# To stake out positions relative to a string

1. Tap the string in the map, or select To the string in the Stake field, and then tap to select the string from the list.

   To stake out your position relative to the nearest string, select To the nearest string from the Stake field. Using this method means you don't have to select a string. Instead the software will navigate you to the string nearest to your current position, meaning that as you move across the road the string you are staking relative to will automatically change to reflect your new position.

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.
3. Tap Start.

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

   - If required, you can add or edit a side slope.
   - 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.

   - 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.

   If your current position is within 5 m of the selected string, the plan view shows a dashed green line drawn at a right angle from your current position to the string. When staking with a calculated construction offset, the vertical and perpendicular cut/fill delta is reported.

5. 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.

6. Tap Store.

   The software returns to the navigation screen.

   You can then:

   - Continue measuring points along the road.
   - 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.