Eric Colburn, PLS

Tag: Property

  • AutoCAD Civil 3D Filedia Command Video

    AutoCAD Civil 3D Filedia Command Video

    AutoCAD Civil 3D Filedia Command Video This AutoCAD Civil 3D for Land Surveyors Video shows you how to use the FILEDIA command. I believe this command works for all flavors of AutoCAD. The FILEDIA command controls the file dialog boxes, turning them either on or off, like those used when opening and saving drawings. Sometimes,…

  • AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 Paste Surfaces Using The Ribbon Video

    AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 Paste Surfaces Using The Ribbon Video

    AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 Paste Surfaces Using The Ribbon Video This AutoCAD Civil 3D for Land Surveyors Video is an update to my last video (AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 Paste Surfaces Video – see link below), in which, I forgot to show you how to paste surfaces using the Ribbon in AutoCAD Civil 3D. You…

  • AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 Paste Surfaces Video

    AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 Paste Surfaces Video

    AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 Paste Surfaces Video In this AutoCAD Civil 3D for Land Surveyors Video, I show you how to paste surfaces in AutoCAD Civil 3D. You can use this technique to merge design and/or as-built surfaces into your original existing conditions surface. Once you paste the surfaces into the first surface, you will…

  • AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 Survey Hotfix Video

    AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 Survey Hotfix Video

    Get It While It’s Hot, New AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 Survey Hotfix! Well, it didn’t take long for a software bug and an AutoCAD Civil 3D survey hotfix. “This hotfix resolves an issue with the Survey Figures Property Dialog. In the lower section of the panel you can now see the vertex properties for chain type…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Links This Week

    Professional Land Surveyor Links This Week: Business: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending October 16, 2010 Surveying: Pakistan Government to Approve Land Surveying & Mapping Bill to Bar Unregistered Firms | Business Recorder Business: Consumers More Likely to Use Businesses Active on Social Media News: New Zealand Modernizes its Infrastructure Network with Trimble GNSS Technology | Trimble…

  • Professional Land Surveyor News: FEMA and NOAA Renew Partnership to Encourage Flood Safety

    FEMA and NOAA Renew Partnership to Encourage Flood Safety March 15, 2010 As one of the snowiest winter seasons in many years yields to warmer weather and the promise of rain and snowmelt, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s FloodSmart Campaign and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that they are again working together during Flood…

  • Study: Economic Value of NOAA’s Geodetic Services at $2.4 Billion

    Proposed Modernization Program to Net Additional $522 Million The NOAA-managed National Spatial Reference System (NSRS), the official U.S. government source for precise latitude, longitude and elevation measurements, provides more than $2.4 billion in potential annual benefits to the U.S. economy, according to a new independent study. Refining and modernizing the system for measuring elevation has…

  • HUD Secretary Donovan Announces Expanded Eligibility for Making Home Affordable Refinancing

    Announces eligibility for borrowers up to 125% underwater in Las Vegas with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Congresswoman Dina Titus WASHINGTON – U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced an expansion of the Obama Administration’s Home Affordable Refinance Program to include participation by borrowers who are current but up to 125…

  • French Property Market Update – April 2009

    A moderate price reduction but no risk of a property crash The last market review published by the Fédération Nationale de l’Immobilier (FNAIM), which is the French National Federation of Real Estate Agents, confirmed the general trend with price reductions during the 1st quarter of 2009 but emphasise on the fact there is no risk…

  • 5 Research Tips for the Professional Land Surveyor

    The many steps in performing a professional land survey each come together to complete a survey with many opportunities to achieve success, or suffer failure. Research, field reconnaissance, field surveying, office computations, boundary analysis and plan preparation each rely upon the successful completion of the other. Sometimes there are obvious major missteps made during one…

  • Survey Reveals Lack of Confidence in UK Property System (91% would use a “Buyers’ Agent”)

    Survey Reveals Lack of Confidence in UK Property System (91% would use a “Buyers’ Agent”) Written by Tim Hammond Friday, 20 March 2009 A recent survey commissioned by the Association of Property Finders and Buyers Agents (APFBA) highlights a requirement for more clarity in the role of UK estate agents when dealing with both sellers…

  • Europe News-Buyer Interest in UK Property Market Increases for Fourth Month in a Row

    Buyer interest in UK property market increases for fourth month in a row. Read this informative and interesting article about the UK housing market which indicates an improving housing market in the United Kingdom. Below is a small snippet of what would appear to be a sign of some economic recovery. “Buyer interest in the…