Stations available for stakeout

You can customize the stations available for stakeout when staking a:

  • Station on a line, arc, polyline, or alignment

  • Station/offset from a line, arc, or polyline

  • Side slope from a polyline or alignment

  • Skew offset

To customize the stations available, select the stakeout method and then tap next to the Station field in the Stakeout screen.

Station interval settings

Select the station interval Method:

  • The Relative method gives station values relative to the selected start station. Enter the station to start from in the Relative to station field and then enter the value for the Station interval. This is useful when:

    • The design starts at 0.00 but you want to configure the station interval settings from a station that is not the start station of the design. For example, enter 500.00 in the Relative to station field and then enter 30.00 in the Station interval field to produce stations at 500.00, 530.00, 560.00, 590.00, and so on.

    • The design starts at a value that is not 0.00. For example, if the start station is 2.50 and the station interval is 10.00, enter 2.50 in the Relative to station field and then enter 10.00 in the Station interval field to produce stations at 2.50, 12.50, 22.50, 32.50, and so on.

  • The 0 based method is the default method and gives station values that are multiples of the station interval, regardless of the start station. For example, if the start station is 2.50 and the station interval is 10.00, the 0 based method produces stations at 2.50, 10.00, 20.00, 30.00 and so on.

When staking an alignment, you can edit the Station interval for lines and Station interval for arcs and transitions or accept the default value set when the alignment was defined. A separate station interval value for arcs and transitions enables you to tighten the interval for curves and more accurately represent the design on the ground.

When staking an alignment, if you have configured different values for the Station interval for lines and the Station interval for arcs and transitions, then the list of available stations may include stations at different intervals.

In the Auto increment field:

  • Select Sta+ to automate the selection of the next station for stakeout.

  • Select Sta- to automate the selection of the previous station for stakeout.

  • Select No if you want to manually select the next station to stake.

Selecting Sta+ or Sta- in the Auto incrementfield provides a faster, more streamlined workflow.

When staking stations on an alignment, Station interval settings (including Method and Auto increment settings) configured in the Select station screen are written to the alignment file (for example, the RXL file) so that the same settings are used if the file is shared with other survey crews. If the file is an IFC file, the Station interval settings are written to a Trimble Additional Properties (TAP) file. The TAP file is stored in the same folder as the IFC file of the same name. If other survey crews are using the IFC file, then you must share the .tap file with the .ifc file to ensure all survey crews use the same settings.

Available stations

The types of stations that may be shown in the station list are listed below:

Station type Abbreviation Meaning
Start/end

S

Start station

E

End station
Computed sections

CXS

Computed sections defined by the station interval
Horizontal curve PI Point of intersection
PT Point of tangent (Curve to tangent)
PC Point of curvature (Tangent to curve)
TS Tangent to transition
ST Transition to tangent
SS Transition to transition
CS Curve to transition
SC Transition to curve