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Surface Edits and Mid-ordinate Distance
Surface Edits and Mid-ordinate Distance
7/12/2017
Shows how mid-ordinate distance affects how arcs are added to a surface definition
Civil 3D Surface Breakline Edits with Mid-ordinate distance explained
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Christopher Fugitt, Civil 3D Expert Elite and author of the Civil 3D Reminders blog fame, quickly explains and demos Civil 3D breakline edits.
From the Chris' YouTube Channel.
Here's the Civil 3D Reminders blog link
Create a Surface from GIS Data
Create a Surface from GIS Data
7/11/2017
You need a quick (and probably dirty) Civil 3D surface from an available GIS data source.
Create a Civil 3D Surface from external GIS Data
Jerry Bartels of Autodesk briefly demos the basics of the Civil 3D CreateSurfaceFromGISData command.
In case you miss it in the video the command is in Home Ribbon>>Create Ground Data panel>>Surfaces drop down>>Create a Surface from GIS Data
Jerry employs a file based data source (a SHP file) in this example.
From the Jerry's YouTube Channel.
and the Civil Imersion blog.
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Much public ERSI GIS data is typically published in Lat Long projections and will indeed require coordinate system assignment and the tranformation to the local state plane projection in your drawing. You are assigning the coordinate system to the source!
Pay careful attention where you store the Data Mapping file. Should it be in a project location?
If you have data access to an actual GIS database source and not just a simple SHP file structure
the login page of the wizard will make sense and perhaps present the most difficulty.
See the Civil 3D Help for the CreateSurfaceFromGISData command if you require access to an ESRI ArcSDE data source.
There are additional unmentioned install requirements.
Why Use AutoCAD Sheet Sets
Why Use AutoCAD Sheet Sets
7/5/2017
This post covers the reasons to employ Sheets, Sheet Sets, and the Sheet Set Manager in Phases of adoption or implementation.
The post is part of an on-going series by R.K. McSwain and Autodesk's Heidi Hewett.
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This post is by R.K. McSwain who writes the CAD Panacea blog.
From the offical AutoCAD Blog
You can download the free Mastering AutoCAD Sheets Set ebook