This is the fourth post in a series about Point Display Strategies and Tactics in AutoCAD Civil 3D.
Point Display Strategies - Part 1
Two Paths Out of the Woods - Part 2
The Point Director Method - Part 3
Point to My Match in Civil 3D - Part 4A Host of Matchmakers at Work
Civil…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Dec 20, 2012
Tags Description Key Set, Description Key, figure prefix db, figure, survey db, point, not keys, Point Style, Point Label Style, point display
I chatted about the Survey Figure Editor in a few posts earlier last month. It’s probably time to talk about its kissin’ cousin – the COGO Editor. How are these tools related? Let’s see.
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Dec 05, 2012
Tags COGO Editor, COGO, Survey Figure Editor, alignment, parcel, figure, figure edit
Seems to me there’s always one more important thing you forget to mention whenever you talk about anything in AutoCivil 3D. Survey Figure generation is no exception. In my last post I brought up the ongoing big ones that seem to puzzle and perplex many surveyed users.…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Nov 15, 2012
Tags survey, survey db, survey figure, survey point, 2012, 2013, COGO, COGO points, point, point display, point group
In a post last week I tossed out a basic primer on AutoCAD Civil 3D Figure editing. By the way,
“Thanks for the encouraging emails and comments I’ve received. I’m glad the post helped some folks out.”
Here’s a few other Figure Feature related “issues” that…
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An InstantOn Basic customer asked me to clarify and summarize the basics of Figure editing in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 and 2013. Makes sense to me.
Where the Heck is the Figure?
The first user head space issue to resolve is,
“Where are the real figures?
Are they in my drawing?
Or are they in the current Survey Db?”I think…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Oct 30, 2012
Tags Survey Figure Editor, figure edit, figures, 2012, 2013, 2011, survey db, survey