There’s always just “one more thing” about Figure generation and the Survey Process Linework command to mention. These hidden details that are buried away in the AutoCAD Civil 3D help file are worth studying about and working through into our daily practice.
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They enhance our AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey workflows.
Hopefully, you didn’t miss the last post…
Let’s face it - Surfaces play a huge role in civil engineering and survey work. When I train people in AutoCAD Civil 3D surfaces I almost always get a question that runs something like this,
Is there any way for us to see what changes we’ve made to a Civil 3D Surface?
Quality control is everyone’s problem. Both Survey and Design folks ask this. Whatever you gather in the…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jun 26, 2013
Tags surface, Style, TIN, survey db, InstantOn Survey, qa, qc
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
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
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