Wow Ronny. Thanks very much. Sorry for the delayed response. I have pretty much forgotten about using TBC for basic calculations and linework. At this stage, I find it more efficient to reduce and adjust survey in TBC and then transfer to Magnet, a simpler program than TBC. TBC has a lot of very advanced modules but it seems (to me) to over complicate small tasks and fails at doing basic things simply.
E.g.:
- Harder to do point to line, offset and station cogo.
- I usually work in lines, no polylines necessary. In Magnet, just click on the line, you will get a bearing and distance of the line in properties. Only total polyline distance is shown in TBC. You need to click inverse, click the two points to get bearing and distance. Once again, more difficult in TBC.
- I still have to figure out how to do common tangents to circles of different radii in TBC. In Magnet there's a button just for that.
Or maybe I just need to get used to it?
For some reason, I don't have reply button in my own thread... very strange. Maybe it was archived. I will test this out. I have not tried TBC macros before so it may take me some time.
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Makato Gonzo
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-25-2022 04:38
From: Ronny Schneider
Subject: Compute Distance Along Line (Using Two Point Method)
For some reason "Add Attachment" didn't work in the original thread.
I had to open a new one to upload the quick macro I've created.
Unzip into a folder in "C:\ProgramData\Trimble\MacroCommands"
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Ronny Schneider
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