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Bruce Small
Bruce Small
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Joined: February 6, 2011 3:35 pm
Last seen: May 30, 2026 6:54 pm
Topics: 227 / Replies: 1346
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RE: Leading zeros and 1/2 spaces in autocad

I always include the preceding zero as a matter of style, but leaving it off is not incorrect.

12 years ago
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RE: unhappy property owner...round MCMXXXXVII...

My current one is owned by two PhDs, nice as could be, but determined to convince me the line is over there because they have a drawing that shows the...

12 years ago
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RE: How to Survey Property Lines by Steven Innis

Next up: Save big by doing your own appendectomySave big by doing your own appendectomy.Put the thumb of your right hand in your belly button and scri...

12 years ago
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RE: Do you create the description first or last?

I have found it is always best to set the monuments first, if only because it turns out I can't actually access that corner so a monument can't be set...

12 years ago
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RE: When do you throw in the towel

I've given up, when I worked for a large company. The area monuments were a mess, I knew it would take multiple more trips for the survey crew and hou...

12 years ago
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RE: A rash of equipment thefts

That's exactly why, in the old west, horse theft was a hanging offense. If you stole a man's horse, you stole his means of earning a living. It was a ...

12 years ago
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RE: What is the worst job you've had ?

Which one to chose???Oh, that so sounds like many a topo I've done. Head north for a thousand feet stopping every 25 feet for a shot. Move over 25 fee...

12 years ago
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RE: Right hand vs left hand

No, I can tell the new one is aerial photogrammetry, so it was indeed a real survey. Good thought, though.

12 years ago
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RE: terminology in a written description

It needs the Oxford commas.

12 years ago
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RE: Fired a cleint today

Earlier this week I turned down a 36-acre survey, including elevations on some of it, from a good client I’ve done much work for. Not his fault, but:T...

12 years ago
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RE: Best Support Call I Have Ever Had

Maybe once a year I have to call Nicolas Cournoyer at Leica Geosystems, and every time, no matter how complex my question, he promptly gives me a deta...

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RE: AutoCAD LT question

You might have gotten the 2D impression from the AutoDesk 2000 LT box: "...the low-cost, professional 2D CAD program..." Or perhaps from the 2005 box:...

12 years ago
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RE: AutoCAD LT question

I was specifically told Lt was 2D, and it was several years later that I found out it was in fact 3D. I suspect it is one of the little secrets they d...

12 years ago
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RE: Keeping Clients

Once upon a time when I worked for a large company, we landed a new client with a huge project, and I do mean big. Really big. It meant years of work....

12 years ago
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RE: AutoCAD LT question

Strangely, AutoCAD Lt is indeed 3D. I run 3D files in it all the time, especially contours.

12 years ago
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RE: FBI investigates FEMA

Bear in mind that the FEMA mapping is done with a broad brush using aerial photogrammetry and does not include floor elevations. Owners have the optio...

12 years ago
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