SD Drain Ditch user`s manual addendum
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1. or vo To X Axis 1 Open SD Drain and make sure the Grower 2 Enter the name of the new field and press Farm and Field correspond to the map you are OK going to import For this example we need to change the field to Test Press the to the right of the Field dropdown and proceed to the next step UTM Zone 1 4 Data Path C GKData Grower Rust Z oom In Farm Main Field test Projects Load New Load Project w Selected Files Project vr vo X Axis 3 Now the new field name shows up in the 4 Press the Minimize Close button to close the Field drop down menu Press Load New Pro program and go to your desktop ject Addendum to SD Drain User Manual Fall 2015 Distributed by Rust Sales Inc 800 478 7801 SD Drain User Manual Addendum Fall 2015 BMP Import Home hare ien v o 7 d gt Computer gt Local Disk C GKData Rust gt Main gt test v Search test P A Favorites Name Date modified Type Size E Desktop _ Drainage_10 30 2015 gkml 10 30 2015 3 35PM GKML File B Downloads Recent places UTM Zone 14 J x _ OneDrive Libraries Data Path C GKData ES Documents aD Music E Pictures Grower Rust F Videos Zoom In jE Computer j amp y Local Disk C ield test amp JUMP DRI2. Elevation Field Elevation Field Raste Elevation Layer No RasterLayers Elevation Layer None Background Layer tes bmp H Cancel _ Continue l l l 13 Press the Continue button The background 12 Choose the appropriate BMP file For this ex image will now display on the screen when you are ample we will choose test in the field Background Layer 3 lt tart Cancel Continue Zdit Addendum to SD Drain User Manual Fall 2015 Distributed by Rust Sales Inc 800 478 7801 SD Drain User Manual Addendum Fall 2015 Folder Structure amp Exporting From ADMS Within ADMS there is a specific folder hierarchy that allows users to organize and access the data easily and efficiently To send data to SDDrain this folder structure will be kept the same for the software to read the data properly This allows ADMS users a smooth transition when sending data to SDDrain 1 Root Data Folder This is where all the data is stored 2 Grower Folder Within the root data folder contains farm folder 3 Farm Folder Within the grower folder contains field folder 4 Field Folder Within the farm folder contains all GIS field data _ Data Path UTM a fit 05 C x Boundary dbf 14 E r Boundary GKT_VAF a Je ee _ Boundary shp
3. Fall 2015 Distributed by Rust Sales Inc 800 478 7801 SD Drain User Manual Addendum Fall 2015 4 Cut Button Single Will cut to the Grade Line all Maximum Cut values are removed Blade cut will go to the Grade Line and to adjust the amount of cut will come in using the Nudge Buttons Before you do the first survey ements No GPS the button will say Cut After you click Stop Survey the button will go to Design Design on by default Tanon Design andchoose 4 _ uu a a s REG aon a Use the Nudge arrows to control the Cut depth or the Grade Line NOTE Pay close attention to the upper left corner as you nudge to follow how far above below the Optimal Grade you are o lt Start Addendum to SD Drain User Manual Fall 2015 Distributed by Rust Sales Inc 800 478 7801 SD Drain User Manual Addendum Fall 2015 BMP Import Import BMP background image to SD Drain UTM Zone UTM Zone Data Path C GKData Enter name of new field Grower Rust test 3 Zoom In Farm Main Field Home Projects Drainage _ 10 30 2015 _2 gkmi Drainage_10 30 2015 _1 gkml Drainage_10 30 2015 gkml Drainage 07 31 2015 2 gkml Drainage 07 31 2015 1 gkml Load New Load Project w Selected Files Project Load New Project Project w Files
4. New Farm v A ll 5 Go to File Print Print l j4 Soc ap New Field SH 8 SE v Map to Bitmap Ps Se Zones e magesmmap Norman NAIP 2005_ext 6 Assign a File Name a q Tu w 1E 2014 Zone Output mg i 9 Field Data County Data Imagery t E f t 4 i Typically Field Event ORE Boundery shp Ex SH 8 SE Sampling Map a E o ZI Norman NAIP 2005_ex tif eee aney VEE SH 8 SE Zones grd D Statistics 7 Choose File Type Depends on what software you are going to Most sup port BMP Lat 47 47195529 Lon 96 80032755 97 112 113 Field SH 8 SE Layer Norman NAIP 2005_exttif Destination E GKData GKData GK User Manual GKT Farm SH 8 SE File Name SH 8 SE Sampling Map Browse 9 Q Z A G Z eae Oh O O z Average 1549 Area 58 98 Acres Std Dev 16 51 Total 9138 File Type Image Resolution Settings Output File Details BMP i l Image Size 610x 657 O JPG linac File Size 1 meters GeoTIFF bi 8 Choose Image Resolution Settings Suggest trying to keep your Resolutions in that 1 as to 2 Meter range no greater than 5 0mb in size S Some software amp Controllers are limited on what file size you can send them Adjust values by moving between Map Window Multiple amp Ground Resolution t 9 Click OK 10 For these files to work you will have to move both the image file and the world file bmp amp bp
5. for this field Click New k and select Dump 6 When finished Save from the bottom Areas toolbar Dump Areas st Overwrite Click on the newly created Dump Yes Areas SHP file to turn it on and mak J Dump Areas SHPayer Select the Draw New Object from the bottom toolbar Left click arou m your Dump Area Right Click to close Polygon Saving Images for Ditching 1 Turn on your desired layers to view while 2 Goto File Print Print Map to Bit ditching combination listed below map this function only works in the Map Window A County NAIP Flow Accumulations Main 3 Location save this file into the same field folder Ditches Hills Dump Areas you were working in B Watersheds Flow Accumulations Main 4 Name the file something simple that captures the Ditches Depressions Dump Areas field location ex sec32sw C Topo Features Flow Accumulations Main 5 Save this file as a BMP for most applications Ditches 6 Click Save D May want to use the Transparency settings Moving BMP Files to Other Devices oe In most cases you will be moving files with removable storage drives In ADMS click Explore this Folder icon You are now looking inside the Field Folder 11 Windows File Explorer Using our example highlight both sec32sw bmp and sec32sw bpw Copy these two items select Edit Copy from the toolbar Pas
6. 5 8 49AM _ Bitmap image Gassjte Gaid i E Desktop test 8 11 2015 8 49AM _ Bitmap image 2 912 KB aldit B Downloads 8 11 2015 8 49AM _ BPW File Downloads _ test bpw 8 11 2015 8 49AM BPW File 1 KB t F Recent places E Recent places OneDrive _ OneDrive Libraries E Documents ad Music E Pictures 1i amp Videos jE Computer amp Local Disk C JUMP DRIVE E _ fseventsd amp Local Disk C JUMP DRIVE E _ fseventsd Spotlight V10C __ Spotlight V10C CIP ANE Trashes _ Trashes F 5 gt oO O ee o alha G fA a 2 o s 336PM 10 30 2015 2 7 10 30 2015 6 Plug in your USB drive This should automatically 7 Highlight the appropriate files to copy For open the USB window this example we will highlight test bmp and test bpw You can highlight the files by pressing NOTE for former Ditch Pro users who had Rust the home tab and then pressing the select all but Sales transfer background images to their SD Drain ton or by dragging you finger over the files computer your previous background images are n located in a folder labeled data or AGPS data in NOTE The image file name does not need to be the documents folder the same as the field name Addendum to SD Drain User Manual Fall 2015 Distributed by Rust Sales Inc 800 478 7801 SD Drain User Manual Addendum Fall 2015 BMP Import A rye test oe ets Gapi F Home Sha
7. Grower SD_Drain i 4 SD_Drain F RA si Oooo EA L e E Lidar Topo COL_ l GKT Grower Lidar Topo gdw i 5 Fam GKTGrower Stee Bee dom di sHgExp ort a silicate f Field SH8Export i E SH8 Watersheds bpw shetys SD Data Structure SDDrain Data Structure File Explorer Data Structure ADMS Even though SDDrain will be able to read many of the same files that are used in ADMS there are certain in field limitations and certain files should not be sent to controllers and field computers Knowing which files to send to the field will make the transfer of data and operation of SDDrain much smoother Note One difference between ADMS and SDDrain is how each program deals with subfolders within the field folder e ADMS has a data tree that allows users to create subfolders for organizing their data in the field folder For example In ADMS ditching projects for each year could have their own folder containing each project Ditching 2015 Ditching 2016 etc The data will stay organized avoiding clutter and confusion in the data tree with multiple projects e SDDrain is an in field program and the data tree is not needed Therefore when import ing data into SDDrain the software will look in all subfolders within the field folder and read the data For example When importing the same files SDDrain would read all of the files in the 2015 Ditching and 2016 Ditching folder This could cause confusion if files were named the sam
8. MP DRIVE E huni wells __ fseventsd Jg i ee 11 The window should look like this with the new files copied to it Close the two open windows and then start SD Drain Addendum to SD Drain User Manual Fall 2015 Distributed by Rust Sales Inc 800 478 7801 SD Drain User Manual Addendum Fall 2015 8 BMP Import Shapefiles UTM Zone 14 sie _Shapefiles Profile Layer None Data Path C GKData Name Field Grower Rust v Boundary Layer None Zoom In Farm Main Benchmark Layer None Field test v rae sla Projects Elevation Field Drainage_10 30 2015 gkml RasterLavers RasterLayers Elevation Layer None Background Layer None Project w Selected Files Project Load New Load X Axis 12 Press Load New Project w Files 12 Select the dropdown arrow in the Background Layer field Shapefiles Shapefiles Profile Layer None Profile Layer None Name Field Name Field Boundary Layer None Boundary Layer None Zoom In Benchmark Layer None Name Field None test bmp Benchmark Layer None Name Field
9. SD Drain User Manual Addendum Fall 2015 DRAIN Fd Simpie Dynamic Drainage Solution Addendum to User Manual Fall 2015 Addendum to SD Drain User Manual Fall 2015 Distributed by Rust Sales Inc 800 478 7801 SD Drain User Manual Addendum Fall 2015 1 Cut Button Cut Button The Cut Button gives user flexibility to control the method that SD Drain removes soil or con trols the blade There are 3 methods by which you can adjust your cut 1 Design will take your Maximum Cut along your whole survey pass Then do the same on your next pass and so on till you reach your Grade Line 2 Pass allows you to choose which one of the projected Maximum Cut lines you want to cut to It will only allow you to cut up to 3 cuts at a time Note Cut Numbers count from bottom to top 1 being the last pass and larger numbers being the top passes 3 Single Will cut to the Grade Line all Maximum Cut values are re moved Blade cut will go to the Grade Line and to adjust the amount of cut will come in using the Nudge Buttons Examples are covered in the following Cut Button instruction pages Also these instructions will review a couple basic features from the SD Drain settings that are relevant to this button Minimum al 0 03 Maximum Scrape Min Increment ot The maximum depth of the Maximum Slope 40 scraper cut in inches Max In
10. VE E a Network Load New Load Project w Selected Files Project be ae X Axis 3 51 PM a 4 ar 10 30 2015 5 Double tap the computer Icon and drill down to the appropriate folder In this example it is Computer LocalDisk C GKData Rust Main test This corresponds to the Data Path Grower Farm Field structure in SD Drain ha A Tr zl test ao M lL test o E Gamp i Home Share View vo jelne ome d ae M i gt Computer gt Local Disk C GKData Rust gt Main test vi Search test 2 gt i gt Computer gt Local Disk C GKData Rust gt Main gt test v Search test Pad E F a r Favorites Name Date modified Type Size A Favorit Name Date modified Type Size Y HON NOTRE E E Desktop _ Drainage_10 30 2015 gkml 10 30 2015 3 35PM GKML File 1KB e E Desktop _ Drainage_10 30 2015 gkml 10 30 2015 3 35PM GKML File 1KB taset iiiw I Downloads ure Sidhe iksteypelt flay JB Downloads Gii tas JE Recent places RGus DE Gausia a E Recent places OneDrive _ OneDrive K Ein is 724 DOE 7 toe aman ns ci s Teme Home Share View SONTO ile ome Share View SUPPO m Tadi Jb gt Computer JUMP DRIVE E gt fields v Search fields dJ gt Computer JUMP DRIVE E gt fields v Searc a p F Favorites S Name Date modified Type P la Name Date modified Type ize z a w Favorites Coon eet d E Desktop 8 11 201
11. crement 1 SETTINGS Program amp Profile e Maximum Scrape This example is using 1 This value will affect the Design and Pass cut settings e Ideal Cut Depth Maximum Scrape This setting will affect all calcu lations Using 0 5 setting pt Depth LargeNudge 1 e Cut Beyond Profile On Small Nudge 25 This setting will be applied in all calculations Cut Beyond Profile On amp Laser Level Off Reset Profile Settings pe Addendum to SD Drain User Manual Fall 2015 Distributed by Rust Sales Inc 800 478 7801 SD Drain User Manual Addendum Fall 2015 Cut Button Design will take your Maximum Cut along your whole survey pass Then do the same on your next pass and so on till you reach your Grade Line Before you do the first survey the but ton will say Cut After you click Stop Survey the button will go to Design Design on by default When you cut the first pass it will take the top cut line and up to 1 cut from Settings Ground Line Grade Line Min Max Grade Level Optimal Grade Level EM Cut 36 7 yrds Fill O yrds Length 498 ft lt First pass shown on this Profile Second pass shown on this Profile Grade Line Min Max Grade Level avel ME Cut 36 7 yrds Fill O yrds Repeat until your
12. cut is finished green is gone Start NOTE Using Nudge arrows in the Design mode may give unexpected responses or act as if it is not working Watch the Grade Line If you want more or less cut adjust Maximum Cut in the Settings Addendum to SD Drain User Manual Fall 2015 Distributed by Rust Sales Inc 800 478 7801 SD Drain User Manual Addendum Fall 2015 3 Cut Button Pass allows you to choose which one of the Proposed Maximum Cut lines you want to cut to It will only allow you to cut up to 3 cuts at a time Note Cut Numbers count from bottom to top 1 being the last pass and larger numbers being the top passes 0 5 in No GPS Before you do the first survey the button will say Cut hee After you click Stop Survey the button will go to Design Design on by default Tap on Design and choose Pass You now can select your pass number In this example it was set to Pass 3 e the blade will be directed to cut to this pass and will not cut above or below this pass Pass4 oi Pass 3 pa Pass 2 Pass 1 e Once you have removed ALL of this pass the Pass Numbers will regenerate giving you up to 3 more passes to choose from NOTE Using Nudge arrows in the Pass mode may give unexpected responses or act as if it is not working Watch the Grade Line Addendum to SD Drain User Manual
13. e in each folder and potentially cause the operator to use the incor rect file for the required project These are small but important differences It means that data can not just be moved into subfold ers in ADMS and expect not to be seen in SDDrain To avoid confusion for the person operating the scraper only send data that will be used for a particular project to SD Drain There are two different ways the data can be exported to SDDrain Create a new Grower Farm Field hierarchy on the root data folder going to SDDrain 1 After the folder structure is created use the Save As functions in ADMS to send the data to the appropriate folder This way only the correct files will be transferred to the field Addendum to SD Drain User Manual Fall 2015 Distributed by Rust Sales Inc 800 478 7801 SD Drain User Manual Addendum Fall 2015 10 Types of Data for SDDrain Copying Data For SDDrain Name l The two required file types are F Boundawdhi e BMP Files This file will be the background map or the layer Boundary GKT_VAF created using the print map to bitmap function in ADMS _ Boundary shp NOTE example sending multiple BMP s Can only view Testa EE one at a time in SDDrain i SE Copy bmp amp bpw Merged RTK Lidar COL_TAB Merged RTK Lidar gdw e GRD Files These file will be the 3D layer in SDDrain Files J WMeraed RTK lidarard coming from ADMS are RTK grd or LIDAR grd i eee keen eae serra Recommend toclip the elevation la
14. e that describes the line e Boundary This is the field boundary e Benchmark Layer Generally a point SHP file Name Field DBF column that describes the benchmark Elevation Field DBF column that contains the elevation readings Rasters e Elevation A surface layer grd that contains the elevation data for the field e Image Layer A background map tif bmp that will be used during the project Addendum to SD Drain User Manual Fall 2015 Distributed by Rust Sales Inc 800 478 7801 SD Drain User Manual Addendum Fall 2015 11 Printing Print Map Batch Print Surfaces Print Print Map to Bitmap Print Map to Clipboard Multi Map Layout Print Map to Outback PNG and INI Map Window Print Map to Bitmap takes a Geo Referenced screen shot of the map window These maps can be taken to other software packages and allow you to have 1 map to show many pieces of data This function is designed for FIELD DATA NOT FOR Township or County viewing This does not work well on data AREAS larger than 2 or 3 miles square 1 Turn on all the data you want to see in final map 2 Layer the data in the correct order 3 Zoom in tightly on the data you want to Print e Nr pc Layer Info 4 If you are using labels 20 PUP S ty Layers Statistics Mark XQD dg make sure they are large m me Er y 2 Drawing enough to read New Grower a Dran Tie stad AAN m AAN m NN
15. ei Spotlight V10C alana _ Trashes 3 36 PM ao 4 B Pe 10 30 2015 10 Press the home tab in the field window and then press the paste button Home Share View gt Ff gt Computer gt Local Disk C GKData Rust gt Main test v Search test oie Favorites Name z Date modified Type E Desktop _ Drainage_10 30 2015 gkml amp Downloads SG Recent places OneDrive 10 30 2015 3 35PM GKML File Libraries E Documents a Music E Pictures amp Videos Computer s Local Disk C JUMP DRIVE E Gia Network Computer s Local Disk C JUMP DRIVE E a L fseventsd c zee Spotlight V10 prrol pete _ Trashes 3 36 PM a amp B he 10 30 2015 9 Tap on the Field window to make it active In our example the field window is labeled test Home Share View gt P gt Computer gt Local Disk C GKData gt Rust Main test v Search test Name Date modified Type Size Favorites E Desktop Drainage_10 30 2015 gkml Downloads test SG Recent places _ test bpw OneDrive 10 30 2015 3 35PM GKML File 8 11 2015 8 49AM _ Bitmap image 8 11 2015 8 49AM BPW File Libraries Documents a Music Pictures E Videos j Computer j amp y Local Disk C amp JUMP DRIVE E Gia Network 3items 2 items selected 2 84 MB E Pictures s E Videos j Computer p amp Local Disk C JU
16. re View veo jel gt FT gt Computer Local Disk C GKData Rust Main test v Search test P oie Favorites Name j Date modified Type Size O 10 30 2015 3 35PM GKML File 1KB a E Desktop _ Drainage_10 30 2015 gkml Downloads E Recent places a n Rasyeltaliio L OneDrive SF eed in z A p Adi P popra Naauei Home Share View bUPPOTL en X cut me XxX E New item L fElOpen HH seletan E Copy path p Easy access 7 A Edit 58 Select none Copy Paste Move Copy Delete Rename New Properties a 2 Paste shortcut toy tor folder oe Invert selection Goset Sati Clipboard Organize O load b E Recent places OneDrive Libraries Documents d Music E Pictures 1 E Videos Computer amp Local Disk C a JUMP DRIVE E a __ fseventsd dhisit Spotlight V10C _ Trashes 7 gt 2 9 is _ 336PM 10 30 2015 8 Press the home tab in the USB window and the press the copy button Home Share View Cut New item ig Open Select all Ve UE Easy access A Edit 58 Select none E Copy path Paste Move Copy Delete Rename New Properties z BE Invert selection 2 Paste shortcut to to folder Clipboard Organize New Open Downloads H Recent places D OneDri Libraries Documents d Music E Pictures E Videos Computer amp s Local Disk C JUMP DRIVE E Gia Network jE Computer amp s Local Disk C JUMP DRIVE E JA a L fseventsd F d
17. te them onto the removable storage and take them to your other devices SD DRAIN APEX SMS Now ready to take the removable storage to other PC or device Addendum to SD Drain User Manual Fall 2015 Distributed by Rust Sales Inc 800 478 7801
18. w or jpg amp jgw or tif amp tfw Addendum to SD Drain User Manual Fall 2015 Distributed by Rust Sales Inc 800 478 7801 SD Drain User Manual Addendum Fall 2015 12 Quick Notes For Drainage Planning Map Window Adjust Depressions Main Depressions he Sa Map Window 1 2 3 4 9 6 7 Open Depressions set as the active layer select howl Trim End Map window Values Apply Threshold select Lower amp Delete Cells we suggest starting Threshold Value at 0 05 Click Apply Look at new Depressions inspect the map if satisfied go to 7 2 Aey mend E_E Ag abe want to trim HOLE repeat 3 amp 4 If you went too far Clear Applying a Threshold to a raster provides two options Map and DO NOT SAVE CHAGES to Depressions grd 1 You can set cells above or below a certain value to Click on the Save AS icon on the bottom tool bar Rename to ether ta the value set in the Threshold Value Box Depressions Main amp ggjck Save if you do not do this you will 2 Y9 san dete cels above of below the threshold vale lose the original Depressviis layer Under the Layer Info tab click on Clear Map Upper Threshold Value 0 05 Lower Pas 7 Delete Cells Apply Creating Dump Areas L 2 3 Turn on all the maps required to help 5 Repeat step 4 to create all your Dump Areas define the dump areas
19. yer to the field and not 22 SH8 NAIP Flow Dep bmp import a larger area into SDDrain and Crop NULL Value SH8 NAIP Flow Dep bpw in ADMS before exporting or moving Loo fea ae Copy grd amp gdw amp COL_TAB ee arse EEES Dig E sH8 Watersheds bpw Since there are some hardware and software limitations please be aware of file sizes Stay below 5 MB for maximum efficiency and do not ever exceed 10 MB ial SHSSE NAIP bmp Properties x General Security Details Previous Versions To view the files size al SH8SE NAIP bmp e Open windows explorer and browse to the correct file e Right click on the file name and select properties e Inthe middle of the_ window that appears the file size ai will be displayed Profile Layer Name Field Boundary Layer Benchmark Layer None Shapefiles None H Boundary shp Name Field GK Elevation Field MPVal RasterLayers Elevation Layer Image Layer Merged RTK Lidar SH8 NAIP Flow De Cancel Continue Type of file Opens with BMP File bmp Photos Change Location CAS DDrain Instructions 1 56 ME 1 638 438 bytes Size on disk 1 56 MB 1 642 496 bytes Shapefiles e Profile Layer Ditch lines that will generally be col lected in the field or drawn in ADMS off of survey data Name Field DBF column nam
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