5改进Leica Caintivate v3.0，使项目之间的切换更加有效

As a busy surveyor or site engineer, you may have several survey or construction projects to work on in parallel and possibly be moving between them daily. This means not only moving your instrument to a new location, but also switching the measure job, setup data, design data, coordinate system, etc. withinLeica Captivate.

When using Captivate (and we hope you are), switching the working job (the job to store the measured data to) is done by a simple swipe in the home panel. But switching control data (data used to set up the instrument) and design data (data to be staked out) is not done quite as swiftly.

Working on different project sites in the course of a day

The new Captivate v3.0 will be released 1 December. It will bring five major improvements that will make switching between your projects a lot more efficient. Let's have a look at the issues we have addressed in this new version and the changes we have done.

When I switch project, why does my design and control data not switch with my job?

In Captivate, the user selects the job to store measured data to in the home panels job carousel. In previous versions of Captivate, the job containing the data for the total station setup was selected in the Choose Design Data panel and the same was done for any alignment or DTM data that is to be used.

If switching projects, a different job needs to be selected in the home panel, as well as a different set of control data, design data, DTM and/or alignment jobs. This could become quite tedious when done often and it could lead to errors if switching one of the jobs is forgotten and wrong data is being used.

Selecting a control job in Captivate

With the new version of Captivate, control data, design data, DTM and alignment jobs can all be linked to the job selected in the home panel. This means that every time the user goes to work on a different project, one swipe to select the job in the home panel will activate the linked design, control and alignment data automatically in the background. This saves time when switching projects and it prevents possible errors as the correct data is automatically used.

在Caintivate v3.0中选择链接的控制作业


Selecting linked design jobs in Captivate v3.0

我的控制点分布在几个工作上，有没有办法在不经常切换控制作业的情况下使用它们？

在以前的迷人版本中，只能在设计数据面板中选择一个包含点和行的作业。新版本并不限制有多少控制数据作业链接到家庭面板中选择的工作作业。这意味着用户可以选择包含控制数据的几个作业和几个包含设计数据的作业，并将其链接到同一工作工作。

The data from all these linked jobs and the working job is combined in a so-called dataset which is available in the different apps as needed.

例如，在Meature App 3D查看器中，链接作业的所有数据都呈灰色，因此可以看到它们，但也可以与测量数据区分开。

在设置应用程序中，仅显示来自链接作业的数据，因为它们包含用于设置的控制数据。

来自Caintivate v3.0中数据集中的几个作业的点

If all data is combined in a dataset, can I use COGO methods with points from different jobs?

Yes. As mentioned before, the content of your linked jobs is combined in the dataset. The COGO app accesses the dataset, so with the new Captivate version, COGO calculations can be done between control points from several jobs and points contained in the working job.

Selecting points in COGO Inverse in Captivate v3.0


Selecting points from the dataset in COGO Inverse in Captivate v3.0

If all my control data is combined in one dataset, how do I find my points easily?

这是一个非常好的问题，因为在将大量的控制和设计数据链接到工作工作时，数据集可以包含许多要点和行。

In Captivate v3.0, the job properties of each working job show an overview of all linked jobs and allow accessing a dataset page that shows a summary of all points and lines contained in these linked jobs.

The user now has the option to make linked jobs "visible" or "invisible", meaning points and lines from that linked job are shown or hidden in the dataset. This allows keeping all related jobs linked to the working job for later use but temporarily hiding the content for a better overview.

Editing the job visibility in Captivate v3.0

Furthermore, several filter options can be applied to the points in the dataset. A new filter option allows defining multiple point ranges, which gives the user every freedom possible for showing and hiding points.

The point filters are then taken over into the apps so that a point range filter could be used, for example, to define a stakeout list for the day. This allows the user to concentrate on the task at hand, only seeing the necessary information, while all relevant data is still connected to the current working job.

Applying the new Multiple point ID range filter in Captivate v3.0


Applying the new Multiple point ID range filter in Captivate v3.0

有没有办法清理我的工作旋转木马以更容易找到工作？

就在这里。有了新的链接作业​​概念，我们引入了一个工作管理面板，可以通过家庭面板的F6按钮访问该面板。该职位管理显示了乐器上可用的所有工作，并允许定义家庭旋转木马中的哪些工作可见。因此，如果您希望它真的很干净，则可以从家庭面板中隐藏除当前工作的所有工作。

在Caintivate v3.0中的家庭面板中设置作业不可见

But I was happy with the way Captivate worked; why do I need to change my workflow now?

你没有。在Caintivate v3.0中仍然可以使用旧的工作方式，您可以在升级后继续工作。如果您从未将任何控件或设计工作链接到工作工作，则几乎不会注意到有新功能。

如何获得新版本？

The new Captivate v3.0 field software will be available onLeica myWorldfor download after 1 December 2017. For the installation, a Customer Care Package (CCP) license valid until at least 1 December 2017 is needed. If you have any particular questions or wishes, please contact your localLeica Geosystems代表.

Elke Hacker
高级产品经理现场软件
Leica Geosystems