Define the settings

Click the Settings button then load the layers and the features codes (Layers_list.txt and FC_list.txt).

Optionally, you can add the layer Lighting and another code with Point as Geometry type and save again both files.

Add another layers and feature codes: position of lightings

Draw the map

Activate the polyline tool and draw the buildings:

• set the Next feature code to BU_start for the first point,

• then use the drop-down to change the code to BU_cont,

• validate each polyline with ENTER.

Start drawing the map: buidling

In case of error, deactivate the polyline tool and use the Objects list in the Virtual Surveyor dialog box to change the feature code, remove the feature or modify the feature vertices (Edit).

Continue with the fence, the curbs and the markings. You should use the most suitable snapping options Highest, Lowest, Ground and Vertex/End for instance.

Activate the point tool and draw a point at the center of the sewage manhole, of the trees and of the disabled symbols. For such points, you should activate the Ground snapping.

Now, focus on the electric network which has been created recently:

• Filter layers to keep only Electricity: only the feature codes matching the layer Electricity will be proposed.

• Draw the trench borders, the new concrete slab, the new concrete manhole and the sheaths extremities.

Top view (point cloud)

Top view (map)

Use a synchronized image for drawing

In this project, some associated images are available and can be utilized to improve your map's design, for example in noisy or low-density areas of the point cloud.

You can display images while using the Virtual Suveyor command (Show Hide Positions in the quick tool bar or Shift+S):

• in foreground or background of the point cloud

• in another view(s), synchronized on not

1. Display the image positions

2. Double click on the red sphere corresponding to the image BLK2GO-3630531-81-12

3. Select one or two synchronized views in the image navigation tool bar

4. Set the different scenes according to your preference and need (for example: define the camera view, desynchronize a view, undock the position of a view, change the image opacity, etc.)

5. Start drawing a line on the image with the appropriate point selection mode since you want that line to snap on the points

6. Press enter to validate the drawing. You can close a view, exit the panorama camera mode to exit the image, select another red sphere...

Please refer to Toolbars for the image navigation and camera options.

Drawing the map: use image and view(s)

Export

Finally, Export the result to TXT using the option Points only. This file can be post-processed by your CAD Software (if you use the same feature codes).

Otherwise, you can Export the DXF or Send To the result.