Siteworks can take points in the following ways
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Control Points - these are a P,N,E,Z,D .csv file in the Site folder for the project - there are Office Control Points (ones created and sent to the controller by TBC) and Field Control Points (ones entered into the controller or measured by the controller)
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Stakeout Points - these are a P,N,E,Z,D CSV file but are stored in a Design Folder (along with Surfaces (TTM), Roads (PRO/VCL) and Linework (DXF) - you can also key in Stakeout Points in the controller
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When you create a Design, if you want the points transferred through a DXF you cannot use the Field Data Export function as it doesn’t do the necessary change to the Points to make them Point Blocks. Use the DXF Export function from the Export Command and select the setting to Export points as Point Blocks- this then passes the Name and Code of the point with the Point location so that Siteworks can correlate the Design and As Staked point locations together. Simple CAD points do not transfer with Point Name and Code so Siteworks cannot correlate the Design and As Staked Points together. This way when TBC reads the As Staked Points it can associate them with the Design Points that are already in the Project. I am not sure why the Field Data Export doesn’t convert Points to Point Blocks automatically.
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You can also use the Export command and write a VCL file that contains the Design Linework, Design Surfaces and Point Data for Stakeout and that works well for the point data. You cannot export a VCL using the Field Data workflows unless you are using Works Manager functions to get the data to the field.
When you run the Field Data functions in TBC - when you create a Jobsite you can select the Control Points and export the Office Control Points file, when you create a Design you can select to send Stakeout Points and that generates the CSV file, or when you select you Map Linework, don’t use the TBC Linework exporter - use the standard DXF export and place the DXF in the Design Folder and select the Export Points as Point Block function as you export the file.
The layer on which the points are on in TBC should have zero influence on how the data collector uses the data points.
Video shows you how