StarNet v6 manual - Engineering Surveyor
StarNet v6 manual - Engineering Surveyor
StarNet v6 manual - Engineering Surveyor
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Chapter 3 USING STAR*NET<br />
3.1 Overview<br />
The list below summarizes the sequence of tasks you generally follow when creating a<br />
project and performing adjustments with the STAR*NET program:<br />
� Open a new project.<br />
� Set options describing your project.<br />
� Create one or more input data files containing observations and control points.<br />
� Run the adjustment.<br />
� If errors or warnings were found, check the error listing for specific details.<br />
� Edit your input data files to correct any errors found.<br />
� Rerun the adjustment until there are no errors.<br />
� Display the network graphically on your screen.<br />
� Review the output listing.<br />
� Repeat the edit-run-review cycle as needed to get satisfactory results.<br />
� Print output listing, coordinate information and plot diagrams.<br />
This chapter briefly describes the steps in running a typical STAR*NET adjustment.<br />
Subsequent chapters will cover these topics and specialized features in detail.<br />
3.2 How STAR*NET Handles Output Windows<br />
Before going on, a word should be said about how window sizing and placement is<br />
handled by STAR*NET. The size and location of the main program window as well as<br />
all the output windows (listing window, plot window, etc.) are remembered! You have<br />
full control of the size and location of these windows, and therefore you should set them<br />
the way you feel is most convenient for you. When you exit the program and later restart<br />
it, all the windows locate and size themselves the same way.<br />
For example, the output listing file window is one that you will always view, therefore<br />
you should make it as large as possible vertically and as wide as the output listing text.<br />
Once you do this, it will stay this way. You should also choose a convenient size and<br />
location for your plot window.<br />
Note that you can leave output windows open while you edit data and rerun an<br />
adjustment. Output windows (listings and plots) that are left open, will automatically<br />
regenerate to show the newly adjusted results.<br />
See Chapter 7, “Viewing and Printing Output” for more details on output windows.<br />
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