How to Set Out Features Using a Total Station | AutoCAD to Field (Step-by-Step)
Learn how to set out (stake out) features using a Total Station from start to finish.
In this practical surveying tutorial, I demonstrate the complete workflow for setting out a fountain—from preparing an AutoCAD drawing and extracting coordinates to orienting the Total Station, verifying control points, importing coordinates, and accurately staking out every point on site.
This tutorial is suitable for surveying students, land surveyors, geomatics professionals, civil engineering students, and anyone learning construction setting out.
📌 In this tutorial you will learn:
✔ Preparing an AutoCAD drawing for setting out
✔ Exporting coordinates from AutoCAD
✔ Creating a new job in a Total Station
✔ Entering known coordinates
✔ Orienting the Total Station
✔ Checking orientation using a third control point
✔ Importing coordinates into the Total Station
✔ Setting out points accurately
✔ Directing the chainman during stake out
✔ Marking points on the ground
✔ Best practices for accurate construction setting out
Equipment used:
• South N6 Plus Total Station
Whether you are working on buildings, roads, pipelines, foundations or landscaping projects, this workflow will help you understand professional construction setting out.
Subscribe for practical tutorials on:
• Total Stations
• GNSS
• AutoCAD Civil 3D
• QGIS
• GIS
• Survey Computations
• Survey Office Automation
#Surveying #TotalStation #SettingOut