> For your use, you need to make the same change that I did. You need Carlson Survey with embedded AutoCad. There is NO reason to buy a separate Au...

LDPsDang, looks like Topcon Tools can't do this. Probably just as well considering how flakey TTools is. If I set the coord system to state plane an...

LDPsThanks, Loyal! I'm excited to learn how to do this. I think I'll still have the same problem of grid vs. ground on this site, though. 20 sq. mi...

Ground CoordinatesI hadn't heard of an LDP. Looks very interesting! I found this online:

Ground Coordinates> > In a true grid system, EVERY point on a ray from the center of the Earth to outer-space has the same coordinates. Your di...

Ground CoordinatesUsing one average CGF seems to work well enough in relatively flat areas, but one of our projects is 20 sq. miles at about 10,000 fe...

Vanilla Acad 2004. Thanks, Sinc 🙂

Our Carlson Survey 2012 doesn't do that. Maybe it's part of the civil module...

PDFCreator does digital signatures now. Free and works great!

The arc mean bearing issue applies whether working in grid or not...

Agreed. Around here it makes a foot and a half per mile. I like grid bearings, though.

I would never donate services or anything else to a "church". They forget and then expect more, as if they are entitled to free stuff.

:good: Excellent response.

Required in Colo on PLSS monuments, unless it's the original stone. A real PITA to epoxy a cap onto an axle! Dumb rule, if you ask me.

Here's whatcha do:WBlock the entire dwg to a temp file, create a UCS that is seriously rotated and inclined to the WCS, and insert/explode the temp fi...

Settings > Carlson Configure... > SaveAs

Weird, TrueView doesn't do that to me. I'm on acad2004, tho..

I've modified Carlson to work more to my liking, similar to EP, LDD etc. The reason is that when I wblock out part of a topo to use in creating or ex...