Eric D. Colburn, PLS

Eagle Point Surveyors' Companion For Civil 3D Overview Professional Land Surveyor Video

Here’s a quick video overview of the features, functions, and command set for Eagle Point Surveyors’ Companion For Civil 3D.

At this point I don’t know too much about Eagle Point Surveyors’ Companion For Civil 3D, so this video is sort of an unpacking and peek into this software package.

Already, I’ve quickly used the List Points and Unused Points reports, which are very handy. This, and everything else I’ve seen, makes me very excited to put Eagle Point Surveyors’ Companion For Civil 3D into action.

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Survey Database Point Groups-AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Professional Land Surveyor Video

In this installment of my Professional Land Surveyor Video series, AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 for Land Surveyors: Survey Database Point Groups, I will show you how to:

1. Create Survey Database Point Groups.
2. Select Survey Database Points to populate your Survey Database Point Groups.
3. Use Survey Database Point Groups to filter points you insert into and remove from your AutoCAD Civil 3D drawings.

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In this installment of my Professional Land Surveyor Video series, AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 for Land Surveyors: Create a Surface From a Point Group, I will show you how to:

1. Create a Point Group specifically for project surface points.
2. Create a Surface.
3. Use the Point Group to define the Surface.

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This video shows you how to find and use the Curve Calculator in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010.

This video shows you how to Import Field Books in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 Drawings & Survey Databases. This is one of the most often asked questions I get from professional land surveyors just starting out with AutoCAD Civil 3D.

If this is you, you have probably already figured out that using AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010, or any version for that matter, is not always an intuitive process. So there you are, with your electronic Field Book containing all of your survey measurements and readings at the ready, and you can’t figure out how to get that data into your Survey Database and Drawing. This video shows you how to get your surveying data into your Survey Database and Drawing.

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This AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 Video for Land Surveyors Series of 2 videos shows you how to Create Parcels, work with different Sites, Move Parcels and, finally, how to Merge Parcels. Because of the length of the video, I’ve broken it up into two parts.

The video in this post, AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 Video for Land Surveyors: Parcel Copy and Merge Part 2, shows how to Copy Parcels on two separate Sites into a third Site and how to Merge Parcels.

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This AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 Video for Land Surveyors series of 2 videos shows you how to Create Parcels, work with different Sites, Move Parcels and, finally, how to Merge Parcels. Because of the length of the video, I’ve broken it up into two parts.

The video in this post, AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 Video for Land Surveyors: Parcel Copy and Merge Part 1, shows how to Create Parcels on two separate Sites and sets the stage for Part 2 of this AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 Video for Land Surveyors series to be called, AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 Video for Land Surveyors: Parcel Copy and Merge Part 2. Not surprising or inventive names, but functional!

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AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 for Land Surveyors-Coordinate Systems

AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 Video for Land Surveyors: Coordinate Systems

This video shows you how to setup the coordinate system in your AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 Drawing and Survey Database.

The goal here is to make sure that the coordinate system in your AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 (the same applies for older releases) Drawing agrees the coordinate system you’re using in your Survey Database.

Out of the box, even when opening an Imperial Template, you may be surprised to find that the “Foot” definition is not what you may have expected. By default, the Imperial Template and the Survey Databases is set to use the International Foot  (1 Foot=0.3048 Meters) for Imperial to Metric conversion.

It is up to you to change these settings to use the US Survey Foot (39.37 Inches per Meter) for Imperial to Metric conversions, if that is the appropriate Foot Definition that you should be using. Play the video below to learn more.

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LAND SURVEYING VIDEO: Module – 2 Lecture – 3 Surveying. Lecture Series on Surveying by Prof. Bharat Lohani, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur Read the rest of this entry →

The Congress for New Urbanism philosophy is as follows:

Making Connections a Priority

Through grids of streets, transportation choices, and the siting of buildings along sidewalks, New Urbanism brings destinations within reach and allows for frequent encounters between citizens, in sharp contrast to sprawl (right). A key measure of connectivity is how accessible communities are to people with a range of physical abilities and financial resources.

Professional Land Surveyor Source: Congress for New Urbanism

I don’t want to give it away, but I bet you’ve either designed or laid-out one of these before. Watch the video and comment on what you think about it.