Not so long ago I did a post and video called Civil 3D Survey Got Better. That included a brief section that employed the concept and use of a standard Survey Queries to optimize survey production tasks in Civil 3D. The goal there was to construct a quick and dynamic surface from nascent and unedited figures.
I…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Dec 13, 2016
Tags survey db, figure, survey point, video, query
Editable Digital Deliverable production for other CAD apps from AutoCAD Civil 3D is less of a pain today than in the past. However, it’s sad to say that all is not as it should be in Civil 3D Land. I suppose whether you believe the current behavior of the menu pick Export command (EXPORTC3DDRAWING) is buggy or a benefit depends on how you do things and what you are dealing with.…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jul 19, 2016
Tags export, COGO points, Point Style, survey point, DGN, surface
I’m an avid proponent of the use of AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Dbs. If I need to track and annotate location in its many forms, I use them. We have multiple in-depth video series our Members can watch and learn about how to do that in your own projects. Productive stuff like how to get Survey data related to Alignments.
I’ve said before our old…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jan 07, 2016
Tags survey db, COGO points, survey point, figure, video
Autodesk first introduced Survey Queries in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013. They improved them some in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2014 by adding export and import functionality. These days you can employ standardized Survey Queries shared among multiple Survey Dbs.
Me, I’m admittedly a long-time Data Geek. Because I am that I’ve become a CAD, BIM, and…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Mar 24, 2014
Tags query, survey, survey figure, survey point, video
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