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RE: LDP in Carlson 2015 IntelliCAD

I'm surprised that the Intellicad version does not have GIS capability. That's something they need to add. The 2015 Survey OEM version comes with the ...

10 years ago
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RE: abbreviation "Clum" on VABM benchmark on mountain peak

The reason for the name is very simple. The station eas sey on a mountain top several years ago, so "they done clun up'air to set it". What else could...

10 years ago
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RE: Beerleg Book Club

Historical fiction is what I mainly read. I would HIGHLY recommend the "KYDD" series written by Julian Stockwin. Age of Sail at its very best.

10 years ago
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RE: Getting Paid - Best Practices

Worst case scenario: stand facing him/her and looking him/her dead in the eyes. In your right hand is your survey. Your left hand is empty. In his/her...

10 years ago
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RE: BAD JOKE FRIDAY

Old Bill was the local Town Drunk/Handyman. He could fix or make most anything. He never charged much for his work. He had built himself a little shan...

10 years ago
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RE: Eagle Point Surveyors companion for Civil 3D

As long time LDD user's, I am surprised that your choice for transition is to Eagle Point rather than Carlson. IMO there's NO comparison between the t...

10 years ago
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RE: Convert blocks to COGO points

The easiest fix is to ask the consultant to send you the points list in an ascii .txt file. PNEZD with comma or space delimeter.The drawing and a txt ...

10 years ago
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RE: Proxy Objects

Looking at the latest version of AutoCAD in t he office 2015 I think), under the "Export" selection, export to AutoCAD is no longer one of the options...

10 years ago
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RE: Another West Texas Landscape (Painting)

Why do I get the feeling that Kent could take a folding chair and a card table to the end of his driveway, set up his paintings on some easels and mak...

10 years ago
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RE: Carlson Survey 2015 OEM ?s

Set the LTSCALE to 0.5 (1/2 the drawing scale) and assign layers in the F2F set up for all of your lines and symbols (don't forget to assign the point...

10 years ago
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RE: Does anybody recognize this?

The orange coated mylar was a K & E product called "Scribe Coat" and such a tool would not work on it. Scribe Coat was used in the negative engrav...

10 years ago
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RE: Remember, you saw this here first

In the South, we know not to put the fire crackers in fresh meadow muffins. Sometimes the dry ones will lift off pretty high if you get the fire crack...

10 years ago
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RE: Well, it's been fun.

CSS, I am 67 years old and one of the MAJOR lessons I have learned during those years is that change is a good thing. Now follow your heart and do wha...

10 years ago
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RE: English language question

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.I'm not going to say outright that I miss Hawaii, but when you live there these are the kind of things ...

10 years ago
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RE: Grammar Nazi Question

Uh, James, that would be "passed", not "past". Get a good unabridged dictionary and you will see that "past" is time associated.What you quote is inde...

10 years ago
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RE: Grammar Nazi Question

"passed" or "passing" denotes physical location. "past" denotes time.

10 years ago
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RE: carlson Intellicad- Insert Block

Is your original drawing using an X, Y, Z format? Carlson and Autocad use Y, X. z (North, East, Elev.) format. Bring your points into Carlson and look...

10 years ago
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RE: I am so Sick of drafting

Field/OfficeCross training is grand, BUT to suggest one day a week will get 'er done, is simply laughable. :clap:

10 years ago
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RE: I am so Sick of drafting

Have one of your field guys come into the office 1 day a week to learn CAD and you get out there and generate some callouses somewhere other than on y...

10 years ago
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