A surveyed traverse may or may not have been adjusted in the field. If it was not adjusted in the field, select the stations for the traverse, specify adjustment properties, and compute the adjustment. If it was adjusted in the field, view the results and, if necessary, make edits to the station list or properties for the traverse and re-adjust it.

Following are the basic steps for this workflow. For more detailed instructions, see Create, Edit, and Adjust a Traverse.

Steps:

Commands:

1.

Import raw (unadjusted) traverse data into your project.

Import

2.

Before creating and adjusting a traverse, verify the traverse project settings in Project Settings > Computations > Traverse.

Project Settings

3.

Display the Adjust Traverse command pane. Then, enter a Traverse name and click the Create button.

Adjust Traverse

4.

Use the Stations row drop-down list to select the start station for the traverse. Then click the Add button .

The selected station is displayed at the top of the list and a new row drop-down is displayed containing all of the potential "next" intermediate stations in the traverse.

5.

Using the same procedure, select all subsequent intermediate stations and the end station for the traverse.

The observation between each of the stations added to the traverse is colored red in the Plan View to make the traverse easily identifiable.

As you select each intermediate station, the row drop-down list is automatically filtered to display only the viable "next" station(s).

If there is only one viable intermediate station following the previous station, it is automatically selected.

6.

Select the Preview Results tab to see the results of a traverse adjustment based on the information you entered on the Settings tab.

7.

Based on the results in the Preview Results tab, optionally make additional changes on the Settings tab and again view the results on the Preview Results tab. Repeat as necessary until the desired results are obtained.

Optionally, to adjust the start azimuth in a traverse, in Project Explorer expand the start point of the traverse. Double-click the Azimuth property to open the Properties pane. Under Point information, use the Quality drop-down menu to select the azimuth quality.

8.

On either the Settings tab or Preview Results tab, click the Apply button to save the newly created and adjusted traverse in the project.