Eric Colburn, PLS

Tag: Layers

Beginners AutoCAD Civil 3D Setup for Land Surveyors: Setup Drawing Settings

This Premium Members Post is part of a the Beginners AutoCAD Civil 3D Setup for Land Surveyors series. Today, let’s look at a few of the basic AutoCAD Civil 3D Drawing Settings to setup. There are five important settings that every land surveyor and designer must know how to set. These instructional articles are for Premium Members Only. You can…

August 18, 2012
Basic AutoCAD Civil 3D Setup Planning and Preparation

This Premium Members Post is part of a the Beginners AutoCAD Civil 3D Setup for Land Surveyors series. Today, let’s begin the real work in the Beginners AutoCAD Civil 3D Setup for Land Surveyors series with some preliminary planning and preparation. While this may not sound sexy, too many land surveyors and designers overlook or skip this step, resulting…

July 28, 2012
Intro to Beginners AutoCAD Civil 3D Setup for Land Surveyors

I get many request to write about how to set up AutoCAD Civil 3D for land surveyors. This Premium Members Post is an introduction to a series of articles for setting up AutoCAD Civil 3D for land surveying. If you’re struggling with setting up AutoCAD Civil 3D or you feel that you’re missing some key…

July 14, 2012
AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Topics: Creating a New Description Key Set

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…

January 4, 2011
AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Topics-What to do Before Creating a New Description Key Set

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…

December 24, 2010
Are AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Label Style Layers Not Working?

Last night I posted on the Professional Land Surveyor Forum a discussion topic, “Are AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Label Style Layers Not Working?” Here is what I posted there: Is anyone else having this problem? I’m now using AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011, and when I set a layer in any Label Style the label, when…

June 11, 2010
AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks: Add Ribbon Menu Items To The Quick Access Toolbar

In today’s AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks I’m going to show you how to Add Ribbon Menu Items To The Quick Access Toolbar. This technique is very useful when you want to have easy access to a favorite AutoCAD Civil 3D menu item but don’t want the hassle of switching Ribbon Panels (particularly if…

February 12, 2010
AutoCAD Civil 3D: 10 Tips for Setting it up for use in Land Surveying

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…

July 8, 2009