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Markers on designs allow for setting points of interest at user-selected locations.  This includes using a marker as a benchmark “control point” location in the design.  To use a marker as a Benchmark location, refer to ‘Set Zero using a marker’ in the Impleme...

In the Surveying and Implementation screens the ‘Start’, ‘Pause’, and ‘Stop’ buttons are used to control the beginning and ending of the relevant activities. These buttons do have slightly different functions depending on when they are used. Normal functio...

The following tools become available in the ‘Collection’ and ‘Surfacing’ stages if drain survey points exist. Edit Drain Merge Drains Extend Drain Split Drain Edit Drain  This button allows you to edit complete drain paths from the project. ...

When surveying or implementing there are 4 options that control how vehicle location is tracked on the screen in 2D. The options for 2D tracking are ‘Scroll’, ‘Center’, ‘Dir. up’, and ‘Manual’.  Scroll This option will show the GPS position indicator moving...

When surveying or implementing in 3D there are 2 options available. The first option is ‘Follow Tractor’ and the second option is ‘Stop Following’. Follow Tractor This option keeps the tractor at the center of the screen at all times, the camera will be pl...

In the top right of any mapping window is a small button with a camera. Pressing the camera button will take a screenshot of what is currently on the screen. After taking a screenshot a pop-up window will appear (shown below). Pressing ‘Yes’ will open the f...

In the top right of the screen next to the screenshot button you will find the Battery level indicator. This indicator displays the tablet/computer's battery level and whether it is plugged into power or not.    

The ‘Collection’ wizard step allows you to collect elevation heights from your field. This is done to create a topographic representation of the field surface. In T3RRA software collection is normally accomplished by driving over the surface of a field while l...

If you are at the Main Page and want to begin surveying first press the 'Wizard' button.   Then  choose the second wizard step ‘Collect’ at the bottom of the page. This will take you to the ‘Collect’ wizard page. You are able to import surve...

When you enter surveying you will be in Field surveying mode (except in T3RRA Ditch where Drain survey mode is the default). Points that are collected in field survey mode are shown on the map as circles. We do not require you to collect a field boundary wh...

The Magic plane is a shortcut method for creating a plane of survey points without actually having to collect them. This can be used when the grade and direction of the desired plane is known and getting accurate cut/fill volumes is not required. An example wo...

T3RRA has a drain collection mode that you must use when surveying drain lines. The button is at the bottom right of the survey collection map window.  When in 'Drain survey' mode you must drive the length of the drain in order to collect the data. ...

Boundary surveying allows you to survey the outer perimeter of a field which can be used for Design purposes. In T3RRA software the boundary survey mode is located in the bottom right corner of the survey screen and is accessed by pressing the survey mode bu...

No matter what type of surveying you are doing you are able to implement guidance lines on the survey surface by pressing the guideline button at the top of the screen. The 'Guidance' button will cause a pop-up window to appear on the screen with a two de...

Tips for Collecting Elevation DataUse a vehicle where the GPS-to-ground offset will remain constant (such as a tractor, truck, or ATV – not a harvester or self-propelled sprayer that will shift vertically depending on load).If the field you are surveying has w...

T3RRA Survey allows you to bring data in from additional survey types. When you hit the “start” button to begin surveying, you will be presented with various options. Choose the first option (GPS data) if you don’t have anything additional to collect with.Afte...

In the top left of the screen, after a GPS error is encountered, an INFO hint will be shown.Tapping on this text will open the GPS info window to show the recent errors. This is helpful if you have frequent but intermittent errors that happen too quickly to re...

Symptoms: When the .gps file is loaded into the display, the system complains that the field is too far from the benchmark. Cause: When the previous design's field is left selected in the display, it will try to use the previous benchmark, which may be too ...