Strings

Select the File | Export | Strings function to export string data to one of several third-party formats.

Input File

Select a (DATA, SURVEY, STRING) file type and then enter (or double-click to select) the name of the file containing the data to be exported. If required, define a filter to selectively control which records will be included in the export process.

Easting/Northing/Z fields

Double-click to select the fields that contains the coordinates of the data to be exported.

Join field

In forms that require polylines as an input, the values in this field define whether the data points in the input file should be joined by a line. If successive records have the same value in this field, a line will join the points. If two-factor topology is required, the values in a String field may also be used to segment the lines.

String field

In most forms, the String field is an optional generic attribute used to store a secondary input such as a code. Traditionally, this field has also been used with the Join field to define whether data points should be joined by a line, or strung, hence the name.

Output

File

Enter (double-click or click the ellipsis button to select) the name of the output file. The following output formats are supported:

Format	Ext.	Description
SURPAC	.str	A comma-delimited string file.
SURPACE BINARY	.str	A binary string file.
OMF	.omf	An Open Mining Format project file (binary).

Forms

Click the Forms button to select and open a saved form set, or if a form set has been loaded, save the current form set

Run

Finally, click the Run button to begin the export process.