created by following the steps in this guide This is important to ensure accuracy in the acreage values that will be imported into FLIPS from the shapefile through the linkage process It is highly recommended that you back up both the GIS and FLIPS files before starting this process While it is relatively easy to undo changes made in a GIS once data in FLIPS has been altered the only way to go back to the original data is through a backup Reasons for linking to FLIPS Any of these processes can be run singularly or in combination Import acres from ArcMAP to FLIPS through user selected common attribute matches e Automatically create stream and road buffer stand masters in FLIPS from a shapefile e Automatically create a forest inventory data table for joining to a shapefile in ArcMAP e Automatically create new stand masters in FLIPS from shapefile attributes Organizing Shapefiles Four base layer shapefiles that correspond with the FLIPS inventory data are used to create the final shapefile to utilize all of the ACI Linkage tool functions At a minimum a Stand and PLS layer should be used for creating the final shapefile Additional layers can be included for special buffer situations Stand or Type polygon layer delineating timber types on a timberland ownership PLS public land survey polygon layer Roads layer Utilized for buffering Hydro layer Utilized for buffering FE NA These buffer l
79. ip cruises Blank plots are entered as a count plot with a species code and a 0 in the Ct column Atterbury Consultants Inc 7 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Measurements DBH Diameter Breast Height This field is required when cruising volume plots and optional when cruising count and regeneration plots DBH is a four digit numeric field including the decimal point is provided for diameter This diameter is measured four feet or 1 3 meters above the stump outside the bark Diameters less than 99 9 inches can be input to the nearest tenth inch Trees larger than 100 inches are input to the nearest inch FP Form Point required A two digit numeric field is provided for form point Default is DBH four feet above the stump Form point is where Form Factor is measured and or where the tree taken in with a BAF If form point is defined as four feet the program will automatically use a form point of 16 feet to calculate Form Factor Form point can be varied for each tree if needed FF Form Factor required A two digit numeric code Form factor is the percent relationship of the diameter at Form Point 16 feet divided by the DBH Default values for Form Factor by species are input on the species screen If no form factor is entered the form factor from the species table will be used TD Top Diameter required A one digit alpha numeric field Top diameter is the diameter outside the bark at the top of
80. istory Planning Screen The History Planning screen is accessed by selecting the Fl History Plan tab on the stand information screen It allows you to enter history or planning activitiesalong with date acres cost unit and units A Acres M MBF C CUNITS T TONS associated with individual timber types in a project Click on the History tab at the bottom of the History Planning screen to enter information on stand history Alternatively click on the Plan tab to enter information on planning for the stand FI Land Soils Screen The Land Soils screen is accessed by selecting the FI Land Soils tab of the stand information screen It allows you to enter landform soils road construction tax seed zone habitat harvest system stream class and environmental information that needs to be associated with the stand TC Plot Loc The TC Plot Loc screen is accessed via the TC Plot Loc tab of the stand information screen This screen allows the user to input through keyboard or data recorder download direction of travel coordinates state plane latitude longitude or UTM system slope aspect and habitat description for each cruise plot FI Sort Grade Screen The Sort Grade screen is accessed by clicking on the FI Sort Grade tab of the stand information screen It is the most detailed view of the stand information It is similar to both the Species Summary and Stand Table views of the stand data except that it is broken down furthe
81. ll end of the log If a log does not meet a Min Dia requirement the volume and assigned sort and grade are still reported A message will appear in the SuperACE TC Tree Edit screen noting the discrepancy Max Dia optional The maximum acceptable small end diameter to meet a specific sort requirement Max Butt optional The maximum acceptable large end diameter of a log to meet a specific sort requirement Min Len required The minimum acceptable log length for a given log sort For example for a PeeWee Japan log the minimum length accepted by the buyer might be 34 feet Max Len optional The maximum acceptable log length for a given log sort relative to the scaling rules Logs over this length are split scaled as 2 or more segments Defect optional The maximum amount of defect allowable for a particular log expressed as a percent Min Vol optional The minimum amount of volume that a log must contain in order to be classified as a given sort Vol Unit optional Refers to the choice of units used when defining minimum volume For example the units may be in cubic feet or board feet so would put a C or M respectively in this column Min Rings Per Inch optional The minimum number of rings per inch that the butt end of a log must contain to be classified as a given sort For user information only not used in the program Knot Size optional The maximum allowable diameter of knots for a particular log sort For user inf
82. maintained with frequent checking of borderline trees The strip center must be accurately marked in order to do this Fixed Area Plots These are usually fixed circular plots of a certain size These plots should be large enough to sample the population with an average of 5 10 trees per plot The radius of the plot must be larger than the radius of the square of the actual stocking Plot Radius sq rt 13 865 58 plot area Five fixed area plots can be nested in a plot They are indicated on the plot card or data recorder with an F1 F2 F3 F4 or F5 in the PF column and the plot size defined on the type master screen A plot radius is entered on the type master screen as decimal factor For example a 1 4 acre plot is entered as 0 25 Proportional Plots Variable Radius Plots Prism Plots These are the most popular plots for cruising merchantable timber today A BAF should be selected to yield an average of 5 trees per plot Use the same BAF for the entire type or strata SuperACE allows BAF of any number between 1 and 99 99 BAF that are whole numbers can be put directly in the PF cloumn on the plot card or in the cruise input screen BAF that have a decimal number are assigned in the type master screen and coded on the plot card or data recorder as B1 B2 B3 B4 or B5 More than one BAF can be used in a type to sample various species or size groups Combination Sampling Systems Types that have mixed species of extreme value or a wide
83. n that you want to query on More than one criteria can be selected 4 As you highlight the criteria a tab is created on the input side of the screen 5 Fill in the minimum and maximum values for the criteria you ve chosen on the input side of the screen 6 If you wish to save the criteria values use the save jobs button and fill in the dialog screen to save for future use 7 Click on the process button 8 The reports selection screen appears for you to pick the report you wish to run the selection on 9 The resulting report is based on those stands which meet the criteria of your selection Record Blank Plots If a blank plot no trees on plot is encountered on a timber cruise it must be recorded in order to calculate an accurate cruise To record a blank plot enter the plot number prism or fixed radius code species and a 0 in the CT column If nested plots such as a combination of prism with fixed radius Fl thru F5 or strip cruise S1 thru S5 are being sampled and a blank plot occurs on any of the nested plots on the same sample point it is recommended that the nested plot be recorded as a blank plot If at any time a blank plot occurs on the reforestation plot R1 thru R5 it must be recorded as a blank plot in order to calculate accurate stocking Example of blank plot entry on a nested plot Blank plot is highlighted in yellow Twn 01N Rge 01W Sec 11 Tract TEST Type 1001
84. nship PLS layer attribute table example FID Shape AREA PERIMETER OBJECTID TWN F RGE SEC D Polygon 23838200 19627 47 64266 99N 99y 15 1 Polygon 24045510 19713 79 64248 99N SOV 14 2 Polygon 20112030 18077 36 64305 GON 99W 18 H 3 Polygon 24163600 19715 11 64231 99N 99 13 4 Polygon 26602120 20660 62 64295 99N SOV 17 5 Polygon 27632930 21036 29 64279 99N 99 16 H 6 Polygon 28099590 21204 25 64054 99N 99 22 U 7 Polygon 28235890 21257 6 64044 99N 99W 23 If you are not going to create buffer shapefiles you can skip ahead to the Processing section of this guide Buffer layer table attributes If you have created buffer shapefile layers you need to add an attribute field to each buffer layer table to identify the table records as a buffer for the linkage tool to recognize The field must have a unique name for each buffer shapefile being used for linking to FLIPS The field must be a TEXT field with a length of 2 The field must contain a AY value Buffer layer attribute table examples Road Buffer Hydro Buffer D Polygon D Polygon D Y 1 Polygon Dm 1 Polygon o E E H 2 Polygon D LJ 2 Polygon jay 3 Polygon Die 3 Polygon o y 4 Polygon DY El 4 Polygon Dy Processing Now that you have all your base layer shapefile in the proper format it is time to process the shapefiles to create the final linkage shapefile to be used with the ACI Linking tool 1 Convert all the shapefiles to coverages 2 N
85. ntered when percentage deductions for both board foot and cubic feet are to be used Percentages are entered as whole numbers in the F I cells of a tree segment i e 10 equals 10 and 05 equals 5 Type Master Screen The screen is accessed by double clicking on the gray area to the left of the TWN number This screen contains all the inventory and cruise information associated with a given type stand in a distinct township range and section location This includes information such as location tract name type number stand size cost and price tables cruiser name site index BAF age etc A master is either created by hand entering values or by copying or exploding a stand The master is the first screen that appears when the stand information screen is opened See Also Stand Information Screen Atterbury Consultants Inc 9 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Add and Remove ZM ZP Types The purpose of ZM and ZP types is to adjust section acres to match legal acres for sections which have legal acres listed in the ownership list by adding a ZM or ZP type to a section The original type acres in a section are not affected by the process A ZM type minus acres will reduce section acres to equal legal acres for a section A ZP type plus acres will add acres to a section to equal the legal acres for a section The adjustment is automatic To add ZM ZP types 1 Select the Project you wish to adjust 2 From the menu bar s
86. number of trees in the CT column and diameter If count plots are taken with measure plots DO NOT record count trees on the measure plots Count trees can only be recorded on measure plots in a timber cruise with no count plots Example of count tree entries on measure plots Count trees are highlighted in yellow es DIN Rge 01W Sec 11 Tract TEST Type 1001 Restore a Project Select the Backup Restore option in the File drop down menu 1 Backup Restore dialog screen appears Atterbury Consultants Inc 29 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Select the tab labeled Restore In the source window browse to the drive and directory where the project is stored Select the zip file from dialog screen Click the open button Select the project name from the project window In the Destination directory window browse to the drive and directory where you want the project restored Check on the screen if you want to restore the tables and defaults in the extract files section of the restore screen 9 Click OK 10 If restore tables was selected the select tables to restore screen appears 11 Highlight the tables you want to restore Use the CTR key with the mouse to select more than one table 12 Click OK 13 The project is restored and can be selected from the project selection screen m int oh See Also Backup a Project Run Reports
87. ood of a given species Cunits Total cunits of a given species Mbf The total Mbf of a given species The components for revenues and costs are Log The revenues and costs per log associated with harvesting Costs could be road maintenance cable yarding falling and bucking etc Acre The revenues and costs per acre associated with harvesting Revenues listed at the top costs at the bottom Ton The revenues and costs per ton associated with harvesting Revenues listed at the top costs at the bottom CCF The revenues and costs per CCF associated with harvesting Revenues listed at the top costs at the bottom MBF The revenues and costs per MBF associated with harvesting Revenues listed at the top costs at the bottom Total Dollars Total costs associated with harvesting A bridge may be a one time cost of 35 000 and would be listed under this column See Also How to Run Reports Graphs Atterbury Consultants Inc 43 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Tract Summary Report Reports timber acres non stocked acres non timbered acres net cunits and net mbf_by Tract See Also How to Run Reports Graphs Tree Segment Volumes Report Report that gives a break down of measurements sorts grades constants calculations and volumes for each tree on a given plot See Also How to Run Reports Graphs Type Acres List Report Reports type acres and volumes by tract in a project Age site in
88. ormation only not used in the program Knot Frequency Per Foot optional The maximum number of knots per foot allowable for a given log sort For user information only not used in the program Strt optional Enter a Y or N in this column to express whether the log is straight or not For user information only not used in the program Sap optional A measurement in inches of the minimum sapwood thickness For user information only not used in the program Min Age optional The minimum allowable age measured by ring count on the butt end of the log for a given log sort Lbs optional The weight in pounds per thousand board feet or cunit This information can be gathered from scaling bureaus state forestry departments timberland owners etc Lbs Unit optional The type of volume unit being used to describe weight This would be either thousand board feet M or cunits C Cords optional Cords per ton T cunit C or thousand board feet M taken from scaling bureaus state forestry departments timberland owners etc Cords Unit optional The type of unit being used to describe cords This would be either weight units of tons T or volume units such as thousand board feet M or cunits C Product optional A description of the expected end product for the log For example pulp veneer etc In the South product refers to sort Species Table Overview This table lists all the species used in the project and
89. ow listed in the project screen Download Tables From PC to CMT Unit 1 Connect download cable to com port 1 on the PC default setting in SuperACE and to com port 1 on the CMT 2 Select file from the opening menu of SuperACE and choose export from drop down menu 3 Select Tables to handheld the mouse pointer turns into an hour glass e On CMT enter 7 to select Communications option D Enter 2 for Recv Tables D Enter a Y next to the tables to be received Press the F2 key to initiate the transfer 4 After the transfer process is complete the hour glass turns into a plus sign and the CMT screens returns to communications screen Atterbury Consultants Inc 20 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual 5 The tables are now on the CMT unit Edit Plot Data This screen is accessed by clicking the TC Tree Edit tab of the stand information screen It shows the data as it was entered in the TC Tree Input screen along with the computed values and error messages for each log segment This screen is used to edit the tree data that was entered in the TC Tree Input screen The tree data is edited directly into the screen cells and through the insert segment delete segment insert tree delete tree and replace buttons located at the bottom of the screen Computed These fields are calculated automatically by the program Cum Ht Cumulative Height Height of segments including trim Top DOB Top Diamater O
90. per plot should be multiplied by the number of plots in each type to check the acres calculations and the plot count Measure the results Statistical calculations should be computed for each type the average for all types and possibly the standard error for the entire project Cut out records should be kept to check the actual against the estimated Measurement errors must be considered Measure the right things for quality results Data Input TC Dbh Cru Cnt The TC Dbh Cru Cnt screen is accessed via the TC Dbh Cru Cnt tab of the stand information screen This screen gives a stand table summation based on the cruise data in the selected stand It can also be accessed in the TC Tree Input and TC Tree Edit screens by clicking on the Stand Table button The diameter class can be adjusted in the Dia Class cell and the diameter class mid point is defined in the Round up on cell The changes take affect by pressing on the Enter button after entering the change The other variable cells are not active at this time Atterbury Consultants Inc 5 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual TC Extra Tree Measurements The TC Extra Tree Measurements screen is accessed by clicking the TC Extra Tree Mea tab of the stand information screen This screen stores site tree measurements The measurements include species DBH total ht age code BH age total age DBH growth height growth and bark thickness FI H
91. port column headings follows Type The number associated with a specific timber type Acres The acres for each individual timber type are listed plus a total of project acres is computed Sce The source of the data information For example from a timber cruise Date Date the data was collected or input the exam date Atterbury Consultants Inc 34 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Age The age of the timber in years Sl The site index for the timber type base 50 or base 100 Spc Species for which the information is being reported ST Species status code DBH Average diameter for the species measured outside the bark at 4 feet above stump FF Average form factor for the species Total Hgt Average total height for each species is listed plus the average total height of all species is computed STK Percent of normal stocking Ba Ac Basal area per acre by individual species and for all species combined Trees Ac The number of trees per acre by individual species and for all species combined Logs Ac The number of logs per acre by individual species and for all species combined Avg Log CuFt and BdFt The average number of cubic feet and board feet in a given log by species and for all species combined Net Cf Ac and Net Bf Ac The net cubic feet or board feet per acre Total Cunits and Total MBF The total number of net Cunits or net MBF by species and for all species combin
92. project and delete the original stand s 11 Select the temporary project and repeat steps 3 through 4 12 Fill in the Destination Project and Destination Directory of the original project 13 Click OK 14 Select the original project and verify that the stand s data has been copied correctly 15 Once you have verified that all the data has been copied correctly you can delete the temporary project GA ON Copy Cruise Plots 1 Select a Stand Atterbury Consultants Inc 14 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Click on Stand on the opening screen menu bar Choose Plot Maintenance from the drop down menu The Plot Maintenance dialog screen appears Confirm that orignal project and type are correct Check the copy option in the options area of the screen In the Destination area fill in the legal description and type number of where the plots are to be copied Browse to the Destination directory of where the project is you want to copy to 9 Choose a project it can be within the same project or enter the name of a new project 10 Select the plots to be copied by selecting the cells of the plot numbers you want copied 11 Click OK Sp demm GN See Also Delete Cruise Plots Copy a Project 1 Choose Maintenance from the Project drop down menu The Project Maintenance dialog appears 2 In the Original window enter the name of the project you are copying from 3 In the upper Destination window enter the name
93. r into the individual sort and grade combinations for each species of a given log dib It then includes the remaining information of logs per acre Gross and Net Cubic Feet per Acre and Gross and Net Board Feet per Acre FI Spp Sum Screen FI Spp Summary Screen is accessed by clicking on the FI Spp Sum tab on the stand information screen The table that appears in this screen lists summarized information about the species in the stand This information includes the species name the average age DBH Site Index Basal Area per Acre Trees per Acre Logs per Acre Total Height Gross and Net Cubic Feet per Acre and Gross and Net Board Feet per Acre Stand Information Screen Each stand in a project is accessed through a stand information screen It is a collection of dialog screens that contain all the data associated with a given stand in a project This includes stand information such as location associated cost and price tables cruiser name etc tree details stand history and planning land and soils information and GIS information In this dialog the user can add or edit information via the Stand Input screen It is also possible to move through the list of stands in the selected project using the four buttons First Previous Next and Last FI Stand Input Screen The Fl Stand Input screen is accessed by clicking the zl button located on the opening screen tool bar after the desired stand has been selected It can also be acce
94. rbury Consultants Inc 57 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Selecting the FLIPS Project 1 Inthe Select Project area of the interface screen select the FLIPS project to which the GIS data is to be linked A question appears asking if you wish to start processing Select Project 2 Answer yes to the question that appears FLIPS GIS Link A Do you wish to start Processing 3 Note that after the processing is finished the Match Fields of the interface screen are populated with data If the shapefile contains AY buffer attributes then the buffer attribute data will be listed in the Buffers area of the interface screen FLIPS GIS Link DHR File Edit view Help i 8 e pe r Select Filling in the Match Fields Area Now the user must choose which fields of the GIS shapefile to match with fields in FLIPS Depending on your project needs you can match on any combination of the match fields 1 In the Match Fields area of the interface screen identify a field to use for searching for matches with FLIPS Note that a matching field may have a different name in GIS compared to the corresponding field in FLIPS 2 Click in the cell in the Inventory column adjacent to the GIS field to select a field to match A dropdown list box appears from which you may choose a corresponding match field from FLIPS Match Fields Inventory Priority u 2
95. rojects from DOS based SuperACE may be converted for use in SuperACE The following steps assume the project to be converted has already been restored into DOS SuperACE from a previous version of DOS Superace Start the DOS based SuperACE program Go to the Timber Cruise option and hit enter Choose 3 Maintenance Select S Copy projects to windows Select the project to convert and press Enter Press F9 to run the operation This creates a Windows conversion file Close DOS SuperACE and open SuperACE Select file from the menu bar and select import from the drop down menu Select SuperACE from DOS SuperACE 0 Fill out the directory path where the project is to be located then click Process The converted project is now active in the opening menu window SODIO ap Open a Type Master Screen Access the master screen for a stand by double clicking the gray area to the far left end of the stand window beside the appropriate stand The stand type master screen appears Open a Table 1 Choose Tables from the opening screen menu bar 2 Pick the table type from the tables pull down menu 3 A Table screen appears 4 On the upper left corner of the screen choose a table name from the drop down window Print a Report Graph S After running a report you can print a report by clicking on the button in the report preview window See Also Run a Report Print a Table 1 Click on Reports on the menu bar and select Tables from
96. rt summarizes information by type for each species Spp Species for which the information is being reported ST Species status code Sort A means of classifying the type of tree usually based on its destination For example a tree may sorted according to export sorts local market destinations or take vs leave trees Grade A means of classifying a tree based on its quality generally defined by the local scaling bureau Net BdFt The percent of total net board feet for an individual species that a particular sort and grade combination comprises BdFt per Acre Def The percent of Net board feet for a species sort grade combination accounted for by defect For example if the Gross Bd Ft per Acre is 464 and the Net Bd Ft per Acre is 413 there are 51 board feet of defect Fifty one equates to 0 78 of the 413 Net Bd Ft per Acre This is also calculated for the species as a whole all sort grade combinations included and for the project as a whole all species and all sort grade combinations included BdFt per Acre Gross The board feet per acre for a species sort grade combination before taking out any defect This is also calculated for the species as a whole all sort grade combinations included and for the project as a whole all species and all sort grade combinations included BdFt per Acre Net The board feet per acre for a species sort grade combination minus any defect This is also calculated for the speci
97. ry Consultants Inc 52 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Code A one character wide field describing the type of tree status Description A brief description of the code For example with code of D the description is DEAD Streams A table defining the stream classes Code A one character wide numeric field describing the stream class Description A field brief description the code For example a code of 4 would have a description of CLASS FOUR Tax A table describing the type of tax to be applied Code A two character wide alphabetic field describing the species of vegetation Description A field brief description the code Treatment This table refers to how a particular plot in a timber cruise should be viewed relative to the stand This takes into account whether a plot seems representative of the overall stand Code A two character wide alphabetic field that describes the way the plot should be viewed Description A brief description of the code For example with a code of NR the description would be NOT A REPRESENTATIVE conversely with a code of T the description would be TYPICAL PLOT OF THE STAND TreeSource A table classifying the origins of the trees in a stand Code A one character wide field describing the origins of the trees Description A brief description of the code For example with codes of S and N the descriptions are SEEDED and NATURAL respectively T3 Vigor A
98. s can be described for each tree required for volume calculation SH Segment number two digit automatically assigned by the program This includes cull segments breakouts and logs Ln Segment length Two digit numeric Log length min and max are input on species sort and grade tables S Sort A single alpha or numeric code as described in the active sort grade table G Grade A single alpha or numeric code as described in the active sort grade table Bd Ft F Board Foot length deductions I Board Foot diameter deductions Cu Ft F Cubic Foot length deductions I Cubic Foot diameter deductions Numeric field left blank when using length or diameter deductions A 1 is entered when percentage deductions for both board foot and cubic feet are to be used Percentages are entered as whole numbers i e 10 equals 10 and 05 equals 5 Explode a Stand Exploding a stand involves copying all information tree details soils sort grade etc associated with that stand or type There are two possible methods for exploding a stand The first using the Copy option in stand maintenance allows one copy of any selected stand to be created The second exploding a stand has the ability to make multiple copies of the same stand This topic deals with the second method exploding a stand Note that this method is frequently used when a type falls into adjacent sections or even townships and ranges Rather than recreate
99. s entered in the Cruise Master Screen Basal Area Factor B1 thru B5 B1 27 78 Fixed Area Plots F1 thru F5 F1 0 25 One quarter acre plot Reforestation Plot Radius R1 thru R5 R1 11 78 1 100 acre plot Strip Cruise Blowup S1 thru S5 S1 4 00 25 strip cruise Identification A Age required A one digit numeric field for age code The age in years is input on the cruise master screen Default age is code 1 Up to nine ages can be input per type Age is used for calculating the tree form bark factors growth and for age class reports If no age is assigned then a default age of 30 is used for volume calculations Spp Species required A six digit alpha numeric field is provided for species The numbers or letters must match the active species screen A species table must be active before the cruise data is entered Species is very important It is usually not a good idea to group species Each individual species should be entered on the species table with appropriate factors and limits St Status optional A one digit alpha numeric field Input must match codes in the status table Status is used to indicate dead trees etc Ct Count optional The tree count A two digit numeric field is provided for tree count Count plots are used to adjust the trees per acre for the trees on the cruise plot Trees can be counted on the plots by species and diameter Count plots can be used with BAF fixed area plots and str
100. so be entered as a numeric value to be run against all ages for the specified species i e 0 593 for WH See Also Ao Factor Chart Form Factor required The diameter outside the bark measured at Form Point generally 16 feet divided by the diameter outside bark measured at D4H Either a number value or one of thirteen species codes can be entered If a number value is entered then the value is used as a default for the species when a form factor isn t entered in the tree input or edit screen If a species code is entered then the form factor will be predicted based on the active form table and the tree s total height When a form factor is entered with the tree data in a field data recorder or in the tree input screen then it will override the value entered in the species table Wood type required A one character wide alphabetic field referring to the type of wood used in reporting For example a W code would describe WHITEWOODS Codes are defined by the user and are stored in the active Wood Type table Component required A one character alphabetic code used to classify species for reporting Codes are defined by the user and are stored in the active Component table Yield Table required The yield equation that best mimics the volume yields for a given species Occasionally if a species has a similar yield equation as another species then the same yield equation can be applied Used only with the FLIPS program Min Dia
101. ssed by clicking on the Stand Input tab of the stand information screen It is the screen where new stand data is entered It includes Species Status Age Birth Year Site Index Normality Basal Area per Acre Trees per Acre DBH Logs per Acre Gross and Net Cubic Feet per Acre and Gross and Net Board Feet per Acre The attributes shaded in green Spc Age site index and Trees AC are the minimum stand attributes which must be entered in order to calculate a stand yield If cruise data is present in SuperACE for the timber type then the cruise data can be used to populate the Stand Input screen This is performed by selecting the stand in the project screen then selecting Cruise to Inventory under the File menu on the menu bar See Also Creating a New Stand FI Stand Table FI Stand is the third tab of the stand information screen and is a detailed view of the stand information It is similar to the Fl Species view of the stand data except that each species is broken down by DBH It then includes the remaining information of Site Index Basal Area per Acre Trees per Acre Logs per Acre Height per Tree Gross and Net Cubic Feet per Acre and Gross and Net Board Feet per Acre Atterbury Consultants Inc 6 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual TC Tree Edit Screen This screen is accessed by clicking the TC Tree Edit tab of the stand information screen It shows the data as it was entered in the TC Tree Input screen alon
102. te a New Table Edit a Table Delete Cruise Plots Select a Stand Click on Stand on the opening screen menu bar Choose Plot Maintenance from the drop down menu The Plot Maintenance dialog screen appears Check the delete option in the options area of the screen Confirm that original project and type are correct Select the plots to be deleted by selecting the cells of the plot numbers you want copied Click OK ONO OT e g o See Also Copy Cruise Plots Download Data from Pocket SuperEASY to SuperACE 06 After returning from the field the cruise data can be easily transferred to SuperACE 06 for editing and reporting You can transfer an entire project and the associated types or you can transfer individual type s from a project 1 Inthe Pocket SuperEASY Project Screen tap in the box next to the project or type s that you want to transfer to make a check mark appear in the box a PocketEASY e dx 1 28 Project Type J 015 01W 10 TEST 0001 015 01W 10 TEST 0002 KJKS Master Plots Tbls Del Utl Exit Ej 2 Tap on the Utl option at the bottom of the Project Screen and select Transfer Checked files to SA06 Atterbury Consultants Inc 17 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual a PocketEASY x 1 30 Project Type 01S 01W 10 TEST 0001 01S 01W 10 TEST 0002 Transfer checked files to SA06 Receive Tables send from SA firs Change Db Location
103. ter Plot Data The TC Tree Input Screen is accessed by clicking on the TC Tree Input tab of the stand information screen It is this screen where timber cruise plot data is entered The data is entered directly into the screen cells and through the insert tree delete tree and replace buttons located at the bottom of the screen Stand Information FI Stand Fl Sort Grade Fl History Plan FI Land Soils FI Stand Input Type Master TC Tree Edit TC Tree Input TC Plot Loc TC Dbh Cru Cnt TC Extra Tree Mea Fl Spp Sum Twn 01S Rge 01W Sec 24 Tract UNIT1 Type 0002 elalejalajala a lala alajala Dalal a a alnla jajajajajaja SAHHHAHEHEAHEHE Tables Defaults Find Update FI Insert Tree Reports Replace Save Stand Table Delete Tree Plot No Plot Number A Four digit plot number alpha numeric is assigned to each plot Each plot in a timber type must have a unique number Duplicate plot number will computed as one plot The program will check for duplicate plot numbers when you start entering a plot Plot numbers should be pre assigned when more than one cruiser is taking plots in a type Plot Number 000 means the tree on the line is a 100 cruise and the tree volume will be added seperately to a plot cruise A strip cruise value of 1 00 does the same thing Tree No Tree Number A thr
104. twice Once with CT equal to 99 and again with CT equal to 45 so that the two entries together yield 144 trees Cruise reports can be run to view the results of the cruise after the data has been entered for the stand table and the cruise plots Select Multiple Stands The list of available stands appear on the opening screen To select multiple stands 1 Click the mouse on the gray area to the far left of the first stand to select The entire line should be highlighted in black 2 Hold down the Ctrl key and select any other stands Note that clicking on the stand again will deselect it 3 To select a continuous range of types select the first type by clicking in the gray area on the left to highlight the line then hold down the Shift key and select the bottom or last type desired in the range of types See also Select a Stand Select a Printer 1 Select File from the menu bar and choose Printer setup from the drop down menu 2 The Print Setup dialog screen appears Print Setup HME gt Printer Name Properties Status Ready Type HP LaserJet 4 Where SERVER2 HPLasenet4 Comment m Paper Orientation Size Letter 8 1 2 in d n Portrait y Source Auto Select H C Landscape cos 3 In the Name drop down window select the printer you wish to use 4 Click on the OK button Atterbury Consultants Inc 31 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Select a Project PRI The list of
105. uperACE FLIPS User s Manual next to S1 on the type master screen Values for S2 thru S5 are left blank since only one strip blow up factor was used in the cruise Situations for use Areas of unknown size Irregular shaped areas Irregular area with field around it Road right of way laid out in timber Narrow strip where powerline right of way is widened Brushy areas or areas with broken topography where prism cruising would not work oak WN Acreage s by types must be calculated with a strip cruise however they are only used to calculate volume per acre The total volumes are calculated by multiplying the volume of each tree times the strip area factor There is no balancing of diameter and trees per acre as in a prism cruise If the diameters are estimated too small in a strip cruise the volume will be low Advantages 1 Strip cruises can avoid critical acreage errors in small units 2 Blow up factors can be independent of acreage 3 Brushy areas with scattered trees can be cruised accurately Disadvantages 1 The entire tree distribution will be sampled which may mean that many small trees will have to be recorded These small trees add greatly to the cost of cruising but may not add to the volume and value An accurate baseline has to run completely through the number of strips for cruise control 3 Accurate strip widths placed at right angles to the baseline have to be constantly
106. utside Bark The small end of the log outside the bark as specified in the scaling rule Top DIB Top Diamater Inside Bark The small end of the log inside the bark as specified in the scaling rule Net CuFT The cubic feet in a log less defect deductions Net BdFt The board feet in a log less defect deductions If a tree segment does not meet any of the parameters defined in the species or sort and grades tables an error message will appear in red to the right of the computed fields Once the segment is edited the message will disappear Edit Project Editing a project allows the user to change basic project information such as customer name address phone number etc 1 Select a project to edit 2 From the Project drop down menu choose Edit Project The Add Edit Project dialog appears 3 Alter any customer information by clicking the cursor in the appropriate box and changing to the correct information 4 Click OK Edit Tables The primary tables associated with a project can easily be accessed and edited 1 Choose Tables from the opening menu then select Tables from the Tables menu 2 Select the Table type and desired Table to be edited 3 Write over the appropriate information in the required cells Note that you may cut and paste information from an Excel spreadsheet into a table See Also Create a New Table Delete a Table Atterbury Consultants Inc 21 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual En
107. verview The price table screen allows the user to apply log values to the volume being inventoried These values are usually pond prices i e delivered to the destination without costs subtracted They are useful in facilitating appraisal work A price table can be assigned to an entire project or different price tables can be assigned to each stand in a project by assigning the table in the type master screen If a price table is assigned in a type master it will override the price table assigned to a project Conversely if no price table is assigned in the type master then the price table assigned to the project will be used See also Assigning Tables to a Project Table Name required The table name reflects the choice of price table made from the Table Names dropdown list box located at the bottom left of the screen These tables may already exist or may need to be created See Creating a New Table Species required The species abbreviation for which the price is being determined Copy Species optional Use this to copy and apply the same prices for one species to another For example Red Alder and Big Leaf Maple may have the same prices so entering Red Alder in the Big Leaf Maple Copy Species column will apply Red Alder prices to Big Leaf Maple by sort and grade Product Name required An eight character wide alphanumeric field describing the type of log being priced For example a Japan export log with a minimum of
108. wers that will cut out around or 10 67 of the time Stands with more variation require more plots Count plots should be used when the basal area per acre varies more than the volume per acre Count plots only measure species and basal area per acre Common sense and a basic knowledge of the various sampling systems are more important than sampling theory Key To Timber Cruise Sampling Method To use this key make estimates based on observation aerial photographs comparable data and personal knowledge of the timber stand Record the following stand conditions 1 total height 2 average diameter 3 acres 4 stand structure Start at the top of the key and review each of the conditions about the stand Select the sampling method to which the key leads REFORESTATION CRUISES Trees up to 20 feet tall Stocking WT EE Variable Radius Stocking even density adequate eee eeeeteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenetseseeeeaeeaeeeeeeaeeeaeeateneeeateees Fixed Area TIMBER CRUISES Trees over 20 feet Small area up to 10 acres Area known Small trees up to iii A EEN Fixed area Few large trees 100 Many large trees Area unknown WIER e nw aie eee 100 Strip or fixed Atterbury Consultants Inc 2 SuperACE FLIPS User s Manual Mam troos wieisseccesteecenersscescecescevsensesbeveseeceecssceeased ii ii Strip Larger area over 10 acres Area known Smallitrees pto Beer ee ee Fixed area RR e WEE Prism Even

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