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title: "Virtual Surveyor"
slug: "cyclone-3dr-virtualsurveyorc"
updated: 2026-09-07T11:51:31Z
published: 2026-09-07T11:51:31Z
canonical: "rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/cyclone-3dr-virtualsurveyorc"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Virtual Surveyor

![CmdVirtualSurveyor.svg](https://cdn.document360.io/820e11db-8ed5-45ae-ac86-f6b77dcb2aa7/Images/Documentation/CmdVirtualSurveyor.svg)

This command helps to create points or polylines with feature codes and consequently to create survey maps.

> [!TIP]
> ### Requirements
> 
> No selection is required to launch the command.
> 
> Select an existing **Virtual Surveyor** folder and launch the command to edit it or click the corresponding Play button in the treeview.

1. Make sure the suitable feature codes have been defined thanks to the **Settings** button (refer to [Virtual Surveyor (Settings)](/v1/docs/cyclone-3dr-virtualsurveyorsettingsc)).
2. Optionally, **Filter layers** which will not be used. The corresponding feature codes will not be proposed and the corresponding created objects will be hidden. When clicking on a checkbox, use **CTRL** to check only the selected layers.
3. Either create points or polylines thanks to the **Geometry Type** button.
  1. Define the **Next feature code** associated to the next clicked point. Available feature codes are defined by the chosen **Geometry Type** and the checked options in **Filter layers**.
  2. Click points through the scene (refer to [Define Point](/v1/docs/cyclone-3dr-enteringpointprocedure)).
4. Optionally, edit the created objects either from the **Objects** list or the scene. You can:
  1. Modify the code (the associated color and layer depend on the feature code and its defined setting).
  2. Edit the vertices positions.
  3. Copy/paste the selected object.
  4. Zoom on the selected object.
  5. Remove the selected object or vertex.
5. Display or not the feature code in the scene using the **Show text** check box.
6. Optionally, define the **Texts height** and **Export** the results to txt/csv (points only) or to dxf (points + polylines) or **Send To** the result to another application (refer to [Send To](/v1/docs/cyclone-3dr-sendto)). If a UCS is activated, you can choose to export data in this UCS or in WCS.

> [!WARNING]
> ### Notes
> 
> 1. It is highly recommended to handle the command results from its interface. Some issues may happen by removing data from the treeview.
> 2. All objects are identified by a number corresponding to the order of their creation.
> 3. Objects with non-existent feature code due to settings modification, will be removed when validating the command.

> [!TIP]
> ### Practice
> 
> See the [Exercise: Create an as built map of an electric network extension](/v1/docs/cyclone-3dr-excreateaasbuiltmapofanelectricnetworketension) in the beginner's guide section.