Civil 3D experts and consultants produce a wide range of survey specific video content. This pages features videos about survey tasks in Civil 3D.
These may range from the very basic to advanced topics. Get your Survey Db running even if you only do design.
Please visit included links to the original postings. Those may contain details not included here for the sake of brevity.
4/17/2018
Autodesk's Jerry Bartels explains how to employ Regions in ReCap Pro to manage Point Cloud edits.
From the Jerry's YouTube Channel.
and the Civil Immersion blog.
The separation and management of the data in all civil software is a mission critical skill. 'nuff said.
5/5/2018
Autodesk's Alan Gilbert explains how to import local fixed point file data and manually rectify COGO points to previously imported Known Control points in a Survey Db.
Videos from Alan's YouTube Channel.
and the Civil Immersion blog.
Alan demos a classic Civil 3D COGO input method to import, correct, and build a Survey Db from fixed point data that is not all adjusted to the coordinate system grid.
See Alan's earlier video RW5 Import and Traverse Adjustments about the mechanics of RW5 import issues and adjustments.
See Alan's previous video Import Local Survey Data with Known Control Points that is mentioned.
4/20/2018
Alan Gilbert from Autodesk discusses a technique to import a local survey data file into a Survey Db that will auto-rectify to previously imported Known Control points.
Videos from Alan's YouTube Channel.
and the Civil Immersion blog.
Alan points out a classic Civil 3D wizard issue in this video. We tend assume a wizard is doing what we expect instead of what it actually does.
See Alan's previous video RW5 Import and Traverse Adjustments that is mentioned.
See Alan's follow up video Import Fixed Point Data and Correct to Known Control.