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Quantm System vs Desktop comparison

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Feature	Desktop	Desktop Premium	Service

Length options

10x10km
20x20km

1500x
1500km

Manual entry of alignments or import from CAD
Automatic generation of horizontal geometry to design standard
Automatic generation of vertical geometry
Automatic placement of structures (bridges, culverts, retaining walls, tunnels)
Editing of alignments with real time updates of cost impacts

User supplied data

DTM
Geology layers
GIS data including existing roads, railways, towns, and streams
Structure types and unit costs
Social and environmental constraints (import from GIS or define manually)
Engineering design standards
Imagery

Project Outputs

Images with alignment alternatives for public review
Balanced earthwork quantities with costs by material
Costed alignments in LandXML, .dxf, and .PRO files ready for detailed design

Types of Optimization

Vertical
Horizontal
Unseeded - free to roam corridor search
Quickseed - from a manually created alignment
Total refinements - refinement of an existing alignment
Re-alignments

General Features & Benefits

Full alternatives explored and summarized for community input
Optimize road alignments
Optimize railway alignments
Local processing on user PC			with license of Desktop Premium
Processing using Trimble's data processing centers