What is Trenchline?
Trenchline is a .NET application for AutoCAD 2007
that makes it easy for you to set out pit and trench locations for
excavation. Simply by identifying pit and pipe centreline objects
on the stormwater design, you can generate everything that is required
for uploading to a GPS-enabled excavator or a theodolite.
Why would you do it any other way?
Fast and Accurate
The software automatically resolves trench-pit and trench-trench
intersections. You could model the surface using manual CAD methods,
but once you have used Trenchline, you would not
attempt it again!
Using the default sizes and parameters, point and click functionality,
you’ll soon see why Trenchline users are
so impressed with the productivity gains.
True 3D excavation surfaces
Trenchline is the tool you need to transform your
2 dimensional stormwater trench network into a true and accurate
3 dimensional excavation surface. Trenchline gives
you a systematic approach to modelling the surface by stepping you
through the placement of pits, followed by the stringing of trenches,
then generation of the surface itself.
Seeing the trench network in 3 dimensions gives you the feedback
you need to verify the 3rd dimension. You can see the
waterfall from a trench into a pit. If it looks right, it is right!
GPS Integration
The use of GPS technology enables superior excavator productivity
in the field, however it comes at a cost - the excavation surface
supplied to the machine operator requires a high degree of accuracy
and detail.
Creating plans with such detail is very time consuming for surveyors
working with current commercially available tools. Trenchline
installed with AutoCAD enables you to quickly convert plans to the
required detail for loading into on-board GPS software.
Don't have a GPS-enabled device?
That's OK, Trenchline has got you covered. Trenchline
also assists those who work via the traditional method of setting
out pits and trenches using fixing points. Generate these points
quickly and easily in Trenchline, then export to
a theodolite. And when the day comes that you aquire a GPS-enabled
device, Trenchline will easily make the transition
with you.
Increases Surveyor Productivity
In a project, there are always default measurements that remain
constant. Trenchline saves you time by allowing
the user to specify default values for a range of measurements including:
• Pit size
• Distance from kerb
• Trench width (based on pipe size)
• Excavation buffer.
These defaults are then used to automate placement and drawing
of pits and trenches saving hours of tedious calculations and manual
drawing effort.
With Trenchline, an excavation plan that would
take a surveyor two days to create using AutoCAD can be drawn in
two hours.
Default values in Trenchline can also be saved
as sets to be reused when required. This eliminates many repetitive
tasks in applications such as designing housing estates and municipal
districts.
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