Options

Work order

This displays the name of the selected work order.

This shows the name of the site with which the work order is associated.

This shows the controller to which the work order is assigned.

See the Types of work order tasks section in Workflow for Managing Work Orders.

Note: The option Multiple Tasks shows all of the possible work order settings.
Warning: If you change the work order task to one that does not use the values you have set, when you save and reopen the work order, those original values will not reappear if you change the task back to one that does use them.

Job Site Designs

Design - Select the design that supplies the required data for this work order.

Note: Only designs assigned to site controllers appear.

Enter the offsets that can be applied to a surface in the design, in order to create a different surface. If the field crew, in order to create a different surface, must measure a surface that is offset from the surface specified in the design (above), enter the offset measurement.

Once you have entered the surface offset, indicate whether the offset is applied by raising or lowering the surface by the specified amount:

Above - Select this if the offset surface should be above the surface specified in the design.

Below - Select this if the offset surface should be below that surface.

Vertical - Select this if the surface is to be vertically offset from the design surface (1 in the graphic below).

Perpendicular - Select this if the surface is to be offset perpendicular to the design surface (2 in the graphic below).

For a material thickness check, select the design that contains the underlying surface. The underlying surface is the upper surface of the material on which the material of interest has been placed. In most cases, this will be a previously measured surface.

To compute the material thickness at each measured point, the site controller software compares the surface measured by the field crew against the underlying surface.

Note: Only designs assigned to site controllers appear.
Warning: The Underlying surface design field in not present in v3 work orders. If you assign a v2 work order to a v3 controller, you will not be able to reference an underlying surface design, if you have specified one.

Work order status

Select the status that reflects the work order's current state of completion.

Select the priority that reflects the relative importance of the work order.

Click the arrow to display the calendar. Select the work order completion date.

You can also enter the date in any valid alphanumeric format. The date will automatically be converted to the date format set in your Windows^® operating system.

Enter any instructions you have for the field crew.

Surface grade tolerances

Set these tolerances to check a surface grade against a design surface if the selected task requires or allows measurements to be taken. An example of this is grade checking.

Enter an amount (tolerance) that the finished surface can be above the elevation that is established by the design.

Note: The default setting in most boxes is "?", indicating that no tolerance has been specified. If you enter a tolerance outside the allowable range, you will need to correct the value.

Enter an amount (tolerance) that the finished surface can be below the elevation that is established by the design.

Material thickness and allowable tolerances

Set these tolerances if the selected task requires or allows measurements to be made in order to check the thickness of a material.

Enter an amount (tolerance) that the measured thickness of a material can exceed the design thickness.

Enter the intended thickness of a material lying beneath the surface that is to be measured.

Enter an amount (tolerance) that the measured thickness of a material can be less than the design thickness.

Vertically - When material has been placed on a previously measured surface, select this to compute the material thickness as the difference in elevation between the measured surface and the new surface.

Perpendicular - When material has been placed on a previously measured surface, select this to compute the material thickness using a perpendicular projection from the measured surface to the new surface.

Reference line offset from source line

Select Left or Right for the direction of the offset from the source line.
Then enter a horizontal distance in the box.

Select Above or Below for the direction of the vertical offset from the source line.
Then enter a vertical distance in the box.

Coverage map

Enter the size of the grid cell for the coverage map that is to be displayed on the controller. Enter the size in the units used at the site. For example, if a project is in meters, a value of "10" equates to a cell that is 10 meters square.

Continuous measurement settings

Set these values if the selected task requires or allows continuous measurements to be taken, either from a vehicle or when walking. These settings determine how often measurements are taken when the site controller software is used in Continuous measurement mode.

Enter a horizontal distance, in the units used at the site where the work order will be completed. Every time the receiver (or survey rod) detects that this change in distance has taken place, a point is recorded.

Enter an elevation change, in the units used at the site where the work order will be completed. Every time the receiver (or survey rod) detects that this change in elevation has taken place, a point is recorded.