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The3rdDimension
@bc-surveyor
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Joined: September 21, 2018 9:39 am
Last seen: April 9, 2026 12:52 pm
Topics: 106 / Replies: 176
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RE: Setting up a drawing in Civil 3D for Land Surveying

3d polylines do not support curves. I guess that's one advantage to Carlson, then ?ÿ ?ÿ

3 years ago
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RE: How would you survey this?

This is what I came up with today for a proposal.

3 years ago
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RE: Setting up a drawing in Civil 3D for Land Surveying

The main benefit is that the "survey points" are locked to users and can only be edited via the SD. Therefore, downstream users (ie/engineers and arch...

3 years ago
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RE: How would you survey this?

@bc-surveyor Something tells me you're doing something in Starnet I haven't seen yet and I'm very curious. The PreAnalysis tool will take a set of ...

3 years ago
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RE: Setting up a drawing in Civil 3D for Land Surveying

I'm talking specifically about the double sets of points with cogo and survey points I refrain from using "survey points". I import "cogo points" t...

3 years ago
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RE: How would you survey this?

@on_point Iƒ??m curious how the simulations compare to real world results? Iƒ??ve never known anyone that ran simulations like that so this is someth...

3 years ago
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RE: Setting up a drawing in Civil 3D for Land Surveying

@bstrand?ÿ Ok, I'll tap out, since it's C3D stuff Makes me love Carlson even more. ?ÿ I believe Carlson's CAD package (which I am not familiar w...

3 years ago
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RE: Setting up a drawing in Civil 3D for Land Surveying

I'm a fan of C3D as well for drafting and topo. It's great for designing subdivision/plat lots as well, once you set up the automated tools correctly....

3 years ago
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RE: Setting up a drawing in Civil 3D for Land Surveying

I'm a new C3D user of two weeks now. I picked up a couple of new things. I know you made it for yourself, but my constructive feedback is the pace wa...

3 years ago
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RE: How would you survey this?

@bc-surveyor I don't see how the math checks out ?ÿ Threw a quick StarNET job together over lunch. Here's the math: Three control points spaced e...

3 years ago
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RE: How would you survey this?

I've never done anything like this but could you mount a few 360's, peanuts or reflectors (if they're accurate) on the walls in a few places on the wa...

3 years ago
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RE: How would you survey this?

If you have tight control at the rim looking downward, with at least three points spaced evenly around, and you're observing angles & distances, I...

3 years ago
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RE: Setting up a drawing in Civil 3D for Land Surveying

This is always a tough one for me, because I love OTF transformations and the ability to immediately relate files from different sources. ?ÿ Im conf...

3 years ago
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RE: Setting up a drawing in Civil 3D for Land Surveying

That is an interesting workflow with lots of coordinate changes from grid to ground.?ÿ ?ÿMust be a BC thing????ÿ Once we set our project SF we work wi...

3 years ago
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RE: Bridge Construction Staking Tricks

@bc-surveyor Where can I find this Survey Buddy app? I tried www.The3rdDimension.net and couldn't find it there, or in the google play store. ?ÿ H...

3 years ago
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RE: Bridge Construction Staking Tricks

Bridge layout is not for the novice. @andy7918 How did a 1-person firm with zero company experience get picked by a 3rd party with possibly less exp...

3 years ago
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RE: Bridge Construction Staking Tricks

For the cutoffs we would use the base of a magnetic dial indicator to have a solid reference plane to put a mini prism or level rod onto then use a ce...

3 years ago
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