Installation

Software Installation

PDF Takeoff

These tutorials use the optional AGTEK PDF module to display the plan sheet in the background for clarity.

Starting a New Job (example file: Pine Street Raster Example.pdf right-click to save)

Entering Existing Ground

Entering the Job limits (Existing Perimeter)

Contour Entry

Spot elevations, ridges and swales

Saving

3D visual inspection

Entering Stripping

Varying Stripping Depths

Holes

Reports

Entering Design (pine street stripping.esw)

Pads

Lines with varying elevation (top of curb)

Offset lines

Design contours

Retaining walls

Checking with 3D views

Finishing the Design

Entering Grading limits (Design Perimeter)

Perimeter Holes

Report Regions

Sections

3D Views

Calculating Volumes

Volume Report

Printing (Pine Street Complete.esw)

Printer setup

3D views

The Print Page

Volumes Report

PlanView

Profile Views

Text entry

Exporting a KMZ (Google Earth) File (available only with PDF enabled versions)

Modeling

Snap Options

Entering Data from a CAD File

CAD Transfer Window

Transferring CAD Layers

Snap

From Label

Increment

Spot Elevations

Adding Points

Line Snap

Using Crop Rectangle

CAD File Cleanup (sample file: Earthwork 3D File Cleanup.esw)

Join

Compress

Trim Lines

Label Select with Wildcards (sample file: Label Selection.esw)

Editing and Creating 3D surfaces

Modeling tools

Sectional Areas (Advanced)

Exporting

For Topcon and Trimble Machine Control (sample file: Pine Street 3D Model.esw)

Applications

Correcting a Bad Scale with Stretch (sample files: Pine Stree Stretch.esw, Architectural Stretch.esw)

PDF specific

Matchlines

Fixing a bad PDF scale

Aligning Multiple Vector PDF Files (sample files: Vector PDF 1.esw, Vector PDF 1.pdf, Vector PDF 2.pdf)

Importing a Google Earth Image as a background (sample file: American Center.esw)

Staging Design to Existing

Strata Entry

Moving Plan Sheets

Balance Regions

Creating Contours (sample files: Pine Street Topo.esw)

Scaling multiple Plan sheets

Staging for Over Excavation

Lowest Surface Creation (sample files: Walnut Grove Lowest.esw)

Converting Metric Takeoffs to Feet (sample files: Pine Street Metric.esw)

Creating Circles, Rectangles, Arcs, and Fillets

Conforming Annotation Sample Files: Conform Current Surface.esw, Conform Design Lines.esw

Exporting Reports to Excel

Advanced Offset Lines

Changing Takeoff Scales

Adding surfaces

Moving Jobs

Autonomous GPS

Importing Survey Data (sample files: Pine Street Topo CSV.esw, Pine Street Topo.csv)

Miscellaneous

Changing the Planview quality

Saving an Image presenter compatible file

RTK GPS

Setup

Base Setup

Instrument Setup

Alignment

Check existing conditions

Check design grade

Record topo data

Stake checking

Listen to SitePilot or Graphic Grade Machine Control