MBS RXS Tools

MBS RXS Tools

3D River Cross-Section Data Processing Suite Within AutoCAD

RXS Tools

RXS Tools, Hydrographic Software is a complete River Cross-Section program for Land & Hydrographic Surveyors. It is used as a tool for the production of data for flood defence management and channel maintenance in the form of reports and plotted CAD data.

The software runs within the AutoCAD environment and allows complete processing of field data into finished cross-section and long-section CAD drawing files. Raw field data can be downloaded and imported from total station and GPS instrumentation directly into the AutoCAD environment, and is modelled in true 3D along a pre-defined river centreline. All the standard AutoCAD tools are available for drawing, editing and manipulating lines, polylines, circles, text etc, ensuring short learning curves and immediate productivity. Editing of individual sections, layering, text and UCS manipulation is managed by the software, ensuring that consistency throughout the data is achieved at all stages of the process.

There is support for “linking” photographs into the model in their true locations, which can then be output into documents which meet the Environment Agency’s specification. The model can be interrogated by "Non-Users" of the software with a free Photo Viewer (AutoCAD is still required).

The software ensures that one single “Sectional Model” is used throughout, allowing exports in various formats for use by the Environment Agency and Hydrographic Modellers.

Benefits:

  • Graphical output: Outputs to EACSDF and all major hydraulic modelling software packages – ISIS, HECRAS, MIKE11, TUFLOW
  • High productivity: Automatic generation of sections to sheet layouts.
  • High accuracy: Automatic update of Long-section from Cross-section data.
  • High flexibility: Input data from multiple sources – GPS, Total Stations, Staff or Tape.

Minimum System Requirements:

  • Microsoft® Windows® 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium (compare Windows 7 versions); Microsoft® Windows Vista® Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium (SP1 or later) (compare Windows Vista versions); or Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Home edition (SP2 or later)
  • Windows Vista or Windows 7: Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® dual-core processor, 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
  • Windows XP: Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core processor, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 1.8 GB free disk space for installation
  • 1,280 x 1,024 true color video display adapter 128 MB or greater, Microsoft® Direct3D®-capable workstation-class graphics card
  • 1,024 x 768 display resolution with true color
  • Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later
  • 32-Bit AutoCAD 2007 or newer
  • Install from download or DVD

Please contact David, Charlie or our Office directly for further details and prices...

Our River Cross-Sections package is used mainly by Geomatics Practices and Specialist Hydrographic Surveying Practices.

The ability of our software to output in a format that is compatible with the Hydraulic industry standard modelling packages often means our software is a specification must.

Who uses our MBS RXS Tools package?

  • Geomatics & Hydrographic Practices  Click to open Geomatics & Hydrographic Practices

    Geomatics Practices are often approached by a wide range of clients with the common request to produce a ‘River Cross-Section’.

    However the exact requirement of a ‘River Cross-Section’ can range from a section showing the ‘lay of the land’ to one showing the major structural elements which restrict the flow of water.

    Using the MBS RXS Tools software the Land Surveyor has the ability to liaise effectively with the client from the initial specification and location of sections through to the production of section data, thus ensuring that the specification and requirements of the project are always met.

    Benefits:

    • Using the Key Plan Generator, section locations can be defined and agreed pre-survey between client and surveyor.
    • Sectional data collected is coded in a specific way on site enabling the sections to be automatically drawn within the AutoCAD environment.
    • Editing cross-sections automatically updates the long-section.
    • Automatic generation of sections to sheets eliminates a previously manual task.

Who uses the output data from MBS RXS Tools?

  • The Environment Agency  Click to open The Environment Agency

    The Environment Agency currently specifies the largest number of channel surveys in the UK. Their document outlining the standard specification for channel surveys is used to define the majority of all channel surveys in the UK. Not only does The Environment Agency use our software format as a specification tool, but new code now allows them to quality check all data provided to them by their survey sub-contractors.

    Our ‘Key-plan’ generator tool, ability to link with photography, GIS packages and a direct output to the Environment Agency Channel Survey Data Format, have all been driven by our users needs to meet this specification.

  • Hydraulic Modellers  Click to open Hydraulic Modellers

    Along with the Environment Agency EACSDF data output our MBS RXS Tools package exports to ISIS, TUFLOW, MIKE11 and HECRAS compatible data formats. Therefore Hydraulic Modellers using any of the industry standard packages can utilise data exported from our RXS Tools software package.

    MBS RXS tools enables Hydraulic modellers to interrogate survey data (including photos) in a 3D geospatial environment as well as export the data to their chosen modelling package.

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