Spectra Precision FAST Survey Reference Manual - Manual (Page 257)

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One advantage of the design files method is that since each template point has an “ID”, the slope stake report
will include information to locate all ID’d template points from the slope stake back in to the centerline. In
this way, the entire road can be built from the information marked on the slope stake, which is placed outside
the construction area at a user-specified (eg. 5’) offset to the actual catch point.
A report might appear as follows:
HDIST VDIST SLOPE
OFFSET to CATCH 5.02 -0.17 CUT 3.4%, 29.5:1
CATCH to PIVOT 32.20 16.10 FILL 50.0%, 2.0:1
PIVOT to SHLDR 14.00 33 FILL 16.7%, 6.0:1
SHLDR to EOP 12.00 0.48 FILL 4.0%, 25:1
EOP to CL 12.00 0.24 FILL 2.0%, 50:1
Within the program itself, the report might appear as shown here:
Progressive or Total: The above report is sometimes referred to as a “progressive” report, since it lists the
incremental information from each break point to the next, going in toward the centerline. In some areas, the
stake is referred to as a “story stake” or “progressive story stake”, because it tells the whole story of the
gradework. The program is able to identify the names of the break points (eg. “SHLDR” and “EOP”) because
the templates used by the program must have pre-defined IDs for all break points. Specifically with
office-defined templates where cut conditions can have downslopes for ditches followed by upslopes, the
program will auto-detect whether to pivot into fill or to create a cut condition, and pivot from the ditch line.
You can also click the "Total" option and get offset distances to all break points as totals measured from the
offset stake. In either case, the report is issued only if you stake the offset point to the catch.