Question:

Our company uses a trimble data collector, so we pull our results into a .csv file. I am having trouble finding anything that helps me with importing a .csv file into OpenRoads Designer CE. Is there a way ORD can read in a .csv while still keeping the point names connected to the points? I can "import coordinates" on ORD, but then I have no idea which points which are

Answer:

With OpenRoads Designer Update 3 and beyond, you can import your CSV via the Survey Workflow.

• Within a 3D DGN, select the Survey Workflow
• Select Import>Text Wizard, this opens the Load Data dialog box. Locate fieldbook from dropdown menu and select CSV file to import (see second image) and data will populate
• Within Text Import Wizard, select Open and the TIW that describes the CSV format and then Open> Finish, Save TIW if desired, if not select No. Fit view to see survey data imported.

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