# To stake out a station on a string

To customize the stations available for stakeout, tap next to the Station field to view the Select station screen. See Stations available for stakeout.

1. Tap the station on the string in the map, or in the stakeout form:

   1. Select Station on string in the Stake field.

   2. Tap next to the String field to select the string from the list. The strings in the list are determined by the templates assigned at your current position relative to the road.

   3. Tap next to the Station field and select the station.

   If the road does not include a string at the offset you want to stake out, you can enter a nominal offset value in the Offset field and then select the station.

2. If required, add the following features:
   - To stake points offset from the road, leaving the roadway clear for construction, define a construction offset.
   - To confirm the construction of the road surface, define a cross slope.
   - To stake points on surfaces other than the finished road surface, define a subgrade.
3. Tap Start.

4. Use the plan or cross section view to navigate to the point. See Stakeout navigation.

   If you are staking to a catch point with construction offsets, navigate to the catch point and then tap Apply to add the construction offsets. You are prompted to apply the offsets from your current position. If you are not on the catch position, select No, navigate to the catch position and then tap Apply again. To store the catch position and the construction offset, see RXL, LandXML, & 12da road construction offsets.

5. If required, you can add or edit a side slope.
6. To stake the hinge position for a cut slope when measuring relative to a side slope, tap and hold in the plan or cross section view and select Stake cut slope hinge. This option is useful when the side slope includes a cut ditch.
7. To edit the elevation, press the Space key or tap and enter the new elevation value. To restore the original elevation after editing, press the Space key or tap and then tap and select Reload original elevation.

8. When the point is within tolerance, tap Measure to measure the point.

   When using a Trimble SX12 scanning total station in TRK mode with the laser pointer enabled, the Stakeout screen shows the Mark point softkey instead of the Measure softkey. Tap Mark point to put the instrument into STD mode. The laser pointer stops flashing and moves to position itself at the EDM location. When you tap Accept to store the point, the instrument automatically returns to TRK mode and the laser pointer resumes flashing. To remeasure and update the stakeout deltas, tap Measure after you tap Mark point and before you tap Accept. For more information, see EDM settings.

9. Tap Store.

   The software returns to the navigation screen.

   You can then:

   - Continue measuring points along the road. To select the previous station, tap the Sta‑ softkey. To select the next station, tap the Sta+ softkey.

     Alternatively, tap next to the Station field to open the Select station screen and then from the Auto increment field select Sta- or Sta+ to automate the selection of the previous or next station.

   - Tap Esc to exit this stakeout method.
   - Change stakeout methods. To stake:
     - To the road, double-tap an empty part of the map.
     - To a string, tap the string in the map.
     - A Station on a string, tap the station on a string in the map.