Bench Heading

You must bench the heading before you begin working in Depth and Slope mode. Benching the heading sets the direction of the target mainfall. The system calculates target cross slopes perpendicular to the benched direction. You can use the current direction of the machine to bench, or choose two points on the ground.

One point method

You can access the Bench Heading screen via the Work Settings menu or the shortcut bar.

1. Position the machine in the direction of the design mainfall.

2. Tap the Bench Heading icon in the shortcut bar to bench the heading directly.

   The benched heading is set to the direction of the machine mainfall.

Alternatively:

1. Touch and hold the Bench Heading icon in the shortcut bar to open the Bench Heading screen.
2. Tap Bench.

Two point method

Use the two point method to bench the heading as this method is more accurate than the one point method.

You can access the Bench Heading screen via the Work Settings menu or the shortcut bar.

1. Position the machine in the direction of the design mainfall.
2. Touch and hold the Bench Heading icon in the shortcut bar to open the Bench Heading screen.
3. Toggle the Two‑Point Method on.
4. Follow the wizard to select two points:

5. Touch the attachment focus point on two points that are not too close together (there should be at least one meter between the two points). The mainfall runs parallel to the line between the two points and the cross slope is perpendicular to it.

   

   1

   Mainfall

   2

   Cross slope

6. Tap Bench.

Troubleshooting

The table below lists some of the error messages that may appear when you use the two point method to bench the heading.