Automet® FAB - Site Survey

Site (In-Situ) Pipe Spool Survey

Capturing as-built spool geometry, instrument moves, and field control points in automet® FAB.

← Main Page  ·  ← Data Capture

Overview

A site survey determines the precise spatial geometry and specification of an installed pipe spool, existing tie-in connections, and adjacent structural clearance points.

Instrument Relocation and Control Points

When surveying complex or extended pipework, multiple instrument setups may be required.

• Automated setup registration: Control points allow the total station to be relocated around the work area while automatically registering each setup into a single, unified survey dataset.
• Real-time validation: The **move function** verifies whether relative setup positions are valid and mathematically consistent in real time as you capture observations.
• Quality assurance: Alignment accuracy between instrument setups is calculated and documented within the generated quality assurance (QA) report.

Real-time instrument setup registration using control points

Video Tutorial

🎬

Video tutorial: Demonstrates the general site survey capture process, using preliminary designs and multiple instrument setups to capture tie-in flanges and supports: (1:11 mins)

▶ Watch video

Related Topics

• Survey stage in-situ
• Site (in-situ) flange survey
• Open tie-in survey