Spectra Precision FAST Survey Reference Manual - Manual (Page 266)

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The storage of the slope stake points is an option turned on by clicking “Store Point to CRD File”. With this clicked off,
you can simply slope stake and avoid storing any points. The Description for the point will default to the station and
offset. Slope Staking will not respond to settings in Configure Reading for the Height/Description prompt screen. If
you are using a named “Slope Stake File” (set in File, Job Settings, Stake tab, Cutsheets option), you can still control
at the point of staking whether you choose to append data to the file by clicking on or off “Store Data to Report File”.
Note that there are two options for the slope stake report: Elevation and Offset. The standard option is the Elevation
method. This assumes you were able to survey the actual slope stake point with reasonable accuracy, and it reports the
actual stake to pivot point results. If you were staking a 2:1 cut slope, it reports your actual slope (as 1.997:1 in this
case), and you can choose to round the result and write "Cut 2:1, 9.25 V, 18.48 H" on the stake. But if at the catch point
there are boulders in the way, you can walk out and away from centerline in cut and in toward centerline in fill, and