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Traverse PC Desktop 2008
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Windows XP and
Vista Only |
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We understand there are diverse opinions out there as to
whether or not Windows Vista is an improvement or not over
Windows XP so we’re giving you the best of both worlds –
Vista and XP.
We’ve dropped support of older versions
of Windows in order to bring you the best of what Windows
offers today in Vista and XP. You’ll notice the difference
the first time you pull down a menu, resize a view or open a
COGO dialog. We’ve standardized as much of the user
interface as possible by using Microsoft’s Common Controls
V6.0. Most of the new options are available on both XP and
Vista or you can switch to Vista and take advantage of them
all.
TPC
Desktop 2008 handles all of Vista’s Standard User controls
so you don’t have to. We provide easy, one-step installation
on your stand alone computer along with network installation
for the corporate IT (Information Technology) folks. |
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New Menus and
Toolbars |
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You’ll find the new menus easier to use
because they display the toolbar buttons right in the menu
along side the command. Whether you select the command from
the menu or from the toolbar you’ll use the same icon. We’ve
also arranged many of the commands in a more logical order
plus added hot keys for some of your most requested
commands.
Here you
see the Survey View’s COGO menu with access to a number of
commands that used to be available only from the Traverse
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User Collaboration |
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TPC Desktop 2008 understands that you
work with other people on the same surveys. So we’ve built
User Collaboration into TPC Desktop 2008 right from the
start. If you select the Network option during
installation, you can specify the location of your survey
files and all the program data during setup. You network
administrator can assign these locations without even
running TPC.
Survey
Files
TPC Desktop 2008 stores your surveys in
a Documents folder called Surveys. Now that’s simple. It
evens looks for existing surveys on your computer and moves
them into this new folder for you so you’re ready to go
right from the start.
If you want to share your surveys on a
network file server, just browse to the appropriate folder
on the server – that’s all there is to it.
Program Data Folder
TPC
Desktop 2008 stores all of its program data in a shared
program data folder so that everyone who uses a particular
computer can access the same data. This is where you find
the things you’ve created or customized like point code
tables, symbols, line types, sample survey, drawing
templates, additions to the spelling dictionary and more.
And to
keep it simple, there’s the new Use Window’s default
folder button that resets to the correct folder for
your version of Windows. How nice is that.
If you
are using Windows Vista, you’ll notice a new folder called \ProgramData
right below the \Program Files folder. Look in there for the
\Traverse PC\TPC Desktop folder where you’ll see just what
we’re talking about.
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Traverse Groups |
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Some
of you will remember Traverse Groups from the TPC DOS days.
Well, they’re back, but much better, thanks to Windows.
Traverse Groups allow you to group
similar traverses together in the Survey View. Each group
has a unique group name and can have any number of traverses
in it. We supply some initial groups for you like
Alignments, Boundaries, Lots, Control, Imported and others
plus you can add your own.
Once your traverses are in groups, you
can rearrange the groups, expand or collapse them
(Boundaries and Import are collapsed in the example shown
here) or select the group name and all the traverses in it
are selected automatically.
Organizing
your traverses into groups is all about making it easier to
manage your survey data. Here’s an example of how the Offset
to Alignment dialog uses groups to help you select the
alignment you want.
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Predictive Data Entry |
With so many more points, traverses, drawings, point codes and
everything else in our surveys these days, we could all use
a little help selecting the data we want. That’s just what
predictive typing does.
Here you
see all the points that match what you typed so far for the
From point in the Random Inverse
dialog. The pop-up list displays each matching point along
with its description. Use the pop-up list to help you
remember which point you want or select it directly from the
list – it’s that easy. Now how about displaying all the
existing traverses when you want to create a new one, or all
the drawings, or Quick View settings. You get the point.
With so much data in the survey, it’s just nice to have a
little help. |
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AutoCAD 2008 |
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TPC
Desktop 2008 can read and write AutoCAD 2008 DWG, DXF and
DXB files. Enough said – you’re current. |
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World File Support |
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TPC
Desktop 2008 can read and write world files that geo-reference any image file
to your drawing. The world file takes care of the image's
position, rotation and scale or you can override the world
position when you need to. Export world files for the images
you've geo-referenced manually then re-use that image in any
future drawing.
Once again, TPC Desktop makes background
images fun and easy to use. |
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Cool COGO |
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The COGO dialogs you use most often now
stay open while you do other things. Working on an
intersection and need to zoom into a portion of the drawing?
Go ahead. The Intersect dialog stays open and ready for when
you return.
Plus,
we’ve include pick buttons [>] so you pick points and lines
right from the drawing. They’re everywhere. And boy are they
handy. The Random Inverse dialog shows the Pick buttons for
both the From and To points. If
you want to improve your skills even more, learn how you can
select multiple objects in a drawing and place them into any
COGO dialog automatically. It’s really fun. |
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Tool Tips |
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TPC Desktop 2008 adds Tool
Tips and we can’t say enough about them. Once
you start using them, you’ll wonder how you ever
lived without them.
In
the Drawing, the Tool Tips display information
about each object as you place the cursor over
it. Need the radius of a curve? The end points
of a line? The elevation of a contour? It’s all
there in the Tool Tips.
In
the Views, Tool Tips display the data you can’t
always see. In the Point View shown here, just
put the cursor over point 33 to get all the
information you need. |
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Drawings |
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TPC Desktop 2008 makes drawings more
powerful and easier to work with at the same time.
Unlimited Drawings
TPC Desktop 2008 removes the 32 drawing
limit. You can now have any number of drawings. We also
ensure that drawing names are unique so you don’t get them
confused.
Unique Traverse Settings in Each Drawing
In
TPC Desktop 2008 Traverse Settings can be unique to each
drawing. This makes drawing traverses a lot more powerful.
And we still keep it simple with the Advanced
tab. Just open the Traverse Settings dialog, click on
Advanced and tell TPC to use unique settings for this
traverse and this drawing. That’s it.
Open the Advanced tab anytime to see if
a traverse’s settings are unique or revert to the
shared traverse settings.
It’s easy to change the unique traverse
settings, copy them back to the traverse and update the way
this traverse looks in all other drawings.
You can still copy traverses to include
in different drawings if you want (sometimes this IS what
you want to do), but we think you’ll use this option most of
the time.
Did you notice in this example that the
Side Shot tab isn’t displayed? That’s because this traverse
didn’t have any – side shots that is. Add some side shots to
the traverse and you’ll get your tab back.
Export the Current Drawing as a Survey
Now you can export the current drawing
along with any survey data it uses as its own survey. TPC
creates a new survey file using the current survey and
drawing names as in ‘Job 1 – Drawing 1.TRV’. This is a great
way to
Drawing Settings are Gone – Mostly
With TPC
Desktop 2008 you don’t choose between Drawing Settings
and Traverse Settings anymore - Traverse Settings rule the
day. The ability to have unique traverse settings in any
drawing makes Traverse Settings more powerful than ever and
removing the Drawing Settings makes them easier to use. Now,
we say that Drawing Settings are mostly gone because you can
still access them via the Drawing Settings dialog –
it’s just that you won’t want to anymore.. |
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Quick View |
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You’ll find dozens of fresh, new WOW!
features in the Quick View and drawings. We already
mentioned unlimited number of drawings and unique traverse
settings, so we’ll highlight a few others here.
We
combined two really great new features to make working with
your drawings a walk in the park. They’re Object
Accent and Tool Tips. In this
example, we’ve placed the cursor over a contour line. The
entire line changes to Quick View’s Accent color and the
pop-up Tool Tip displays information about the contour –
like how long it is and the extents of the surface it is
part of. WOW! Is this ever a great way to work with your
drawing data.

Can’t quite read the text on a legend
item but don’t want to zoom in just to read it? No problem.
Just move the cursor over it and read the Tool Tip.
Now
would be a good time to talk about the new Quick View
Format dialog. Just like every other view in TPC,
the Quick View now has its own Format dialog.
The Mouse tab shown here, lets you
choose how TPC identifies objects as you pass the cursor
over them. We like the options shown here to redraw the
object in the Accent Color and show the
Balloon Tool Tip with information about the object,
but you can choose the ones you prefer.
How about telling TPC you want to
double click an object to display it’s Traverse Settings or
object Properties.
Or
how about choosing which colors to use when delineating Topo
shots, Paper Space or Survey Space objects.
You’ll find that the Quick View Format
dialog provides lots of options related to how you work with
drawings.
It’s
a good thing you can choose because with almost 200 colors
to choose from we think you’re going to find just the right
one for whatever you want. TPC Desktop 2008 used a standard
color palette used by lots of Windows program plus we give
you color names and list them alphabetically so they are
easy to find. AutoCAD only gives you RGB values like 255,
128, 128 – whatever that is.
We added hot keys like T=Text, B=Text
Box and V=Zoom Previous. We also grouped the commands in the
menus, making them easier to find and use.
We added the drawing variables
SURVEYOR (surveyor’s name), COMPANY
(surveyor’s company name), ADDRESS (surveyor’s
address) and CLIENTADDRESS (client address).
These can be entered in the Survey Information
dialog.
We
added a Distance Factor 0.9988776 toggle to
the Control Points tab in the Traverse Settings dialog. If
you specify a distance factor for a traverse, you can now
use it to modify the distance labels on the lines. It
overrides the drawing’s distance factor when checked.
In
TPC Desktop 2008, the COGO dialogs you use most have a pick
button [>] that lets you select the COGO point from the
current drawing. Just select the Pick button for the point
you want then select that point's label or symbol in the
drawing. TPC get’s the survey point information from the
drawing and puts it in the dialog. It’s pretty simple and
easy – but will revolutionize the way you do COGO inside TPC
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Survey View |
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The
new Insert Traverse Below Selected Traverse
command makes it easier to add new traverses right where you
want them and the New Traverse dialog tracks right
with you.
TPC Desktop 2008 adds COGO commands
that can work on the selected traverse. Choose Offset
Interval, Station, Station Offsets, Offset to Alignment, ROW
Offsets and Predetermined Area.
The
Survey Information dialog now gives you a lot more
information. It’s easier to track which Grid and projection
you are using for your State Plane projects.
All the
new information like Client Address and your Company name
come with their own Quick View variables so you can insert
them into your title blocks and drawing templates. Now maybe
you didn’t know about drawing variables. They update
automatically in your drawing using the survey information.
So you can enter the variable for client name one time in a
drawing template and never have to type the client name into
a drawing again. |
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Traverse View |
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Traverse
views automatically cascade as you open them. Open a group
of traverses in one area of the desktop, then open a second
group in another area. Use Single Row per Point to make
as much data visible as possible and you can do some serious
analysis.
TPC
Desktop 2008 adds an Advanced tab to the
Traverse View Format dialog. Now you can have TPC
create a distance factor using the survey’s Grid factor
and/or individual traverse units like Chains, Rod and Poles,
etc. If you convert between Feet and Meters, you can even
choose US or International Survey Foot. And the Traverse
View now displays the ‘Units=’ of the traverse if they
differ from the survey units.
And if that isn’t enough, check out the
new Traverse Settings option to use these units in the
drawing – for this traverse only.
Opening Traverses and the New Traverse Dialog
The New Traverse dialog now displays
Custom… (instead of blank) for both the Format
and Settings list if neither one matches a saved format or
setting.
The New Traverse dialog now displays
Insert Before: traverse name button if you are
adding a new traverse to the survey. now says ‘Insert
Above: current traverse’ and displays the name of the
existing traverse above which the new traverse will be
inserted. The current traverse is the traverse
currently highlighted in the Survey View.
Remember our new Predictive Typing –it
will help you create unique traverse names here too.
We know
these are just little things, but you’ll find lots of little
things just like this in TPC Desktop 2008
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TPC Desktop History |
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Download Demo!
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Feb, 2008 TPC
Desktop 2008
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Jan, 2007 V9.5
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Sept, 2006 V9.1
(TPC Connection)
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Feb, 2006 V9.0
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July, 2005
V8.5
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Aug, 2004 -
v8.0
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Jan, 2004 -
v7.0
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Aug, 2003 -
v6.5
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Dec,
2002 -
v6.0
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June, 2002 -
v5.0
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Nov, 2001 -
v4.5
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Feb, 2001 -
Pro v4.1 for Windows
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July, 2000 -
Real Estate v4.0 for Windows
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May, 2000 -
Basic v4.0 for Windows
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Nov, 1999 -
Standard v4.0 for Windows
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Dec, 1997 - Pro v3.0
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Dec, 1994 - v2.5
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July, 1993 - v2.15
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Dec, 1990 - v2.0
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Nov, 1988 - v1.2
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Aug, 1987 - v1.0
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TPC 2008 |
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TPC
Desktop 2008
Now Shipping!
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You'll find new menus and toolbars, user
collaboration tools, traverse groups, predictive data entry, tool
tips and improvements in all areas of the program to make your work
faster and easier.
We also added support for AutoCAD
2008.
You have to see it to understand how
great this is! |
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