New iCON build version 3 5 Why advanced coding is essential to every construction professional

Christoph Lux是Heerbrugg的Leica Geosystems AG的产品工程师，负责构建建筑软件。他解释了新的Leica iCON build v3.5,用于布局任务的软件，建造和质量保证和质量控制（QAQC）的软件。

In a recentBlogpostBernd Moeller talked about the new Layout Object app. Christoph now tells us more aboutnew coding functionalities for intelligent layout and as-built measurements.

谁能从施工网站上的莉卡（Leica Icon）构建软件中受益？

iCON build is tailored to the needs of building construction professionals. These are mainlyconstruction managers, field engineers, foremen or MEP layout specialists but also, for example, landscape architects. These users have to do measurements and layout tasks on a day to day basis.

There are 3 different groups of building construction professionals who can strongly improve the way they approach layout requirements on site:

• 第一组does layout manually. They use磁带措施，计算器和纸张计划，通常带有记事本，计算和其他草图，以在地面上找到和标记点. This way of manual work gets complicated as soon as measurements have to be done across obstacles or over distances larger than 5 metres or 20 ft or with any angle other than 90°. It takes a lot of time and is prone for many types of errors.
• 第二组建筑专业人士的遗留磁带措施。他们现在正在使用manual or robotic total stations- 根据建筑专业人员的特殊需求量身定制。该小组已成功克服了总站的入门障碍。bob apple这些采用者中有许多人说："It’s paying off. Why didn't we use total stations earlier?"They appreciate the time saving factor, the layout accuracy and other major advantages, such as being able to store measurements, and simply being able to do ALL the necessary layout from ONE setup location or to make complicated changes quickly in the field with no need for going back to the office.
• The third groupstarts to discover the potential of using codes and information enriched plans after being sick of calling the design office asking the same questions again and again, like"Are points #354 through #361 electrical or plumbing?"标准化代码列表 - 意味着整个项目或公司中使用的相同代码列表 - 解锁该组的全部编码潜力。

On their individual way to digitalisation, all of them通过Leica Icon Build可以大大改善他们的日常测量工作.

Can you tell us more about the advantages of using codes on site?

编码是一个很好的节省时间。几乎每个在现场进行布局的人都遇到了这种情况："Is this point a hanger or emergency lighting box?"or"Are these points representing a concrete wall or interior drywall?"通过编码，避免了现场中的此类问题。您要在地图屏幕上直接可用哪种类型的点进行布局。

Imagine doing as-built or data collection. You can code captured points, for example: "These 2 points will be existing sprinkler locations, these 3 points will be existing floor drains.” When you pass this information back to the office, the office manager doesn't have to guess what the captured points are. Field book notes turned in by the engineer get obsolete.

When coding is done correctly, it will minimize call-backs, re-work and time for post-processing.

新的Leica图标将如何改善建筑专业人员的测量和布局任务？

First, users of the new version 3.5 now benefit from advanced modeling functionality. Information enriched drawings (IFC files) can be loaded directly into the field software.What you get is a fully rendered design model in the field.

通过敲击它，选择墙壁，所有必要的点和线都可以进行布局：例如列，板或管吊架。可以选择一个对象的任何物体，并直接在现场放置。仅加载一个IFC文件 - 没有DXF，没有DWG，也没有其他点文件，例如TXT或CSV，需要放在顶部。从一个文件中受益，您的布局所需的一切都包括每个对象的其他属性信息。就像在办公室建模软件中一样。

新的布局对象应用程序, coming with version 3.5, is worldwide, the first of its kind. Very intuitive, it helps to find the right points in a complex 3D file on the field tablet. Previously difficult and cumbersome drawings are now tackled with ease.

第二, we help the user to better find his way through 2D and 3D drawings on the field tablet. Have you ever experienced laying out from drawings densely packed with lines and codes? Cumbersome, right?　With the new solution you can assign particular types of codes to different layers. For example concrete work, electrical installation or plumbing installation. Each layer can be hidden or unhidden.The user sees only what he needs for the particular task at hand.

Left: Information overload: map screen packed with everything Right: With iCON build the user sees only what he needs for his actual work.

Third, codes can be enriched with colors and symbols. Green triangles could mean emergency lighting, while yellow squares could mean building slab corners. There are 6 different symbols each available in 10 colours. If each code group has its own color and symbol, users have a visual reference.这种新功能可提高现场地图屏幕的可读性。

Advanced coding functionality with colors and symbols

This video shows how to use the new coding function:

似乎您已经采取了几个有意义的步骤，以实现建筑工地的完全数字化。

I totally agree. Digitalisation currently is one of the main topics discussed in construction industry. In northern America, in countries like Singapore and in many European countries, BIM is already part of daily business. Many other countries will follow in the near future as new governmental regulations determine that public projects will have to apply BIM or digitalisation standards in order to comply.iCON build 3.5 is tailored to the needs of construction professionals. It will help to bridge BIM between office to field and back.

"After viewing the new iCON build 3.5 I am excited for the update. The IFC support is a game changer. With the ability to select an object and have points populate the vertices we won’t have tons of points cluttering up the screen anymore.
With the new Zlider bar we can really focus on what we want to see quickly and easily. Today we don’t use points for layout as much as we do lines, but I can see how using symbols and colors to quickly distinguish between different types of points will be a huge advantage now. I really like the direction Leica Geosystems is heading."

C.J. Curtis，VDC现场工程师，Brasfield和Gorrie

您认为，新图标构建3.5软件的主要好处是什么？

3D data enriched with digital information - the "I" of BIM - is now directly available on site. It empowers building construction professionals to transfer designs containing crucial information electronically and easily to the site, use it, enrich it and send it back in the same way. It’s offering a new way to work and increase efficiency in all steps of the construction process.

我们在哪里可以了解有关新软件的更多信息？

There are several options:

• For a quick info, visit ourWebsiteor ourYoutube channel.
• Currently we're in planning stages for our annual Hexagon Live exhibition. So please plan to see us at:HxGN LIVE (13 to 16 Jun 2017 in LasVegas).
• And finally, for the best experience and interaction with the new software, please contact your localLeica Geosystems distribution partner to schedule a demo.

我们什么时候可以期待软件发布？

The release is planned for the first week of April.

克里斯托夫，非常感谢您的谈话！

荣幸！