Survex 1.4.14 Manual

This is the manual for Survex - a Free and Open-Source Software package for cave surveyors.

• Copyright © 1998-2024 Olly Betts

• Copyright © 2001 Mark Shinwell

• Copyright © 2020 Wookey

• Copyright © 2020,2022 Eric C. Landgraf

• Introduction
  • About Survex
  • About this Manual
    • Terminology
• Getting Started
  • Obtaining Survex
  • Installing Survex
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Other versions of UNIX
    • Microsoft Windows
  • Configuration
    • Selecting Your Preferred Language
  • Using Survex
• Survex Programs
  • Standard Options
  • Short and Long Options
  • Filenames on the Command Line
  • Command Reference
    • aven
    • cavern
    • diffpos
    • dump3d
    • extend
    • sorterr
    • survexport
• Survex data files
  • Readings
  • Survey Station Names
    • Anonymous Stations
  • Numeric fields
  • Accuracy
  • Cavern Commands
    • ALIAS
    • BEGIN
    • CARTESIAN
    • CALIBRATE
    • CASE
    • COPYRIGHT
    • CS
    • DATA
    • DATE
    • DECLINATION
    • DEFAULT
    • END
    • ENTRANCE
    • EQUATE
    • EXPORT
    • FIX
    • FLAGS
    • INCLUDE
    • INFER
    • INSTRUMENT
    • PREFIX
    • REF
    • REQUIRE
    • SD
    • SET
    • SOLVE
    • TEAM
    • TITLE
    • TRUNCATE
    • UNITS
• .svx Cookbook
  • Join surveys together
  • Surface survey data
  • Reading order
  • Plumbs
  • Legs across static water
  • Specify a BCRA grade
  • Override accuracy for a leg
  • Repeated Readings
  • Radiolocation Data
  • Diving Data
  • Theodolite data
  • Change special characters
• General: How do I?
  • Create a new survey
  • Organise my surveys
    • Fixed Points (Control Points)
    • More than one survey per trip
  • Add surface topography
  • Overlay a grid
  • Import data from other programs
  • See errors and warnings that have gone off the screen
  • Create an Extended Elevation
• Larry Fish’s Compass
  • Compass .MAK support
  • Compass .DAT support
  • Compass .CLP support
  • Compass .PLF/.PLT support
    • Reading Compass .PLF/.PLT
    • Exporting Compass .PLT
• David McKenzie’s Walls
• Bob Thrun’s CMAP
• Mailing List
• Future Developments