Eric Colburn, PLS

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Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup March 11, 2012

Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup: AutoCAD Civil 3D How To Trim Image to a Surface Border Video High-Definition Survey (HDS) Laser Scanning on Amtrak Video Land Surveying 911: Should I Pay For AutoCAD Civil 3D Training Or Try To Learn It On My Own? Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup March 4, 2012 What Is The…

March 11, 2012
Land Surveying 911: Should I Pay For AutoCAD Civil 3D Training Or Try To Learn It On My Own?

In this Land Surveying 911 series article, some names have been changed to protect the inquisitive. Submit your Land Surveying 911 request using the form at the end of this article. Steven, who owns a professional land surveying company struggling with switching over to AutoCAD Civil 3D from AutoCAD Land Desktop, submitted the following Land…

March 5, 2012
Announcing New Land Surveying 911 Series for Professional and Business Solutions

Land Surveying 911-Exploring, Discussing & Solving Professional and Business Problems Today, I’m announcing a new series of articles dedicated to solving your Land Surveying 911 professional and business problems. As a recurring feature, these Land Surveying 911 articles allow us to explore and discuss your routine, or unique, professional land surveying issues. Land Surveying 911…

February 17, 2012
Create AutoCAD Civil 3D Parcels From Objects Video

Create AutoCAD Civil 3D Parcels From Objects Video This AutoCAD Civil 3D for Land Surveyors Video shows you how to create AutoCAD Civil 3D Parcels from objects, like: Lines Curves Polylines Watch The Video

February 1, 2012
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…

January 27, 2012
AutoCAD Civil 3D Set Survey Databases Working Folder Video

AutoCAD Civil 3D Set Survey Databases Working Folder Video In this AutoCAD Civil 3D for Land Surveyors Video I will show you how to set the Survey Databases Working Folder. Watch the Video

January 20, 2012
OPUS-Projects Manager Training

PUS-Projects Manager Training July 11-12, 2011 NGS is currently beta-testing a Network Processing Option for OPUS known as OPUS-Projects. This feature will allow the processing, adjustment and publishing of multiple stations over multiple days. Because of the increased complexity of this capability, the creation and management of Projects for OPUS is limited to those who have…

May 10, 2011
AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks-Importing AutoCAD Civil 3D Styles

In today’s AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks I will show Importing AutoCAD Civil 3D Styles. This is another technique that helps you to speed up the creation of AutoCAD Civil 3D Styles by using already created Styles from your other AutoCAD Civil 3D drawings and templates. You can also read AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying…

February 2, 2011
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…

August 27, 2010
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
AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks: Using Layer Source From Other DWGs When Creating Styles

In today’s AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks I will show Using Layer Source From Other DWGs When Creating Styles. This technique helps you speed up the creation of AutoCAD Civil 3D Styles by using already created layers from your other AutoCAD Civil 3D drawings and templates. The Problem: You are creating new styles in…

August 12, 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: Drawing Scale Settings

This is the fifth AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks expanding upon a previous article I wrote outlining the 5 AutoCAD Civil 3D Settings Professional Land Surveyors Need To Know. The fifth of the five AutoCAD Civil 3D settings Professional Land Surveyors need to know was, “Drawing Scale Settings“, which is explained in today’s AutoCAD…

May 13, 2010
AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks: Angle Format Settings

This is the fourth of five AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks expanding upon a previous article I wrote outlining the 5 AutoCAD Civil 3D Settings Professional Land Surveyors Need To Know. The fourth of the five AutoCAD Civil 3D settings Professional Land Surveyors need to know was, “Angle Format Settings“, which is explained…

April 13, 2010
AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks: LandXML Data Imperial Units Settings

This is the third of five AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks expanding upon a previous article I wrote outlining the 5 AutoCAD Civil 3D Settings Professional Land Surveyors Need To Know. [s2Member-PayPal-Button sp=”1″ ids=”4301″ exp=”72″ desc=”3.99 LandXML Data Imperial Units Settings AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks” ps=”paypal” lc=”” cc=”USD” dg=”0″…

March 30, 2010
AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks: Survey Database Units and Zone Settings

This is the second of five AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks expanding upon a previous article I wrote outlining the 5 AutoCAD Civil 3D Settings Professional Land Surveyors Need To Know. The second of the five AutoCAD Civil 3D settings Professional Land Surveyors need to know was, “Survey Database Units and Zone Settings“,…

March 22, 2010
AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks: Setting Units and Zone In AutoCAD Civil 3D Drawings

Last week I wrote an article outlining the 5 AutoCAD Civil 3D Settings Professional Land Surveyors Need To Know. Because these are important settings I’ll write an AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks article weekly about each of those five settings. The first of the five AutoCAD Civil 3D settings Professional Land Surveyors need to…

March 15, 2010
PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY-Bootstrap or Training, How Did You Implement AutoCAD Civil 3D?

In this week’s PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY I’m asking the question: Bootstrap or Training, How Did You Implement AutoCAD Civil 3D? I originally posted this question on Linkedin as follows: “Bootstrap or training, how did you implement AutoCAD Civil 3D? I was wondering how C3D users implemented C3D. Did you “bootstrap” it by trying to…

February 19, 2010
Professional Land Surveyor Videos-AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010: Curve Calculator

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

November 18, 2009