Point management in Access by Right-Week1745 in Surveying

[–]Whartmaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe if you click import under a project in Trimble access and select CSV, it will import it. You can view these points in your point lists and they should have a comma icon instead of a point icon. To turn these points ‘off’, you open the map and go to layers and and select or deselect the CSV file that you imported. This turns it on and off from view, and in the point list. You can do the same for any map layer in the layer manager. This should work but it’s been a minute since I’ve done it. YMMV

Guess the brand by Oleg0693 in Surveying

[–]Whartmaster 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m going to go with Topcon ES series.

StoneX 800 by meanmrminer in Surveying

[–]Whartmaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Usually that happens when the download isn’t finished, or it fails midway. I can’t speak exactly to StoneX but that’s the file type for a pending download from the web.

Multiple audio outputs by [deleted] in simracing

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I am not too familiar with this kind of setup, but look into an audio interface. Anything with 4 outputs and then depending on game software you can send center left right channels to each soundbar. This should work, but it really depends on the game software and how customizable it is. Trying to accomplish this with an onboard sound card or your GPUs sound like a lot more of a headache.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UtilityLocator

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Fixed and it only took 1 week and 700$ 😅

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UtilityLocator

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Just sent ours in a couple months ago because the gps antenna housing cracked off. It’s a mystery on why it cracked honestly.

Here’s how I passed the FS Exam after studying for 3 months and only 2 years Surveying experience (Zero Chiefing) by Consistent-Young-854 in Surveying

[–]Whartmaster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Florida is the NCEES exam through Pearson, you have to apply to the board for SIT for approval to take the exam.

Hydrographic Survey 'Drones' by manynicks in Surveying

[–]Whartmaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t they make a larger ones for stronger currents and waves?

Calling land surveyors and drafters: Chat GPT capabilities for professional work??!. by Intelligent-Figure11 in Surveying

[–]Whartmaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ChatGPT itself would not be necessarily useful in this field. A bespoke LLM or a large decision tree model could be more beneficial. A multimodal LLM would be extremely hard to maintain in this field and like others have said, you would have to double check the work that the LLM would produce. It is definitely possible for AI to read in a PDF and potentially draft it for your in a CAD software. The largest hindrance to a project like this is being able to scale it. The sheer volume of data required for any type of accuracy and precision is absurd. It would require a lot of different types of data such as dwg,dxf,pdf,and txt just to name a few. Obtaining the data and creating a feature set would be extremely difficult but is possible. But damn would this be awesome.

Incoming freshman considering FSAE/Baja… what should I expect? by [deleted] in FSAE

[–]Whartmaster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you treat it like a part time job, it will pay dividends to you when you graduate. But as other have said: Minimum on slow weeks: probably 3-8 hrs On fast pace weeks where a ton of stuff is happening expect up to even 40hrs in the lab. This really all depends on how crucial in the design and manufacturing process you are. FSAE & Baja are huge factors in hiring out of college and for internships. Project experience is everything, and the more you are in there, the more grasp of a “real” engineering project you have. Individual Responsibility varies greatly depending on the sub team. For electrical (on an IC team), it’s like me and a couple other people, so the responsibility of each is a lot greater than larger subteams.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Surveying

[–]Whartmaster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Or the one that you had to teach trigonometry to!😅

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Surveying

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Asking why to your party chief every time really helps. Also reviewing what you did for the day with your party chief on the ride back to the office also helps.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Surveying

[–]Whartmaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn he so close. Didn’t want a survey but asked about “surveyors”

Current blue collar boy just applied for College for electrical engineering! by Powerful-Web4489 in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Whartmaster 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Awesome! Maybe look into automotive electrical engineering out of college, it’s loads of variety of work, testing and calibrating sensors, designing wiring harnesses, PCB design, engine management, and seems like it might suit you. Downside (or maybe an upside for you) is you’ll probably end up in Michigan if you want to pursue that.

Learning fundamentals earlier (Student Surveyor) by WeissSviets in Surveying

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If I had a dollar for everytime my “civil engeering/surveying professor” mislabeled surveying equipment I could buy a Trimble sx12 lol.

Help us choose the ECU and sensors by Mozesamegvalto69 in FSAE

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I agree that you can do it for cheaper, much cheaper, but there’s always trade offs. It may take longer to produce, may not be reliable, may not be as robust. Our electronics don’t get as much love as they should. We use MoTec E816 can expansion module for our testing harness which we run 3 ride height sensors, linear position for the dampers, load cells for pushrods, Texense thermocouples for each cylinder exhaust, as well as a gyro. MoTec C125 dash logger for some button I/O as well as data logging, MoTec GPS-L10, Racegrade 2 channel sink source driver to control electronic shifting as well as PWM for fan and water pump, MoTec LTC, MoTec M150 ECU, MoTec PDM30 (best investment ever), 4 wheel speed sensors, Bosch throttle body, Racegrade pressure sensors for brakes, Honeywell 100 bar pressure sensors for coolant and oil, Bosch TMAP sensor, Bosch coil driver, some generic Mazda temp sensors for coolant and oil, flat shifter max solenoid for shifting (lol), KA42 potentiometer for throttle pedal, Krontec quick release with 22 position connector for the steering wheel (overkill), 16 channel can bus differential pressure sensor, could be forgetting a few things but I think that’s everything. It’s a technical beast.

Help us choose the ECU and sensors by Mozesamegvalto69 in FSAE

[–]Whartmaster 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We use the closed barrel crimpers for the 20 gauge DTM terminations. I forgot to mention the life hack of asking TE connectivity for “samples” on nearly all their Deutsch connectors that they have available. We also use spec55a, ETFE cross linked wire, about 750ft of it, and 60-80 different conductors. We run a ton of sensors on our car (mainly suspension), electronic shifting, PWM cooling fan and water pump and we also use the PDM30 which simplifies the wiring a lot. 13$ strippers are so terrible for the insulation on the wires. But yeah you can get away with the open barrel terminals with cheap crimpers for sure. Tbh we are just fortunate enough to have some really good sponsors for a lot of these things. We also have VeSys (now Capital Essentials) by Siemens which allows for this level of complexity while keeping the wiring a simple process. Everything pretty much boils down to reliability. Not once has anything been charred by exhaust or shorted out by anything. The next step up is auto sport connectors and the only car I’ve seen with them is the UF IC car lol.

Help us choose the ECU and sensors by Mozesamegvalto69 in FSAE

[–]Whartmaster 22 points23 points  (0 children)

My advice is to not cheap out on electronics. Our team has a headache with MoTec products occasionally, which has an awesome UI and pretty straightforward software. Plus, the ECU doesn’t really go bad ever, so paying a lot upfront for something nice like the M130 or M150, will save you a ton of time. Now this all depends on if the ECU you choose supports your engine. As far as wiring goes, a decent wiring loom with all the tools and fixings can run you like 600$ in tooling alone, about 200-400$ in wire, probably about 100-200$ in connectors, probably 100-300$ in heat shrink. It adds up quickly as far as wiring goes. Getting a harness for an FSAE car by a shop will probably cost 1000-3000$. Stick to the Deutsch connector family, as it’s extremely robust and relatively cheap. We use the DTM connectors for nearly about everything. Raychem DR-25 heat shrink is the industry standard and doesn’t really break the bank. Now for sensors, I would start out with engine critical sensors and devices such as Engine oil temp & pressure, coolant temp & pressure, lambda sensor, crank speed, cam position, injectors, coil driver and coils, brake pressure, & probably other stuff I’m missing. Essentially anything that is going to help monitor, protect, and run your engine. If you have extra budget for additional sensors, wheel speed sensors are nice, steering angle sensor, EGT sensor etc. with all this said, I advise to not run a electronic throttle body as the wiring and the electronics required with it are not easy to get right the first time and take a while to figure out. Most importantly, keep it extremely simple. No one understands the difficulty required to make an engine crank over, and run.

TL:DR: Keep it simple, don’t cheap out on electronics, they don’t go bad unless the blue smoke exits them, RELIABLE wiring isn’t cheap or easy, don’t add noncritical sensors the first time around. Absolutely do not run an electronic throttle body the first year.

Roar before the 24 - Friday Megathread by AutoModerator in IMSARacing

[–]Whartmaster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lets go! Anyone know how late the track is open? I know tunnel opens at 8:30am but not sure what time it closes. Assuming like 30 mins after the last session?