Eric Colburn, PLS

Tag: Point Group

Customized AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Templates For Land Surveyors, Engineers and Designers

Can your business afford to waste time and money setting up AutoCAD Civil 3D? AutoCAD Civil 3D is a great program …. Once it’s set up and you know how to use it! BUT, getting to that point takes a serious investment in your time, which means lost productivity, billing, and money. And, what if…

May 17, 2012
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: Create Survey Database Point Groups. Select Survey Database Points to populate your Survey Database Point Groups. Use Survey Database Point Groups to filter points you insert into and remove from…

August 24, 2010
Professional Land Surveyor News: AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Survey and API Hotfix

Professional Land Surveyor News: AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Survey and API Hotfix Autodesk has announced an update / hotfix for it’s AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 product line. According to Autodesk, this update / hotfix address the following: In a continued effort to improve, we are releasing this hotfix for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 that addresses…

June 28, 2010
Professional Land Surveyor Video-AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 for Land Surveyors: Create a Surface From a Point Group

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: Create a Point Group specifically for project surface points. Create a Surface. Use the Point Group to define the Surface. Watch the video after the jump

June 25, 2010
AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks: How To Setup and Use Surface Styles To Edit Surfaces Efficiently

In today’s AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks I will show you How To Setup and Use Surface Styles To Edit Surfaces Efficiently. This technique increases your CAD drafting and AutoCAD Civil 3D Surface creation and editing productivity by employing proper template setup and reducing switching between Toolspace Tabs and drilling down through what…

June 22, 2010
AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks: Create A Surface From A Point Group

In today’s AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks I’ll will show you how to Create a Surface From a Point Group. There seems to be a lot of confusion as to how to create a Surface in AutoCAD Civil 3D which is a task you will no doubt use often in your professional land surveying practice.…

January 21, 2010