AutoCAD Civil 3D Setup and Details for Survey
An overview of all the Setup Details for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 - 2013.
This is the AutoCAD Civil 3D cadpilot's cockpit checklist
Reviews Framework Product typical Setup method and practice details and the essential Setup workflow.
Topics Covered:
Load and Save AutoCAD Profile and Workspace
- Always Employ Named Profiles and Workspaces
- Profile - Where Civil 3D looks for Resources
- Workspace - The Look of the Interface (Maybe for a Task)
Project Setup
- Employ Manage>>New Shortcuts tool to create project from a Civil 3D Project Template
- Copy 00\Resources folder OR use Local Computer resources folder OR Shared network folder
- Create a new Sheet Set from a Sheet Set Template
- Hook up the Sheet Set Properties
The Working Folder for Project Data Shortcuts
The Survey Working Folder - may not be the same
Survey User Settings
- A Civil 3D Survey Profile to manage Survey consistently
- Storage Locations for Survey User Settings
Coordinate Systems
- State Planes in HARN and HPGN
- HARN and HPGN differ by DATUM
Drawing Setup from a Template
- Set the Coordinate System
The Survey Wizard & Import Events
- Point Files, Points from Drawings, and Fieldbooks
- Networks
- Process Linework
- Survey Points
Survey Toolspace Commands Obey Hierarchy
- Where you Click and Pick in the Toolspace Matters