Professional dimensional control software for land and dimensional control surveyors. From site surveys and engineering fabrication to as-built reporting and BIM model integration, with point cloud extraction coming soon, ORBIT brings the precision and rigour of a dedicated dimensional control system into Excel and AutoCAD, with flexible monthly or annual licensing and full multilingual support.
Processing and reporting time reduced
ORBIT brings complete dimensional control capability into the software your team already uses, right where the data lives.
The result: a complete dimensional control system, inside the software your team already knows.
Field reduction · coordinate fitting · fabrication · CAD
Reduce many GSI files at once, with built-in plane-fit reductions and an automatic prism-constant warning so a wrong constant never slips through.
A fully automated rise-and-fall reduced-level report, produced straight from the GSI file. No hand booking, no transcription.
Closed traverse reduction with the misclosure computed and distributed, delivering fully adjusted coordinates.
Resect between live sheets or control files in full 3D, 2D plus height, or 2D, to suit the control available.
A rigorous least-squares cluster adjustment, ideal for sets of angles that demand the highest accuracy. Select any number of CSV files, with no need to pre-mean the points, and ORBIT solves the network and validates it with a chi-square test. Included in the full package.
A complete set of rotation and translation tools, including three-point level and translate, to bring any dataset onto the project grid. A live plan preview shows every point's new position before you commit.
Automatic least-squares circle fitting with radial and plane offsets applied, returning centre, radius and form. Each point is colour-coded by its fit, so outliers are obvious at a glance, and the fitted diameter is verified against the design OD.
Least-squares reduction of angle sets, producing the standard listing report with a chi-square test and full error-ellipse reporting and plotting. Sets-of-angles jobs exported in LandXML load directly into ORBIT, ready to run as closed-loop surveys.
Comprehensive CSV import and export, so data moves seamlessly between ORBIT, the instrument and the rest of the project.
Report the deltas between any two points, including fall as a percentage, with extend and intersect functions. Set a target fall and ORBIT calculates the rotation required, plotting the points and their new positions live.
ORBIT fits each flange from its face and bolt points, reporting tilt across the raised face and bolt roll, with the pitch circle verified against the standard.
ORBIT builds the spool for you: every flange is inserted at its surveyed position, tilt and bolt roll, with the pipe run through its elbow intersections.
Fabrication-grade flange control, visualised and fully reported.
Select the nominal bore and ORBIT verifies it against the surveyed flange diameter, flagging any mismatch before it reaches the workshop.
Full radial and plane offsets are applied to the fitted face, so the flange position is reported exactly as it will be set.
ORBIT generates a visual of every fitted flange, presenting position, tilt and bolt roll at a glance rather than in a table alone.
ORBIT validates the survey data and identifies the type of flange surveyed.
ORBIT doesn't simply export points; it builds the drawing.
Points are exported to AutoCAD structured for drafting, not as a raw point cloud.
ORBIT inserts every flange at its surveyed position, tilt and bolt roll, correct first time.
ORBIT routes the pipe flange to flange through the calculated elbow intersections, producing the complete run.
Every reduction comes with the statistics to stand behind it.
Sets-of-angles reduction produces the industry-standard listing report your checker expects.
Every least-squares solution is validated with a chi-square test, so the fit is proven, not assumed.
Error-ellipse reporting and plotting make the precision of every point clear.
An incorrect prism constant is detected at reduction and flagged before it can bias the results.
The ORBIT toolset in a dockable AutoCAD palette, so survey data is processed directly in the drawing.
ORBIT runs as a dockable palette inside AutoCAD, alongside the model you are working on.
Process survey data directly in the drawing, with no need to pass files between Excel and AutoCAD.
Monthly or annual licences for ORBIT inside AutoCAD, ORBIT inside Excel or both, with discounts for multiple licences.
View pricingReduce GSI and CSV files from your station set-up, review the points in the grid, then export to CSV or draw them directly into the model.
Report distance, fall and grade between any two points, with extend and intersect. Set a target fall and ORBIT calculates the rotation required.
Powerful least-squares circle fitting in plan, elevation or 3D, against a pipe size or a fixed radius. Every point is colour-coded by its offset from the circle, cutting processing time from minutes to seconds.
ORBIT identifies the flange from its face and bolt points, then automatically inserts it into the model at its true tilt and bolt roll, with the bolt holes drilled into the modelled flange and full annotation applied.
Rotate the model quickly and accurately about X, Y and Z, between two points, level from three points or about a temporary Z axis. Select points directly from the model or from the list, preview the result, then recalculate every flange in a single click.
Combine multiple survey files in a single point cluster solution onto your control, validated with sigma0 and a chi-square test.
Watch the videoORBIT generates a fully dimensioned isometric of the surveyed spool automatically. Pipe lengths are dimensioned, flange tilt and bolt roll are annotated looking into each face, and every flange is listed with its specification and coordinates, ready to issue to the fabrication shop.
Turn a survey into a 3D model in moments. The pipe route function instantly routes pipe between flanges using components from the built-in model library, so the spool is modelled exactly as surveyed.
Extract pipework, flanges and key features directly from laser scan point clouds inside AutoCAD, then report the as-built condition with the same rigour and statistical checking as ORBIT's survey tools.
ORBIT: the complete survey reduction and fabrication control system, inside Excel and AutoCAD.
For licensing, licence passwords or general enquiries, email orbit.dc.surveysoftware@outlook.com
OrbitDC is a UK company with 30 years' experience in surveying and fabrication across the oil and gas, petrochemical and nuclear energy sectors. We also provide dimensional control services worldwide.
Comprehensive training is available on site or via Microsoft Teams, to suit your team.
ORBIT is survey software for dimensional control, pipe and spool surveys, engineering fabrication, oil and gas (UK North Sea, Norwegian sector, Gulf of Mexico), petrochemical and nuclear energy projects, with least-squares adjustment, sets of angles, GSI reduction, levelling, traverse, resection, circle fit, flange fit and AutoCAD export.