Floorplan-Topic

These are a collection of lessons on useful Floorplans tools that are independent of each other and do not fit into any other category. Lesson 1: Extend to Wall Tool including the Match Bearing tool For information on: Adding Symbols...

Notes: All lessons are recorded with manual text entry for any measured values. For specific information on using a Laser Measurement Device or Total Station refer to the devices specific Device Connections lesson in Topics 3a and 3b. To reduce...

First let’s define a regular shaped room, it’s one where all corners of the room are 90°or thereabouts. It could be a square, a rectangle or otherwise. You can start to minimise any errors, by carefully selecting your start point....

Scenario: We are going to start a new file and survey the Garden Room and two other regular shaped rooms of Soldridge Manor. The starting room will be the garden room from an arbitrary point. From this the internal Hall will be...

Scenario: We are going to open up an existing file of Soldridge Manor and add the following Irregular Shaped Rooms, to it, the Kitchen, conservatory and make a start on the footprint. Each of these will use different tools to enter...

First let’s define an irregular shaped room; it’s one where not all corners of the room are 90°, for example. You can start to minimize any errors, by carefully selecting your start point. When selecting the first wall in an...

The bearing of the irregular walls in the kitchen, conservatory and footprint needs computing: This can be done in one of four ways and there is at least one lesson for each. 1. Match bearing: Examples of when you would...

This topic covers the most commonly used Leica DISTO™ device connections in terms of how to connect the device to MBS Floorplans software and how the measured value is input to MBS Floorplans software in different measurement situations. The devices...