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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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