John Thomas Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 I'm new (1 week (ok nights only)...and maybe a bit slow...but what am I missing here? I've imported my autocad survey file, and while I couldn't get it to recognize the points to create the DTM, my lot is small enough that I thought I would just use the stake object to create the existing condition. I planned to simply snap to the loci in the survey... wow...I think I solved it! I used workgroup reference and selected 'show/snap others' voila...one problem solved...I think. BTW, can you rotate the referenced workgroup file? Or should I go back in and rotate the original file and then open up the file w/ that uses it? thanks...this is tough when you can only devote a few hours at a time john Quote Link to comment
islandmon Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 John, Before doing any rotations make sure that you set-up 2d/3d loci reference points in order not to lose the survey alignment. Then rotate all the points as a group on one layer and then align the group with the correct ref.grid. Quote Link to comment
John Thomas Posted February 6, 2006 Author Share Posted February 6, 2006 Thanks. I'm basically experimenting right now before I get too far into the actual drawing work. I rotated the survey work, the workgroup reference then looked good, so I entered the stake points and created the DTM...that part worked well. In autocad there is a way to rotate the view and not the drawing, thus maintaining all relationships to the coordinate system. I'm sure you can do that here to, I just went the 'easy' way and rotated everything...so the drawing looks good, but you can't, for example, enter the property lines w/ bearings and distances and have them line up properly. back to the manual thanks Islandmon... [ 02-06-2006, 10:09 PM: Message edited by: John Thomas ] Quote Link to comment
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