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

Christoph Lux是Leica Geosystems AG的产品工程师，在Heerbrugg负责建筑施工软件。他解释了新的构建v3.5徕卡图标,建筑工地上的布局任务，ASUILTS和质量保证和质量控制（QAQC）软件。

In a recentBlogpost.Bernd Moeller讨论了新的布局对象应用程序。Christoph现在告诉我们更多关于new coding functionalities for intelligent layout and as-built measurements.

谁可以从徕卡图标构建软件上受益于施工现场？

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 usetape measures, calculators and paper plans, often with notepads, computations and additional sketches, to locate and mark points on the ground. 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背后留下了卷尺。他们现在正在使用manual or robotic total stations- tailored to the special needs of construction professionals. This group has successfully overcome the obstacles of getting started with total stations. Many of these adopters say:"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 - 意味着在项目中使用的相同代码列表或公司 - 解锁编码的全部可能性。

On their individual way to digitalisation, all of them可以通过Leica图标构建显着提高日常测量工作.

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。关于每个人在现场做布局的大家都遇到了这种情况："Is this point a hanger or emergency lighting box?"or“这些点是代表混凝土墙或室内干墙吗？”With coding, such questions in the field are avoided. The information which type of point you are going to layout is directly available on your map screen.

想象一下，制造或数据收集。您可以代码捕获的积分，例如：“这2分将是现有的洒水基位，这3分将是现有的楼层排水沟。”当您将此信息传递回办公室时，Office Manager并不需要猜测捕获的点是什么。工程师上交的现场簿记已过时。

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

新的徕卡图标将如何构建3.5改善施工专业人员的测量和布局任务？

第一的, 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.您得到的是在该领域的完全呈现的设计模型.

只需点击它即可选择墙壁，所有必要的点和线条都可用于布局：例如列，板坯或管道吊架。可以在字段中选择并放出任何物体的任何东西。仅限IFC文件加载 - 无DXF，NO DWG和无附加点文件，如TXT或CSV，如顶部所铺设。从一个文件中受益，您需要的所有文件都需要包含每个对象的其他属性信息。就像在办公室建模软件中一样。

The new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.

Second, 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.此新功能提高了该字段中地图屏幕的可读性。

Advanced coding functionality with colors and symbols

This video shows how to use the new coding function:

似乎like you have done several meaningful steps towards full digitalisation of construction site.

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，布拉斯菲尔德和Gorrie

在您看来，新图标Build 3.5软件的新图标Build 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.

我们什么时候可以预期软件发布？

The release is planned for the first week of April.

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