Category Archives: Survey

Civil 3D Survey Figure Linetype Generation

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Kyle Kondo

Survey figures by default do not show linetype generation in Civil 3D.  This means if you have a survey figure with many closely spaced vertices, you will not be able to see the linetype properly. This is because the Survey … Continue reading →

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Inventor Fusion – Survey Prism

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Kyle Kondo

If you’ve ever seen a survey prism, you may find them hypnotic to look at.  You’ll always see the pupil of your eye in the dead center, no matter what angle you look into the prism from.  So, how does … Continue reading →

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Civil 3D Template Development Part 6 – Survey Standards

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Drew Burgasser

Civil and Survey templates overlap in many areas.  Both templates will have styles for surfaces and alignments, maybe even profiles and profile views.  Surveyors always seem to do more than just survey, so don’t short them on styles and content!  … Continue reading →

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The Cat is Back, and Still Pawing at the GPS Topic

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Ron Ranada

As I continue in my quest to gauge and apply the utility of my GPS enabled phone, there are a couple of apps and programs I’ve come across that I believe are worthy of mention.  They are, of course, free. … Continue reading →

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Coordinate Transformations – Part 2 – Re-Projecting Drawings

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Neil Bondy

Part 1 looked at the coordinate transformation of points in Civil 3D.  Continuing on the theme of coordinate systems, now we’ll take a look at performing a coordinate transformation on an entire drawing.  This translation is possible in either Map … Continue reading →

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