ESurvey CAD Feature List

"ESurvey CAD" is a comprehensive and compact software solution for surveyors and Engineers for creating Contours, calculating Earthwork quantities and converting point data into CAD to generate Topographical map. It comes with three modules listed below:

• Topodraw: Generates Topographical drawings from point data instantly with blocks and elevations in their respective Northings and Eastings.
• Contours: Generates smooth contours quickly from point data available in CAD drawings\ Levels available in Excel or CSV files.
• Earthwork: Generates volume calculations and section drawings from point data available in CAD drawings / Levels available in Excel or CSV files.

"ESurvey CAD" also comes with some useful tools like Traverse correction, Units convertor, Bulk Plot, Find duplicates etc. which are easy to use and save a lot of time.

TopoDraw module

Import point data from CSV or Excel for generating Topographical drawing

ESurvey CAD draws CAD drawings from point data instantly with Blocks and Elevations in their respective Northing and Easting. With this feature, the point data in Excel can directly be converted into ready-to-use drawings.

Insert blocks automatically while creating drawing depending on code

For each code specific drawing block can be configured. This allows to generate the drawing with required blocks depending on code.

Export codes point data in different layer selectively

The generated drawing and other related entities are stored layer wise, i.e. Block, Elevation, Remark, Serial, etc can be stored in separate layers. Also different colors can be set to each of these layers making the drawing visually distinguishable.

Selectively Auto Connect codes in CAD

Texts representing same codes can be joined by line passing through all of them using pre written algorithm.

Create Total station data from CAD drawing

Total station data comprising of the Serial Number, Easting, Northing, Elevation and Code can be exported to a CSV file from the point data available in CAD.

Contours module

Import data from CSV, Excel or CAD for Contour generation

Often survey data (or total Station data) is represented in Excel or CSV format. This data can be imported into ESurvey CAD directly, to generate contours. Contours can also be drawn for data available in CAD.

Generate Contours directly within CAD

When the elevations are in CAD, the contours can be generated in CAD directly. Optionally, contours can also be generated in 3D. When contours are generated in 3D, contour lines will have respective values as Elevation (Z Value).

Generate Boundary based Contours

Generate Contours for a given boundary i.e., Drawing contours for actual boundary is more practical than allowing the software to calculate the boundary depending on Scanning radius.

Draw Section for any alignment fixed on the Contour Map

Draw Section for any alignment fixed on the Contour Map where the alignment is drawn using Plines, this alignment represents a road, canal, pipeline etc. This feature is very useful tool for fixing final alignments.

Generate Contour Area and Contour Volume instantly

The Contour Area and Contour Volume can be generated instantly. This feature is very useful for finding reservoir capacity and surface area at a given contour level.

Generate Contours for Specific Levels

Generate Contours at Specific Levels which is a very handy tool for making accurate designs.

Generate Grid Elevations or Block Level

Generate Grid elevations or Block levels without getting into complicated surface creation.

Annotate Contours

Annotate Contours at Endpoints, Midpoints or selected points of the contour line or annotate the complete contour line at specified interval.

Draw Grid Elevations from existing Contours

Reverse engineer by generating Grid Elevations from existing contour lines generated from different software.

Detailed Layerisation before exporting to CAD

The generated contours and other related entities are stored layer wise, i.e. contours, contour boundary, original elevations, grid elevations, annotations, grids etc are stored in separate layers. Also different colours can be set to each of these layers making the contours visually distinguishable.

Earthwork module

Import data from CSV, Excel or CAD for Quantity Estimates

Often survey data (or total Station data) is represented in Excel or CSV format. This data can be imported into ESurvey CAD directly, to calculate earthwork. Earthwork can also be calculated for data available in CAD.

Earthwork between fixed formation level or between two surfaces

Generate Earthwork calculation along with Section Drawings for fixed formation level or between two surfaces.

Generate Earthwork calculations for Stepped or Sloping Final surface

Generate Earthwork calculations for stepped or sloping final surface by importing simple lines in 3d defining the surface.

Generate interim Earthwork reports during progress of projects

Generate interim Earthwork reports during progress of projects as per the current development for the purpose of interim payment.

Generate quantity calculation (Quantity takeoff) reports either using Triangulation method or Block method

Generate detailed quantity calculation (Quantity takeoff) reports using two methods: Section method or the Block method.

Generate Elevation grids or Block levels without getting into complicated surface creation

Generate Grids elevations or Block levels without getting into complicated surface creation. This feature can be made use at places where doing survey is difficult like ponds, boulders etc.

Generate Earthwork Calculation reports between given Depth of cut or Depth of Fill

Generate Earthwork Calculation reports between specified Depth of cut and Depth of Fill. This feature is useful when the rate is fixed slab wise depending on depth of cut or height of fill.

Automatic calculation of Optimum Fixed Formation level

Calculate optimum Formation level where cutting and filling are almost equal.