I assume "Auto" stands for automatic.
It's not automatic.?ÿ There is no "draft the survey" button.
I imagine a real AutoCAD would draft the survey, make all the decisions on what to hold, what to reject, where to set missing corners, etc.?ÿ It would even submit the survey to the County Surveyor's AutoCAD which would automatically return comments which the Surveyor's AutoCAD would address automatically.?ÿ No intervention by humans necessary.?ÿ May as well get a beer and a rocking chair and retire, the AutoCAD does it all.
Considering it??s built for engineers, maybe that??s why?
Every once in a while I have a client state that having the computer draft the plan should be easy: all I have to do is "push a button."
AutoCAD does draft about 50% of my product.?ÿ I couldn't image creating contours by hand, especially from a point cloud.?ÿ Could you image having to draw an alignment, profile grid, then create a profile from the existing contours you hand drew, just to have an engineer tell you they wanted it at at different scale?
It's not "automatic" but it's getting dang close with automated linework, contours, dynamic objects and so on.
Still need someone at the keyboard to cuss and slam the mouse right before it crashes though, so we'll be employed for a while.
T. Nelson - SAM
It's not "automatic" but it's getting dang close with automated linework, contours, dynamic objects and so on.
Still need someone at the keyboard to cuss and slam the mouse right before it crashes though, so we'll be employed for a while.
I'm still doing point and click.?ÿ Dang I'm behind the times.
Definitely not automatic but for topographic surveys it can get you 80% of the way there with a good field to finish process.
It's not "automatic" but it's getting dang close with automated linework, contours, dynamic objects and so on.
Still need someone at the keyboard to cuss and slam the mouse right before it crashes though, so we'll be employed for a while.
I'm still doing point and click.?ÿ Dang I'm behind the times.
You know you can draw by point ranges, right? Activate the LINE/POLYLINE and then type 'PN. Enter the point range, separate with commas and hit ENTER. This will draw each entity based on the point range entered. If nothing else, it's quicker than the point/click method you mentioned.
T. Nelson - SAM
Make sure OSNAP is off when using 'PN or expect weird results.?ÿ There's another snap thing in there too that I discovered which was causing 'PN entries to miss the point entirely.
Make sure OSNAP is off when using 'PN or expect weird results.?ÿ There's another snap thing in there too that I discovered which was causing 'PN entries to miss the point entirely.
Weird, I haven't had seen this issue. Good to know.
T. Nelson - SAM
I think I discovered "3D Object Snap" was causing the issues...turning that off solved a lot of problems.
I'm using Civil3D 2016.
Auto stands for what it does to your bank account, automatically drains it every year.