With a swing boom sensor or manually defined angles, Leica Geosystems’ solution is flexible and easy-to-use. Operators can dig alongside obstacles with fewer restrictions and better visibility thanks to the new swing boom support of the 3D machine control solution for mini excavators.

Operators also have the flexibility to use the MC1’s portable control panel across multiple machines and benefit from the cloud-based collaboration platform Leica ConX, to share and report as-built documentation with office and field stakeholders.

Leveraging the Leica MC1 – a unified platform for software and hardware – means compact equipment benefits from flexible dataflows, easy-to-use interfaces and increased productivity so operators can focus on the job. Whenever applications require a consistent grade and sustained slope, 3D machine control solutions from Leica Geosystems excel on the job. As such, demand for technology enabled compact equipment is rapidly growing. For processing basic data nothing beats Carlson Survey and for more advanced adjustments we use Star*Net.(Heerbrugg, Switzerland, 22 June, 2021) Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, today announced to extend the Leica MC1 one-for-all software platform by offering its 3D machine control solution for compact excavators and backhoes with swing boom.Ĭontractors rely on efficient workflows for applications such as trenching for footings, grading ditches or digging out basements. Geomax's high end line of total stations are the same thing as the TS15 just a different color and significantly cheaper. I don't see much reason to spend the money on Leica gear or software. We used/tried to use Leica data collection and processing for a few years total but it was costing us way more hassle and money than it was worth.

Observations are often missing with only a coordinate value for the point left in the raw data. Captivate can export rw5 and fbk files but again it's buggy. We even went as far as selling our CS20's and getting Carlson Collectors. We tried to process jobs in that software for months before giving up and going back to Carlson. Constant crashes, problems with editing data, problems with processing data. We would call support and get answers like 'well that's weird' or 'it's not supposed to do that'.

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