# To stake out to the design elevation

To measure your position relative to an elevation in an RTK or conventional survey:

1. Tap and select Stakeout / Elevation.
2. Enter the Design elevation.
3. Enter the As-staked name and Code.
4. Enter a value in the Antenna height or Target height field and make sure that the Measured to field is set correctly.

5. Tap Start.

   The coordinates of the current position and the distance above (cut) or below (fill) the design elevation are shown.

   Unless you are using a conventional instrument that supports tracking, the values appear only after you have taken a distance measurement.

6. 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.

7. Tap Accept to store the point.
8. If you selected the View before storage option, the staked deltas you selected in the Stakeout options screen are shown. Tap Store.