Any civil3d experts here?

I have Civil3d on my desktop.

I have a dwg file from our land information database - 2d polyline of some local land parcels

It opens in Civil3D and the coordinate numbers look reasonable. 

It goes as a background for Access

I want to play with the linework etc

But if I save it from Civil3D.

In Access it changes scale and shifts.

It looks like the coordinate system is borken. Perhaps something to do with units &| false origin.

Any thoughts or suggestions very gratefully received.

advTHANKXance

=Jim=

(I would use raw AutoCad if I could. Unfortunately that is not an option here)

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