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1. 2 Filter Criteria e A Point expression lists individual and ranges of point numbers The syntax is just like the way page ranges in many print dialogs are specified point expression point range point range point expression point range point number point number point number For example a Point expression of 1 99 110 250 349 900 means Points 1 to 99 110 250 to 349 and 900 e The Min and Max Northing and Easting values are inclusive extremes For example o A Min and Max Northing of 290 and 380 means 290 lt northing lt 380 o A Min Easting of 150 2 means easting gt 150 2 Copan Point Filters Page 2 of 4 Copan Point Filters Page 3 of 4 e Because points can have null or missing elevations there are three mutually exclusive Elevation options If you only want 2D points choose 2D only If you only want 3D points choose 3D only If you want 2D and 3D points choose Irrelevant e To enter Elevation extremes you must choose the 3D only option o A Min and Max Elevationof 10 and 30 means 10 lt elevation lt 30 e Criteria based on Name Code or Note fields require text expressions 3 Text Expressions Syntax In these quasi formal syntax definitions a defined term outdented is followed by its definition indented with alternative definitions separated by vertical lines or on separate lines Puzzled See the Examples text expression predicate tex
2. From 86 234 288 264 039 7 30 0000 7 7 Anale Left Right i Incr To i Cale Mode 2 J Auto increase To Satingt r aoe e Te EEEE om fI Auto To gt From Display io DE Edit points Clear Intersection Points All Bng Dist Erase ines C Angle OK Exit 4 To do a Distance Distance or arc arc Intersection intersect distances from two existing points to new point Click the Intersection radio button Enter one From point in either of the two From boxes Enter the relevant Distance in the same line Enter the other From point in the other From box e Enter the relevant Distance in the same line e Enter the new To point e Calculate or OK e Choose which of the two solutions you require The bearings to the new point will be computed and the new point will be added COGO Lite Intersection Calculation Paint Northing Easting Bearing Distance Offset From 88 279 868 212 023 7 7 20 960 7 From 85 243 501 202 278 7 24 080 To 9 185 725 205 726 Angle Left ight i Incr To Calc Mode n A J Auto increase To Settings c Tor TTE 4 om fI Auto br From Display ifo C Inverse Edit points ear Intersection Points All Bng Dist Erase ines C Angle OK Exit 5 To do a Bearing Distance or ine arc Intersection intersect bearing from one point and distance from another to new point
3. Copan given pts 6 of 6 points CoordFile e fetFitem Viewing amp Printing Program COGO COGO Lite Multiple Inverses Process Field Data Process Field Bearings Process Field FreeStations Adjust Brng Dist Traverse Map Trav Inverse Brng Dist Traverse Area Calc Transform Coords By Parameters By Control Points To Transform by Parameters l Either Calculation Transform Coords By Parameters to change a coordfile s point coordinates or choose Yes under Apply Transformation from within an import export module to change the coordinates during the import export process and leave the source points unchanged Optionally Load a transformation Parameters file 3 Enter the Pivot point number or the Northing and Easting of a location about which the rotation should pivot or from which the scaling should occur For a Rotation enter the Angle ve clockwise 5 For a Scale change 10 11 choose Uniform or Differential scaling and enter the Scale Factor and choose the Units Factor optionally inverting them via 1 SF and 1 UF as appropriate or enter the scale values directly Optionally Scale extended code sizes This will scale any point codes that are sized according to the rules in Point Codes by the Elev Scale present The Z scale is used rather than the N E scale to prevent influence from the SF For a Shift enter either a shift expression se
4. To print any of this manual s web pages or chapters you have two options Go to the desired web page and print it It is already printer friendly Headings can however get orphaned except in Opera Open the PDF version of the manual User Manual pdf you will need an Adobe reader and print the whole thing or just your desired pages You can jump to specific chapters via the Bookmarks tab The Software e The page of this user guide that is relevant to a particular module is usually accessible via that module s Help button or menu item Getting Started with Copan Page 1 of 4 Getting Started with Copan Page 2 of 4 Many menu items or dialog buttons are often grayed out disabled whenever their associated function or action is not appropriate at the time For example until a coordinate file with points is open most CoordFile menu items and most Calculation menu items are disabled Frequently shortcuts can be made by pressing the Alt key in combination with a single letter abbreviation indicated by an underline For example in the COGO dialog press Alt T to jump to the To point field or Alt E to Erase lines Many dialogs or windows have a Factory button which resets most values in the dialog to the state they were in when the program was first installed Also many dialogs have a Reset button which resets most values to the state they were in when the dialog was just opened Any menu item or dialog butto
5. Check Brng Dist Traverse Map Check Transform Coords If you have a coordfile open close it Calculate Check Brng Dist Traverse Map Check Optionally Load a traverse Data file This may be an older format loop file or a newer format map traverse file see Map Traverse Files below Optionally enter conversions an Azimuth Correction to be added to every bearing a Units Factor for converting distance units to coordinate units a Scale Factor for a combined map projection and sea level or elevation factor Enter or edit the bearing distance traverse data in the big edit box See below for a description of map traverse data for checking To move the text cursor within the big edit box use the Arrow Tab or Enter keys or the mouse pointer Do not use the Space key to separate fields To delete a chunk of text select it with the mouse then click Cut or type Ctrl X but be careful not to delete the embedded tabs within a line To manually insert a tab Copy and Paste an existing one The Ctrl Insert and Ctrl Delete key combinations act like the Ins and Del buttons that is they insert and delete a line of data To add a Point number automatically to the next blank line press Enter when in the Distance column of the previous line Optionally List the map traverse Data Save the Data for reuse Optionally Reverse the direction of the map traverse Data Calculate or OK the traverses To graphically v
6. Page 4 of 4 Ic Documents and Settings martinf My Documents Surveys bear valley pts m When creating coordtile create project folder with same name F copy auriliary files to project folder F m Properties ausiliary files folder own project folder List Job bear valley Description topographic Surveyor M artin Seek auxiliary files in Date OK Update Edit Points List Coord syst local e You may change the name of a coordfile using any normal Windows method but this won t change its Job e When working on the points in a coordinates file you do not need to remember to save the file periodically in fact there is no CoordFile Save menu item because whenever you add or update points Copan updates the coordfile instantaneously wherever it is stored Copan Coordinate Files updated 21 Sep 2010 Page 4 of 4 Copan Point Records Page of 4 w updated 21 Sep 2010 9 Copan for Windows Point Records Contents 1 Point Record Fields 4 Edit the Head Record 2 Add Delete or Edit a Point Record 5 Note 3 Src Mod Code Names A coordfile contains a head record and a set of survey point records A point record contains a group of fields plane survey coordinates and a number of attributes 1 Point Record Fields Some coordfile point record fields are numeric and others are alphanumeric or textual Some are editable and ot
7. 2 Map Traverse Data for Checking 5 Notes 3 Map Traverse Files Property lot or parcel boundaries on many maps plans plats or deeds are commonly annotated with azimuths or bearings horizontal distances curve parameters and areas Bearing and distance pairs are often known as calls courses or metes Copan refers to sequences of such reduced data as map traverse data and the process of checking the consistency of such data as map check Elsewhere it may be known as closure check lot check or deed check Use this module to check the closures and areas where appropriate of any number of map traverses including ones with curves independently of any coordinate file In fact Map Check is disabled if a coordfile is open Note that if you need to adjust azimuth and distance traverse data or save new points you should use the Map Traverses module Also this module cannot be used for field data involving horizontal or vertical circle readings or slope distances For such needs use the Field Data Processing module Finally hile there are certain similarities between the Map Check and the Field Data modules there are various operational differences other than the type of map survey data involved If you are familiar with one and new to the other please study the appropriate manual and dialog carefully Copan Map Checks Page 1 of 5 Copan Map Checks Page 2 of 5 1 To Check Bearing Distance Traverses CoordFile enen Eyres
8. target prism reflector or pogo height if elevations are required o Code a point code if needed o Note a point note if needed o Name a point name if needed For a remote elevation measurement REM insert it as an Observation but without a Slope Distance or possibly also without a Horizontal Circle See Remote Elevation Measurement in Field Files for details For the Zast leg shot of each traverse be sure to use one of these buttons end open for an open traverse i e ending on an unknown point or end closed for a closed traverse i e ending on a control point or on the traverse s initial setup point If the last leg shot of a traverse has not been so identified Copan may not report results properly After the end of a traverse a closing angle Observation may be inserted Either To the closing target point number or Closing Bng the assumed closing azimuth or bearing and o Hor Circle the horizontal circle value o While you may include a Code Note or Name here they will be ignored Copan will correct any angular misclosure by distributing the error equally among the setups prior to traverse adjustment Project Instrument Scales Data Project Job Date Time Surveyor Field Book Pages Clear bear creek f 7 Aug 2010 Insert Instrument Instr ID VC Cor Dist Corr Dist Factor Clear 00 0 0 0 1 0 Insert Scales Scale Factor Units Factor Clear 1 0 1 SF
9. 1 0 1 UF Insert Exit Project Instrument and Scales Data Entry Keep these three types of data on separate lines e Insert any desired Project data Job Date Time Surveyor Field book or Pages wherever convenient Note however that such data are ignored during calculations e Insert any Instrument constants whenever they differ from their previous values These are along with their default values Instr ID ignored during calculation VC Corr 0 0 for adding to vertical circle values o Dist Corr 0 0 for slope distance additive correction e g prism constant Copan Field Data Processing Page 4 of 7 Copan Field Data Processing Page 5 of 7 o Dist Factor 1 0 for slope distance multiplicative correction e g due to extreme temperature and they stay in effect until new ones are inserted e Insert any Scales whenever they differ from their previous values These are Scale Factor 1 0 for combined map projection and sea level or elevation distortions applies only to horizontal distances o Units Factor 1 0 for height and distance unit conversion e g feet to metres and they stay in effect until new ones are inserted Be sure to use the proper correction In most cases the default values are appropriate 3 Field Files Copan can read field data in different industry formats as well as its own A native Copan field file consists of numerous Setup and Observation data lines and may con
10. 1 of 5 Copan COGO Calculations Page 2 of 5 An intersection line may be specified as being offset from and parallel to a given point and bearing by entering an offset expression see Distance and Offset Expressions along with the point and bearing If you select Auto increase To you should not need to enter a new To unless you d like an alternative to that provided Copan will automatically provide an unused To when a From is entered e Use the To gt From button if you wish to transfer the just calculated To point to a From point ready for another calculation If entering a Note not in CoGo Lite for a new point you can select a previously entered value from the drop down list If desired use an Azimuth Correction not in CoGo Lite to adjust a bearing Enter an angle optionally negate it via AC then Apply it to convert the current contents of the Bearing box or boxes If desired use a Scale Factor not in CoGo Lite or Units Factor to scale a distance and offset Choose a factor optionally invert it via 1 SF or 1 UF then Apply it to convert the current contents of the Distance and Offset box or boxes e You do not need to save the coordfile in fact there is no Coordfile Save menu item because whenever you add or update points Copan updates the coordfile instantaneously wherever it is stored 1 To do a Direct or traverse Calculation compute new point using bearing distance and offset from e
11. 10 1 SF ains Units Factor v 1 0 1 UF Trav Label Curve Code A Home Program Settings y End OK Calculate aC z ae codes aar c 7 Insert line Delete line beginning of curve or tangential curves prefix a clockwise centre EC end of curve ie TBC TEC TPOC CC counterclockwise centre Cut Copy Paste Help List All POC point of connection end of one curve and beginning of another Exit Copan Area and Perimeter Calculations Page 2 of 4 Copan Area and Perimeter Calculations Page 3 of 4 2 Map Traverse Data for Calculating Areas and Perimeters e Begin each traverse by a starter line which must not only contain the first point number under Point but also contain a traverse label under Trav Label identifying the traverse e A traverse must have a sequence of leg lines Each leg must contain a Point number and may contain a Curve Code see Traversing Curves on how to define curves along a map traverse Nothing else is allowed e All identified points must already exist in the coordfile e Blank lines may be used for readability but have no affect on or calculation 3 Map Traverse Files A map traverse file as it is plain text or Ascii can have any name though names with the mt extension is advisable You can edit it outside of Copan but be sure to maintain proper formatting e The first line must contain only this text Map Traverses e The next three lines can contain anything as they
12. 944 20 706 40 000 30 00 00 6 7 8 T 13 963 13 945 80 000 10 00 00 Example 4 Reverse Tangential Curve cc Y J Y 5 Data Input Point Bearing Distance Curve code 1 2 S60E 50 TBC 3 N30E 40 GC 4 S30E Hi TRO 5 g 30 C 6 N30E TEC 7 S60 25 Curve Results Beg Cent End Arc Chord Radius Angle 2 3 4 41 888 40 000 40 000 60 00 00 4 5 6 T 31 416 30 000 30 000 60 00 00 Traversing Curves in Copan Page 4 of 5 Traversing Curves in Copan Page 5 of 5 3 Curve Checks Copan will check the following before calculating curve parameters e The inward and outward radial distances of a curve are equal e The inward radial direction of a beginning of tangential curve is perpendicular to the preceding line or parallel to the preceding outward radial e The outward radial direction to an end of tangential curve is perpendicular to the following line or parallel to the following inward radial 4 Curve Adjustments If a traverse that contains curves is adjusted in Map Trav its curves are affected as follows e For non tangential curves the curve chords are treated as traverse legs for the adjustment and then the curve centres are recomputed based on the original curve radii and new curve begin end points e For tangential curves the external tangents are treated as traverse legs for the adjustment The curve begin end points are recomputed based on the new curve intersection points and external tangents and then the cu
13. Click the Intersection radio button Enter one From point in either of the two From boxes Enter the relevant Bearing and optional Offset in the same line e Enter the other From point in the other From box e Enter the relevant Distance in the same line e Enter the new To point e Calculate or OK Copan COGO Calculations Page 4 of 5 Copan COGO Calculations Page 5 of 5 e If necessary choose which solution you require The missing dimensions to the new point will be computed and the new point will be added COGO Lite Intersection Calculation Point Northing Easting Bearing Distance Offset From 81 276 881 321 739 329 1200 7 From 89 293 011 341 461 29 300 7 Io 93 ngle Left I Right i ne rox Boo Settings C al E new point 93 ca E a Display info Inverse Undo Help Edit points ear Intersection Points All Bng Dist Erase ines C Angle OK Calculate Exit 6 To do an Angle Calculation compute corner angle at one point between two others e Click the Angle radio button e Enter the at point in the At box Enter the from point in the From box e Enter the to point in the To box e Optionally click Angle Left if you need the counter clockwise angle e Calculate or OK The bearings and distances from the at point to the from and to points will be computed e The resulting horizontal angle is shown under the two Bearings a
14. Code Note Clear A l 30 X Insert obs l Save Help Closing Bng fend of traverse only To insert ending traverse leg Obs gt _endopen end closed it nt Exit 2 Field Data Entry Setups and Observations Data Entry e For the first instrument Setup and backsight in a traverse and for each non traverse setup insert the following o gt At the station point number o Either Ref the reference or backsight point number or Ref Bng an assumed reference azimuth or bearing o Hor Circ the reference horizontal circle value o gt Ht Instr the instrument height if elevations are required They stay in effect until a new Setup is inserted After a Setup line multiple side shots or ties and one traverse leg shot can appear in any order e For each traverse Setup and backsight except the first insert o gt At the station point number o Ref the reference or backsight point number o Hor Circ the reference horizontal circle value o gt Ht Instr the instrument height if elevations are required e For each conventional shot Observation whether a traverse leg or a radial point insert the following o To the target point number o Hor Circle the horizontal circle value o Vert Circle the vertical circle value or zenith angle Slope Dist the slope distance o Copan Field Data Processing Page 3 of 7 Copan Field Data Processing Page 4 of 7 o Ht Signal the signal
15. Dec 2011 Copan Software Version Page 1 of 1 Getting Started with Copan Page of 4 updated 21 Sep 2010 w 9 Copan for Windows Getting Started Contents 1 Some Conventions 4 CoordFile Functions 2 Installing or Uninstalling Copan 5 Survey Calculations 3 Program Settings 6 Bugs Crashes and Improvements Copan is a powerful tool for land surveyors and civil engineers who do field and office calculations with plane coordinates and survey measurements To use Copan you must be familiar with basic Windows operations and with basic geomatics or surveying engineering concepts 1 Some Conventions This Manual Boldface words are usually menu items or dialog buttons or field names Monospace words usually mean folder or file names or data values Where it is not spelled out please read A B as Select item B from the pull down menu A For example to do basic COGO after you ve opened a coordinates file the instruction Calculation COGO means Choose the Calculation menu then the COGO item The symbol before capitalized text e g Map Traverses means the text is the name of another web page or printed chapter If you re reading this on line you can go to the table of contents the previous page or the next page via contents previous next etc buttons at the top or bottom of each page If you have the Opera web browser you can choose the same items on the its navigation bar
16. Export Page 6 of 6 e The Moving Filter boxes allow you to specify the parameters of a spatial filter to reduce the number of points imported from a densely sampled stream of points A point is accepted only if it lies at or outside a distance of and or at or outside a rise fall of the previously accepted point For any given distance and rise fall choosing and instead of or can result in slightly fewer points passing the filter e The Start and Width boxes for Fixed Format fields should correspond to the first character position and the character count for the field along a line of data 2 Importing Copan Coordfiles e CoordFile Import from Copan PTS 3 Exporting to Total Station Files If you wish to export points directly to a total station compatible file see Export to Total Station File updated 24 Mar 2011 Copan Import and Export Page 6 of 6 Copan Export to Total Station File Page of 2 updated 21 Sep 2010 Copan for Windows Export to Total Station File Suppose you have some coordfile points that you d like to set out or stake out via a total station With this module you can save a group of coordfile points to an ASCII file ready for transferring to a total station While you can simply export the points to an ASCII file using the generic export facility see Import and Export and then convert the export file using some appropriate external software to the total station format here you ca
17. It is a binary file and has a pts name extension 1 To Create a New Coordinate File 1 CoordFile New 2 Enter a Job name or ID and other details you d like kept in the head record You can always come back and edit the details later 3 Optionally check Create project folder to have Copan automatically create a project folder in the Initial Project Folder Then check Copy auxiliary files to project folder to have Copan do that if you wish to have auxiliary files specific to the new project The default location for the new coordfile is the current Project Folder 4 Create or OK 5 Optionally navigate to the another folder or enter an alternative file name By default the filename is the same as the Job plus the pts extension 6 Save the coordfile Copan Coordinate Files Page 1 of 4 Copan Coordinate Files Page 2 of 4 New CoordFile c Documents and Settings martinf My Documents Surveys When creating coordfile create project folder with same name IV copy auxiliary files to project folder I Properties List Job Description PO Surveyor Martin F Coord syst SE Date 22 Dec 2008 OK File name defaults to lt Job gt pts c All properties are optional Create 2 To Open an Existing Coordinate File wi Copan eea G Calculation Viewing amp Printing Program CoordFile Open Navigate to the coordfile Open the coordf
18. Source Map i al Size coordfile units inches per coordfile unit 39 370079 ewe North C Whole map 144 441 Page 7 of 7 Paper Size inches Orientation High Wide 11 00 Page Size inches High Wide 6 50 9 00 Landscape 8 50 Printed Map Scale Actual Size inches Adjust to fit page High Wide Fix at 1 1000 5 69 8 51 7 Choose Viewing amp Printing Print to open a special Print dialog 8 Select which Region of the Source Map to print just the Current View or the Whole Map and select the Scale of the Printed Map Adjust to fit page or Fix at 1 whatever scale you enter 9 Click OK 6 Notes e The first time you wish to print any graphics after starting Copan each time you must choose Page Setup and click OK before you actually choose Print even if you don t change anything e You can obtain the best fit i e the largest map for a given page if you manually create a match between the shape of the main Copan program window and the orientation of the page in Page Setup both landscape shaped or both portrait shaped Viewing and Printing Copan Graphics updated 21 Sep 2010 Page 7 of 7 Copan Program Settings Page of 3 updated 21 Sep 2010 E Copan for Windows Program Settings There are various general settings which control program behavior All of these are optional choices you can make To Change General Program Settings i Copan giv
19. are ignored during calculations e Insert any Instrument constants whenever they differ from their previous values These are along with their default values Instr ID ignored during calculation o Azim Corr 0 0 for adding to azimuth bearing values e g magnetic to grid o VC Corr 0 0 for adding to vertical circle values o Dist Corr 0 0 for slope distance additive correction e g prism constant o Dist Factor 1 0 for slope distance multiplicative correction e g due to extreme temperature and they stay in effect until new ones are inserted e Insert any Scales whenever they differ from their previous values These are Scale Factor 1 0 for combined map projection and sea level or elevation distortions applies only to horizontal distances o Units Factor 1 0 for height and distance unit conversion e g feet to metres and they stay in effect until new ones are inserted Be sure to use the proper correction In most cases the default values are appropriate 3 Field Files Copan can read field data in different industry formats as well as its own A native Copan field file consists of numerous Setup and Observation data lines and may contain comment lines as well as Project Instrument or Scales data lines if required Each data line consists of various tab separated attribute value pairs See Field Files for a more detailed description of different raw field file types and Copan s field fi
20. are not currently used e The next three lines must contain the head correction values scale factor units factor and azimuth correction one each per line respectively e Each subsequent line must be a tab delimited data line with six fields point num blank blank trav label blank and curve code Most of those fields are empty but there must be five tabs per line Which fields are left blank depends on the purpose of the particular data line see Map Traverse Data for Calculating Areas and Perimeters above e Single byte character encoding such as ANSI DOS or UTF 8 must be used Note multi byte character encodings such as Unicode or UTF 16 will not work Example Map traverse file Here s a map traverse file ready to be Loaded for checking Map Traverses lst dummy line 2nd dummy line 3rd dummy line 1 0000000000 1 0000000000 0 0000000000 101 parcel D 102 103 tbe 104 amp 105 tec Copan Area and Perimeter Calculations Page 3 of 4 Copan Area and Perimeter Calculations Page 4 of 4 106 101 4 Export Use the Export button to export the current map traverses starting from where you specify in ESRI Traverse File format You specify the location and file name the default being the current folder and current map traverse file without the mt and Copan will save to file name file name txt that s the funny way ArcGIS expects it Copan uses the latest coordinates for the start and
21. different file formats While the files can have any names certain extensions are advisable Copan field file fld or f o Geodimeter file job or raw TDS RAW RWS file raw or rw5 o Nikon RAW file raw o Leica GSI 8 file gsi Leica GSI 16 file gsi o Wild GRE file gre Copan does not communicate with total stations themselves only their downloaded files Copan only saves field data in its own format Field data files are plain text or Ascii so can be edited outside of Copan but be careful to follow the relevant syntax Single byte character encoding such as ANSI DOS or UTF 8 must be used Multi byte character encodings such as Unicode or UTF 16 will not work Note that while both topographic and geodetic variations of Leica GSI 16 data can be read some manual editing of the loaded data may be required before calculating This is because GSI files often do not contain setup data ref and HI even though such data are in the instrument Let us know at support underhill ca if you d like Copan to read field data in other formats Please note the software version and release date see Software Version in all communications Copan Field Files Page 1 of 4 Copan Field Files Page 2 of 4 2 Copan Field File Format A Copan field file usually consists of numerous Setup and Observation data lines It may also contain comment lines as well as Project Instrument or Scale data lines
22. distances along and perpendicular offsets from a base line from one start point fo a set of other points in a coordfile To Multi Inverses ie Copan bear valley pts 12 of 12 points CoordFile peA Ei Viewing amp Printing Program COGO COGO Lite Multiple Inverses Process Field Data Process Field Bearings Process Field FreeStations e Calculation Multiple Inverses Note that in all of the Multi Inverse calculations below e You can choose which To Points to include in the results All or a Filtered set see Point Filters e If entering a bearing or azimuth you may use a bearing expressions see Bearing Expressions e Resulting distances are all horizontal not sloped e Optionally use a Scale Factor or Units Factor before Calculate to scale the computed distances Copan Multiple Inverse Calculations Page 1 of 3 Copan Multiple Inverse Calculations Page 2 of 3 1 To Calculate Many Angle Distance Pairs 1 Click the 1 Angle amp Distance Calc Mode and optionally choose angle Left for negative counterclockwise angles to be computed 2 Enter the At Point or hub point number 3 Enter the Reference Point number or Reference Bearing 4 Calculate or OK Multiple Inverses Angle amp Distance Calculations r Cale Mode To Points angle 1 Angle amp Distance Left C Right All Filter List C 2 Bearing amp Distance 6 of 6 points C 3 Di
23. has been further reduced Save Points The renumber replace option is now always reset to Ask before saving for new Field files Export Data Did you know you can Export field data to GeoLab IOB format files The missing foresight DIRs in DSETs bug is now fixed Actually Export now outputs 1 line ANGLs instead of 3 line DSETs Also you now have some control over IOB sigma records and horizontal angle output See the new Export to IOB File section in the User Manual Small improvements to Map Trav If you ran a multiple traverse file starting from a specified point or label and then ran a new single traverse file not containing that previously specified start point label Copan would complain This is now fixed The renumber replace option is now always reset to Ask before saving for new Map Trav files May 2011 Copan News May 2011 Page 1 of 1 Copan News Dec 2011 Page l of 1 Copan News Dec 2011 Copan Lite version 11 11 release 2011 12 15 was released at 2pm on 22 Dec 2011 Vancouver BC Note It has no functional improvements over version 11 05 only a name change and some updated links to our new web site You do not need to update your software Name change and new editions For a long time we provided three Copan packages and they were named for the different platforms that they ran on Copan for Windows Copan for Pocket PC and Copan for Palm OS There were also two edit
24. if required Each data line consists of various tab separated attribute key value pairs 1 e a tab character must separate each attribute key value pair Suitable combinations of these attributes depend on the particular situation and are specified in the relevant Field modules chapter Spaces may be placed either side of equals signs e g HS 1 56 if desired A Project data line consists of a combination of job dat tim svr FB or pgs attributes An Instrument data line consists of a combination of instr VCC DC or DF attributes A Scale data line consists of SF or UF attributes A Setup data line consists of a combination of at ref az HC or HI attribute keys An Observation data line consists of a combination of to az HC VC SD HS cod not nam dis bas or end attribute keys Typically Observations are indented from Setups for readability but that is not a requirement A valid comment line begins with zero or more spaces or tabs then has two commas periods slashes semi colons or backslashes which are followed by any character string Comments are not processed or stored as point notes but are saved within the field file Use them to temporarily remove observations to make remarks or to log relevant events 3 Field Attribute Keys Here are the currently recognized key words representing attributes in the attribute key value pairs Note that correct case is
25. no way of specifying criteria for other attributes e g Locked Modified etc The full syntax for the criteria expressions may evolve Give us your suggestions By default after you filter some points for whatever reason only those points passing the filter are immediately viewable To make all points viewable regardless of the current filter do one of two things either select Viewing amp Printing Ufilter Points each time you need to or for a lasting choice select Program Settings General and check Ignore filter when viewing points under Logistics updated 21 Sep 2010 Copan Point Filters Page 4 of 4 Copan Field Files Page 1 of 4 updated 24 Mar 2011 E Copan for Windows Field Files Contents 1 Field File Types 3 Field Attribute Keys 2 Copan Field File Format 4 Remote Elevation Measurement To Copan field survey data consist of measured or reduced angles and distances and come in field files The field modules Field Data Processing Field Bearings Processing and Field Resections Processing can read field files Note that coordinates however they ve been collected or derived are not considered to be field data and can only be imported to Copan via the generic import facility see Import and Export If coordinates are in a field file they will be displayed as comments and will not processed 1 Field File Types e Copan can read field data in various
26. point if you know that new points should be ignored and existing ones should remain unchanged Check Ask before replacing point in order to decide what to do on a point by point basis e Check Renumber the new point if you know that new points should be renumbered and existing ones should remain unchanged Copan Point Renumbering or Replacement Page of 2 Copan Point Renumbering or Replacement Page 2 of 2 Rules for renumbering Choose Renumber Rule r Renumber Rule Increase by Use next available Use highest 1 C Start at hie EL Record old in Name field New Number f 009 List used amp unused Cancel You also have a selection of possible rules for the new number e Check Increase by for each new point number to be increased by a constant value e Check Use next available for each new point number to be replaced by the next unused point number e Check Use highest 1 for the new point numbers to begin after the current highest point e Check Start at for the new point numbers to begin at a specified value If you want each new point to remember what its original number was before being renumbered check Record old in Name field updated 21 Sep 2010 Copan Point Renumbering or Replacement Page 2 of 2 Copan User Manual Part V Appendix Page 1 of 1 E Copan for Windows Part V Appendix e Installing or Updating e Uninstalling e Running via CoordFi
27. same order Copan Coordinate Transformations Page 3 of 5 Copan Coordinate Transformations Page 4 of 5 Select whatType of transformation Rigid body or Similarity Estimate the Parameters and examine the listed residuals Optionally Save the Control Point Pairs for later reuse Optionally Save the Parameters for later use in Transform by Parameters oem nNnnw Choose which Source points to transform All of them or Filter a subset See Point Filters Target points are automatically protected so will not get transformed 10 Transform or OK 11 Optionally Reverse transform the points This performs the specified transformation in reverse so effectively acts as an Undo button 2D Transformation by Control Points Source Coordinate System Target Coordinate System Source Control Point Target Control Point FROM cma Mm Point Name Northing Easting Elevation Code Point Name Northing Easting Elevation Code 218 291 182 120 59 830 1005 5437532 005 501488 460 80 987 221 385 212 631 55 836 1008 5437534 359 501519 072 76 993 207 912 182 935 56 731 1013 5437521 600 501489 022 77 888 211 490 214 142 53 082 5437524 419 501520 341 74 239 197 950 184 183 49 258 5437511 592 501490 027 70 415 201 894 216 509 49 766 5437514 759 501522 476 70 923 2D Transformation Parameters p MV Scale extended code sizes C Rigid body rotate amp shift Source Points to Transform Control Point Pairs Similarity rotate scale amp
28. shift All Filter List Clear Save List Estimate Help Exit Rotate about amp scale from centroid V Auto list transformed points The Transformation Control Point Pairs File Format This plain text or ascii file has e Any name though names with a tep extension is advisable e One heading line containing Source and Target exclude quotes and separate by whitespace e Pairs of corresponding source and target point numbers separated by whitespace one per line e Single byte character encoding such as ANSI DOS or UTF 8 Note multi byte character encodings such as Unicode or UTF 16 will not work Example Transformation control point pairs file Source Target 2 1002 3 1003 4 1004 Copan Coordinate Transformations Page 4 of 5 Copan Coordinate Transformations Page 5 of 5 Notes e The target control points must be in the same coordfile e Any point that gets added to the target point list is automatically protected prevented from being transformed and remains so even if subsequently removed from the list e If only two pairs of control point are used to estimate a similarity transformation an exact solution not an estimate is determined e You can Remove items from the control point lists e Transformed points are plotted in their new positions updated 24 Mar 2011 Copan Coordinate Transformations Page 5 of 5 Copan User Manual Part IV Other Functions Page 1 of 1 EI Co
29. to an earlier version should you have problems with the new one Moving Auxiliary Files Prior to version 10 08 the default location for the Auxiliary Files folder was the Program Folder which usually changed with each installation and the program installer would always suggest that you move your auxiliary files from an earlier program folder to the latest one Since version 10 08 however the default location for the Auxiliary Files folder is now in a more stable location the Initial Project Folder If you haven t yet done so consider moving your auxiliary files one last time to a more stable location updated 16 Dec 2011 Installing or Updating Copan Page 3 of 3 Uninstalling Copan Page 1 of 2 updated 21 Sep 2010 E Copan for Windows Uninstalling The following four scenarios for removing Copan refer to a Copan program folder That is where Copan is actually installed and is usually inC Program Files Copan How to Uninstall the Only Existing Version If you only have one version of the Copan do any one of the following e Select Start All Programs Copan Uninstall e Select Start Control Panel open Add or Remove Programs find Copan from the list and click Change Remove e Open the Copan program folder and run the unins000 application How to Uninstall a Previous Version but Keep the Current Version If you re happy with the latest version of the Copan and you wish to remove a previous version you only
30. to import example file 3 above choose Number blank blank Northing Easting and Elevation Choose either Delimited or Fixed format See Text File Format above 5 Choose which Points to import All or Filter a subset See Point Filters After a Copan Import and Export potential import record has been converted to Copan point format according to your formatting criteria it is tested against the import filter before actually being saved to the coordfile Optionally Apply Transformation to the points being imported The source text file will not be changed Clicking Yes allows you to enter the transformation parameters see Coordinate Transformations Choose other options as appropriate such as whether Headings are on the first line whether to Renumber new points or replace existing points see Point Renumbering or Replacement or whether to use a Moving Filter see below Optionally Save the Configuration for later reuse Optionally List this file for preview 10 Import or OK and enter the appropriate file name and location Page 3 of 6 Copan Import and Export Page 4 of 6 Import Points from ASCII File Configuration file Load Save Save as Factory m Import Options Fields to import Renumber all new points before saving Clear all Start Width If point already exists point Number is C Always replace existing point Cabal J C Never replace existing point poi
31. txt until told otherwise Single byte character encoding such as ANSI DOS or UTF 8 must be used Note multi byte character encodings such as Unicode or UTF 16 will not work 3 Extended Code Examples Suppose this is an excerpt of your point codes table Code Description Type Block Layer Desc 0 control point basic CONT survey CP 1 lamp stand basic LAMP util LS 8 catch basin hole CATCH util CB 13 deciduous tree tree DTREE veg DT 36 culvert culvert CULV topo culv The following could be an excerpt from List Points option 7 Code Desc Extension 0 CP 0 7 CP type 7 1 LS Les 3 LS type 3 8 125 CB 1 25 deep 8 85 CB 0 85 deep 13 150 10 DT 1 5 trnk 10 sprd 13 90 15 DT 0 90 trnk 15 sprd 36 culv 36 235 culv 0 35 diam Note that e The first and third point codes are basic so have no Extension e The 7 and 3 in the second and fourth point codes are merely user determined codes that might be used to sub classify the point For example 1 2 or 3 could be used to specify wood metal or concrete as the type of lamp stand 4 Codes Table Example This is a portion of a typical Codes Table See the Sample Aux Files sample_codes txt file Note that because it is tab delimited if you look at an actual file the columns may not appear as neatly aligned as they do here Also note that the codes need not be consecutive there are no codes 23 26 or 30 35 Copan Point Codes Page 3 of 4 Copan Po
32. you encounter a bug please check if it is already documented If it s not please note the details and send them to support underhill ca Please note the software version and release date see Software Version in all communications Crashes A crash is when a program shut s down when it s not supposed to without any warning If you encounter a crash please check if it is already documented or not If not please note the circumstances that led to the crash and keep us informed You can help by sending us the relevant program trace file located in the User Settings folder see File Locations Send it to support underhill ca Since version 11 01 four generations of trace files are kept program trace 0 txt to program trace 3 txt The dates and times of the files should indicate which ones are relevant If in doubt send them all Prior to version 11 01 only one program trace txt was ever kept so you were required to send us the file before starting Copan again updated 17 Feb 2011 Bugs and Other Problems with Copan Page 2 of 2 Copan Support Page 1 of 1 updated 18 Jun 2009 Copan for Windows Support Help on using or printing this manual and on basic use of Copan can be found in Getting Started Support for registered users of the Free version of Copan may be available via email depending on demand e support underhill ca Suggestions for improvement or reports of bugs are always welcome from all
33. 0 42 to 9 az 186 42 VC 91 24 to 10 az 198 24 VC 92 00 to 11 az 155 24 VC 90 36 to 12 az 186 42 VC 91 24 to 14 az 176 06 VWC 91 24 to 15 az 157 42 VC 90 54 end closed Setup Insert blank Delete line Fenumber all new points before saving Project Instrum Scales Ht Instr Clear Cut Copy Paste Undo ron savma i port ik eter tia Program Settings C Always replace existing point At Insert Delete comments Home Never replace existing point End Ask before replacing point OK Calculate Renumber the new point mG ae j List Observation D i Paint M Default VC 90 Name ata Poin To Bearing Vert Circle Slope Dist Ht Signal Code Note Clear A ic A 30 Insert obs i Save Help To insert ending traverse leg Obs gt _ end open end oe _Data Paints Exit 2 Field Bearings Entry Setups and Observations Data Entry e For each instrument Setup insert only the following o At the station point number o gt Ht Instr the instrument height if elevations are required They stay in effect until a new Setup is inserted After a Setup line multiple side shots or ties and one traverse leg can appear in any order e For each shot Observation whether a traverse leg or a radial point insert the following o To the target point number o Bearing the bearing value or a bearing expression o Vert Circle the vertical circle value or zenith distanc
34. 0000 5554 0000 4300 VC VC VC VC 89 1506 83 1043 86 0415 86 2758 Example 3 3D closed loop traverse with side shots SD 190 160 SD 905118 SD 84 178 SD 111 153 SD 190 160 SD 90 118 SD 84 178 SD 111 153 I DNDHNH NH NH Page 6 of 7 648 583 5583 HOS 4003 483 483 510 errererrrrrr 648 283 x583 2993 203 483 483 510 PRPPPRPRPHP rrererrrrrr 648 4583 i083 003 79093 483 483 510 Notice that side shots or ties may precede leg shots e g 3 and 8 or they may follow leg shots e g 6 and 8 at 1 az 351 3825 HC to 3 HC 173 to 5 HC 100 at 5 ref 1 HC to 7 HC 77 Copan Field Data Processing 0 0 0000 5504 2213 0000 0519 VC VC VC 88 1644 94 3117 88 5648 SD SD SD 28 010 62 271 61 888 HI HS HS HI HS 2015 280 280 510 280 PPR PR Page 6 of 7 Copan Field Data Processing Page 7 of 7 at 7 at 2 at 1 to 6 HC 94 0147 VC 93 4530 SD 17 208 HS 1 280 ref 5 HC 0 0000 HI 1 567 to 8 HC 226 5026 VC 107 5427 SD 20 437 HS 1 280 to 2 HC 96 1240 VC 90 1123 SD 58 458 HS 1 660 ref 7 HC 0 0000 HI 1 660 to 1 HC 86 1954 VC 86 2230 SD 54 495 HS 1 515 end closed to 9 HC 73 5238 VC 92 4451 SD 19 872 HS 1 510 ref 2 HC 0 0000 HI 1 515 az 351 3825 HC 360 0000 Example 4 3D topographic survey with REM points Notice that
35. 0000000000 al Parcel B 2 092 2112 160 40 3 182 0352 160 93 4 Y 048 32 5 183 4005 059 19 6 260 5657 160 73 Copan Map Checks Page 4 of 5 Copan Map Checks Page 5 of 5 7 000 0812 061 41 8 002 1748 077 60 1 002 1748 161 24 4 Reverse Occasionally you d like to use an already entered traverse but in the reverse direction Use the Reverse button to reverse the current map traverses from last to first each one in reverse point order Note ies that reversed traverse data are shown in their combined interpreted and converted form after expressions are evaluated and conversions are applied So if you want only the raw or unconverted data reversed you must first temporarily remove the conversions 5 Notes If you have multiple traverses when you Calculate you may begin from a specific traverse rather than from the top by entering the start point number or traverse label When you Calculate Copan always checks and computes the traverse data currently in the edit boxes Changes to the data in the edit boxes are only saved to disk when you Save Data After you Calculate Copan lists the reduced traverse data i e legs are in their combined interpreted and converted form If a traverse is a loop i e it ends on its own start point Copan provides the enclosed area in squared distance units And if a units factor was involved the area is also given in converted units For example if distances are entered
36. 10 Copan Distance and Offset Expressions Page 2 of 2 Copan Shift Expressions Page 1 of 1 updated 21 Sep 2010 Copan for Windows Shift Expressions It is easy to enter an implied shift translation or slide from one point to another Syntax In these quasi formal syntax definitions a defined term outdented is followed by its definition indented with alternative definitions on separate lines shift expression point number separator point number point number separator sl The implied shift is always from the first point to the second point A single point number implies a shift from it to the origin and is rarely used Puzzled See the Examples Examples Assume that these points exist Point Northing Easting Elevation 1 100 100 10 2 120 110 12 3 130 90 The following shift expressions would yield these shift vectors the first four all being equivalent Expression Northing shift Easting shift Elevation shift Dee 20 10 2 i 20 10 2 1 2 20 10 2 il ee 20 10 2 ae ae 20 10 2 2 3 10 20 0 Be 30 10 2 130 90 0 2 120 110 12 updated 21 Sep 2010 Copan Shift Expressions Page 1 of 1 Traversing Curves in Copan Page 1 of 5 updated 21 Sep 2010 E Copan for Windows Traversing Curves Contents 1 Codes 3 Checks 2 Examples 4 Adjustments Copan s Map Check and Map Traverse modules allow you to calculate circular curve parameters given certain inputs If you have t
37. 2 Map Traverse Data for Checking e Begin each traverse by a starter line which must contain the first point number under Start Pnt and may contain a label under Trav Label identifying the traverse Since there is no use of coordfiles any valid point number may do e A traverse must have a sequence of leg lines Each leg o must contain these three items To Point number Bearing or azimuth and Distance and may contain a Pnt Note under Trav Label Pnt Code and a Curve Code However Pnt Notes and Pnt Codes are ignored e For a Bearing or Distance an appropriate expression may be used see Bearing Expressions and Distance and Offset Expressions except that because no coordfile is open no point numbers may be used If a Bearing or Distance is the same as the previous one a double quote character may be used for ditto e At any point along a traverse you may need to change the scale or distance factors or the azimuth correction To do this enter a separate line with SF value UF value or AC value under Conversion From that point on the new value is used instead of the original head value Optionally a differential azimuth correction da value Copan Map Checks Page 3 of 5 Copan Map Checks Page 4 of 5 may be used where the value is added to the current value for subsequent azimuth corrections Or a relative azimuth correction ac value may be used where the value is added to the origin
38. 95 3 5700 0 696 4 5699 3 696 RPW AIN Example 2 Fixed field text file four columns with headings Number Northing Easting Code 1 5699 4 695 2 0 2 5700 6 695 7 8 3 5700 0 696 3 7 4 5699 3 696 1 Example 3 Comma delimited text file six columns with headings This is a hypothetical GPS data file whose second and third fields do not correspond to Copan fields Point UTC Fix Northing Easting Elev 1 155757 3 6306918 388 380793 430 3 07 2 155758 3 6306918 360 380793 445 3 07 Copan Import and Export Page 2 of 6 Copan Import and Export Page 3 of 6 3 155759 4 6306918 358 380793 449 3 09 4 155800 4 6306918 355 380793 444 3 08 Example 4 Bar delimited text file with strange notes This file Point Northing Easting Note 1 918 3 179 0 wal 2 618 6 180 5 non _ corn 3 594 3 179 9 wall 4 901 8 193 4 6 pipe would be interpreted as Number Northing Easting Note I 918 3 179 0 wa 2 618 6 180 5 non _ corn 3 594 3 179 9 wall 4 901 8 193 4 6 pipe To Import a Text File CoordFile Import from Ascii Optionally Load a Configuration file 3 Indicate which Ascii file Fields to import to what point record fields See Point Record Fields in Point Records The chosen point record fields must include at least Number and Elevation or Northing and Easting If an input file has fields that are not desired choose the blank field for them So
39. A coordfile is a standalone file containing a head record and a set of survey point records It is a binary file and has a pts name extension See Coordinate Files on how to do basic coordinate file management and Point Records on the nature and management of point records Info Display File Most Copan activities and results are logged to the info display txt file within the current project folder The file is overwritten or emptied before each activity so you may wish to Save As or print it regularly from whichever program is displaying it See Info Copan File Locations Page 1 of 3 Copan File Locations Page 2 of 3 Display File on printing or viewing the file Prior to version 10 05 there was only a single info display file stored in the user settings folder Auxiliary Files Some data that may or may not be specific to a survey project are used for reference They include a point codes table e g codes t xt required when using code descriptions or extensions see Point Codes Copan looks for them in your Auxiliary Files Folder which starts out being within the Initial Project Folder but it can be changed to say a common location on a file server Prior to version 10 08 auxiliary files were located in the program folder You or your colleagues are responsible for creating your auxiliary files Note that you have the option to have separate auxiliary files associated with each project You might choose t
40. Calculations Contents 4 Di Di 1 Direct or traverse Calculation eee etn rae a ase Intersection 2 Inverse orgon culang 5 Bearing Distance or line arc 3 Bearing Bearing or line line Intersection Intersection 6 Corner Angle Calculation Using Copan s COGO coordinate geometry calculator you can do many different computations involving bearings or azimuths distances or ranges offsets angles and coordfile points Note that to do freestation calculations use the Field FreeStations Processing module To COGO Copan bear valley pts 12 of 12 points CoordFile Meet Viewing amp Printing Program COGO COGO Lite Multiple Inverses Process Field Data Process Field Bearings e Calculation COGO or CoGo Lite Note that in all of the COGO calculations below e CoGo Lite has all of the same functionality as has COGO except the ability to use an Azimuth Correction or Scale Factor or to view and enter point Names Codes and Notes e Distances are all horizontal not sloped e When entering bearings distances and offsets you may use bearing and distance expressions see Bearing Expressions and Distance and Offset Expressions or you can select a previously entered or computed value from the drop down lists e An offset is a relatively small optional distance perpendicular to a given bearing positive right and negative left Copan COGO Calculations Page
41. Clear bear creek f 7 Aug 2010 Insert Instrument Instr ID YC Cor Dist Corr Dist rect Clear 00 0 0 0 0 Insert Scales Scale Factor Units Factor Clear 1 0 1 SF gt 1 0 1 UF Insert Exit Copan Field FreeStations Processing Page 3 of 5 Copan Field FreeStations Processing Page 4 of 5 Project Instrument and Scales Data Entry Keep these three types of data on separate lines e Insert any desired Project data Job Date Time Surveyor Field book or Pages wherever convenient Note however that such data are ignored during calculations e Insert any Instrument constants whenever they differ from their previous values These are along with their default values Instr ID ignored during calculation VC Corr 0 0 for adding to vertical circle values o Dist Corr 0 0 for slope distance additive correction e g prism constant o Dist Factor 1 0 for slope distance multiplicative correction e g due to extreme temperature and they stay in effect until new ones are inserted e Insert any Scales whenever they differ from their previous values These are Scale Factor 1 0 for combined map projection and sea level or elevation distortions applies only to horizontal distances o Units Factor 1 0 for height and distance unit conversion e g feet to metres and they stay in effect until new ones are inserted Be sure to use the proper correction In most cas
42. Copan User Manual Page of 1 Underhill Geomatics Ltd co Fie 4 ony s Copan Lite for Windows User Manual e Part I Introduction e Part II CoordFile Functions e Part III Survey Calculations e Part IV Other Functions e Part V Appendix updated 25 Mar 2011 Copan User Manual Page 1 of 1 Copan User Manual Part I Introduction Page 1 of 1 E9 Copan for Windows Part l Introduction e Table of Contents e Software Version e Getting Started e Frequently Asked Questions updated 21 Sep 2010 Copan User Manual Part I Introduction Page 1 of 1 Copan User Manual Contents ra 9 Copan Lite for Windows Contents Part I Introduction e Contents e Software Version e Getting Started e Frequently Asked Questions Part Il CoordFile Functions e Coordinate Files e Point Records e Point Lists e Bulk Point Editing e Import and Export e Export to Total Station File Part Ill Survey Calculations e COGO Calculations Multiple Inverse Calculations Field Data Processing e Field Bearings Processing Field FreeStations Processing e Map Traverses e Map Checks e Area and Perimeter Calculations Coordinate Transformations Copan User Manual Contents Page l of 1 Part IV Other Functions Viewing and Printing Graphics Program Settings File Locations Info Display File Point Codes Point Filters Field Files Traverse Processing Export to IOB File Bearing Expressions Dis
43. Sep 2010 Page 3 of 3 Copan Distance and Offset Expressions Page 1 of 2 updated 21 Sep 2010 w 3 Copan for Windows Distance and Offset Expressions A fairly sophisticated set of options exists for entering distances radii or lengths into Copan A similar set of options also exists for entering offsets where an offset is a relatively short distance left or right of and perpendicular to a particular bearing or line You can enter distances and offsets explicitly as values or implicitly as being the distance between two specified coordfile points You can even include a simple arithmetic operator in an expression to add subtract multiply or divide a distance or offset by another value An offset is always prefixed with an L R or character Syntax In these quasi formal syntax definitions a defined term outdented is followed by its definition indented with alternative definitions on separate lines or separated by vertical bars Puzzled See the Examples offset expression offset prefix distance expression distance expression distance distance operator quantity distance quantity implied distance operator 1 1 1 implied distance from point number to point number to point number valid if the from point number is already entered in an appropriate from point field offset prefix LIRI I the prefix is always required Examples In the following tables note that case doe
44. Source field Help Modified bulk OK Exit m Codes Table needed for descs or extensions C Documents and Settings martinf My Browse 3 To Renumber a Point Record 1 CoordFile Edit Point 2 Enter the Point or navigate to it via Prev Next etc 3 Renum the point as appropriate optionally recording the old number in the Name or Note Renumber Point 166 Point Name Northing Easting Elevation Code Existing 166 5183 5434188 419 517762 375 6 586 New 1066 was 166 5434188 419 517762 375 6 586 Cancel Record old point IV innew Name in new Note 4 Src Mod Code Names Various Copan modules and other programs are recorded via a code name as being the source or last modifier of a point Srce Mod Module or Program bulk Bulk Edit cogo COGO Copan Point Records Page 3 of 4 Copan Point Records Page 4 of 4 edit Edit Point field Field Data form Transformation import Import Ascii loop Map Traverse palm Palm Copan pocket PocketPC Copan hp42 HP42 emulator 5 Note e When working on the points in a coordinates file you do not need to remember to save the file periodically in fact there is no CoordFile Save menu item because whenever you add or update points Copan updates the coordfile instantaneously wherever it is stored updated 21 Sep 2010 Copan Point Records Page 4 of 4 Copan Point Lists Page 1 of 3 upda
45. a Processing Page 3 of 7 Field Data Field Data File E Documents and Settingsimartinfi My Documents Surveys fox creek fld Load Save s List Reset Export l az 351 3825 HC 0 0000 Hl 1 512 to 11 HC 173 5504 C 88 1644 28 010 HS 1 280 to 12 C 115 1111 WC 94 0526 48 152 HS 1 280 to 2 100 2213 VC 94 3117 62 268 HS 1 280 ref 1 0 0000 Hl 1 510 to 13 94 0147 VC 93 4530 17 208 HS 1 280 to 3 77 0519 C 88 5648 61 888 HS 1 280 to 14 110 3812 C 91 0006 36 700 HS 1 280 to 15 226 0026 C 107 5427 20 437 HS 1 280 ref 2 0 0000 Hl 1 560 to 4 95 5840 C 90 0057 58 560 HS 1 660 to 16 76 1240 VC 90 1123 38 458 HS 1 660 to 17 86 1943 YC 92 4131 25 581 HS 1 660 ref 3 0 0000 Hl 1 660 to 1 86 1954 YC 86 2230 54 495 HS 1 515 to 18 98 2100 C 90 0450 16 810 HS 1 660 H H H H H H H H H H H H H H AONO MOCLI wW wna Setup Insert blank Delete line Fenumber all new points before saving Project Instrum Scales Default HC 00 V Copy Paste Undo On saving if point already exists At Ref Hor Circ Ht Instr Clear Cut Copy ue Always replace existing point Program Settings 00 Insert Delete comments Home Never replace existing point End Ask before replacing point _ Ret Bng start of traverse only Renumber the new point List Observation 5 M Default VC 90 Name ata 3 Poin To Hor Circle Vert Circle Slope Dist Ht Signal
46. a REM remote elevation measured point may be before 515 or after 507 its base point at 1 ref 5 HC 00 0000 HI 1 614 to 506 HC 60 2550 VC 79 4345 SD 7 048 HS 1 418 to 507 VC 64 3500 bas 506 to 515 vc 70 4040 bas 516 to 516 HC 25 1415 VC 86 1720 SD 11 581 HS 1 418 5 Notes While repetition and redundancy are common in field surveying Copan can only process simple traverses consisting of reduced observations Multiple sets of observations of the same quantities and cross ties cannot be processed without some manual editing For example prior to processing repeated sets of angles and distances must be averaged and check shots to the same points from different setups must be renumbered If you need to manually insert a tab such as when you wish to add a code or note to an observation line copy and paste an existing tab there will always be one between two auto inserted attribute value pairs When you Calculate Copan always checks and computes the field data currently in the big edit box Changes to field data in the big edit box are only saved to disk when you Save Data Elevations are carried forward from the known setup to a target not from a known reference to the setup To do the latter you need to trick Copan by manually converting the trigonometric height observation from a backward to a forward form i e switch the HI and HS and suplement the VC Both negative and zero values for HI or HS ar
47. a point Although any string of 13 printable characters can be used for a point code for Copan to fully exploit them e point codes must conform to a specific type and format and e there must be an appropriate external Point Codes Table 1 Point Code Types There are two kinds of point code basic and extended distinguished by their format and hence the amount of information that they convey about a point e basic A basic point code categorizes a point in a single feature class It consists of a suitable reference to an entry in an external Point Codes Table and can be either numeric or alphanumeric in form A numeric code is chosen from the integer Code column of the codes table For example 2 for power pole 14 for coniferous tree or 34 for top of wall An alphanumeric code is chosen from the Desc column of the codes table For example PP for power pole CT for coniferous tree or TW for top of wall Actually an alpha code need only be the first sequence of characters of a Desc that uniquely distinguishes it or even just the first character of the Desc if that particular Desc is the first one in the table For example if the following are all the Descs beginning with the letter T appearing in the table TL telMH tank cap and TW then they can be referenced merely by the following T te ta and TW respectively Thus
48. al i e it affects various other modules that display or list coordinates and distances Copan Point Lists Page 2 of 3 Copan Point Lists Page 3 of 3 e Prepend file header begins the listing with the coordfile head data which can be edited via CoordFile Edit Head e Append file summary ends the listing with the coordfile summary o Point count Point numbers used o Minimum and maximum northings eastings and elevations Point numbers not yet used updated 21 Sep 2010 Copan Point Lists Page 3 of 3 Copan Bulk Point Editing Page 1 of 2 updated 21 Sep 2010 9 Copan for Windows Bulk Point Editing With this module you can delete renumber or edit the non coordinate fields of a large group of coordfile points in one go Note that if you need to edit the coordinates of a group of points in a systematic manner use the Coordinate Transformations module instead To Edit M any Points at Once Copan bear valley pts 12 of 12 points eea Calculation Viewing amp Printing Program Save as Close Edit Point List Points Summarize Points Show full path in title bar 1 CoordFile Bulk Edit 2 Choose the subset of Points to edit All or a Filtered set See Point Filters 3 Choose the editing Action to take o o O Delete to remove points Lock or Unlock to protect or unprotect points When a point is locked nothing about it can be changed until it is unlo
49. al head value for subsequent azimuth corrections Note that these commands are case sensitive e Blank lines may be used for readability but have no affect on traverse demarcation or calculation 3 Map Traverse Files A map traverse file as it is plain text or Ascii can have any name though names with the mt extension is advisable You can edit it outside of Copan but be sure to maintain proper formatting e The first line must contain only this text Map Traverses e The next three lines can contain anything as they are not currently used e The next three lines must contain the head correction values scale factor units factor and azimuth correction one each per line respectively e Each subsequent line must be either a comment line or a tab delimited data line with these six fields point num bearing distance trav label conversion pnt note pnt code and curve code While some or all of those fields may be empty there must be five tabs per line Which fields can be left blank depends on the purpose of the particular data line see Map Traverse Data for Checking above Single byte character encoding such as ANSI DOS or UTF 8 must be used Note multi byte character encodings such as Unicode or UTF 16 will not work Example Map traverse file Here s a map traverse file ready to be Loaded for checking Map Traverses lst dummy line 2nd dummy line 3rd dummy line 1 0000000000 1 0000000000 0
50. ancel Adjust Coords e The first number in the title bar is simply an auto generated index for the traverse if there are N traverses they ll be numbered 1 N The quoted name in the title bar is the optional traverse label The square bracketed numbers in the title bar are the start and end point numbers for the traverse if it is a loop they ll be the same If it is a non looping closing traverse the overall Azimuth Error will be shown The Traverse Leg Count and Total Distance of the traverse are shown next The large frame shows the Coordinate Misclosure its Rectangular and Polar components and the Relative Precision If any misclosure is larger than a certain tolerance as specified in Program Settings it is marked with a warning 3 Traverse Adjustment e To adjust the traverse i e eliminate the coordinate misclosure choose which Coordinate Adjustment Rule to use o Compass or Bowditch which allocates the overall coordinate correction to each point in proportion to its distance along the traverse o Crandall which adjusts the traverse distances but not the bearings or Copan Traverse Processing Page 2 of 4 Copan Traverse Processing Page 3 of 4 Transit which adjusts the traverse distances more than the bearings but which depends on the traverse s orientation then Yes If there are subsequent traverses the next one will be presented automatically e To leave the traverse unadjust
51. artinf My Documents Surveys rabbit hill fld Load SaveAs List Reset Export i at 90 Hl 1 755 to 84 C 0 0000 VC 89 0005 SD 27 566 to 85 C 85 2920 VC 88 3020 SD 19 040 HS 1 200 to 86 C 139 0800 YC 88 0105 SD 24 950 HS 1 200 end resect to 91 C 111 2155 C 91 5835 SD 10 120 HS 1 200 to 86 to 85 to 83 end resect to 95 to 96 C 0 0000 VC 84 5950 SD 13 904 C 85 0720 C 86 4505 SD 16 355 C 137 1910 VC 82 3930 SD 19 641 C 299 4800 C 91 0740 SD 8 180 C 332 5440 YC 92 1310 SD 11 833 HC H H H to 92 HC 123 4405 C 90 2705 SD 15 950 HS 1 200 H H H H H v lt gt Setup Insert blank Delete line D Renumber all new points before saving Project Instrum Scales Ht Instr Clear Cut Copy Paste Undo Og saat pon est ene Program Settings C Always replace existing point Insert Delete comments Home Never replace existing point End Ask before replacing point OK Calculate B C Renumber the new point N e T is Observation D f IV Default VC 90 Name Data Coles Points To Hor Circle Vert Circle Slope Dist Ht Signal Code Note Clear SS 30 X Insert obs Save Help To insert last freestation control shot gt _end resect pees Exit Copan Field FreeStations Processing Page 2 of 5 Copan Field FreeStations Processing Page 3 of 5 2 Field FreeStation Data Entry Setups and Observations Data Entry For each freestati
52. ated 21 Sep 2010 Page 2 of 2 Copan Import and Export Page of 6 updated 24 Mar 2011 Copan for Windows Import and Export Contents 1 Importing and Exporting Text Files 3 Exporting to Total Station Files 2 Importing Copan Coordfiles Li Copan bear valley pts 12 of 12 points leren Calculation Viewing amp Printing Program Edit Point Bulk Edit List Points Summarize Points Show full path in title bar Edit Head List Head Import from Ascii Import from Copan PTS Export to Ascii Export to Total Station 1 Importing and Exporting Text Files Tabulated plain text files can be used both as a source of data for or as a destination from an open coordfile The files can be in delimited CSV or fixed format Text File Format To be compatible with Copan such a text or ASCII file must have the following e Any name though names with txt ase or csv extensions are advisable e Single byte character encoding such as ANSI DOS or UTF 8 Note multi byte character encodings such as Unicode or UTF 16 will not work e An optional heading line at the top e One record per line each record representing a point Copan Import and Export Page l of 6 Copan Import and Export Page 2 of 6 Various fields per record some of which must correspond in type but not necessarily in order to Copan point record fields See Point Record Fields in Point Records Fields forma
53. ation File Instrument Format Units Flag C Geodimeter ARE metres NB This does not j cause any values C Leica GSI8 feet to be converted Include Points to Export All Filter List Codes Use Names for Pnt s Fea Ea Elevations 12 of 12 points Apply Transformation V Append to file if file exists Decimals 3 No Bees Output File Exit Help OK Export prompts for file name ok Notes e Choosing a Units Flag only sets a flag in the total station file it has no scaling effect on the coordinate values To actually convert from coordfile units to field units choose Yes under Apply Transformation and enter an appropriate Units Factor in the other dialog e While you can choose the coordinate precision of an output file to be between 0 and 9 Decimals a Leica GSI file is limited to just 3 4 or 5 decimals updated 21 Sep 2010 Copan Export to Total Station File Page 2 of 2 Copan User Manual Part III Survey Calculations Page 1 of 1 E Copan for Windows Part Ill Survey Calculations COGO Calculations Multiple Inverse Calculations Field Data Processing Field Bearings Processing Field FreeStations Processing Map Traverses Map Checks Area and Perimeter Calculations Coordinate Transformations updated 21 Sep 2010 Copan User Manual Part III Survey Calculations Page 1 of 1 Copan COGO Calculations Page of 5 updated 21 Sep 2010 Copan for Windows COGO
54. ations Copan Import and Export Page 4 of 6 Copan Import and Export 7 Choose other options as appropriate such as whether to Put headings on the first line Append to file if it exists the default is to overwrite or the number of Decimals to output 8 Optionally Save the Configuration for later reuse 9 Export or OK and enter an appropriate file name and location Export Points to ASCII File Optionally List the file for review Configuration file Factory Fields to export Clear all Start width 1 point Number 1 g 2 point Name z IE 3 Soil 7 Delimited m Delimiter Comma C Tab Space S iioo Fixed only one between each field m m Export Options IV Put headings on first line gt Points to Export a Filter List l I 12 of 12 points Apply Transformation No Yes I Append to file if file exists Decimals e X Codes Table for Desc Description or Extension C Documents and Settings martinf My Documents Copan s Browse OK 7 Export prompts for file name file extn csv Exit Help Output File Notes A Configuration file has any name preferably with a cfg extension e The number of Decimals to output is local to this module i e the setting doesn t affect other modules Copan Import and Export Page 5 of 6 Copan Import and
55. big edit box Changes to field data in the big edit box are only saved to disk when you Save Data Elevations are carried forward from the known setup to a target not from a known reference to the setup To do the latter you need to trick Copan by manually converting the trigonometric height observation from a backward to a forward form i e switch the HI and HS and suplement the VC Both negative and zero values for HI or HS are correctly interpreted When a setup point s elevation value is missing or null Copan does not use any rises to targets i e target elevations will be null Also a missing HI or HS yields a null rise and a null target elevation Newly calculated points are not saved to the coordfile until you click Save Points When you Save Points Copan first creates an automatic backup copy of the coordfile updated 24 Mar 2011 Copan Field Bearings Processing Page 5 of 5 Copan Field FreeStations Processing Page of 5 updated 24 Mar 2011 J Copan for Windows Field FreeStations Processing Contents 1 Process Field FreeStation Data 4 Field FreeStation File Example 2 Field FreeStation Data Entry 5 FreeStation Calculation Method 3 Field Files 6 Notes Use this module to process raw free station surveys horizontal and vertical circle readings slope distances and instrument and signal heights based on setups at unknown points and radial shots to known points Data can come from total
56. calculate the geometry of any number of such sequences including ones with curves The resulting geometry includes azimuths or bearings and horizontal distances of straight segments parameters of curved segments perimeters or overall lengths of lines and areas of fully enclosed shapes or loops We call it inverse map traversing or inverse bearing and distance traversing because like inverse calculations in the COGO module it determines bearings and distances between given points and because the interface and reporting are virtually identical to those of the Map Traverse and Map Check modules which you should use if you need to actually apply or check bearing and distance traverse data 1 To Inverse Traverse Coordfile Points Copan aardvark crest pts 66 of 66 points CoordFile Meet Viewing amp Printing Program COGO COGO Lite Multiple Inverses Process Field Data Process Field Bearings Process Field FreeStations Adjust Brng Dist Traverse Map Trav Inverse Brng Dist Traverse Area Calc 1 Calculate Inverse Brng Dist Traverse Area Calc 2 Optionally Load a traverse Data file see Map Traverse Files below Copan Area and Perimeter Calculations Page 1 of 4 Copan Area and Perimeter Calculations Page 2 of 4 3 BO OOs oly O n Optionally enter conversions an Azimuth Correction to be added to computed bearings a Units Factor for converting c
57. ce Bearing 4 Calculate or OK Multiple Inverses Distance amp Offset Calculations r Cale Mode To Points angle C 1 Angle amp Distance Left Right Ez Filter List 2 Bearing amp Distance Fiore 3 Distance amp Offset Paint Northing Easting Bearing Distance At 21 197 950 184 183 354 12 32 20 445 Ref 5 218 291 182 120 Conversions Azimuth mn Ref point 5 psec 00 AC Scale Factor 1 0 1 SF Units Factor 7 1 0 Re Exit Help Reset Erase ines Display info Settings Ok Calculate updated 21 Sep 2010 Copan Multiple Inverse Calculations Page 3 of 3 Copan Field Data Processing Page of 7 updated 24 Mar 2011 J Copan for Windows Field Data Processing Contents 1 Process Field Data 4 Field Data File Examples 2 Field Data Entry 5 Notes 3 Field Files Use this module to process raw field data from survey instruments such as total station or theodolite and EDM Copan can process the data horizontal and vertical circle readings slope distances and instrument and signal or target heights whether concerning connected traverses independent radial surveys or combinations thereof to calculate new points Data may come from data logger files or be manually input from field books Traverses with redundant angles will have angles balanced Closed traverses may have their coordinates adju
58. cked Convert to 2D to remove elevation values Re Number to change point numbers You ll be allowed to set a renumbering rule Re Name Re Code or Re Note to change points alphanumeric fields Re Code has a sub option to replace alphabetic codes with numeric equivalents as defined in the Codes Table see Point Codes 4 Ifyou are editing an alphanumeric field enter an update expression see below in the box 5 OK Copan Bulk to indicate what the new value for the field should be Point Editing Page of 2 Copan Bulk Point Editing Update Expression Bulk Edit Points to Edit Filter igs 12 of 12 points Action Delete Lock lie protect C Unlock C Convert to 2D Re Number C Re Name C Re Code F alpha gt numeric C Re Note Lock 12 points ji e protect them Auto list edited points m Codes Table to convert codes C Documents and Settings mar Browse Cancel Help ox Page 2 of 2 Currently the opportunities for specifying how a Name Code or Note field should be updated are very limited Whatever you enter in the box is what the new value for the field will be For example choosing Re Note and leaving the box blank is a request to erase the Notes for all currently filtered points And choosing Re Code and typing 24 in the box is a request to set the Codes for all currently filtered points to 24 Copan Bulk Point Editing upd
59. commas periods slashes semi colons or backslashes which are followed by any character string Comments are not processed or stored as point notes but are saved within the traverse file Use them to temporarily remove an observation or to remark on a traverse leg Single byte character encoding such as ANSI DOS or UTF 8 must be used Note multi byte character encodings such as Unicode or UTF 16 will not work Copan Map Traverses Page 4 of 7 Copan Map Traverses 4 MT File Examples Page 5 of 7 Here are two map traverse files ready to be Loaded for calculation and adjustment Example 1 Two simple traverses This file has a primary traverse and a secondary traverse Three of the second traverse s legs are in a straight line Map Traverses line line line lst dummy 2nd dummy 3rd dummy 0 9997670 1 0000000 0 0000000 9009 1463 1462 1461 1460 1464 9008 1461 1465 1466 1467 1468 1469 1470 1471 1460 000 000 000 235 255 232 182 272 217 092 183 260 000 002 2547 1305 3944 1748 0355 3139 s22 182 0352 4005 5657 0812 1748 061 161 160 007 O77 Example 2 A traverse with curves 29 215 028 44 45 24 125 087 98 16 40 160 040 60 059 160 061 60 93 72 19 73 41 primary secondary This traverse has a series of compound curve radials see Traversing Curves o
60. d Table 2 Gons or Grads Bearing Expressions For the lower half of the table assume that point 102 is at a bearing of exactly 035 from point 101 Copan Bearing Expressions Page 2 of 3 Copan Bearing Expressions Expression 210 5613 10 24 2 S E LO wt5 n 35 W s 3 e 0 38 s 4w SW U 1 U N N N N NDD 102 r 102 2 Bearing 210 56135 3905 022 200 090 305 365 197 38 2045 250 035 1355 235 3355 045 020 035 235 Page 3 of 3 Explanation explicit whole circle bearing negative bearing normalized bearing plus correction or turned angle cardinal direction cardinal direction plus correction or turned angle cardinal direction plus correction or turned angle explicit quadrant bearing quadrant bearing plus correction or turned angle quadrant bearing cardinal direction implied bearing from point 101 to point 102 implied bearing from point 101 to point 102 plus 100 implied bearing from point 101 to point 102 plus 200 implied bearing from point 101 to point 102 plus 300 implied bearing from point 101 to point 102 plus 10 implied bearing from point 101 to point 102 minus 15 implied bearing from point 101 to point 102 implied bearing from point 102 to point 101 For the last two expressions assume that 101 is already in an appropriate from point field Copan Bearing Expressions updated 21
61. data at 1 ref 2 Hc 0 0000 HI 1 617 to 2 HC 0 0000 VC 89 5735 SD 13 231 HS 1 584 to 4 HC 92 2849 VC 89 4558 SD 2 349 HS 1 509 to 3 HC 10 2706 VC 90 2528 SD 13 270 HS 1 641 Sample of output using above data and program settings ANGL TSA 1 2 4 92 28 49 ZANG TSZ 1 4 89 45 58 DIST TSD 1 4 2 349 HT 4 1 509 Using same data and settings except reducing 0 DSET TSA DIR 1 2 0 00 00 DIR 1 4 92 28 49 ZANG TSZ 1 4 89 45 58 DIST TSD 1 4 2 349 HT 4 1509 Future Improvements In time we may provide a GUI for editing the settings and adding sigma values We may allow other IOB observation records updated 30 May 2011 Copan Export to IOB File Page 2 of 2 Copan Bearing Expressions Page of 3 updated 21 Sep 2010 Copan for Windows Bearing Expressions A fairly sophisticated set of options exists for entering bearings headings or azimuths into Copan You can enter bearings explicitly in whole circle format or in quadrant format or implicitly as being the bearing between two specified coordfile points You can even include a or operator in an expression to add a correction or turned angle to or subtract from a bearing A correction turned angle or whole circle bearing is always positive clockwise and negative anticlockwise Finally unless the appropriate Program Settings are made angle units are degrees minutes seconds and bearings are north based i e north 0 No
62. e Slope Dist the slope distance o Ht Signal the signal or pogo height if elevations are required o Code a point code if needed o Note a point note if needed o Name a point name if needed e For a remote elevation measurement REM insert it as an Observation but without a Slope Distance or possibly also without a Horizontal Circle See Remote Elevation Measurement in Field Files for details e For the last leg shot of each traverse be sure to use one of these buttons end open for an open traverse i e ending on an unknown point or Copan Field Bearings Processing Page 3 of 5 Copan Field Bearings Processing Page 4 of 5 end closed for a closed traverse i e ending on a control point or on the traverse s initial setup point If the last leg shot of a traverse has not been so identified Copan may not report results properly Project Instrument Scales Data Project Job Date Time Surveyor Field Book Pages Clear bear valley f 7 Aug 2010 Martin Insert Instrument Instr ID Azim Corr VC Cor Dist Corr Dist Factor Clear 00 0 Ac 00 0 0 0 1 0 Insert Scales Scale Factor Units Factor Clear 1 0 1 SF gt 1 0 1 UF Insert Exit Project Instrument and Scales Data Entry Keep these three types of data on separate lines e Insert any desired Project data Job Date Time Surveyor Field book or Pages wherever convenient Note however that such data
63. e Shift Expressions or the Northing Easting and Elevation values to be added Optionally Save the Transformation parameters file for later reuse Choose which Points to transform All of them or Filter a subset See Point Filters Transform or OK The sequence will be rotation scale then shift Optionally Reverse transform the points This performs the specified transformation in reverse so effectively acts as an Undo button Copan Coordinate Transformations Page 2 of 5 Copan Coordinate Transformations Page 3 of 5 m 3D Transformation by Parameters transform order Rotation Scale Shift 1D Rotation 3D Scale 3D Shift Pivot point 21 from 2a a Uniform from to 21 21 North 197 950 North 1 00051 Differential North 0 000 East 184 183 East 1 00051 Scale Factor 1 00051 1 SF East 0 000 Anale 0 0 5 Elev 1 0 Units Factor v 1 0 1 UF Elev 0 000 Rotation and Scale are from the specified Pivot point or the origin if no valid point is used Rotate about amp scale from 21 Parameters l All Filter List OK Undo Load Reset Save List 6 of 6 points Disp info Help _Lrenstorm Reverse Exit V Scale extended code sizes Points to Transform V Auto list transformed points Notes e A transformation Parameters file is a binary file and while it can have any name it ought to have a tfm name extension e Scale Factor represents a combined map projection and sea lev
64. e To import such a file choose the Fixed Format option and enter the Start and Width values for each field The imaginary straight vertical lines indicate the start positions An alternative solution may be to use a spreadsheet which is much more sophisticated at interpreting fixed format files If the file successfully imports into a spreadsheet save it in comma or tab delimited text format then import it back into Copan 6 Why am I not being asked to accept the Conditions of Use or to Enter Password when install Copan The usual reason is that you do not need to If this is not the first time you have installed Copan on the same computer i e you have successfully installed and used Copan before then you are only updating Copan and you should not be asked again to accept conditions or to enter a password If the menu items are disabled see item 1 above 7 How can assist UGL in developing or promoting Copan Thank you for considering it Here are some things you could do e Give us a short testimonial on our Copan web page and if you like get a link back to your site e Submit a short review to a software downloads site where Copan is listed e Post a favorable comment to a geomatics or engineering resources web site where Copan or UGL is listed Copan FAQ Page 2 of 3 Copan FAQ Page 3 of 3 e Write a review of Copan for your local or national engineering or geomatics magazine or newsletter You know which
65. e correctly interpreted When a setup point s elevation value is missing or null Copan does not use any rises to targets 1 e target elevations will be null Also a missing HI or HS yields a null rise and a null target elevation Newly calculated points are not saved to the coordfile until you click Save Points When you Save Points Copan first creates an automatic backup copy of the coordfile updated 24 Mar 2011 Copan Field Data Processing Page 7 of 7 Copan Field Bearings Processing Page of 5 updated 24 Mar 2011 E Copan for Windows Field Bearings Processing Contents 1 Process Field Bearings 4 Field Bearings File Example 2 Field Bearings Entry 5 Notes 3 Field Files Use this module to process raw field data from hand held survey instruments such as compass inclinometer and rangefinder Copan can process the data azimuths or bearings vertical angles slope distances and instrument and signal or target heights whether concerning one or more connected traverses independent radial surveys or combinations thereof to calculate new points Data may come from data logger files or be manually input from field books Traverses may be adjusted for coordinate misclosure and new points may be saved Note that ordinary total station data intersections resections and redundant observations other than at the end of a traverse are not handled here For ordinary field data use the Field Data Process
66. e field traverse processing modules can and both the map traverse processing modules do list the traverses in an info display file A traverse listing includes the results shown in the Traverse Results dialog as well as the bearing and distance of each leg in the traverse The inverse map traverse module Area and Perimeter Calculations processes sequences of points and also lists the above results except for misclosures as there are none in an info display file Copan Traverse Processing Page 3 of 4 Copan Traverse Processing Page 4 of 4 6 Traversing Curves A map traverse i e sequences of bearings and distances can define curves if the curves radials are included as traverse legs The same is true of inverse map traverses i e sequences of points See Traversing Curves for details on how curve radials are defined as traverse legs updated 21 Sep 2010 Copan Traverse Processing Page 4 of 4 Copan Export to IOB File Page 1 of 2 updated 30 May 2011 et Copan Lite for Windows Export to IOB File While Copan does not currently process arbitrary survey networks for those of you who have access to and know how to use the BitWise Ideas least squares adjustment program GeoLab Copan is your friend Copan can export field data to IOB format files Note We do not provide help on the GeoLab software User control of IOB Output You have some control over IOB sigma records and horizontal ang
67. ed and to see the next traverse choose No e To cancel this and subsequent traverse processing choose Cancel Note whether or not a traverse adjustment is made a sum of angles imbalance if present has already been balanced prior to presentation of the coordinate misclosure 4 Warnings 1 Field Traverse 70 70 Results Angle Misclosure 0 08 13 lt Warning Very Large Misclosurel Coordinate Angles Adjusted Adjustment Rule Traverse Leg Count 9 g Compass Total Traverse Distance 1293 546 Bowditch C Crandall Coordinate Misclosure C Transit Rectangular Polar NI 0 142 Distance 0 545 lt Warning Extremely Large Misclosure Help E 0 526 Bearing 575W Adjust Coords Dye I Relative Precision 1 2372 lt Warning Large Misclosure e If any misclosure is larger than a certain tolerance it is marked with a Warning Large Misclosure e Ifa misclosure is much over 5 times larger than the tolerance it is marked with a Warning Very Large Misclosure If a misclosure is very much over 10 times larger than the tolerance it is marked with a Warning Extremely Large Misclosure and subsequent adjustment is disabled You can modify the tolerances via the Geomatics section of the General Program Settings window Open it via the Settings button on the Field Data Process or Map Traverse Adjustment windows or via the Program Settings General menu 5 Traverse Listing Both th
68. ed on and zoomed into the given point 4 Filtering and Hiding To view a specific subset of points Viewing amp Printing Filter Points see Point Filters And to view all the points even when a filter is set for some other purpose Viewing amp Printing Unfilter Points To always view all points when a filter is set for another purpose Program Settings General see Program Settings and check Ignore filter when viewing points under Logistics To turn off all points temporarily perhaps when they are obscuring some linework Viewing amp Printing Hide Points and to turn them on again Show Points 5 To Print a Graphic Display Assuming you have the desired graphics within view and assuming your computer has access to a printer Viewing and Printing Copan Graphics Page 3 of 7 Viewing and Printing Copan Graphics Page 4 of 7 Copan many pts 1730 of 1730 points Viewing and Printing Options Loordinate Grid 39 3700787402 Units Factor z Apply 17 UF Viewing and Printing Copan Graphics Page 4 of 7 Viewing and Printing Copan Graphics Page 5 of 7 1 Choose Viewing amp Printing Options to open a Viewing and Printing dialog 2 Select your preferred Paper Units millimetres centimetres or inches and enter the appropriate Model to Paper Units Conversion Factor This pair of choices should ensure that graphics are printed true to any specified scale For example
69. el conversion factor and applies only to horizontal distances i e North and East dimensions e Units Factor is for height and distance unit conversion e g feet to metres so applies to all three coordinate dimensions and to extended code sizes if requested 2 Transforming Coordinates by Control Points Suppose you have a set of points to transform from one coordinate system the source system to another the target system You can estimate a best fit transformation between specified lists of control points points whose coordinates are available in both systems then do the transformation The estimation is by least squares and can be for e a 3 parameter rigid body transformation having a 1D rotation and a 2D shift or e a 4 parameter similarity transformation or Helmert transformation having a 1D rotation a 1D scale and a 2D shift The rotation and scale if present are with respect to the arbitrary 2D centroid of the source control points The least squares solution is one that minimizes the sum of the squared residuals where a residual is the difference between a tansformed source point and its corresponding target point To Transform by Control Points 1 Calculation Transform Coords By Control Points 2 Optionally Load a Control Point Pairs file 3 For each Source Control Point enter the and Add 4 Do the same for each Target Control Point ensuring that corresponding points are in the
70. en pts 6 of 6 points CoordFile Calculation Viewing amp Printing Bagel About Progam Settings Exit File Locations Viewing amp Printing Optior 1 Either Program Settings General Or click the Program Settings or Settings button from within any module that has one Misc Settings 2 Enter up to three lines of a Company name and enter a Surveyor or user name 3 Check Include in each listing for the Company or Surveyor name to be listed at the head of the Info Display File each time it is created Logistic Settings 4 Check Auto create project folder for new coordfile to have a folder created for each new Coordinate File created 5 Check Always initialize filter to All Points to have all points selected each time you close a dialog as opposed to having the current Filter remain in effect 6 Check Auto copy auxiliary files to new project folder to have the contents of the Auxiliary Folder copied to the Project Folder automatically each time a new coordfile is created 7 Check Ignore filter when viewing points to always see all points in the display window even when a Filter is in effect Copan Program Settings Page 1 of 3 Copan Program Settings Page 2 of 3 8 Check Auto export coordfiles to Ascii on closing to have a coordinate file exported to a text file automatically each time it is closed and if so choose its format decimals precision and its file name extension 9 Ch
71. end of each traverse and outputs traverse data in their converted form i e after conversions are applied 5 Reverse Occasionally you d like to use an already entered traverse but in the reverse direction Use the Reverse button to reverse the current map traverses from last to first each one in reverse point order 6 Notes e If you have multiple traverses when you Calculate you may begin from a specific traverse rather than from the top by entering the start point number or traverse label If a traverse is a loop i e it ends on its own start point Copan provides the enclosed area in squared distance units And if a units factor was involved the area is also given in converted units For example if distances are entered in feet and a UF 0 3048 conversion is entered then area is given in m and in ft e Copan does not calculate areas that are only enclosed by separate different traverses but it does still calculate all the other paramaters of any non loop traverses e If Copan complains about the data when calculating and you cannot see what is wrong visually inspect the data by selecting it all with the mouse Often you can see the inconsistency via the selection block outline e List All is equivalent to the sequence List data and Calculate updated 24 Mar 2011 Copan Area and Perimeter Calculations Page 4 of 4 Copan Coordinate Transformations Page of 5 updated 24 Mar 2011 w E Copan for W
72. es the default values are appropriate 3 Field Files Copan can read field data in different industry formats as well as its own A native Copan field file consists of numerous Setup and Observation data lines and may contain comment lines as well as Project Scale or Instrument data lines if required Each data line consists of various tab separated attribute value pairs See Field Files for a description of different raw field file types and Copan s field file format 4 Field FreeStation File Example In this example codes and notes have been omitted for brevity The survey from setup 19 is a 3D freestation to three control points followed by two side shots The survey from setup 21 is a 2D freestation to three control points followed by two side shots at 19 HI 1 7 to 84 HC 0 0000 VC 89 0005 SD 27 566 to 85 HC 85 2920 VC 88 3020 SD 19 040 HS 1 2 to 86 HC 139 0800 VC 88 0105 SD 24 950 HS 1 2 end resect to 91 HC 111 2155 VC 91 5835 SD 10 120 HS 1 2 to 92 HC 123 4405 VC 90 2705 SD 15 950 HS 1 2 at 21 to 86 HC 0 0000 VC 84 5950 SD 13 904 to 85 HC 85 0720 VC 86 4505 SD 16 355 to 83 HC 137 1830 VC 82 3930 SD 9 641 end resect to 95 HC 299 4800 VC 91 0740 SD 8 180 to 95 HC 302 5440 VC 92 1310 SD 11 833 Copan Field FreeStations Processing Page 4 of 5 Copan Field FreeStations Processing Page 5 of 5 5 FreeStation Calculation Method The 2D portion of a freestation is calc
73. f 5 e an annotated sketch of a curve with points numbered in the order that they re traversed and e the data input to and the results listed by the Map Traverse or Map Check modules In the case of the Inverse Map Trav module assuming the points are already on file the input would consist of point numbers and curve codes but not bearings or distances Also note that although the points are all numbered consecutively for clarity they need not be so Example 1 Simple Non tangential Curve Data Input Point Bearing Distance Curve code 1 2 N45E 50 BC 3 S20E 88 4 N20E m EC 5 S45E 50 Curve Results Beg Cent End Arc Chord Radius Angle 2 3 4 61 436 60 196 88 000 40 00 00 Traversing Curves in Copan Page 2 of 5 Traversing Curves in Copan Page 3 of 5 Example 2 Simple Tangential Curve Data Input Point Bearing Distance Curve code 1 2 120 50 TBC 3 030 40 CE 4 150 m TEC 5 060 50 Curve Results Beg Cent End Arc Chord Radius Angle 2 T 3 4 T 41 888 40 000 40 000 60 00 00 Example 3 Compound Tangential Curve Data Input Point Bearing Distance Curve code 1 Traversing Curves in Copan Page 3 of 5 Traversing Curves in Copan Page 4 of 5 2 070 25 TBC 3 160 80 C 4 350 K TPOC 5 350 180 40 C 6 020 4 TPOC 7 020 180 80 C 8 030 TEC 9 120 25 Curve Results Beg Cent End Arc Chord Radius Angle 24 3 4 13 963 13 945 80 000 10 00 00 4 5 6 20
74. files some are essential and others are supplemental to using Copan See File Locations on the various files that make up the Copan package and how to change their locations Virtually everything in Copan involves a coordinate file or coordfile for short Even if you d like only to process coordinates from another program you must first create a new coordfile and then import them Until a coordfile with points is open most CoordFile menu items are grayed out A coordfile contains a single head record and a set of survey point records See Coordinate Files on how to do basic coordinate file management and Point Records on the nature and management of point records See Point Lists on listing points Bulk Point Editing on mass editing point attributes Import and Export on importing and exporting points from to text files and Export to Total Station File on exporting points to survey instrument files See Viewing and Printing Graphics on how to graphically navigate a displayed coordinate file how to specify paper units and how to print graphics to scale 5 Survey Calculations Copan provides many geomatic data processing functions See COGO Calculations on how to do basic coordinate geometry direct and inverse calculations various kinds of intersection calculations and corner angle calculations using identified points bearings and horizontal distances and offsets See Multiple Inverse Calcula
75. gnetic grid north correction use the supplementary dialog via the More data button Optionally Export the Field data file in the BitWise Ideas survey network least squares adjustment program GeoLab IOB format 6 Save the Field file for reuse 10 11 12 Optionally change the precision of displayed listed distances and coordinates via Settings Optionally Scale extended code sizes This will scale any observation P codes that are sized according to the rules in Point Codes by a Units Factor you have set Calculate or OK to process the field data adjusting the traverses if appropriate see Traverse Processing To graphically view the shots Close the Info Display window if it is open and minimize or move aside but do not close the Field Data window Optionally List the field Data the Calcs or the Points that have been computed Optionally choose whether to Renumber new points or replace existing points see Point Renumbering or Replacement and Save the Points that have been computed Copan Field Bearings Processing Page 2 of 5 Copan Field Bearings Processing Page 3 of 5 Field Bearings F Field Data File e aes CD ocuments and Settings martinf My Documents Surveys bear valley fd Load Si ist Reset Export AC 4 50 to 3 az 229 30 VC 90 36 to 4 az 194 00 VC 90 36 to 6 az 119 54 VC 90 18 to 7 az 133 00 VC 89 36 to 8 az 155 18 VC 9
76. hat for most Calculation menu items to be enabled a coordfile with points must be open An exception is Map Check which is only enabled when no coordfile is open 6 Bugs Crashes and Improvements Copan is a work in progress and you may encounter some problems Please be patient See Bugs and Other Problems regarding bugs crashes and error messages We are continuously trying to improve Copan increasing its functionality making it easier to use or making it more stable Let us know what improvements you suggest support underhill ca Please note the software version and release date see Software Version in all communications updated 21 Sep 2010 Getting Started with Copan Page 4 of 4 Copan FAQ Page 1 of 3 updated 2 Feb 2011 Copan for Windows Frequently Asked Questions 1 Why are the menu items 4 How can I delete renumber or edit a group of disabled points at once 2 When will Copan have 5 Why won t my space delimited text file import drawing capabilities 6 Why am I not being asked to accept the Conditions 3 How can I do curve of Use or to Enter Copan Password calculations 7 How can assist UGL in developing or promoting Copan 1 Why are the menu items disabled When you install Copan for the first time most of the functionality is disabled unless e you have a binary key file CopanKey bin which since version 09 06 is automatically stored in your Copan program folder by the
77. he azimuth or bearing and distance or radius from the beginning of the curve in to the centre of curvature and the bearing out from the centre to the end of curve Copan will calculate the curve s arc length chord length and arc angle deflection angle or delta angle Curves may be tangential or not and may be combined in sequences to form compound or reverse curves The Map Traverse module will also calculate the centre and end of curve coordinates The Area and Perimeter Calculation module also can calculate curve parameters if the key curve points are already in place In this case because it is an inverse traverse you don t enter the bearing and distance of the curve radials they are part of the output 1 Curve Codes Curves are assumed to be traversed in this sequence beginning of arc centre of circle and end of arc If it defines part of a curve a point must be given an appropriate curve code ci Meaning BC beginning of curve TBC beginning of tangential curve EC end of curve TEC end of tangential curve POC point of connection end of one curve and beginning of another TPOC tangential point of connection C centre of clockwise right curve Ce centre of counterclockwise left curve Note that it is the to point end of a traverse leg which must be given the relevant curve code 2 Example Curves Each of these examples shows Traversing Curves in Copan Page 1 of 5 Traversing Curves in Copan Page 2 o
78. hers read only Some are required and others optional A point Number required must be any positive integer up to nine digits and be unique within a coordfile A point may be Locked in which case it is protected from being deleted or edited by another module An optional point Name can be any string of up to 15 printable characters to help identify that specific point such as how it is known by an outside organization Point Northings and Eastings required can be any real or integer numbers An optional point Elevation can be any real or integer number An optional point Code or feature code can be any string of up to 13 printable often numeric characters but please see Point Codes concerning its intended use A read only code Desc intended as a brief up to 13 characters explanation of the code A read only code Description which is just a longer up to 31 characters version of the code Desc A read only code Extension intended as an explanation up to 17 characters of the extended portion of the code if it exists An optional point Note can be any string of up to 17 printable characters to help describe that specific point such as a statement about a feature s condition or construction or a reminder to check the field book The point Source and Modified are read only fields and indicate which module or program first created the point and which one last modified it See below for details on these 6 character c
79. ield Data Processing Page 5 of 7 Copan Field Data Processing at 505 ref 506 HC to 509 end closed at 509 ref 505 HC to 508 Example 2 3D linear traverse 0 0 0000 HC 269 3231 0000 HC 270 2051 VC 90 0000 SD 362 140 Here s a linear traverse with the end point as an unknown i e an open traverse at 144 ref 519 HC to 38 HC 59 at 38 ref 144 HC to 39 HC 152 at 39 ref 38 HC to 36 HC 192 at 36 ref 39 HC to 198 HC 232 end open 0 0 0 0 0000 3848 0000 1009 0000 5206 0000 5554 VC VC VC VC 89 1506 83 1043 86 0415 86 2758 SD 190 160 SD 90 118 SD 84 178 SD 111 153 Here s the same traverse with the end point as control 1 e a connecting traverse at 144 ref 519 HC to 38 HC 59 at 38 ref 144 HC to 39 HC 152 at 39 ref 38 HC to 36 HC 192 at 36 ref 39 HC to 198 HC 232 end closed OQ 0 OQ 0 0000 3848 0000 1009 0000 5206 0000 5554 VC VC VC VC 89 1506 83 1043 86 0415 86 2758 Here s the same closed traverse with a closing angle at 144 ref 519 HC to 38 HC 59 at 38 ref 144 HC to 39 HC 152 at 39 ref 38 HC to 36 HC 192 at 36 ref 39 HC to 198 HC 232 end closed at 198 ref 36 HC to 265 HC 127 OQ 0 0 0 0 0000 3848 0000 1009 0000 5206
80. iew the traverses Close or hide the Info Display window if it is open and minimize or move aside but do not close the Map Check window Copan Map Checks Page 2 of 5 Copan Map Checks Page 3 of 5 Map Traverse Checking Map Check Data C Documents and Settings martinf My Documents Surveys moose creek mt Load Save As Conversion from brng dist to coord system Conversion codes List Reset Azimuth 10 AC new azimuth correction Correction 0 0 Bees aeta 1 0 UREN UF new units factor da addition to latest AC Reverse Units Factor X 1 0 17 UF SF new scale factor ac addition to original AC Start Prt Tray Label or or Conversion ToPoint Bearing Distance Curve Code Parcel 3 320 2555 32 596 50 2716 44 228 320 3331 180 32 596 50 2716 180 44 156 foN Parcel 2 320 2555 55 203 50 2806 58 904 320 2329 180 38 852 50 2512 180 12 278 2 389 320 3331 180 16 328 50 2716 180 44 228 50 2806 61 723 320 2713 180 87 770 50 2716 180 76 437 320 3331 32 596 16 328 50 2512 12 278 2 389 Program Settings 320 2329 38 852 Parcel 4 J End OK Calculate BC b i F mon E fa Insert line Delete ine beginning of curve or tangential curves prefix a clockwise centre EC end of curve ie TBC TEC TPOC CC counterclockwise centre __Cut_ Copy Paste D Help List All POC point of connection end of one curve and beginning of another Exit 2 5 6 7 8 3 2 6 9 1 4 8 7 6 5 Curve codes
81. if coordfile units are metres and paper units are centimetres the conversion factor should be 100 1m 100cm if coordfile units are feet and paper units are inches the conversion factor should be 12 1ft 12in if coordfile units are metres and paper units are inches the conversion factor should be 39 37008 1m 39 37008in the Factory default 3 Click OK Unless your coordfile or paper units change you ll never need to repeat that part of the process again o i Copan many pts 1730 of 1730 points Vise daaag Program Zoom In Zoom Out Zoom to Extents Zoom To Point Redraw v Auto Redraw Hide Points Filter Points Page Setup Viewing and Printing Copan Graphics Page 5 of 7 Viewing and Printing Copan Graphics Page 6 of 7 Page Setup Paper Size E Source Auto source selection v Orientation Margins inches Portrait Left fos Bight 0 5 C Landscape Top fos Bottom jos Cancel Printer 4 Choose Viewing amp Printing Page Setup to open a standard Page Setup dialog 5 Select various Paper Orientation Margins and Printer options 6 Click OK Unless your Page Setup choices change you only need to repeat that part of the process once each program session Viewing and Printing Copan Graphics Page 6 of 7 Viewing and Printing Copan Graphics Printer Name fho phi Status Ready Type hp photosmart 7200 series Where USBO02 Comment
82. ile BW N e If someone is already using that file or if Copan has prematurely ended while that file was in use you will be told that editing is disabled Copan Coordinate Files Page 2 of 4 Copan Coordinate Files Page 3 of 4 3 To Save an Existing Coordinate File under a New Name i Copan bear valley pts 12 of 12 points fetes Calculation Viewing amp Printing Program 1 CoordFile Save as 2 Enter the new name or navigate to one you wish to overwrite 3 Save the coordfile This won t change its Job 4 To Edit the Head Record Copan bear valley pts 12 of 12 points Sea i Calculation Viewing amp Printing Program Save as Close Edit Point Bulk Edit List Points Summarize Points Show full path in title bar List Head Import from Ascii Import from Copan PTS 1 CoordFile Edit Head 2 Enter or edit the details You may change the Job but this won t change the name of the coordfile Most coordfile head fields are not processed by Copan and can be omitted The exceptions being Job and Surveyor which are used during manual entry of field data and the Seek auxiliary files in option which tells Copan where to find the auxiliary files for this coordfile in the program s main auxiliary file folder or in the coordfile s own project folder 3 Update the head Copan Coordinate Files Page 3 of 4 Copan Coordinate Files 5 Notes Edit CoordFile Head
83. important Ignored ara Attribute meaning Sain l calculation at setup or occupied point number az azimuth or bearing bas base point number for a REM point cod point or feature code dat date j DC distance correction constant DF distance correction factor related to PPM dis distance point number for a REM point end previous line is last leg of traverse or last shot of resection Copan Field Files Page 2 of 4 Copan Field Files Page 3 of 4 FB field book name or number F HC horizontal circle reading or direction HI height of instrument HS height of signal reflector prism or target instr instrument name or number job job project name or number a not point note pgs field book pages t ref reference or backsight point number SD slope distance SF combined scale factor i e projection and elevation factor Svr surveyor operator name or number 5 tim time x to target or foresight point number UF units conversion factor VC vertical circle reading or zenith angle VCC vertical circle correction Let us know at support underhill ca if you d like Copan to recognize other attributes Please note the software version and release date see Software Version in all communications 4 Remote Elevation Measurement A remote elevation measurement or REM is an indirect observation of height and position of a topographic point whose slope distance is unobservable If you can observe a
84. in feet and a UF 0 3048 conversion is entered then area is given in m and in ft Copan does not calculate areas that are only enclosed by separate different traverses but it does still calculate all the other paramaters of any non loop traverses If Copan complains about the data when calculating and you cannot see what is wrong visually inspect the data by selecting it all with the mouse cursor Often you can see the inconsistency via the selection block outline If you List traverse data to the Info Display file o multiple blank lines are ignored and azimuth or bearing and distance expressions or dittos are shown in their interpreted form i e expressions are evaluated but not in their converted form i e AC SF UF are not yet applied List All is equivalent to the sequence List data and Calculate updated 24 Mar 2011 Copan Map Checks Page 5 of 5 Copan Area and Perimeter Calculations Page 1 of 4 updated 24 Mar 2011 Copan for Windows Area and Perimeter Calculations Contents 1 Inverse Traverse Coordfile Points 4 Export 2 Map Traverse Data for Calculating Areas and Perimeters 5 Reverse 3 Map Traverse Files 6 Notes If you have a set of points in a coordinate file any suitable sequence of such points can define a structural alignment or property boundary An alignment or boundary is a sequence of straight line segments and circular curve segments joined end to end Use this module to
85. indows Coordinate Transformations Contents 1 Transforming Coordinates by Parameters 2 Transforming Coordinates by Control Points You will often need to geometrically transform the coordinates of a group of points for example between a local ground coordinate system and a regional grid system The need may be for a permanent change to a coordfile or for just a temporary transformation during an import export process Use this module to geometrically transform a set of points either e directly by specifying the known parameters of an affine transformation or e indirectly by specifying pairs of control points for a similarity transformation from one coordinate system to another In each case rotations are always about a vertical axis i e the horizontal planes of each coordinate system are assumed to be parallel 1 Transforming Coordinates by Parameters You can specify up to seven plus two parameters of an affine transformation The seven affine transformation parameters are a 1D rotation a 3D scaling and a 3D shift slide or translation Of course any of the parameters may be left in their trivial form i e rotation 0 scale 1 shift 0 The additional two parameters are the 2D coordinates of a pivot point that is temporarily fixed with respect to rotation and scale Copan Coordinate Transformations Page 1 of 5 Copan Coordinate Transformations Page 2 of 5 Apply Transformation No Yes
86. ing module For intersections use the COGO Calculations module For resections use the Field Resections Processing module And this module is best for raw field traverses with slope distances not for reduced map traverses with horizontal distances For such needs use the Map Traverses or Map Checks modules Also note that while there are certain similarities between the Map Traverse and the Field Data modules there are various operational differences other than the type of map survey data involved If you are familiar with one and new to the other please study the appropriate manual and dialog carefully 1 To Process Field Bearings ie Copan bear valley pts 12 of 12 points E Viewing amp Printing Program COGO COGO Lite Multiple Inverses Process Field Data Process Field Bearings Process Field FreeStations Adjust Brng Dist Traverse Map Trav 1 Calculation Process Field Bearings Copan Field Bearings Processing Page 1 of 5 Copan Field Bearings Processing Page 2 of 5 Optionally Load a Field Data File See Field Files 3 Edit data in the big edit box as required NB To move the text cursor Use the arrow Tab or Enter keys or the mouse pointer To manually insert a tab copy and paste an existing one To enter setups and observations data use the mini edit boxes and the relevant Insert button To enter project instrument and scales data such as ma
87. installer e you correctly entered the password which was sent by e mail and e the key file and password are matching i e they are for the same release version See Installing or Updating for more details The usual reason for any item or button being disabled is that under the current conditions that item or button is not appropriate Thus if you do not have a coordfile open many menu items e g List Points are not applicable and not enabled Or if you have a coordfile open but with less than an appropriate number of points in it most Calculation menu items e g COGO are not applicable and not enabled 2 When will Copan have drawing capabilities On our in house version of Copan we currently have the ability to export symbolized drawings to AutoCAD DWG files Also we are working on a Copan drawing module that will have many useful CAD functions independent of AutoCAD When a CAD version of Copan is released in 2011 we will be charging the public for it Meantime maybe you d like to be a CopanCAD beta tester However the free version of Copan will remain free and will continue to evolve 3 How can do curve calculations The hand held versions of Copan for Palm OS and for Mobile or Pocket PC have curve calculators where you can enter any suitable combinations of circular curve parameters and calculate dependent parameters but Copan for Windows does not You can however use the Map Checks or Map Trave
88. int Codes Code Description 0 control point 1 lamp stand 2 power pole 3 guy wire 4 traffic light 5 utility box 6 transformer box 7 electrical box 8 catch basin 9 sanit manhole 10 storm manhole 11 power manhole T2 telephone manhole T3 deciduous tree 14 coniferous tree 15 fire hydrant 16 water valve 17 gas valve 18 sign post 19 parking meter 20 guard post 21 tank cap 22 monitoring well 2 manhole 28 bore hole 29 steps 36 culvert Copan Point Codes Type basic basic basic basic basic basic basic basic hole hole hole hole hole tree tree basic basic basic basic basic basic basic basic hole basic basic culvert Layer survey util util util util util util util util util util util util veg veg util util util util util util util topo util topo topo topo Desc CP LS PP GW UB EB CB sanMH stmMH pwrMH telMH FH WV GV SP PM GP tank cap MW MH BH steps culv Page 4 of 4 updated 25 Mar 2011 Page 4 of 4 Copan Point Filters Page 1 of 4 updated 21 Sep 2010 E Copan for Windows Point Filters Contents 1 To Filter Points 3 Text Expressions 2 Filter Criteria 4 Notes At times you may wish to view or work with a specific subset of points from an open coordfile rather than the whole file You can establish such a subset by specifying a filter or query Typically to
89. ions of Windows Copan a free one for the public and a more advanced one for our internal UGL use Now more advanced editions of Copan are available for the public see below and as we now have multiple editions a naming change is order Copan for Windows free edition is now officially called Copan Lite It still costs nothing and has no usage restrictions Copan Pro now available A new advanced edition of Copan called Copan Pro is now available for the public It has all of the functionality of Copan Lite formerly Copan for Windows plus numerous drawing tools and it processes Leica digital level data It costs only 650 Canadian but is available for a free trial See www underhill ca software copan pro for more information Copan Pro DWG also available An even more advanced edition of Copan called Copan Pro DWG is also available for the public It has all of the functionality of Copan Pro ie COGO drafting etc plus it exports Copan coordfile points directly to AutoCAD DWG files and it exports Copan drawings to AutoCAD DWG files It costs only 800 Canadian but is available for a free trial See www underhill ca software copan pro dwg for more information New web site If you ve not been to our company web site since June 2011 you might like to visit It has an enhanced design more surveying services described many more survey projects shown a much expanded history section man
90. is a loop i e it ends on its own start point Copan provides the enclosed area in squared distance units And if a units factor was involved the area is also given in converted units For example if distances are entered in feet and a UF 0 3048 conversion is entered then area is given in m and in ft Copan does not calculate areas that are only enclosed by separate different traverses but it does still calculate all the other paramaters of any non loop traverses If Copan complains about the data when calculating and you cannot see what is wrong visually inspect the data by selecting it all with the mouse cursor Often you can see the inconsistency via the selection block outline If you List traverse data to the Info Display file o multiple blank lines are ignored and azimuth or bearing and distance expressions or dittos are shown in their interpreted form i e expressions are evaluated but not in their converted form i e AC SF UF are not yet applied List All is equivalent to the sequence List data Calculate and List Points Newly calculated points are not saved to the coordfile until you click Save Points When you Save Points Copan first creates an automatic backup copy of the coordfile updated 24 Mar 2011 Copan Map Traverses Page 7 of 7 Copan Map Checks Page of 5 updated 24 Mar 2011 oe 9 Copan for Windows Map Checks Contents 1 Check Bearing Distance Traverses 4 Reverse
91. isting V Always initialize filter to All Points I Ignore filter when viewing points Auto export coordfiles to Ascii on closing decimals E format Also export coordfiles to Ascii on closing decimals E format Fixed format extn csv extn asc Comma delimited v rInfo Display Tool Notepad C Program Files MyT exE d MyT exEd exe Other Geomatic Distance decimals to list display 3 v Angle Units Area decimals Degrees Minutes Seconds C Gons Grads Show seconds V Seconds decimals to list display jo Bearings E Whole circle bearings are North based C South based m Listdisplay bearings in Whole circle form Quadrant form m Field and Map Traverse Tolerances Angle closure 0 01 n00 Distance closure 0 05000 Height closure 0 10000 Relative precision 1 5o00 m Map Check Tolerances Distance closure Jo 00500 Relative precision 1 50000 Factory File Viewing amp Printing Cancel Help Settings eed Options For your information those and other user settings are stored in the User Settings Folder which you usually needn t concern yourself with except possibly when copying settings to or from another user or computer Copan Program Settings updated 21 Sep 2010 Page 3 of 3 Copan File Locations Page 1 of 3 updated 21 Sep 2010 Copan for Wind
92. ith Conditions of Use which you must accept Copan Conditions of Use Copen Software End User License Agreement Please carefully reed the following legsl agreement AGREEMENT for the license of Copan SOFTWARE by Underhill Geomatics Led UNDERHILL BY WG THE SOFTWARE YOU EITHER AN INDIVIDUAL A SINGLE ENTITY ENT TO BE BOUND BY AND BECOME A PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT IF YOU DO NOT E TO ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT DO WOT CLICK THE BUTTON THAT CATES THAT YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND DO WOT USE THE SOFTWARE of the Software and the on any computer you own 2 Term This Agreement is effective for on unlimited duration unless ond until earlier terminated as set forth herein This Agreement will terminate sutometicelly if you foil to comply with any of the limitations Agreement ou must destroy 611 copies of the Software and the Doo You may terminate this Agreement ot any point by destroying ll copies of the Software and the Documentation 3 Ownership Rights The Software is protected by copyright lews and international treaty provisions UNDERHILL GEOMATICS LID owns and recoins all right title and interest in and to the Software including ll copyrights patents trede seorec rights trademarks and other intellectual property rights l accept conditions After accepting the conditions of use enter the eight character password that was included in the e
93. le Icon e Bugs and Other Problems e Support e News updated 21 Sep 2010 Copan User Manual Part V Appendix Page 1 of 1 Installing or Updating Copan Page 1 of 3 updated 16 Dec 2011 CI Copan Lite Installing or Updating Contents e How to Install Copan e How to Update Copan Note that the first time you set up Copan on any computer you are said to be Installing it and any time you put a different version of Copan on the same machine you are said to be Updating it in which case you can skip steps 1 and 4 below How to Install Copan Please follow these instructions carefully Steps 1 and 2 may done in reverse If you re having trouble contact support underhill ca with the exact details of what works and what doesn t 1 Request a password or software key If you haven t already done so request a password from www underhill ca software copan windows software key An eight character password e g secret39 will be emailed to you You should receive it within a few seconds If you don t maybe you didn t enter your correct email address or maybe automatic mail from our mail server to your mail server is blocked 2 Download the installation software If you haven t already done so download the latest version of the installer Visit www underhill ca software copan windows download and download the install package CopanLite setup exe to anywhere on your computer If your download tool happens to st
94. le format Copan Field Bearings Processing Page 4 of 5 Copan Field Bearings Processing Page 5 of 5 4 Field Bearings File Example In this example a two leg closed traverse with side shots is preceded by an azimuth correction and codes and notes have been omitted for brevity Ac 5 24 at 382 HES e590 to 800 az 235 42 vc 90 18 SD 4 6 HS 1 98 to 801 az 226 06 VC 90 24 SD 22 2 HS 1 58 to 802 az 219 54 vc 90 48 SD 25 6 HS 1 58 to 804 az 229 30 VC 90 36 SD 24 6 HS 1 58 at 804 HIS 195 to 805 az 194 00 VC 90 36 SD 35 0 HS 1 58 to 806 az 134 18 VC 90 06 SD 7 8 HS 1 58 to 807 az 129 54 vc 90 18 SD 17 8 HS 1 58 to 387 az 133 00 VC 89 36 SD 31 0 HS 1 58 end closed 4 Notes While repetition and redundancy are common in field surveying Copan can only process simple traverses consisting of reduced observations Multiple sets of observations of the same quantities and cross ties cannot be processed without some manual editing For example prior to processing repeated sets of angles and distances must be averaged and check shots to the same points from different setups must be renumbered If you need to manually insert a tab such as when you wish to add a code or remark to an observation line copy and paste an existing tab there will always be one between two auto inserted attribute value pairs When you Calculate Copan always checks and computes the field data currently in the
95. le output 1 Find your program settings ini file it is in the same location as the program trace txt files see User Settings Files in File Locations 2 Open the file in a text editor 3 Copy and paste these lines to the bottom of the file Export to IOB reducing 1 instrument TS iob_HA_key A iob_VA_key Z iob_SD_key D 4 Edit as explained below 5 Save You needn t worry about the presence absence of blank lines or presence absence of leading spaces or spaces either side of Angles or Direction Sets Do you want reduced or raw horizontal angles e reducing 1 the default means output ANGL records e reducing 0 means output DSET and backsight and foresight DIR records Sigma IDs Would you like to change the Sigma IDs Three character Sigma IDs are used to cross reference the instrument s horizontal and vertical angle variances and distance variance Edit the e two characters after instrument to your preferred instrument ID but use exactly two characters Copan Export to IOB File Page 1 of 2 Copan Export to IOB File Page 2 of 2 e single character after iob_HA_key to your preferred horizontal angle variance ID but use exactly one character e single character after iob_VA_key to your preferred vertical angle variance ID exactly one character e single character after icob_SD_key to your preferred slope distance variance ID one character Example field
96. lem with any message please let us know support underhill ca Assertion Failed Occasionally a Microsoft Visual C Runtime Library pop up appears saying Assertion failed It means that something that shouldn t have happened just has Usually the information provided can be helpful in pinpointing the problem Please note and send us this potentially useful data e File C PS source file name c e Line line number Microsoft Visual C Runtime Library Assertion failed Program File c Note these Line 289 two items Expression Bad_Record_Type For information on how your program can cause an assertion failure see the Visual C documentation on asserts Press Retry to debug the application JIT must be enabled Bugs and Other Problems with Copan Page 1 of 2 Bugs and Other Problems with Copan Page 2 of 2 The Expression that appears may provide a hint as to what s wrong but it s not required After noting the file name and line number try Ignore Sometimes after you choose Ignore Copan carries on as if there were nothing wrong so it s worth trying Other times it will crash Either way please let us know what you did just before the message appeared what you tried etc Bugs A bug in a program is something that doesn t work the way it s supposed to such as an incorrect calculation result A small number of bugs in Copan are known and documented in the relevant user manual page and some are not If
97. llowing tables note that case doesn t matter and that spaces are not required Also the bearings are north based Table 1 Degrees Minutes Meconds Bearing Expressions For the lower half of the table assume that point 102 is at a bearing of exactly 035 from point 101 Expression Bearing Explanation 210 5613 210 56 13 explicit whole circle bearing 10 350 negative bearing normalized 24 2 022 bearing plus correction or turned angle S 180 cardinal direction E 10 080 cardinal direction plus correction or turned angle wt5 213 cardinal direction plus correction or turned angle n 35 W 325 explicit quadrant bearing s 3 e 0 38 177 38 quadrant bearing plus correction or turned angle s 4w 184 quadrant bearing Sw 225 cardinal direction 01 102 035 implied bearing from point 101 to point 102 01 102 125 implied bearing from point 101 to point 102 plus 090 01 102 2 215 implied bearing from point 101 to point 102 plus 180 Oly L02 n3 305 implied bearing from point 101 to point 102 plus 270 01 102 10 045 implied bearing from point 101 to point 102 plus 10 01 102 15 020 implied bearing from point 101 to point 102 minus 15 r LEOZ 035 implied bearing from point 101 to point 102 102 2 215 implied bearing from point 102 to point 101 For the last two expressions assume that 101 is already in an appropriate from point fiel
98. looking printouts Larger Font Landscape Orientation Again these are Notepad terms and may be different in another editor Copan Info Display File Page 1 of 2 Copan Info Display File Page 2 of 2 Format Font Font Courier New Style Regular Size 11 File Page Setup Paper Size Letter N America A4 International Left and Right Margins 0 75 inch or 19 mm 28 mm or 1 1 inch Orientation Landscape Landscape Alternatives to Notepad Your default text editor is Notepad If you prefer to use something else assuming you have it installed there is a way of telling Copan to use that editor instead 1 Open either the Points List dialog via CoordFile List Points or the General Program Settings dialog via Program Settings General 2 Choose the Other button under Info Display Tool 3 Enter the full path to or Browse to the desired text editor s executable file For example C Program Files MyTexEd MyTexEd exe is the location of a hypothetical program called MyTexEd Copan Info Display File Page 2 of 2 Copan Point Codes Page of 4 updated 25 Mar 2011 w 9 Copan Lite for Windows Point Codes Contents 1 Point Code Types 4 Extended Code Examples 2 Extended Codes 5 Codes Table Example 3 Point Codes Table A Copan point code or feature code is intended as an abbreviated yet very useful point attribute Used carefully it can describe several characteristics of
99. mail Installing or Updating Copan Page 2 of 3 Installing or Updating Copan Page 3 of 3 Enter Copan Password Enter or paste the eight character case sensitive password Be careful to use it exactly as is without the enclosing double quotes Copy and paste works best If the password is not entered correctly you ll get an Invalid Password message Invalid Copan Lite Password As you did not enter a valid Copan Lite password most of the program s functions have been disabled You can request a password from http www underhill ca software copan windows software key If you wish to try again first exit the program then restart it If you get that message and you re sure that you re entering it correctly you probably have an out of date version of Copan or at least a mismatch between your Copan and your key Try re downloading it from us and re installing it steps 1 and 2 above How to Update Copan The procedure for updating Copan is the same as for installing except for the following e Unless you are installing on a new computer i e a machine that has not had another version of Copan installed then you do not need to request another password step 1 above and you do not need to re initialise Copan step 4 above e During setup you ll notice the program folder the place where Copan gets installed C Program Files Copan 11 11 will be named differently for each version This allows you to fall back
100. n copy the points directly to a total station compatible file To Export Points to a Total Station File Li Copan bear valley pts 12 of 12 points eaa Calculation Viewing amp Printing Program Edit Point Bulk Edit List Points Summarize Points Show full path in title bar Edit Head List Head Import from Ascii Import from Copan PTS Export to Ascii Export to Total Station 1 C Documents and Settings martinflMy Documents Surveys bear valley pts 1 CoordFile Export to Total Station 2 Choose the required Instrument Format o Geodimeter ARE Leica GSI 8 Leica GSI 16 3 Choose whether or not to Include point Codes or Elevations 4 Choose whether or not to Use alphanumeric point Names instead of integer Pnt s Copan Export to Total Station File Page 1 of 2 Copan Export to Total Station File Page 2 of 2 5 Choose the subset of Points to edit All or a Filtered set See Point Filters 6 Optionally Apply Transformation to the points during export The coordfile will not be changed Clicking Yes allows you to enter the transformation parameters see Coordinate Transformations 7 Choose other options as appropriate 8 OK Let us know at support underhill ca if you d like Copan to save point data in other instrument formats Please note the software version and release date see Software Version in all communications Export Points to Total St
101. n how to define curves along a map traverse Map Traverses Copan V07152 pt C Docume 1 0000000 0 3048000 0 0000000 5746 5819 5820 5821 5827 5823 5822 5824 5822 5825 S nts 000 000 000 089 sll s78 n79 s79 n89 s89 s89 and Settings martinf My Documents Whistler 13031 mt 1140 5550w 0410e 1910w 1910e 4134w 4134e 1943w Copan Map Traverses 64 06 AS 89 01 AC 0 0436 C poc Ge poc ce poc Page 5 of 7 Copan Map Traverses Page 6 of 7 5822 n89 1943e GE 5826 s86 3512w ec 5787 WwW 103 24 5788 s08 02w 46 4 5 Curve Adjustments If a traverse that contains curves is adjusted its curves are affected as follows e For non tangential curves the curve chords are treated as traverse legs for the adjustment and then the curve centres are recomputed based on the original curve radii and new curve begin end points For tangential curves the external tangents are treated as traverse legs for the adjustment The curve begin end points are recomputed based on the new curve intersection points and external tangents and then the curve centres are recomputed as above 6 Export Use the Export button to export the current map traverses starting from where you specify in ESRI Traverse File format You specify the location and file name the default being the current folder and current map traverse file without the mt and Copan will save to file name file name t
102. n that ends in ellipses e g Print leads to another dialog or window rather than having an immediate effect When viewing a graphic display of a file you can pan and zoom as follows If you have a mouse wheel spin it to zoom in or out double press it to zoom to the full extent of the file and hold it down and move it to pan around o Alternatively use the Zoom In Zoom Out and Zoom to Extents items under the Viewing menu for their associated tasks Zoom In requires you to drag a rectangle over your intended target and use the scroll bars to pan around During calculations all distances are assumed to be in the same units as those of the coordinates Input distances however can usually be converted via a given units factor When entering distances or coordinates enter values explicitly with a dot as the decimal separator and without any thousand separators or any units For example enter 12 345 678m i e 12km 345m 678mm as 12345 678 or enter 123 456 78ft as 123456 78 In many cases enter an expression to imply for example the distance betweeen two known points See Distance and Offset Expressions If you measure angles in degrees minutes seconds i e 1 circle 360 when entering angles always use the format dd mmss For example you must enter 24 52 10 as 24 5210 and you must enter 30 as 0 30 or just 3 If you measure angles in gons or grads i e 1 circle 400 just enter angle
103. nd by default is clockwise from From to To at Af COGO Lite Angle Calculation Point Northing Easting Bearing Distance Offset Eom 8 2aasor ana27e S C WCe z w e ae a o o a a ma a Angle Lett Fio Inct To Cale Made ncr lo J Auto increase To Settings T ait To point 88 ear o gt From tf Auto To gt From a Inverse RE Display info k Undo Edit points e i p eaaa pa List points Points All BngDist Erase ines Angle OK Calculate Exit To do multiple angle calculations at one point from one reference point to many points use the Multiple Inverse Calculations module updated 21 Sep 2010 Copan COGO Calculations Page 5 of 5 Copan Multiple Inverse Calculations Page 1 of 3 updated 21 Sep 2010 E Copan for Windows Multiple Inverse Calculations Sometimes you d like to do several inverse calculations between one at point or hub point and multiple to points A list of angles and distances may be useful for staking out or setting out designed points A table of bearings and distances or radial ties may be required on a legal plan A display of distances chainages or stations and perpendicular offsets may be useful for checking the alignment and spacing of surveyed points Use this special purpose coordinate geometry module to calculate sets of 1 radial angles from a reference and distances 2 radial bearings and distances or 3
104. need to do one thing e Manually delete the previous version of the Copan program folder If you accidently used Uninstall as described above you ll need to e either reinstall see Installing or Updating the latest one e or open the latest Copan program folder right click the Copan application icon and choose Send To then Desktop How to Uninstall the Current Version but Keep a Previous Version If you re unhappy with the latest version of the Copan and you wish to revert a previous version do three things 1 Optionally let us know what s wrong with the new version 2 Manually delete the current version of the Copan program folder 3 Either reinstall see Installing or Updating the old one or for each Copan related shortcut on Quick Launch Desktop Start Menu etc i right click the icon and choose Properties ii edit the Target box so the current Copan program folder name is replaced by the old one iii if the Start in box also has the Copan program folder name edit that too iv click OK Uninstalling Copan Page 1 of 2 Uninstalling Copan Page 2 of 2 How to Uninstall All Versions 1 Uninstall the latest version of Copan as described in How to Uninstall the Only Existing Version above 2 Manually delete each of the previous versions of the Copan program folder updated 21 Sep 2010 Uninstalling Copan Page 2 of 2 Running Copan via CoordFile Icon Page of 1 updated 18 Jun 2009 C
105. nt and may contain a traverse label under Trav Label identifying the traverse e The first point must already exist in the current coordfile or be in a prior traverse e A traverse must have a sequence of leg lines Each leg o must contain these three items To Point number Bearing or azimuth and Distance and may contain a Pnt Note Pnt Code and a Curve Code see Traversing Curves on how to define curves along a map traverse e For a Bearing or Distance an appropriate expression may be used see Bearing Expressions and Distance and Offset Expressions or if it is the same as the previous one a double quote character may be used for ditto e If points are saved Pnt Notes and Pnt Codes are added to the point and Curve Codes are not added NB If a point appears in more than one leg and is saved its later Note and Code may replace its earlier ones e A closed traverse where the last point is known may be adjusted or not An open traverse where the last point is unknown is allowed Copan Map Traverses Page 3 of 7 Copan Map Traverses Page 4 of 7 e Treat radial side shots or ties as separate single leg open traverses e At any point along a traverse you may need to change the scale factor units factor or the azimuth correction To do this enter a separate line with SF value UF value or AC value under Conversion From that point on the new value is used instead of the original head
106. nt Name v 11 15 Ask before replacing point 3 point Northing 27 18 _C Renumber the new point _ 4 point Easting 4 46 18 Auto list imported points 5 point Elevation al mee Eana Moving Filter IV Headings are on first line Import point if beyond point Code Points to Import a distance of joo LS Ar Fiter safo Unknown count nown coun arisefallof 0 0 Apply Transformation f i 2 No Yes of previous point Delimited Fixed m Delimiter only one a between C pma each field C Space OK Import prompts for file name OK C Other p file extn csv Exit Help Input File List To Export to a Text File 1 CoordFile Export to Ascii 2 Optionally Load a Configuration file 3 Choose which Fields to export to the Ascii file See Point Record Fields in Point Records You may output Desc Description or Extension fields as well as or instead of Code but be sure to select a valid Codes Table which should contain a Desc Description and Type for each Code See Point Codes 4 Choose either Delimited or Fixed format 5 Choose which Points to export All or Filter a subset See Point Filters 6 Optionally Apply Transformation to the points during export The coordfile will not be changed Clicking Yes allows you to enter the transformation parameters see Coordinate Transform
107. o do this if your point codes tend to change from project to project To do it for particular projects only check Copy auxiliary files to project folder when you create a coordinate file To do it for all new projects check Auto copy auxiliary files to new project folder in Program Settings In either case Copan will copy the contents of the Auxiliary Files Folder to the particular project folder User Manual Files Copan looks for hypertext help documents including this one in your User Manual Folder This starts out being located inside the Program Folder but can be changed to another location if your user manual is stored there To Change Default File Locations Copan given pts 6 of 6 points CoordFile Calculation Viewing amp Printing Magee About General Exit File Locations Program Settings File Locations Browse to the desired Initial Project Folder location Browse to the desired Auxiliary Files Folder location Browse to the desired User Manual Folder location or click Use UGL website to always use latest user manual on the Underhill web site 5 Click OK a aE le a Copan File Locations Page 2 of 3 Copan File Locations Page 3 of 3 File Locations m Initial Project Folder Coordfiles Drawings Field files Map traverses etc E Documents and Settings martinf My Documents Copan Browse m Ausiliary Files Folder Code tables Block files etc c Document
108. ode names Copan Point Records Page 1 of 4 Copan Point Records Page 2 of 4 2 To Add Delete or Edit a Point Record Copan bear valley pts 12 of 12 points eea i Calculation Viewing amp Printing Program Edit Point Bulk Edit List Points Summarize Points 1 CoordFile Edit Point 2 Enter the Point number which must be a positive integer or navigate to it via Prey Next etc 3 Enter or edit the point s details The presence or absence of an Elevation even a value of zero implies whether the point is 3D or 2D Point Names and Notes are not processed by Copan other than being input filtered or output To use the Code dependent Desc or Extension fields check the Show Desc amp Extension box and ensure that a valid Codes Table path see Point Codes is provided in the so named box o There are two alternatives to entering a numeric code when the Show Desc amp Extension box is checked m pick its Desc from the drop down Desc list m enter its Desc in the Code box 4 Add Delete or Update the point as appropriate Copan Point Records Page 2 of 4 Copan Point Records Page 3 of 4 Edit Point Paint First Prev Next Last New Point 2 Renum Name OoOo Decimals to list display 3 v List Northing 908 660 ee Easting 672 454 Elevation 124 472 Delete Code 0 Locked place cP z Vv Show Desc Extension lt lt xtension Noe Hel
109. of 5 Copan Field FreeStations Processing Page 2 of 5 3 Edit data in the big edit box as required NB To move the text cursor Use the arrow Tab or Enter keys or the mouse pointer To manually insert a tab copy and paste an existing one 4 To enter setups and observations data use the mini edit boxes and the relevant Insert button To enter project instrument and scales data use the supplementary dialog via the More data button 5 Optionally Export the Field data file in the BitWise Ideas survey network least squares adjustment program GeoLab IOB format 6 Save the Field file for reuse 7 Optionally change the precision of displayed listed distances and coordinates via Settings 8 Optionally Scale extended code sizes This will scale any observation P codes that are sized according to the rules in Point Codes by a Units Factor you have set 9 Calculate or OK to process the field data accepting the calculations as appropriate 10 To graphically view the shots Close the Info Display window if it is open and minimize or move aside but do not close the Field FreeStations window 11 Optionally List the field Data the Calcs or the Points that have been computed 12 Optionally choose whether to Renumber new points or replace existing points see Point Renumbering or Replacement and Save the Points that have been computed Field FreeStations Field Data File E Documents and Settings m
110. omputed distances to other units a Scale Factor for combined map projection and sea level conversion from computed distances to other coordinate system distances Enter or edit the point traverse data in the big edit box See below for a description of map traverse data for calculating areas and perimeters To move the text cursor within the big edit box use the Arrow Tab or Enter keys or the mouse pointer Do not use the Space key to separate fields To delete a chunk of text select it with the mouse then click Cut or type Ctrl X but be careful not to delete the embedded tabs within a line To manually insert a tab Copy and Paste an existing one The Ctrl Insert and Ctrl Delete key combinations act like the Ins and Del buttons that is they insert and delete a line of data To add a Point number automatically to the next blank line press Enter when in the Distance column of the previous line Optionally List the map traverse Data Saye the Data for reuse Optionally Export in ESRI format or Reverse the direction of the map traverse Data Calculate or OK the traverses To graphically view the traverses Close or hide the Info Display window if it is open and minimize or move aside but do not close the Area Calc window Inverse Map Traversing Area Calc Data C Documents and Settings martinf My Documents Surveys aardvark crest mt Save As Conversion from coord system to brng dist List Reset peann o Scale Factor
111. on instrument Setup insert only the following o At the free station point number Ht Instr the instrument height if elevations are required They stay in effect until a new Setup is inserted After a Setup line first multiple control shots and then multiple side shots can appear For each control shot Observation insert the following o To the control point number o Hor Circle the horizontal circle value o Vert Circle the vertical circle value or zenith angle o Slope Dist the slope distance o Ht Signal the signal target prism reflector height if elevations are required For each side shot Observation insert the following o To the target point number o Hor Circle the horizontal circle value o Vert Circle the vertical circle value or zenith angle Slope Dist the slope distance o Ht Signal the signal target prism reflector or pogo height if elevations are required o Code a point code if needed o Note a point note if needed o Name a point name if needed For a remote elevation measurement REM insert it as an Observation but without a Slope Distance or possibly also without a Horizontal Circle See Remote Elevation Measurement in Field Files for details For the last control shot of each free station be sure to use the end resect button so that n end resect line precedes the side shots Project Instrument Scales Data Project Job Date Time Surveyor Field Book Pages
112. one is right for you True it ll take some time but your name and company will also get some recognition Check with the magazine or newsletter first to see if it s appropriate e Help us develop Copan tutorial materials Do you have teaching tendencies Send us some sample problems tutorial notes or data files relating to the use of Copan e Help support Copan usage in another language Maybe you can translate the User Manual or offer to moderate a Copan forum updated 2 Feb 2011 Copan FAQ Page 3 of 3 Copan User Manual Part II CoordFile Functions Page 1 of 1 E Copan for Windows Part Il CoordFile Functions e Coordinate Files e Point Records e Point Lists e Bulk Point Editing e Import and Export e Export to Total Station File updated 21 Sep 2010 Copan User Manual Part II CoordFile Functions Page 1 of 1 Copan Coordinate Files Page 1 of 4 updated 21 Sep 2010 E Copan for Windows Coordinate Files Contents 1 Create a New Coordinate File 4 Edit the Head Record 2 Open an Existing Coordinate File 5 Notes 3 Save an Existing Coordinate File under a New Name Virtually everything in Copan involves a coordinate file or coordfile for short Even if you d like to process only coordinates from another program you must first create a new coordfile and then import them A coordfile is a standalone file containing a head record and a set of survey point records which are described in Point Records
113. oose the Tool for displaying Info Display Files o Notepad or o Other then Browse to the location of your preferred text editor s executable file Geomatic Settings 10 Choose the number of Distance decimals to list display to set the precision of listed or displayed distances and coordinates and likewise for Area decimals 11 Choose the Angle Units to use Degrees Minutes Seconds inlcuding whether to Show seconds or o Gons Grads and the Seconds or Angle decimals to list display 12 Choose whether whole circle Bearings are o North based or South based 13 Choose whether Bearings should be listed displayed in Quadrant form Even if you choose the default whole circle form you may still use the quadrant form for input see Bearing Expressions 14 Choose the various Tolerances for Field and Map Traverses and Map Checks See Traverse Processing Other Settings 15 Change other settings via buttons at bottom as desired File Locations see File Locations and Viewing amp Printing Options see Viewing or Printing Graphics Apply 16 Click OK Copan Program Settings Page 2 of 3 Copan Program Settings General Program Settings Misc Company Include in each listing Logistic Auto create project folder for new coordfile J Auto copy auxiliary files to new project folder I Page 3 of 3 Martin F Underhill Geomatics Ltd Surveyor m a Sea V Include in each l
114. opan CAD Our offer of the chance to try it out to become a beta tester of the pre release version is now closed Thank you to all who filled in the simple questionnaire we ll be in touch very shortly about getting your test copy You can expect the first commercial release of Copan CAD in about six months Scale extended code sizes added to Field family In the Field family of modules you can now automatically scale all the extended code sizes in side shot observations by the current units factor For example if your coordinates are in metres and your field data are in feet you can now convert via a UF 0 3048 your manhole depths and culvert diameters from hundredths of feet to hundredths of metres along with all the usual conversions of SD HI HS from ft to m Other small improvements to Field family Load Data e The chances of a crash happening during the Loading of data from any total station file particularly Leica GSI data has been reduced e When Loading TDS RAW data the signal or target heights are now created for each shot not just the first shot from a set up Copan News Mar 2011 Page 1 of 2 Copan News Mar 2011 Page 2 of 2 List Data e If present a Units Factor is now listed correctly not as 0 00 e Vertical circle readings are now listed before any VCC if present is applied Calculate e Correction factors such as SF UF DF now retain their explicitly set existing values even if empt
115. opan for Windows Running via CoordFile Icon CoordFiles PTS files are automatically associated with the Copan program That is in Windows Explorer a PTS file is labelled as a Copan CoordFile and will open inside Copan if it is opened To open a file double click its icon or right click it then choose Open If that file association is not happening you can reinstall Copan version 08 04 or later ensuring that the Associate coordinate files pts with Copan task is checked updated 18 Jun 2009 Running Copan via CoordFile Icon Page 1 of 1 Bugs and Other Problems with Copan Page 1 of 2 updated 17 Feb 2011 Copan for Windows Bugs and Other Problems Copan is a work in progress and there may still be some issues These may range from mere annoyances to outright crashes without warnings Please be patient and gently report the specifics of any such issues you find Annoyances The mildest problem is when Copan behaves in a way that is whether on purpose or by default part of its design What may be useful or acceptable behavior to some may be inconvenient to you Please let us know if you think it can be improved Error Messages Sometimes you the user make mistakes whether you tried to do something inappropriate for the current situation or you entered some invalid data There s a large set of error messages and warnings that Copan can give and we ve tried to make them clear and polite If you have a prob
116. or raw field data involving horizontal or vertical circle readings and slope distances For such needs use the Field Data Processing module or its Field Bearings variation Finally while there are certain similarities between the Map Traverse and the Field Data modules there are various operational differences other than the type of map survey data involved If you are familiar with one and new to the other please study the appropriate manual and dialog carefully Copan Map Traverses Page l1 of 7 Copan Map Traverses Page 2 of 7 1 To Adjust Bearing Distance Traverses wi Copan marmot hill pts 15 of 15 points CoordFile PAGA Viewing amp Printing Program COGO COGO Lite Multiple Inverses Process Field Data Process Field Bearings Process Field FreeStations Adjust Brng Dist Traverse Map Trav Inverse Brng Dist Traverse Area Calc Transform Coords Calculate Adjust Brng Dist Traverse Map Trav Optionally Load a traverse Data file see Map Traverse Files below 3 Optionally enter conversions an Azimuth Correction to be added to every bearing a Units Factor for converting distance units to coordinate units a Scale Factor for combined map projection and sea level or elevation factor conversion Enter or edit the bearing distance traverse data in the big edit box See below for a description of map traverse data for adjustment To move the text cursor wi
117. ows File Locations The whole Copan package includes a number of different files some of which are essential and others are supplemental to using Copan This is an overview of the different kinds of files and their locations Project Files Each survey project you work on may require a number of different project data files These include coordinate files survey drawings field data azimuth distance traverse data transformations etc All files related to a single job or project should normally be kept in a project folder and each project folder would normally go in your Initial Project Folder By default your Initial Project Folder is e C Users user name Documents Copan Win Vista Win 7 e C Documents and Settings user name My Documents Copan Win XP or e C My Documents Copan Win 98 but it can be changed to any location you like Prior to version 10 08 it was the same as the above but without the Copan folder Copan keeps track of what is known as the current project folder When you re about to open or create a project data file you are shown the current project folder first and if you choose another location the new location becomes the current project folder Coordinate Files Virtually everything in Copan involves a coordinate file or coordfile for short Even if you d like only to process coordinates from another program you must first create a new coordfile and then import them
118. pan Lite for Windows Part IV Other Functions e Viewing or Printing Graphics e Program Settings e File Locations e Info Display File e Point Codes e Point Filters e Field Files e Traverse Processing e Export to IOB File e Bearing Expressions e Distance and Offset Expressions e Shift Expressions e Traversing Curves e Point Renumbering or Replacement updated 30 May 2011 Copan User Manual Part IV Other Functions Page 1 of 1 Viewing and Printing Copan Graphics Page 1 of 7 updated 21 Sep 2010 E Copan for Windows Viewing and Printing Graphics Contents 1 Panning Around 4 Filtering and Hiding 2 Zooming In and Out 5 Printing 3 Going to a Point 6 Notes Whenever a coordfile is open in Copan it is displayed in the main graphic window You can view or print out any portion of this file at almost any scale 1 To Pan Around a Graphic Display e If you have a mouse wheel hold it down and drag it around to pan around e Alternatively use the scroll bars or scroll arrows to pan around z a Ti Copan points pts 15 of 15 points Ce CoordFile Calculation Viewing amp Printing Program scroll arrow amp scroll bar 1471 N 57872 941 E 7396 716 2 amp scroll arrow scroll bar gt gt 2 To Zoom Into and Out of a Graphic Display e If you have a mouse wheel spin it to zoom in or out or double press it to zoom to the full spatial extent of the file e Alternatively u
119. pan for Windows Info Display File Almost all Copan results are written to an info display txt file in the current project folder and are thus displayed by Copan using your current text editor To ensure proper alignment of data columns use a fixed width fixed pitch or monospaced font setting such as Courier New within your text editor If you use a variable width font output won t quite be arranged as it should Printing info display txt from a text editor Copan typically outputs lines of up to 100 characters in length to the info display txt file The best settings to use to get all the data printed across the page depend on the paper size that your printer is using North American Letter or International A4 Smaller Font Portrait Orientation The following are Win Notepad terms and may be slightly different in another editor Format Font Font Courier New Style Regular Size 9 File Page Setup Paper Size Letter N America A4 International Left and Right Margins 0 45 inch or 11 mm 8 mm or 0 3 inch Orientation Portrait Portrait You can use another font family such as Lucinda Console but you may need to adjust its size or the page margins slightly That s because each font family has slightly different widths even fixed width fonts of the same nominal size If you need to use a larger font size or larger page margins you ll need to use Landscape Orientation else you ll probably get messy
120. ption and Extension All but the last format option can be further modified by checking the Hide Name or Hide Code boxes to omit the name or code fields Points List Selection All C Filtered Pnt Name North East Elev Code Lock Sourc Modif Pnit Name North East Eley Description Pnt Name North East Elev Code Desc Pnt North East Eley Code Description Pnit North East Eley Code Desc Note Pnit North East Elev Code Desc Extension Pnt North East Eley Description Extension n S T Numerical Chronological Prependfile E header E Append file summary icp Ind lop len le loo In I Decimals ts and Settings martinfsM4 Sh ree List Info Display Tool Notepad Help Other Cancel Notes If you need a listing in a format not found here try exporting to a text file instead See Import and Export To use Format options 3 8 be sure to select a valid Codes Table which should contain a Description Type and Desc for each integer code See Point Codes If the Codes Table has no Descs truncated Descriptions will be used instead In option 2 Lock indicates if the point is locked via an L on output Source identifies the module or program which created the point and Modified identifies the module which last changed the point see Src Mod Codes in Point Records Decimals controls the precision of listed coordinates Note that this setting is glob
121. recision 1 56467 Cancel e The first number in the title bar is simply an auto generated index for the traverse if there are N traverses they ll be numbered 1 N e The square bracketed numbers in the title bar are the start and end point numbers for the traverse if it is a loop they ll be the same If a closing or redundant angle is present the Angle Misclosure will be shown along with a note saying the Angles have been Adjusted The overall angular correction is divided equally among the traverse angles The Traverse Leg Count and Total Distance of the traverse are shown next Copan Traverse Processing Page 1 of 4 Copan Traverse Processing Page 2 of 4 e The large frame shows the Coordinate Misclosure its Rectangular and Polar components and the Relative Precision e If any misclosure is larger than a certain tolerance as specified in Program Settings it is marked with a warning 2 Map Traverse Results Although two map trav modules Map Traverses and Map Checks can process reduced map traverses only the former can adjust traverses via Traverse Results dialogs 1 Map Traverse lot 9 Results 5027 5026 Azimuth Error 0 00 29 Coordinate Adjustment Rule Traverse Leg Count re Compass Total Traverse Distance Bowditch Crandall Coordinate Misclosure f Transit Rectangular Polar N 0 007 Distance 0 008 Hel E 0 005 Bearing N38 E No Relative Precision 1 7294 C
122. ribed above o gt Tis the trunk diameter in hundredths cm and Sis the spread diameter in distance units m 2 Point Codes Table A codes table is a user managed tab delimited Ascii based single byte encoded lookup file normally found in the Auxiliary Files folder The first line should contain 5 or 6 tab separated headings the last one being optional Code Description Type Block Layer Desc Each subsequent line describes a feature type and must contain 5 or 6 tab separated fields an integer Code a required non negative whole number to uniquely identify the feature class a code Description up to 31 characters that names or describes the feature class and can be used by List Points and Export to Ascii a code Type i e basic hole culvert or tree that can be used by List Points and Export to Ascii blank for future use blank for future use and a code Desc up to 13 characters that can serve as both a unique feature class identifier and an abbreviated form of description and can be used by Edit Point List Points Export to Ascii and COGO Copan Point Codes Page 2 of 4 Copan Point Codes Page 3 of 4 Note that e There must be 4 or 5 tabs on every line Although the fifth column is optional the Desc attribute could be used in many places so you re advised to fill it in e While a Codes Table can have any name Copan looks for one named codes
123. rip off the exe extension from the Copan setup exe filename be sure to add it back before you run it You may need to change the show file extensions setting in your folder browser 3 Run the installation software Open or run the CopanLite setup exe file and follow the simple setup instructions The installer will place various files in your program folder usually C Program Files Copan 11 11 and will create some shortcuts If you know what you re doing during the installation process you may choose to install Copan in an alternative location or to turn off certain installation options If you change your mind you can always uninstall then reinstall The resulting folder and file configuration should look something like this Installing or Updating Copan Page 1 of 3 Installing or Updating Copan Page 2 of 3 User Manual file folder User Manual pdf adobe document Copan exe application C Program Files Copan ee application P 11 11 oie pee oem Aapehas alias sas msvcirtd dll msvcp60d dl11 and msvcrtd d1l1 application extensions Copankey bin file EULA txt text document e C Program Files Copan Various other file folders 11 11 Various html documents User Manual Various other files The installer may also place various files in your Documents or My Documents folder see File Locations 4 Initialise Copan The first time you run Copan you ll be presented w
124. rses modules to calculate curve parameters if you have the azimuth or bearing and distance from the beginning of curve in to Copan FAQ Page 1 of 3 Copan FAQ Page 2 of 3 the centre of curve and the direction out from the centre to the end of curve The arc distance chord distance and arc angle will be calculated See Traversing Curves on how to define curves along a map traverse 4 How can delete renumber or edit a group of points at once You can do simple mass editing of points via CoordFile Bulk Edit See Bulk Point Editing For sophisticated editing the best way is to export the coordfile from Copan to an Ascii file edit the Ascii file in an editor or spreadsheet then back in Copan create a new coordfile and import the edited Ascii file See Import and Export Geometric transformations of points en masse can be done via CoordFile Transform Coords See Coordinate Transformations 5 Why won t my space delimited text file import If you try to import a space delimited file and Copan crashes or complains it probably isn t really a space delimited file If there are a number of spaces separating each non empty field then the file is not space delimited Whatever the delimiter character is there can be only one delimiter separating each non empty field If the columns of data are aligned such that it is possible to draw a straight vertical line between each column then it is a fixed format fil
125. rve centres are recomputed as above updated 21 Sep 2010 Traversing Curves in Copan Page 5 of 5 Copan Point Renumbering or Replacement Page 1 of 2 updated 21 Sep 2010 w E3 Copan for Windows Point Renumbering or Replacement You may renumber any existing Copan coordfile points You may also renumber new points being added to a coordfile or replace existing points when the numbers match Renumbering Existing Coordfile Points To renumber current coordfile points on an individual basis see To Renumber a Point Record in Point Records To delete renumber or edit a group of existing coordfile points see Bulk Point Editing Renumbering New Points When adding batches of new points to a coordfile such as in Import Ascii Field Data Process or Map Traverse Adjustment what if some of your incoming points are not numbered the way you wish them to be or already exist in the coordfile You can instruct Copan what to do before clicking Import or Save points M Renumber all new points before saving If point already exists C Always replace existing point C Never replace existing point Ask before replacing point C Renumber the new point To automatically renumber every incoming point e Check Renumber all new points When incoming points have numbers matching coordfile points e Check Always replace existing point if you know that new point values should replace existing ones e Check Never replace existing
126. s Both negative and zero values for HI or HS are correctly interpreted If a setup s HI value is missing or null no elevations are computed If either a freestation control point s elevation or its HS value are missing Copan ommits it from the elevation portion of the freestation estimation If a side shot s HS value is missing its elevation will be null updated 24 Mar 2011 Copan Field FreeStations Processing Page 5 of 5 Copan Map Traverses Page of 7 updated 24 Mar 2011 oe 9 Copan for Windows Map Traverses Contents 1 Adjust Bearing Distance Traverses 5 Curve Adjustments 2 Map Traverse Data for Adjustment 6 Export 3 Map Traverse Files 7 Reverse 4 MT File Examples 8 Notes Azimuths or bearings combined with horizontal distances pairs of values that are often known as calls courses or metes are common on many cadastral maps and plans plats Copan refers to sequences of such reduced land survey data as map traverse data Use this module to compute and adjust for misclosure any number of map traverses and save the new points whether or not the traverses are open closed or adjusted Use it to traverse around lot or parcel boundaries including ones with curves and to calculate the lot parcel areas Note that if you are just checking the bearing and distance data from a map or deed and not using a coordfile you should use the Map Check module Also this module cannot be used f
127. s and Settings martinf My Documents CopanAusiliary Files Browse m User Manual Folder Hypertext help pages IV Check versions Use UGL website C Program Files Copan 10 055 Browse m User Settings Folder Program settings program trace etc C Documents and Settings martinf Application Data Copan a pen Cancel Help Factory Setting For your information there are two other sets of files User Settings and Program Files whose locations you cannot change and with which you needn t concern yourself usually User Settings Files Most of your preferences settings options etc for Copan are stored in your User Settings Folder Occaisionally you may like to copy your settings between users or computers They are here C Users user name AppData Roaming Copan Win Vista Win 7 e C Documents and Settings user name Application Data Copan Win XP or e C WINDOWS Application Data Copan Win 98 Program Files When you install Copan various files get stored in your Program Folder Usually they are here e C Program Files x86 Copan version number 64 bit Win or e C Program Files Copan version number 32 bit Win but you may install them somewhere else You have the choice during program installation updated 21 Sep 2010 Copan File Locations Page 3 of 3 Copan Info Display File Page 1 of 2 updated 21 Sep 2010 Co
128. s as is e g enter 24 52105 as 24 52105 When entering bearings or azimuths enter angles explicitly as above or in many cases enter an expression to imply for example the direction betweeen two known points Also enter bearings in whole circle or quadrant form at any time See Bearing Expressions 2 Installing or Uninstalling Copan If the software is not there already see Installing or Updating on how to install or update Copan on your computer Had enough already See Uninstalling on how to remove Copan Getting Started with Copan Page 2 of 4 Getting Started with Copan Page 3 of 4 3 Program Settings There are various general settings you can make which control program behavior such as the name and address of your compay the the precision of listed or displayed distances and coordinates or the tolerances for acceptable traverse closures See Program Settings on the various ways to customize Copan for your preference The most important program setting to make after installation may be to the Angle Units and Bearings or azimuth type The default Angle Units setting is Degrees Minutes Seconds but you may choose Gons Grads instead By default Whole circle bearings are North based but you may choose South based instead Also you choose to List display bearings in Whole circle form by default or in Quadrant form instead 4 CoordFile Functions The Copan package includes a number of different
129. se the Zoom In Zoom Out and Zoom to Extents items under the Viewing amp Printing menu for their associated tasks Note that Zoom In requires you to drag a rectangle over your intended target area Viewing and Printing Copan Graphics Page l1 of 7 Viewing and Printing Copan Graphics Page 2 of 7 i Copan many pts 1730 of 1730 points Viewing amp Printing Zoom Out Zoom to Extents Zoom To Point S407254 96347 sqR8RebG6 7923750 f 984 324152 ptr tat Redraw v Auto Redraw Manage Docs Show Points Hide Points 5 088 243923 Fiter Points RABY 426908 1 70969 578781 Unfilter Points Page Setup Print 651 786012 tee eee et m ti Copan many pts 1730 of 1730 points CoordFile Calculation Viewing amp Printing Program garm 96347 JQREROBGE 702378 STH 324152 ETETE o 088 243923 hto 426908 i 26308 170969 841387 651 786012 838988 g1 352572772 436113 56253 B 03038 BI Aa p3q Al Randan s0 49326 Viewing and Printing Copan Graphics Page 2 of 7 Viewing and Printing Copan Graphics Page 3 of 7 3 To Pan and Zoom Into a Specific Point 1 Viewing amp Printing Zoom To Point 2 Enter the Point number or the coordinates of the desired location 3 Optionally choose how many times you wish to Zoom in 4 OK Paint 8492 Zoomin 4 times Cancel The display will then be center
130. sn t matter and that spaces are not required Also assume that point 102 is at a distance of exactly 25 from point 101 Copan Distance and Offset Expressions Page 1 of 2 Copan Distance and Offset Expressions Page 2 of 2 Table 1 Distance Expressions Expression Distance Explanation 10 2 10 2 explicit distance 10 2 12 distance plus distance 10 2 8 distance minus distance LO 3i5 35 distance times factor LOs225 4 distance divided by divisor 101 102 25 implied distance from point 101 to point 102 01 102 6 31 implied distance plus distance 101 102 5 5 implied distance divided by divisor 102 25 implied distance from point 101 to point 102 102 4 5 20 5 implied distance minus distance For the last two expressions assume that 101 is already in an appropriate from point field Table 2 Offset Expressions Expression Offset Explanation e ES R3 5 offset right explicit distance L 5 L5 offset left explicit distance D L5 offset left explicit distance R6 4 2 R 3 2 offset right distance divided by divisor r101 102 R 25 offset right distance implied from 101 to 102 101 102 2 L 12 5 offset left implied distance divided by divisor Eog LOZ R 25 offset right distance implied from 101 to 102 102 5 R5 offset right implied distance divided by divisor For the last two expressions assume that 101 is already in an appropriate from point field updated 21 Sep 20
131. specify a filter you just identify sequences or ranges of point numbers You can however also identify ranges of coordinate values as well as conditions for the three alphanumeric fields 1 To Filter Points iE Copan many pts 1730 of 1730 points ME daaa Program Zoom In Zoom Out Zoom to Extents Zoom To Point Points to Export All ff Filter List 1043 of 1730 points Redraw v Auto Redraw Hide Points Filter Points 1 Click the Filter button from whichever module is processing a group of points or choose Viewing amp Printing Filter Points to restrict the viewing of points Optionally select an existing filter from the Filter list box Enter or edit the details of the filter see Filter Criteria below Optionally enter a new name for the filter in the Filter list box Click OK a a ee ES Copan Point Filters Page 1 of 4 Copan Point Filters Page 2 of 4 E Points Filter Filter Criteria Point first last expression e g 34 40 49 63 50 859 57 63 146 178 y Min Max Northing Soro 1712 892 Easting 801 461 1135 720 Elevation unknown unknown 2D only 3D only Irrelevant m Text fields Name CT Code Po Note CT equalto containing not equalto gt beginning with lt before gt after amp logical AND logical OR Clear Exit Help OK AllPoints Cancel OK
132. st point edit the prev with the relevant point number which must be from the same setup e As an alternative add the observation as usual but use dummy values for SD and possibly HC Then edit the line as appropriate That is delete the SD and possibly HC portions and add the bas or dis portion updated 24 Mar 2011 Copan Field Files Page 4 of 4 Copan Traverse Processing Page of 4 updated 21 Sep 2010 E Copan for Windows Traverse Processing Contents 1 Field Traverse Results 4 Warnings 2 Map Traverse Results 5 Traverse Listing 3 Traverse Adjustment 6 Traversing Curves Various Copan modules allow you to process sets of field or map traverses When you choose Calculate or OK each traverse is summarized in a Traverse Results window or its detailed results are listed in an info display file In many cases the traverse can be adjusted for coordinate misclosure 1 Field Traverse Results Two field modules Field Data Processing and Field Bearings Processing can process and adjust raw field traverses via Traverse Results dialogs 1 Field Traverse 70 70 Results Angle Misclosure 0 00 13 Coordinate Angles Adjusted Adjustment Rule Traverse Leg Count g g Compass Total Traverse Distance 1293 656 Bowditch C Crandall Coordinate Misclosure C Transit Rectangular r Polar N 0 019 Distance 0 023 Help E 0 013 Beating N 35 W Adjust Coords L No Relative P
133. stance amp Offset Point Northing Easting Bearing Distance At 21 197 950 184 183 354 12 32 20 445 Ref 5 218 291 182 120 Conversions Azimuth Ref point 5 keel DO AC ScaleFactor 1 0 1 SF Units Factor 1 0 1 UF Exit Help Reset Erase ines Display info Settings ok Calculate 2 To Calculate Many Bearing Distance Pairs 1 Click the 2 Bearing amp Distance Calc Mode 2 Enter the At Point or hub point number 3 Optionally use an Azimuth Correction before Calculate to adjust the computed bearings 4 Calculate or OK Copan Multiple Inverse Calculations Page 2 of 3 Copan Multiple Inverse Calculations Page 3 of 3 Multiple Inverses Bearing amp Distance Calculations m Cale Mode To Points angle C 1 Angle amp Distance Left Righ E Filt aj Li e Right ilter ist 2 Bearing amp Distance 6 of 6 point 3 Distance amp Offset of 6 points Point Northing Easting Bearing Distance a a tg980 teats BO TTo To Tooo Conversions i t point 21 EZ oo Correction 00 AC Scale Factor 1 0 1 SF Units Factor 7 1 0 1 UF Exit Help Reset Erase ines Display info Settings OK Calculate 3 To Calculate Many Distance Offset Pairs 1 Click the 3 Distance amp Offset Calc Mode 2 Enter the At Point or start point number 3 Enter the Reference Point number or Referen
134. station files data logger files or be manually input Free stations or modern resections are calculated using the best fit of angle and distance shots to up to 10 control points Resulting setup points and side shot points may be saved Multiple free station surveys can be processed in a single session Note that classical resections involving angles only intersections traverses and two faced FL amp FR observations are not handled here For intersections use the COGO Calculations module For ordinary traverses use the Field Data Processing module and for bearing traverses use the Field Bearings Processing module Also note that while there are certain similarities between the Map Traverse and the Field Data modules there are various operational differences other than the type of map survey data involved If you are familiar with one and new to the other please study the appropriate manual and dialog carefully 1 To Process Field FreeStation Data iti Copan rabbit hill pts 10 of 10 points CoordFile RAGE Viewing amp Printing Program COGO COGO Lite Multiple Inverses Process Field Data Process Field Bearings Process Field FreeStations Adjust Brng Dist Traverse Map Trav Inverse Brng Dist Traverse Area Calc 1 Calculation Process Field FreeStations 2 Optionally Load a Field Data File See Field Files Copan Field FreeStations Processing Page 1
135. sted for misclosure and new points may be saved Note that intersections resections freestations and redundant observations other than at the end of a traverse are not handled here For intersections use the COGO Calculations module For freestations use the Field FreeStations Processing module And this module cannot easily be used for map traverses For such needs use the Field Bearings Processing Map Traverses or Map Checks modules Also note that while there are certain similarities between the Map Traverse and the Field Data modules there are various operational differences other than the type of map survey data involved If you are familiar with one and new to the other please study the appropriate manual and dialog carefully 1 To Process Field Data wi Copan fox creek pts 13 of 13 points CoordFile Jee fet Fite Viewing amp Printing Program COGO COGO Lite Multiple Inverses Process Field Data Process Field Bearings Process Field FreeStations Adjust Brng Dist Traverse Map Trav 1 Calculation Process Field Data 2 Optionally Load a Field Data File See Field Files Copan Field Data Processing Page 1 of 7 Copan Field Data Processing Page 2 of 7 Edit data in the big edit box as required NB To move the text cursor Use the arrow Tab or Enter keys or the mouse pointer To manually insert a tab copy and paste an existing one To go q
136. t expression logical operator text expression text expression predicate relational operator value relational operator Aleit neS value any text any text containing a special character logical operator amp Relational and Logical Operators Operator Meaning equal to P containing or lt gt not equal to lt alphabetically before gt alphabetically after lt alphabetically before or equal to gt alphabetically after or equal to amp logical and logical or logical group required when logical or must be evaluated before logical and Copan Point Filters Page 3 of 4 Copan Point Filters Page 4 of 4 Examples Expression Meaning is null blank shoin is not null not blank gt 3y A equal to 13 or 14 lt gt 12 amp lt gt 16 equal to anything but 12 or 16 O0O amp P containing O and P gt G amp lt K beginning with letters g to j 2 BOIE 7 MRT p es TE containing BC and containing or 1 4 Notes If criteria are entered for more than one attribute the conjunction between them is assumed to be logical and Thus for example if both Point and Code expressions are entered the filter will allow only points simultaneously meeting both sets of criteria There is currently no way of specifying a logical or between different field criteria There is currently no way of saying not containing There is currently
137. t will be computed COGO Lite Direct Inverse Calculation Point Northing Easting Bearing Distance Offset i i gt gt z From 3f s zsz iH et Io 1 244 581 190433 4 t Right Units Factor Incr To P r m Cale Mode n I Auto increase To Settings Direct Inv To a To gt From J Auto To gt From mmr 4 Display info Intersection Edit points ear C Angle Points All Bro Dist Erase ines To do a long sequence of inverse calculations between successive points use the Area and Perimeter Calculations module To do multiple inverse calculations from one to many points use the Multiple Inverse Calculations module 3 To do a Bearing Bearing or ine line Intersection intersect bearings from two existing points to new point e Click the Intersection radio button e Enter one From point in either of the two From boxes Enter the relevant Bearing and optional Offset in the same line Enter the other From point in the other From box Enter the relevant Bearing and optional Offset in the same line Enter the new To point Calculate or OK The distances or distances and offsets to the new point will be computed and the new point will be added Copan COGO Calculations Page 3 of 5 Copan COGO Calculations Page 4 of 5 COGO Lite Intersection Calculation Point Northing Easting Bearing Distance Offset From 83 261 235 291 062 7 147 0400 7
138. tain comment lines as well as Project Instrument or Scale data lines if required Each data line consists of various tab separated attribute value pairs See Field Files for a more detailed description of different raw field file types and Copan s field file format 4 Field Data File Examples In all these examples codes notes and names have been omitted for brevity Example 1 2D closed loop traverse A looping traverse can be oriented via an assumed bearing or via an assumed control point Here s a traverse oriented with an assumed azimuth of 180 at 509 az 180 0000 HC 0 0000 to 508 HC 270 2051 VC 90 0000 SD 244 260 at 508 ref 509 HC 0 0000 to 507 HC 284 3940 VC 90 0000 SD 189 115 at 507 ref 50 HC 0 0000 to 506 HC 164 5417 VC 90 0000 SD 179 562 at 506 ref 507 HC 0 0000 to 505 HC 270 3249 VC 90 0000 SD 195 591 at 505 ref 506 HC 0 0000 to 509 HC 269 3231 VC 90 0000 SD 362 140 end closed at 509 ref 505 HC 0 0000 az 180 0000 HC 360 0000 Here s the same traverse oriented with reference to a dummy point 999 which has been placed due south of the start at 509 ref 999 HC 0 0000 to 508 HC 270 2051 VC 90 0000 SD 244 260 at 508 ref 509 HC 0 0000 to 507 HC 284 3940 VC 90 0000 SD 189 115 at 507 ref 50 HC 0 0000 to 506 HC 164 5417 Vc 90 0000 SD 179 562 at 506 ref 507 HC 0 0000 to 505 HC 270 3249 VC 90 0000 SD 195 591 Copan F
139. tance and Offset Expressions Shift Expressions Traversing Curves Point Renumbering or Replacement Part V Appendix Installing or Updating Uninstalling Running via CoordFile Icon Bugs and Other Problems Support News updated 30 May 2011 Page 1 of 1 Copan Software Version Page 1 of 1 updated 22 Dec 2011 Copan Lite Software Version This user manual is for Copan Lite version 11 11 which is freely available to the public To determine your software version and release date Copan v09112 pts 482 of 482 points CoordFile Calculation Viewing amp Printing Mae e Choose the About item from the Program menu About Copan Lite for Windows desktop netbook Copan Lite Version 11 05 Release 2011 12 15 2 D Field and office COGO software for surveyors and engineers From Underhill Geomatics Ltd http www underhill ca License valid until you upgrade your computer Copyright UGL 2006 2011 Please note the software version and release date in all communications Other editions of Copan There are other versions of Copan freely available to the public e Copan for Palm OS e Copan for Mobile and Pocket PC And there are now also professional versions of Copan for Windows available to the public for trial or purchase e Copan Pro Copan Lite plus many drawing functions and Leica digital level tools e Copan Prot DWG Copan Pro plus the ability to export to AutoCAD DWG files updated 22
140. te that while lay people may know bearings as directions in surveying a direction usually means an arbitrary angle reading where an angle is the difference between two directions Even so we use cardinal direction below to have the common meaning Syntax If you measure angles in degrees minutes seconds i e 1 circle 360 when entering bearings or angles always use the format dd mms s For example you must enter 24 52 10 5 as 24 52105 and you must enter 30 as 0 30 or just 3 If you measure angles in gons or grads i e 1 circle 400 just enter bearings or angles as is e g enter 24 82105 as 24 82105 In these quasi formal syntax definitions a defined term outdented is followed by its definition indented with alternative definitions on separate lines or separated by vertical bars Puzzled See the Examples bearing expression bearing bearing operator angle implied bearing 1 2 3 where 1 2 or 3 means add 4 or circle bearing operator angle quad bearing implied bearing angle ddd mmsss 888 88888 quad bearing N S E W NE SE NW SW N S _ acute angle E W where acute angle is lt circle operator Copan Bearing Expressions Page 1 of 3 Copan Bearing Expressions Page 2 of 3 implied bearing from point number to point number to point number valid if the from point number is already entered in an appropriate from point field Examples In the fo
141. ted 21 Sep 2010 Copan for Windows Point Lists You can list details of a set of points directly from the menu via CoordFile List Points or from various modules The Points List dialog allows some control over the nature the list that will appear in the Info Display file Copan bear valley pts 12 of 12 points eea G Calculation Viewing amp Printing Program Save as Close Edit Point Bulk Edit Summarize Points Show full path in title bar Edit Head Selection Which points get output The options are e All every point e Filtered a subset of points See Point Filters Order What s the output sequence The options are e Numerical by point number e Chronological by when the point was created Format Which fields get output See Point Record Fields in Point Records The eight options are 1 Number Name Northing Easting Elevation Code and Note 2 Number Name Northing Easting Elevation Code Lock Source and Modified 3 Number Name Northing Easting Elevation and Description 4 Number Name Northing Easting Elevation Code and Desc Copan Point Lists Page 1 of 3 Copan Point Lists Page 2 of 3 5 Number Northing Easting Elevation Code and Description 6 Number Northing Easting Elevation Code Desc and Note 7 Number Northing Easting Elevation Code Desc and Extension 8 Number Northing Easting Elevation Descri
142. the Points that have been computed Map Traverse Adjustment Map Trav Data C Documents and Settings martinf My Documents Surveys marmot hill mt Load Save As Conversion from brng dist to coord system Conversion codes List Reset Azimuth TSO 0 997670001 AC new azimuth correction Correction 0 0 EA 0 997670001 MKI UF new units factor da addition to latest AC _Expot Reverse Auto insert proper AC I Units Factor v 10 17uUF SF new scale factor ac addition to original AC Start Prt Trav Label or Conversion ToPoint Bearing Distance or Pnt Note Pnt Code Curve Code 235 2547 255 1305 Renumber all 232 3944 Tl new points 182 1748 before saving 272 0355 Sova Ta 217 3139 On saving if point already exists second e Always replace 87 3948e exisitng point s02 0352w c Never replace u exisitng point 303 4005w Ask before 380 5657 replacing point n00 0812e c Fenumber the n02 1748e new point Program Settings vy End OK Calculate TF Curve codes A Insert line Delete ine BC beginning of curve For tangential curves prefix a T C clockwise centre EC end of curve ie TBC TEC TPOC CC counterclockwise centre _ Cut Copy Paste Engo Help List All POC point of connection end of one curve and beginning of another Exit 2 Map Traverse Data for Adjustment e Begin each traverse by a starter line which must contain the first point number under Start P
143. the basic code could be either 2 or PP for power pole 14 or CT for coniferous tree and 34 or TW for top of wall e An extended point code both categorizes a point in a feature class and conveys further information It is in the form B E where Bis the basic point code as above and Eis a string of extra alphanumeric characters containing further coded information and depending on the type of extended code see below Copan Point Codes Page 1 of 4 Copan Point Codes Page 2 of 4 The total character length of an extended code must still be 13 or less The above point code formatting is the minimum requirement in order for the List Points Export to Ascii etc modules to correctly show the Desc or Description attributes of any points 2 Extended Codes In order for the List Points Export to Ascii etc modules to correctly show the Extension attribute of a point one of three kinds of extended code types must be distinguished and used hole culvert and tree e hole A hole point code is of the form B D where Bis the basic point code described above and Dis the hole depth in hundredths of a distance unit e g if coordinates are in metres then depth is in cm e culvert A culvert point code is of the form B C where Bis the basic point code described above and o Cis the culvert diameter in hundredths cm e tree A tree point code is of the form B T S where Bis the basic point code desc
144. thin the box use the Arrow Tab or Enter keys or the mouse pointer Do not use the Space key to separate fields To delete a chunk of text select it with the mouse then click Cut or type Ctrl X but be careful not to delete the embedded tabs within a line To manually insert a tab Copy and Paste an existing one The Ctrl Insert and Ctrl Delete key combinations act like the Ins and Del buttons that is they insert and delete a line of data To add a Point number automatically to the next blank line press Enter when in the Distance column of the previous line Optionally List the map traverse Data 6 Optionally Export in ESRI format or Reverse the direction of the map traverse Data 7 Optionally check the Auto insert proper AC box to have an azimuth correction 10 11 automatically inserted at the start of the traverse such that a recalculation of the traverse would have no overall azimuth error Saye the Data for reuse Calculate or OK the traverses adjusting each one as desired see Traverse Processing To graphically view the traverses Close or hide the Info Display window if it is open and minimize or move aside but do not close the Map Traverse window Optionally choose whether to Renumber new points or replace existing points see Point Renumbering or Replacement and Save the Points that have been computed Copan Map Traverses Page 2 of 7 Copan Map Traverses Page 3 of 7 12 Optionally List
145. tions on how to calculate bearings and horizontal distances or distances and offsets to many points from a single point For processing raw field survey data e See Field Data Processing on calculating and adjusting traverses and side shots based on sequences of horizontal and vertical angles and slope distances Getting Started with Copan Page 3 of 4 Getting Started with Copan Page 4 of 4 e See Field Bearings Processing on calculating and adjusting traverses and side shots based on sequences of bearings vertical angles and slope distances e See Freestation Processing on calculating resections and side shots based on rounds of horizontal and vertical angles and slope distances For processing reduced survey data even those describing curved boundaries or alignments e See Map Traverses on calculating and adjusting traverses areas and perimeters based on sequences of bearings and horizontal distances e See Map Checks on calculating traverses areas and perimeters based on sequences of bearings and horizontal distances without coordinate points e See Area and Perimeter Calculations on calculating traverses areas and perimeters based only on sequences of existing points See Coordinate Transformations on how to mathematically transform many points based on known rotation scale and shift parameters or on how to calculate the best fit transformation between one set of points and another Remember t
146. tted in one of two ways Delimited with fields separated by a single character e g comma space or tab or o Fixed with fields aligned in specific column positions The same field count order and format for each line The rules for Delimited Format files are similar to those for Excel s CSV files Fields must be separated by the delimeter character e g a comma delimited P N E Z line mightbe 3 1234 56 3456 78 90 12 Unless the space character is the delimeter character spaces may accompany the separators for human readability e g 5 1234 5 3456 7 90 1 would be interpreted as 5 1234 5 3456 7 90 1 An imported field may be surrounded by double quotes e g 7 123 4 345 6 9 0 would be interpreted as 7 123 4 345 6 9 0 Exported alphanumeric fields may be surrounded by double quotes see next two items but numeric fields point number and coordinates are not A field may contain delimiter characters as part of it s value if so the field must be quoted e g the Note part of a line mightbe OIP bent and would be interpreted as the single string OIP bent A field may contain double quote characters as part of it s value if so the field must be quoted and each internal double quote must be preceded by a double quote e g a Note might be gold tag and would be interpreted simply as gold tag Example 1 Comma delimited text file three columns no headings 1 5699 4 695 2 5700 6 6
147. uickly to the beginning or end of your data in the big edit box especially useful if you have a huge set of data to peruse use the Home and End buttons respectively To enter setups and observations data use the mini edit boxes and the relevant Insert button To enter project instrument and scales data use the supplementary dialog via the Project Instrum Scales button Optionally Export the Field data file in the BitWise Ideas survey network least squares adjustment program GeoLab IOB format 6 Save the Field data file for reuse 7 Optionally Delete comments 10 11 12 13 Optionally change the precision of displayed listed distances and coordinates via Settings Optionally Scale extended code sizes This will scale any observation P codes that are sized according to the rules in Point Codes by a Units Factor you have set Calculate or OK to process the field data adjusting the traverses if appropriate see Traverse Processing To graphically view the shots Close the Info Display window if it is open and minimize or move aside but do not close the Field Data window Optionally List the field Data the Calcs or the Points that have been computed Optionally choose whether to Renumber new points or replace existing points see Point Renumbering or Replacement and Save the Points that have been computed Copan Field Data Processing Page 2 of 7 Copan Field Dat
148. ulated is as follows l 2 3 Treat each control point s horizontal circle reading as a temporary bearing and with reduced distances compute temporary local coordinates for each control point relative to the setup point Determine the best fit rigid body transformation by least squares of the control points from their temporary to their actual coordinates and show the residuals Transform the setup point using the estimated parameters Assuming the appropriate elevations and heights are present the 1D portion of a freestation is calculated is as follows 1 2 3 Compute temporary local rises for each control point relative to the setup point Determine the average rise and show the residuals Transform the setup point using the estimated rise 6 Notes Classic resection observations involving angles only are not supported While repetition and redundancy are common in field surveying Copan can only process reduced observations Multiple sets of observations of the same quantities and cross ties cannot be processed without some manual editing For example prior to processing repeated sets of angles and distances must be averaged and check shots to the same points from different setups must be renumbered If you need to manually insert a tab such as when you wish to add a code or remark to an observation line copy and paste an existing tab there will always be one between two auto inserted attribute value pair
149. users Please note the software version and release date see Software Version in all communications updated 18 Jun 2009 Copan Support Page 1 of 1 Copan News Page l of 1 E Copan for Windows News We improve Copan quite frequently and we announce such updates in our irregular newsletter Copan News In it we also provide occasional tips on using Copan or solicit feedback from users Contact us for a subscription support underhill ca If you requested a key you subscribed automatically To unsubscribe support underhill ca updated 21 Sep 2010 Copan News Page 1 of 1 Copan News Mar 2011 Page 1 of 2 Copan News Mar 2011 Copan Lite for Windows version 11 03 release 2011 03 21 was released at 2pm on 25 Mar 2011 Vancouver BC While there are improvements over version 11 01 the main reason for this software release and news edition is to establish a base release for the official beta test version of Copan CAD And to do a little bragging 10 000 Copanians There are now 10 000 Copan users world wide Among the three different platform versions the breakdown is Windows 74 PocketPC 24 and PalmOS 2 The mobile versions of Copan have not been updated for a long time and with so many newer and more popular hand held devices coming out we re unsure where or when the next mobile Copan development will be Copan CAD is still coming Last time we gave a sneak preview of Copan Pro C
150. value Optionally a differential azimuth correction da value may be used where the value is added to the current value for subsequent azimuth corrections Or a relative azimuth correction ac value may be used where the value is added to the original head value for subsequent azimuth corrections Note that these commands are case sensitive e Blank lines may be used for readability but have no affect on traverse demarcation or calculation 3 Map Traverse Files A map traverse file as it is plain text or Ascii can have any name though names with the mt extension is advisable You can edit it outside of Copan but be sure to maintain proper formatting e The first line must contain only this text Map Traverses e The next three lines can contain anything as they are not currently used e The next three lines must contain the head correction values scale factor units factor and azimuth correction one each per line respectively e Each subsequent line must be either a comment line or a tab delimited data line with these six fields point num bearing distance trav label conversion pnt note pnt code and curve code While some or all of those fields may be empty there must be five tabs per line Which fields can be left blank depends on the purpose of the particular data line see Map Traverse Data for Adjustment above e A valid comment line begins with zero or more spaces or tabs then has two
151. vertical angle to an otherwise inaccessible point such as the top of a mast and you cannot get a reflectorless slope distance you can determine the 3D coords for that point indirectly via another point that you can shoot to normally and that is either vertically below the inaccessible point or at the same horizontal distance away Let s call the high inaccessible point the REM point an accessible point vertically below it a base point or an accessible point at the same horizontal distance away a dist point To insert a REM observation reference must be made to either a base point or a dist point e If referencing a base point 1 Enter the observation via the Observation boxes along the bottom ensuring the HC and SD boxes are blank This is often also known as a vertical angle offset observation 2 Insert the observation noting that bas prev is added to the observation automatically Copan Field Files Page 3 of 4 Copan Field Files Page 4 of 4 3 If the previous side shot is not the base point edit the prev with the relevant point number which can be any normally observed side shot even one from an earlier or later setup e If referencing a dist point 1 Enter the observation via the Observation boxes along the bottom ensuring the SD box is blank 2 Insert the observation noting that dis prev is added to the observation automatically 3 If the previous side shot is not the di
152. xisting point Click the Direct Inv radio button e Enter the From point Enter the Bearing e Enter the Distance and Offset one of which may be blank or zero Enter the new To point e Calculate or OK The new point will be added COGO Lite Direct Inverse Calculation Northing Easting Bearing Distance a S md As ei o 3 27a l 743001 28000 Iof 31 rr Tareas ne gt Left Right Hats Factor L a Display info Intersection Ur H Edit points Clear C Ange List points Points li All Bng Dist Erase ines OK Calculate Exit To do a long sequence of direct calculations especially if you wish to adjust the traverse for closure use the Map Traverses module Incr To Calc Mode J Auto increase To Settings Direct Iny To point 91 Apply 1 7 UF To gt From I Auto To gt From Copan COGO Calculations Page 2 of 5 Copan COGO Calculations Page 3 of 5 To do multiple direct calculations from one to many points use the Field Bearings Processing module 2 To do an Inverse or join Calculation compute bearing distance and offset between two existing points Click the Direct Inv radio button e Enter the From point e Enter the To point e Optionally enter a Bearing constraint or an Offset constraint e Calculate or OK The bearing and distance will be computed If you entered a bearing or offset constraint the bearing distance and offse
153. xt that s the funny way ArcGIS expects it Copan uses the latest saved coordinates for the start and end of each traverse whether or not the traverse was adjusted Also it outputs traverse data in their combined interpreted and converted form i e after expressions are evaluated and conversions are applied but not in their adjusted form i e before any traverse adjustments 7 Reverse Occasionally you d like to use an already entered traverse but in the reverse direction Use the Reverse button to reverse the current map traverses from last to first each one in reverse point order Note that reversed traverse data are shown in their combined interpreted and converted form i e after expressions are evaluated and conversions are applied So if you want only the raw or unconverted data reversed you must first temporarily remove the conversions 8 Notes e If you have multiple traverses when you Calculate you may begin from a specific traverse rather than from the top by entering the start point number or traverse label e When you Calculate Copan always checks and computes the traverse data currently in the edit boxes e Changes to the data in the edit boxes are only saved to disk when you Save Data Copan Map Traverses Page 6 of 7 Copan Map Traverses Page 7 of 7 After you Calculate Copan lists the reduced traverse data 1 e legs are in their combined interpreted and converted form If a traverse
154. y more photos and of course a newer and expanded surveyor engineer software section Got to www underhill ca and explore Dec 2011 Copan News Dec 2011 Page 1 of 1
155. y values such as in UF were accidently subsequently assigned List Calcs e Side shots are now listed after a traverse has been adjusted even if the traverse was first not adjusted Small improvements to Import Ascii points e There s now better reporting of any problem records found in an ascii import file e Any such problem records found are now no longer added to and corrupting the coordfile as bogus points Small bug in curve display We just discovered a curve display buglet that s been present since release 2010 12 If you calculate any curves in Map Traverse or Map Check and zoom in a long way at the end of the displayed arc you may notice the arc is offset from the actual end point by a mm or so The survey calculations and curve results are still correct only the small details of the display are wrong Mar 2011 Copan News Mar 2011 Page 2 of 2 Copan News May 2011 Page 1 of 1 Copan News May 2011 Copan Lite for Windows version 11 05 release 2011 05 26 was released at 2pm on 30 May 2011 Vancouver BC While there are some improvements over version 11 03 the main reason for this software release and news edition is to update Copan Pro for the beta testers And to do a little more bragging 200 Countries Copan is now used in 200 countries We recently had a new user from Bermuda More small improvements to Field family Load Data The chance of a crash on Loading data files especially GSI files

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