You need to check a couple of things in the 'Point Settings' box. First you need to have the use current point label style box checked on the 'Insert...

Don't forget the ANSI sizes. ANSI D (22x34) is becoming the engineering standard around here, the half scale reduction fits on Tabloid.

Use a digital signature. When the original drawing is edited, your signature is removed thus allowing you to prove that the data was manipulated if i...

Motorola Tundra is the way to go. Not many bells and whistles but it comes out of the box with mil spec weatherization.

We've been using Nuance's PDF Converter Professional for Years and prefer it to Acrobat Pro. Works great with AutoCAD and does digital signatures jus...

Brad,If you are still looking for the Blue tooth caps, I have a couple I can part with. I just have to track them down. Let me know.John

The best way to ship equipment is as air cargo on a passenger carrier. You have to jump through the TSA hoops once to become a known shipper for each...

Dave,I have a 2001 F-250 with the 7.3l Diesel. It has seen a awful lot of off road in is time as still runs great. Several years ago we were working...

You need to look at your point labeling settings under the label pull down. I think the simplest setting is the Desc Key style. These styles can be ...

City of Portland and Multnomah County SurveyorsJim,The first person I would call is Mark Hawkins. Mark is the Engineering Survey Manager for the city...

If I recall, Oregon now has a law creating a one foot easement around property corners to prevent there destruction by the construction of utilities.

I use to use it but it has been years. I worked great, especially if you needed match someone else's CAD standards. We have since added PowerSurvey ...

Simple answer, YES. Washington is a recording state. It is the law and I would assume to be taken to the board if I did not due so.

LoyalYou got a great deal, I paid between $750 and $900 per for our adjustable fixed height tripods. The real problem with these is centering, the da...

Jim,I have all three flavors of Leica 360 prisms. Both the original GRZ4 and the updated GRZ122 a little on the heavy side with the GRZ4 weighing in ...

Andy,Are you looking for area or volume?Area is simple, just turn your delineation of the bottom of each pile into a polyline and check the properties...

Have you seen what a 41 goes for on Ebay these days?

Dave,I'm guessing he meant that the coordinate difference was 21 feet which means the original surveyor made the cardinal sin of not truncating after ...

Jim,It has been several years since I played with TCRA1100 but if I recall, you need to hit the "PARAM" key to setup the communication parameters to m...