@brad-ott Depending on the site, sometimes I'll create different surfaces within the same dwg, and use the surface prefix for the layers - contours, ...

Dimension the CL of the water line, with the boundaries being o/s each side of the CL.?ÿ Tie the CL ends to monuments.?ÿ Show +/- distances along PL b...

@jaro, I'm with you on the composite toe boots.  I'd never wear another pair of steel toes again.  But need to buy the ones that have box to...

@blitzkriegbob This is where I'm lost.  I can open the dwg and each program, type linetype, and the linetypes obviously appear in both.  Bu...

@blitzkriegbob You're probably right, I'm not fluent on how to do a lot of CAD things, including adding linetypes.  I tried loading them, but do...

@terminus-nc,   Because I'm using CS2018 embedded ACAD, which I don't believe you can install on top of C3D, since it already has ACAD.  

@paul-in-pa ?ÿ Paul, I generally ask questions when I simply don't know something, have done a quick search, and haven't found an answer. Also, I g...

Total Station, Gun, Instrument. Probably use the word Total Station more now, just to differentiate between that and the GPS gear.

@ppm If it's within the current week, it's, this monday, tuesday, etc.  If it's in the following week, it's, next.  Doesn't matter what day...

@dave-karoly Typically, yes.  There's more to the story, but that's just how I framed it.  This is a site that's on its on and isolated, et...

Thanks, Jason & Brad.?ÿ I'll use one of those methods.?ÿ I guess I thought Carlson would have an option to change the datum, which would adjust e...

I can remember digging up the pipes wrapped in red cloth, in the woods behind our house when I was a kid.?ÿ No idea then why someone put that stuff th...

It's good to know the regs where you're working.?ÿ Some towns are pretty stringent, everything counts.?ÿ Worked some places where you had to as-built ...

As others have said, it's closed, closed-connecting is what I've always heard and used. 20mm error seems pretty good.?ÿ Either your work and the orig...

@dougie I'm not sure I could handle the heat; you can dress for the cold; you can only take off so much, for the heat.   No truer words have e...

@a-harris Well, there's always that small chance that we may've staked something wrong.  And because of that, if it ever were the case, I'd be p...

I'll have to try those.?ÿ I usually just use View/Display order/Send to back, until I can click on the right one.?ÿ Works only for lines and polylines...

@peter-lothian I think you're right, and I was agreeing with him.  Maybe that wasn't apparent in my post.  Next time I will start with, "I ...