Wow, that guy made something so simple sound really complicated.I'm with Nate, I skip the gas stations and stores, go right for the woods whenever I h...

The early days of Carlson with ACAD were pretty unstable too. I haven't tried the ICAD version lately, but it was a bit clunky years ago, I'm glad th...

I mostly agree with JW. Except that you don't have to add the known closing point to your rw5 file, as long as it exists in your dwg/crd. Also, you ...

Maybe it was said to discourage those who come in chomping at the bit, fixated on getting their license, but aren't really interested in putting the t...

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Peter Lothian - MA ME, post: 398209, member: 4512 wrote: Thanks, this is what I suspected. It looks like I will have to re-insert the points at true ...

Anything relative to the lot lines is surveying, whether it's on the line or some offset. Setting fence lines out in the middle of a piece or land, w...

I'm not a big fan of having a pull-down list on the DC. I just have a list of 2-3 letter codes - ok some go 4, but they're mostly easy enough to figu...

I also find that things look better when run in lines. Sometimes the linework looks a little choppy and things are missed sometimes when people do it...

John. Birner, post: 393555, member: 12084 wrote: Being fairly new to f2f. I understand he concept, but my problem is trying to remember what bc, top...

Totalsurv, post: 395680, member: 8202 wrote: Does that not negate any clean up you may have done in the drawing? What about contours, many of my clien...

Nate The Surveyor, post: 396127, member: 291 wrote: I am an old HIXON fan. I have used other poles, for short periods of time, but always returned to ...

Based on the image, all I can think is that you didn't set 0 for your BS in the field. That said, you really don't need to anyway, the software will ...

I did a survey once for a woman who was intending to buy a property. She paid in full and I delivered the plan to her, but she didn't end up buying t...

How much scaling are these reviewers actually doing? Checking every distance? They should be checking a couple lines to see if the listed scale is c...

I just thought of a situation where I've created a virtual pin-cushion. (maybe a similar one was mentioned above - not sure).Street line was establis...

I have this discussion all the time with other surveyors. Sure, a single HR measure-up doesn't take much time. But it's a pain to do it constantly o...

There's a lot to consider. Frost affects most things, and in an inconsistent manner. So the monuments you see now, are not in the exact location tha...