Training

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KeyTERRA-FIRMA training courses are held at Systems House or on customer site.

Facilities at Systems House include the main training room and a smaller seminar room used for courses with up to 3 delegates. Each attendee has use of an AutoCAD PC with KTF installed. Courses start at 9.15 and end around 4.45 with half an hour for a healthy buffet lunch.

Courses held at user offices include the supply of one laptop PC.

Because KeyTERRA-FIRMA software is easy to learn and use the investment in training is very modest and assuming that the user knows AutoCAD well a 1 or 2 day course is all that is required. ZVI is a specialist area and we run a half day course using clients project data following the initial day that includes the introduction and principles of ground modelling.

Courses are designed for each user organisation – the contents of a typical training plan looks like this:

Introduction to KeyTERRA-FIRMA Ltd.

KeyTERRA-FIRMA software - what is it ?
Course objectives

Installation

KeyTERRA-FIRMA shortcuts
Set up – working / project, system and support directories
Backing up the support directory
The template drawing
KeyTERRA-FIRMA modules
The menu structure, help system and manual
Drawing organisation (including block and 2D / 3D polylines)

Data input

Digitising routines
Working with “third party” drawings
Converting 2D survey data into 3D
Input from feature coded co-ordinate file

Sections

Section creation from drawing entities
Section drawing
Section presentation options (user defined section types)

Ground Modelling

Concepts
Model Creation
Drawing entities that the model is created from
Considerations for working with large data sets
Active and passive triangles
Outputs from the model
Contour drawing
Contour elevation annotation
3D Grids (surfaces)
Interpolated Level routines
Water related applications
Long & Cross Sections from Ground Model
Working with sections
Drape command
Z value analysis and introduction to colour mapping
Slope analysis

Design

Horizontal Alignments
Schedules
Vertical Alignments
The Master String concept
3D Road Design as applied to new roads
3D Road Design tools as applied to widening, junctions and roundabouts etc.
Car park/Sports pitch design sequence
Volume calculations
The difference model and presentation of cut and fill results

Annotation and Enhancement commands

Q and A