The file types exported has grown over the years and our approach to export is inconsistent and probably not quite right as it is. Many of the exports are done through Save As and it isn't really appropriate. My proposal is this. Remove the following from the Save As dialog and move them to a File-Export submenu. Also remove Export CAD from the File menu and add it to the Export submenu.

File - Export

• AGTEK Mobile *.adf
• AGTEK Data transfer *.agt
• AGTEK COGO *.cgo
• AGTEK RDS *.rds
• AGTEK ROG *.rog
• AGTEK RCS *.rcs
• AutoCad Transfer *.dxf
• AutoCad Drawing *.dwg
• Comma Separated Values *.csv
• LandXML *.xml
• Leica Icon *.dxf
• Lidar/Drone data *.las *.xyz
• KMZ *.kmz (from Planview)
• Revit XYZ *.csv
• Topcon TN3 *.tn3
• Topcon LN3 *.ln3
• Trimble TTM *.ttm
• VRML *.vrml (from Planview)

I've slightly modified the descriptions, placed them in Alpha order (description) and removed the word “Export” from descriptions since it's redundant.

KMZ outputs have expanded and become more important since first implemented. This window was derived off the existing KMZ exporter with two primary changes. The surfaces/layers now have an option to set the visibility of the outputs and the options for exporting images have more control along with visibility controls.

My inclination is to duplicate what we do now for defaults. What's visible on screen are the settings when the window is opened. With images, the current image is selected but not set to visible.

Please ignore the the group boxes not extending out, etc. in the drawing. I'm looking for functionality here rather than exactly copying the interface shown here.

The ADF export may pre-date the current KMZ window and needs to be updated to reflect the additional surfaces and layer types that have been added. Ideally much of the window would be shared with or derived from the revamped KMZ window since much of it is identical. The chief differences are in the center in choosing surface comparison options.

This also changes the data flow of choosing to calculate the IsoPach from the Save dialog to the export selection screen as well as moving the Access saving to after the selection to match what we do with KMZ.

Ground control points are used by photogrammetry software in the process of developing surfaces. AGTEK Benchmarks are a natural way to capture GCPs and the export would simply take all Benchmarks and write them out in the appropriate format for the software. The current known types are:

• Drone Deploy (csv)
• Pix 4D (txt or csv)
• 3D Robotics (txt or csv)
• PhotoModeler (LLA txt)

I'm purposely leaving off Identified and Kespry because their data flows don't use GCPs normally.