Mastering AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2012

Chapter 2: Survey

Properly collect field data and import it into Civil 3D. You learned best practices for collecting data, how the data is translated into a usable format for the survey database, and how to import that data into a survey database. You learned what commands draw linework in a raw data file, and how to include those commands into your data collection techniques so that the linework is created correctly when the field book is imported into the program.

Master It In this exercise, you’ll create a new drawing and a new survey database and import the MASTER_IT_C3.txt file into the drawing. The format of this file is PNEZD (comma delimited).

Solution

1. Create a new drawing using a template of your choice.

2. On the Survey tab, ...