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Mark finished areas on the completion grid

On a LandXML excavation job the app can't tell from the bucket where you've finished, so you mark it: tap a grid cell to turn it green, tap again (or long-press) to clear it, Clear Marks to start over. Cells are 3–30 m, 11 m by default, locked when you apply the design.

  • DIG™ Kit
  • Ditch Assist Lite

In the app Excavation › Import Civil Design (LandXML) › map; Settings › IMPLEMENT › Excavator Grid Cell

A scraper's coverage paints itself wherever the blade goes. An excavator swings, lifts and dumps, so the app can't tell from movement where you've actually finished. On a LandXML job you mark it yourself: the design is covered by a grid of squares, and you tap a square green when that part is done.

The grid is on LandXML jobs only; trench and level-area jobs track progress on the profile chart instead.

Before you start

Time: a tap per square as you finish it.

Mark and unmark

Find your square

White squares cover the design. The one the machine is in has an amber outline, so you can see which square you're about to tap. The small label at the top right of the map reads Tap a grid cell to mark complete.

Completion grid over a pond design: white square outlines, the current square outlined amber around the position dot, chip Tap a grid cell to mark complete
  1. Your square. Amber outline around your dot.
  2. The label. Before you've marked anything.

Tap a square you've finished

When the bottom of a square is done and checked, tap the square. It fills green. It doesn't have to be the one you're in: mark ahead, behind or to the side.

The completion grid with the current square outlined amber; tap a square to mark it
  1. A square. Tap it to fill it green.

The label at the top right now counts the marked squares (7 cells complete), and a red-outlined Clear Marks button appears in the right-hand column:

Seven squares filled green on the grid, chip 7 cells complete, Clear Marks button in the right-hand column
  1. 7 cells complete. Squares marked so far.
  2. Clear Marks. Wipes every mark (asks first).

Tap a green square again to clear it. A long press always clears, if you're not sure what state a square is in (long-press).

To start over, tap Clear Marks

Clear Marks is in the right-hand column, under Reset. Tap it. A window asks Clear all marks?.

The dig screen with the red-outlined Clear Marks button in the right-hand column
  1. Clear Marks. Under Reset.

Tap Clear Marks in the window

Tap Clear Marks at the bottom right of the window to remove every mark; the design stays loaded. Cancel keeps your marks.

Clear all marks? This removes every completion-grid mark on the current design. The design itself stays loaded. Cancel and Clear Marks
  1. Clear Marks. Removes them all.
  2. Cancel. Keeps your marks.

To clear the design as well, use Reset (it clears the whole job from the screen; saved files stay).

Cell size

  • Each new LandXML job starts at the Excavator Grid Cell setting (in Settings, under IMPLEMENT): 3–30 m in 1 m steps, 11 m by default. It's in metres in every unit setting.
  • You can change it for one job with Completion grid cell size in the LandXML dialog, before you tap Apply.
  • Once applied, the size is locked into that job so your marks never shift. To use a different size, import the design again as a new job.
  • On very large designs (over about 8,000 cells) the app only draws your marked cells and the current cell, to keep the map quick.
Settings, IMPLEMENT: Swath Width 8 ft, Excavator Grid Cell — Default completion-grid cell size for new Excavator LandXML jobs, slider at 11 m
  1. Excavator Grid Cell. The starting size for new LandXML jobs.

Pick a size you can work square by square: about a bucket-swing across is a good start. Smaller squares mean more tapping but a closer record.

Saved with the job

Every mark is saved with the job (on Stop, when you leave the screen, and as you work). Open Excavation and tap Resume Job: it puts every green square back where it was, with the design. It asks Calibrate GPS? each time: calibrate on the control point again unless it's the same day and base setup.

If something goes wrong

  • No grid on the map: the grid is only on LandXML jobs, and the label at the top right hides when no design is loaded.
  • A tap marked the wrong square: tap it again, or long-press it.
  • Marks gone after reopening: open the job from Resume Job, not a fresh import (Save and resume jobs).
  • Grid or overlay not showing on a big job: overlay doesn't fill in.

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