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Emergency AutoCAD Civil 3D 911: Point Inverse Video

August 3, 2012 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D 911, AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks, Business, Continuing Education, Geomatics, Land Surveying Videos, Members, Professional Land Surveyor Practice, Surveying Software, Technology Videos, Videos

AutoCAD Civil 3D 911

AutoCAD Civil 3D 911

EMERGENCY AUTOCAD CIVIL 3D 911, HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?Members Only

In this AutoCAD Civil 3D 911 series article is available to all site members beginning at the (free) Associate Member level. Some names have been changed to protect the inquisitive. Submit your AutoCAD Civil 3D 911 request using the form at the end of this article.

AutoCAD Civil 3D 911: Myth Busting, Proving That You Can Inverse Points In AutoCAD Civil 3D!

This is a response to several online discussions on this topic, and not a question from one person.

I’ve read many web discussions by land surveyors arguing whether AutoCAD Civil 3D is a good surveying tool or not. One example, or myth, that is often stated, is that AutoCAD Civil 3D can’t even inverse between points.

So, is this true? Can you inverse points using AutoCAD Civil 3D? Stay tuned, and I’ll answer that question after the jump.

AutoCAD Civil 3D 911 Response

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Create Survey Point Groups in AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Databases Video

January 27, 2012 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks, Business, Continuing Education, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Videos, Professional Land Surveyor Practice, Surveying Software, Technology Videos, Videos, Vlog

Create Survey Point Groups in AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Databases Video

Create Survey Point Groups in AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Databases Video

Create Survey Point Groups in AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Databases

In this AutoCAD Civil 3D for Land Surveyors Video, I show you how to Create Survey Point Groups in AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Databases.

Survey Point Groups allow you to filter, organize and more easily work with Survey Database Points in your AutoCAD Civil 3D drawings and surveying projects.

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Laser Scanned Point Cloud of the USS Blueback Submarine Video

August 10, 2011 in Associate Membership, Business, Faro, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, Land Surveying Videos, Laser Scanning, Remote Sensing, Technology Videos, Videos

It’s short and sweet, but still an interesting video showing the use of laser scanned point clouds to scan the USS Blueback Submarine located at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) in Portland, Oregon.

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Leica Cyclone 7.2 Improves Processing of Rich, “As-built” Point Clouds from Laser Scanning

August 1, 2011 in Associate Membership, Business, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, Laser Scanning, Leica, Leica, News, Remote Sensing, Surveying Software

29 July 2011

Image blending in Leica Cyclone 7.2 removes possible tiling effects from Leica ScanStation C10 photos for excellent fidelity.

Image blending in Leica Cyclone 7.2 removes possible tiling effects from Leica ScanStation C10 photos for excellent fidelity.

(Heerbrugg, 29 July 2011) - Leica Geosystems announces new Leica Cyclone v7.2 software that improves office processing and use of rich “as-built” point cloud data. Several innovations in Leica Cyclone 7.2 address key market needs and trends in the processing and use of rich, as-built point cloud data from laser scanning/High-Definition Surveying™.

One constant market driver is the desire to reduce laser scanning project costs, including office time, especially as projects trend towards more scans and higher scan densities. New Leica Cyclone 7.2 features that reduce processing time include: Read the rest of this entry →

AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey 2D Points Essential Template Framework

February 14, 2011 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D Templates, Land Surveying, News, Surveying Software

AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey 2D Points Essential Template Framework

AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey 2D Points Essential Template Framework

Today I’m pleased to release my AutoCAD Civil 3D drawing template: AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey 2D Points Essential Template Framework (2011). This includes a digital download dwt (2011) template file and a sample point file.

Many land surveyors and designers have asked me to create this template so that they can work with points like they’re 2D. Have you been frustrated by AutoCAD Civil 3D having too much “3D-ness” (my word)? – Then this is the template for you!

My goal was to create an AutoCAD Civil 3D Template that treats points as if they’re really in 2D, for those of you looking for an affordable base framework in which to build upon to create and customize your own template. If working in AutoCAD Civil 3D has frustrated you because of:

  • Drawing lines between points creates those lines with endpoints of varying elevations, which become difficult to impossible to work with.
  • Then, it’s frustrating when trying to measure or draw lines, like wanting to draw a perpendicular line from a point to one of those unnecessary 3D lines mentioned above.
  • Line text gets distorted when drawing lines between points of different elevations.
  • Line symbols also get distorted when drawing lines between points of different elevations.

This template solves all those problems and lets you concentrate on doing your non-3D land surveying tasks, with ease. Read the rest of this entry →

AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Topics: Creating a New Description Key Set

January 4, 2011 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Topics, Business, Continuing Education, Land Surveying, Premium Membership, Professional Land Surveyor Practice

AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Topics

AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Topics

In today’s AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Topics, I’d like to discuss how to create a Description Key Set. This is the second in a series of Premium Posts about description keys. In this post I’ll show you how to create Description Keys Sets and where to find your Description Key Sets for land surveying using AutoCAD Civil 3D.

If you used Description Keys in versions of AutoCAD prior to Civil 3D, then you will mostly find using Description Keys in AutoCAD Civil 3D fairly familiar. In general, these are a few changes you’ll notice:

  • Instead of one global file, now there’s a Description Key Set (or more) in each drawing, provided you setup one or copy one into each drawing.
  • There are new ways to control blocks for point nodes (Markers via Point Styles) and how the points can be labeled (Point Label Styles).
  • You can now reorganize, filter and override the Description Keys to update which points show in your drawing, the Marker they use, and how they are labeled, using Point Groups. While point Groups aren’t Description Keys, you’ll find they work togehter so you can get more work done.

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AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Topics-What to do Before Creating a New Description Key Set

December 24, 2010 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Topics, Business, Continuing Education, Land Surveying, Premium Membership, Professional Land Surveyor Practice, Surveying Software

AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Topics

AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Topics

In today’s AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Topics, I’d like to discuss what to do before creating a Description Key Set. This is the first in a series of Premium Posts about description keys. I’ll start here with what to do before creating a new Description Key Set, then move on to how to setup Description Key Sets, and finally, how to use Description Keys in your everyday land surveying using AutoCAD Civil 3D.

I first embarked on setting up my first Description Key Sets when AutoCAD Civil 3D first came out, several years back, and recently prepared my first AutoCAD Civil 3D template, AutoCAD C3D Survey Essential Template Framework, but I was surprised at how much I’d forgotten from that first experience. You see, this past week I’ve been helping out a Premium Member who is setting up his first AutoCAD Civil 3D template, and it brought back all of the pitfalls and mistakes I made in creating my own first template.

I’d like to help you have an easier time setting up, or fixing, your Description Key Sets. Of course, you could go over to the Store and purchase the AutoCAD C3D Survey Essential Template Framework or if you’re a Premium Member it’s one or your free downloads, but you’ll at least have to think about the following steps to make any template meaningful and useful to you and your land surveying firm.

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Professional Land Surveyor News-Carlson Software’s 2011 Office Product Release

September 30, 2010 in Associate Membership, Business, Carlson, GIS, Land Surveying, News, Surveying Software

Professional Land Surveyor News

Professional Land Surveyor News

Professional Land Surveyor News-Carlson Software’s 2011 Office Product Release

Hundreds of Improvements to Speed Work and Increase AccuracyHighlight Carlson Software’s 2011 Office Product Release

MAYSVILLE, Ky., U.S.A. (September 30, 2010) — Carlson Software, a leading producer of software for land development professionals in the surveying, civil engineering, construction and mining industries, has released its 2011 office software.

Hundreds of improvements to speed and ease design work and increase accuracy have been put into Carlson’s diverse product line, which includes Carlson Survey, Carlson Civil, Carlson Hydrology, Carlson GIS, Carlson Point Cloud, Carlson Geology, Carlson Surface/Underground Mining, Carlson Construction and Carlson Takeoff.

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Introductory Sale Ending on AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Essential Template Framework

September 20, 2010 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D Templates, Business, Land Surveying, News, Surveying Software

AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Essential Template Framework

AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Essential Template Framework

Buy Now and Save!

Just a quick announcement that the introductory 50% off sale for the AutoCAD Civil 3D drawing template: AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Essential Template Framework will end this Wednesday.

After Wednesday, September 22, 2010, the special introductory $99 price will end and then cost the regular $199.

So, if you’ve been sitting on the fence, now is a good time to buy.

This digital download dwt template file (includes a sample point file, too) is compatible up to AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 and is an essential, fundamental, or base framework to get you headed on the right track in setting up and more quickly customizing this to your needs. You will save many hours of tedious work.

This affordable way for surveyors to expeditiously get running out of the block, with a few simple tweaks and customizations to match your basic survey standards, takes much of the work out of it for you, setting up a framework from which to build that will keep your layers, Point Styles, Point Label Styles, and Point Groups organized. And there’s more, too.

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Want to save even more? Register as a Premium Member today and this AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Essential Template Framework can be one or your free Premium Membership monthly downloads. (You’ll also find plenty of other Premium Member benefits, too!)

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AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Essential Template Framework

September 8, 2010 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D Templates, Land Surveying, News, Surveying Software

AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Essential Template Framework

AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Essential Template Framework

Today I’m pleased to release my first AutoCAD Civil 3D drawing template: AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Essential Template Framework. This includes a digital download dwt template file(and a sample point file, too) and is compatible up to AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011.

As further described below, this AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Essential Template Framework is an essential, fundamental, or base framework to get you headed on the right track in setting up and using your own template expanded from this template, saving you many hours of tedious work.

This may be an affordable way for many surveyors to expeditiously get running out of the block, with a few simple tweaks and customizations to match your basic survey standards. I’ve taken much of the work out of it for you, setting up a framework from which to build that will keep your layers, Point Styles, Point Label Styles, and Point Groups organized. And there’s more, too.

Register and it’s FREE!

Today, to launch the release of this AutoCAD Civil 3D template, I’m offering it at 50% OFF, a $100 Savings to you. Want to save even more? Register as a Premium Member today and this AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Essential Template Framework can be one of your included Premium Membership 2 free monthly downloads. (You’ll also find plenty of other Premium Member benefits, too!)

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AutoCAD Civil 3D Essential Template Framework Product Details:

This is a digital download product of an AutoCAD Civil 3D Template called AutoCAD Civil 3D Surface Essential Template Framework (2011).

I created this C3D Surface Essential Template Framework (2011) as an entry point to use AutoCAD Civil 3D for creating Surfaces, in response to many who were having difficulties with this functionality. At its most basic level, you can simply import/insert/create points in a drawing created from the template, and those points will create the pre-setup surface. This is a good way to begin working with AutoCAD Civil 3D, while gaining understanding of how surfaces are created, displayed and annotated.

As your comfort level increases with use, you might want to expand and build upon the base template to customize your own template to suit your needs. For instance, by adding your own custom point styles, labels styles, point groups, and editing how the pre-setup Surface is defined, you can add customized functionality specific to your existing workflows and company standards.

To sum it up, this is AutoCAD Civil 3D Template is an essential, fundamental or base framework to get you headed on the right track in setting up and using your own template expanded from this template, saving you many hours of tedious work.

Included is a sample points list that you can insert into this template, or a DWG created from it, to see how the pre-setup Surface works and an overview of the template and a C3D Surface Essential Template Framework (2011) Overview (PDF).

This file is available for free to registered Premium Members of EricColburn.com!

Included in the digital download:

  • AutoCAD Civil 3D Surface Essential Template Framework (2011).
  • Sample point file to create a surface.
  • AutoCAD Civil 3D Surface Essential Template Framework (2011) Overview (PDF).
  • This file is available for free to registered Premium Members of EricColburn.com.
  • Contact us if you’d rather pay by check, and after we receive your payment we’ll email you the files.


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

August 24, 2010 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Business, Continuing Education, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Videos, Surveying Software, Videos

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

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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Professional Land Surveyor News: AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Survey and API Hotfix

June 28, 2010 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Business, Land Surveying, Links, News, Surveying Software

Professional Land Surveyor News

Professional Land Surveyor News

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 a number of survey, and some addition non-survey related issues.

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Professional Land Surveyor News: Pöyry Awarded EUR 2.1 Million Surveying Project for Pumped Storage Hydropower Plant in Switzerland

June 14, 2010 in Associate Membership, Business, Land Surveying, News

Professional Land Surveyor News

Professional Land Surveyor News

Professional Land Surveyor News: Pöyry Awarded EUR 2.1 million Surveying Project for Pumped Storage Hydropower Plant in Switzerland

Pöyry, a global consulting and engineering company dedicated to balanced sustainability, has been awarded the owner’s surveying contract for the new Linth-Limmern pumped storage hydropower plant by Axpo, Switzerland. With services comprising all geodetic surveying tasks during the construction period lasting until 2015, the value of Pöyry’s assignment is about EUR 2.1 million.

About Pöyry PLC

Pöyry, in addition to being a global consulting and engineering company dedicated to balanced sustainability, as mentioned above, also offers their clients:

  • Integrated management consulting.
  • Total solutions for complex projects and efficient.
  • Best-in-class design and supervision.

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Survey Resection in Carlson SurvCE Video

May 27, 2010 in Associate Membership, Business, Carlson, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Videos, Surveying Software, Videos

Here is a nice video showing how to perform a survey resection in Carlson SurvCE. This video, prepared by Carlson Desktop Solutions, walks you through the process of performing a survey resection and the options available to you. What’s nice about doing a survey resection using Carlson SurvCE software is that you can use multiple points to enhance your precision and accuracy of the resected point.

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Eagle Point Software Corporation to Offer Compatible Solutions to AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Software

April 21, 2010 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Business, Eagle Point, Land Surveying, News, Surveying Software

DUBUQUE, Iowa, April 20, 2010 – Eagle Point Software Corporation today announced it will offer compatible solutions to Autodesk’s AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 software for the building design, infrastructure, and construction industries.

“We are excited to be able to quickly support the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 release in our portfolio of add-on products that include Pinnacle Series, Data Reduction, and Surveyors’ Companion,” explains Steve Biver, Civil Product Line Manager at Eagle Point. “These products take advantage of the new features of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011, such as 64-bit support. Our add-on products help ensure successful implementations and better use of Autodesk’s software, while giving our clients a competitive advantage.”

The Eagle Point Pinnacle Series® add-on technology dramatically improves an organization’s ability to implement AutoCAD Civil 3D and adopt new Building Information Modeling (BIM) workflows. Using links to execute the right commands, the surveying, grading, roadway design, pipe layout, and plan set preparation workflows guide users to complete work faster while consistently following the organization’s standards and best practices.

Data Reduction utilizes direct links with several supported data collectors and data collector formats to download raw instrument and coordinate data. Whether the user is downloading directly from a collector or importing a file from a PC, Data Reduction places AutoCAD Civil 3D COGO points and automated linework into the drawing.

A set of tools that streamline the survey workflow, Surveyors’ Companion leverages proven surveying technology to enable organizations to comfortably and productively move to AutoCAD Civil 3D software. Surveyors’ Companion interacts with native point, parcel, surface, alignment, and profile data.

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Professional Land Surveyor News: Applanix Introduces Shoreline Mapping Solution

March 9, 2010 in Applanix, Applanix, Associate Membership, Business, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, Laser Scanning, News, Surveying Software

Professional Land Surveyor News

Professional Land Surveyor News

March 9, 2010

Applanix Introduces Shoreline Mapping Solution

LONDON, – OCEANOLOGY INTERNATIONAL 2010 – Applanix introduced today the latest LANDMark™ Marine mobile mapping solution. LANDMark Marine enables the creation of seamless models of near shore environments by providing a highly accurate georeferenced point cloud which integrates with equivalent multibeam sonar data.

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SYCODE Releases ESRI Shape File Import Plug-ins for AutoCAD, Bricscad, IntelliCAD and Rhinoceros

October 29, 2009 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Business, GIS, Land Surveying, News, Surveying Software

SYCODE Releases ESRI Shape File Import Plug-ins for AutoCAD, Bricscad, IntelliCAD and Rhinoceros

Panaji, GOA – 28th October, 2009SYCODE has released ESRI Shape file import plug-ins for AutoCAD, Bricscad, IntelliCAD and Rhinoceros. The plug-ins will allow these CAD systems to read two dimensional geometric data from ESRI shape files.  

“Recently we noticed an increase in requests for ESRI shape file support from existing and prospective customers,” explains Deelip Menezes, Founder and CEO of SYCODE. “These four ESRI import plug-ins are a direct result of those requests. In fact, a majority of our 200+ products are born this way. At SYCODE, we are happy to develop and offer CAD data exchange solutions to our customers that assist in the smooth flow of data in their internal workflows”.

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AutoCAD Civil 3D: 10 Tips for Setting it up for use in Land Surveying

July 8, 2009 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Business, Land Surveying, Premium Membership, Professional Land Surveyor Practice, Surveying Software

AutoCAD Civil 3D

AutoCAD Civil 3D

In the Beginning

This is the beginning of a series of posts about setting up and using AutoCAD Civil 3D in your land surveying work. I know from the many conversations I’ve had with other professional land surveyors and mapping professionals that there is some confusion, and certainly a lot of frustration, with setting up and using AutoCAD Civil 3D.

Setting up and learning to use AutoCAD Civil 3D can be a daunting task, but it is well worth it once you’ve configured it to your company standards and learn to use, at the very least, some of the basics. I speak from experience and I know full well that you have a lot (A LOT) of setup ahead of you. I also went through this rocky experience, so I hope to make this a less painful experience for you.

Learning to use AutoCAD Civil 3D has not been as simple or as trouble free as I would have liked. However, I think it is unfair to lump all of the blame on AutoCAD Civil 3D. In all honesty, part of the problem with setting up and using AutoCAD Civil 3D is that it does require a lot of initial setup which is dependent upon your professional land surveying practice having standards in place.

A Brave New World

So,  you can look at this initial setup of AutoCAD Civil 3D as a negative or you can take a positive approach and use the setup of standards as a holistic overhaul of your surveying standards and procedures. And, this is where I shall start.

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