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Introducing TBC v2024.10: efficiency and integration across diverse workflows

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Trimble® Business Center (TBC) v2024.10 is here, and packed with innovative features designed to streamline workflows, enhance data accuracy and boost productivity. From cadastral improvements to photogrammetry advancements, this update promises substantial enhancements across various domains.

New TBC Mining edition: Introducing new functionality for mining surveyors and contractors

TBC v2024.10 introduces the TBC mining subscription, offering new and specialized mining functionalities for above-ground and underground mining:

  • Automated breakline extraction: Extract breaklines for toes and crests from point cloud data automatically, speeding up as-built surface model creation and deliverable generation.

  • Conformance reports: Generate detailed slope conformance reports, documenting design versus as-built conditions for risk mitigation and slope stability analysis.

  • Run of mine analysis: Document volumetrics, tonnage, and more, providing comprehensive insights into mining operations, including stockpiles, design conformance and more.

Image: TBC Mining

This offering centralizes mine surveying data processing and deliverable creation in one software package that can be shared with stakeholders on the mine site. These features reduce the time and effort required to process mining data, enhancing operational efficiency.

Cadastral enhancements: simplifying survey workflows

TBC v2024.10 focuses significantly on improving cadastral workflows both in the field and office, enhancing the data sharing capabilities between data providers and data consumers.

 Key features include:

  • Simplified CAD workflows: Infinite Snap and TrimExtend tools allow for smoother interactions with CAD elements, reducing the need for direct clicks and accelerating data transformation and export processes

  • Enhanced GIS connections: Improved ESRI Service Portal connection offers a map-based preview and advanced alignment support, making it easier to select portals and manage feature services

  • Field-to-finish integration: Seamless integration between TBC and Trimble Access™ field software enhances drafting capabilities and ensures better field-to-finish results.

These enhancements make cadastral and survey CAD workflows more efficient, allowing surveyors to achieve higher accuracy and productivity.

Photogrammetry: start, stay and finish in TBC

The photogrammetry module has significant upgrades, ensuring that users can manage their entire workflow within TBC:

  • Expanded baseline processing: Support for a broader range of drones.

  • Ortho creation: New capabilities for creating orthos from facades and road orthomosaics streamline deliverable creation, including automatic crack detection for concrete roads.

  • Merge camera calibration: Mitigate interruptions in data collection with the ability to merge multiple flight sessions into one flight mission.

These improvements simplify photogrammetric workflows, from initial data capture to final deliverable production.

Advanced feature extraction: leveraging AI technology

Feature extraction in TBC v2024.10 continues to improve, with advanced AI capabilities for more comprehensive analysis capabilities:

  • Customizable CAD point feature extraction: Automatically classify and extract custom features such as signs, fire hydrants , and electric boxes  from custom point clouds regions. Enabling not just customization of classification models, but of feature extraction workflow.

  • Advances in pavement extraction and analysis: manual lane line digitizing is replaced  with fully automated extraction, utilizing imagery collected from all Trimble MX series mobile mapping systems. This 100% automated process does not require scan data and includes severity inspection to meet international standards, identifying hazardous areas. Using point cloud data It also performs road shoulder drop-off analysis and crack detection severity assessment. The results are exportable for surveyors and pavement contractors.

Image: Point Feature Extraction

AI not only improves user experience and performance, it enables more precise infrastructure asset management and feature extraction capabilities for time-constrained and safety challenged working environments.

Core TBC features: strengthening and enhancing the TBC foundation

TBC v2024.10 continues to build on its robust core features, ensuring seamless integration and future-proofing:

  • Increasing IFC Support: Enhanced CAD to IFC export capabilities and creating points from BIM objects.

  • Customized geodetic network improvements: Detailed reports help users understand and optimize network adjustments and ability to create custom network adjustment Variance Groups to help isolate areas of uncertainty like isolating different measurement qualities or help to accurately propagate error.

  • Connected workspace: Integration with cloud platforms like Trimble Connect ensures smooth data flow between office and field.

Image: IFC Export

Connected workflows: enhancing cloud-based integration

The latest update leverages cloud development to improve integration and data management in many areas:

  • Supporting the new Trimble Reality Capture Profile Service (TRCPS): Integration with the  TRCPS development environment enhances cloud processing capabilities for Reality Capture.

  • Field to office integration: Improved workflows for data optimization and project dataset management via Trimble Connected Workspace (TCW), ensures efficient data handling from field to office.

Mobile mapping: advanced support for modern systems

TBC v2024.10 introduces advanced support for mobile mapping systems:

  • Embedded LiDAR QC tools: based on Applanix PCDA™ technology, LiDAR QC tools are embedded in TBC 2024.10. enabling a powerful workflow to align scans effectively in complex scenarios.

  • Keeping up to date with the latest hardware: support for the Trimble MX60 and MX90 to ensure compatibility with the latest mobile mapping technologies.

These features provide enhanced capabilities for mobile mapping professionals, ensuring they have the tools needed for accurate and efficient data collection.

Construction workflows: supporting contractors

TBC v2024.10 offers several enhancements tailored to construction workflows, focusing on enabling on-machine and off-machine designs and field data management.

  • Quantity takeoff improvements: Enhanced workflows for corridor data preparation and quantity takeoff streamline construction project management.

These updates make it easier for contractors to manage and execute construction projects efficiently.

Image: Corridor Linework

Trimble geodetic library: modernization and support

The Trimble Geodetic Library (TGL) sees significant updates in TBC v2024.10:

  • Modernization: Support for .NET 8.0 MAUI and database updates ensure TGL remains current and reliable.

  • Coordinate system database updates: New systems and updates for various regions, including Japan, South America, and Europe, ensure accurate geospatial data management.

These updates enhance the reliability and accuracy of geospatial data, supporting a wide range of applications.

What's next?

Trimble Business Center v2024.10 brings a host of new features and improvements designed to streamline workflows, enhance data accuracy, and boost productivity for surveying and construction professionals. Whether you're working in cadastral surveying, photogrammetry, mining, or construction, TBC v2024.10 offers the tools and capabilities you need to succeed. Upgrade to TBC v2024.10 today and experience the future of geospatial data management..

Take advantage of these advances and upgrade to TBC version 2024.10 to unlock the true potential of your survey data. New to TBC? Take advantage of our trial program and experience the future of surveying with TBC.