I think there are some real benefits to using Civil 3D, but Carlson is pretty good, too, and is probably an easier move from Terramodel.There may also...
My main band-mate "GT" hosts a radio show on KRCC radio in Colorado Springs on Saturday nights. His show has kind of an "oldies" theme, mostly showca...
LDPsI'm not a fan of the term "modified State Plane" in any sense. I tend to feel you're either in State Plane, or you're not. I prefer to call it t...
I tend to label both, to make sure that there's no misunderstanding on any point down the line. There ARE times when the sidelines and centerlines di...
Here in Colorado, El Paso County used to charge $1.25/page of a recorded document (for something like a deed or easement... they charged a lot more/pa...
Ground CoordinatesThe usual way to deal with this is to use a grid system with a floating scale factor. That means you NEVER use so-called "ground co...
Sounds like you have a better understanding than most.And that kind of touches at the crux of the problem... Since I understand this stuff (and have ...
I suspect that the worse issue is it sounds like the city is requiring them to use a CSF to "scale up" their grid coordinates to so-called "modified c...
The DGN import is actually part of core AutoCAD. Are you using the Intellicad version? If so, which version? I *think* Carlson may have piled DGN c...
I haven't had very good results in ANY version of AutoCAD or Microstation that convert well between .DGN and .DWG.They do well enough, but there are c...
Some good advice from Loyal.One of the things to really consider is that most of these old railroad ROWs have senior rights, and can trump anything el...
I am constantly amazed that when we have a project that bids for $1M+, we get hammered to lower our price, when it is roughly 1% (or even 0.5%) the to...
drafting-fonts - MarkSHX and TTF are two completely different things, defined in very different manners.The SHX fonts are like drawing lines in CAD, s...
You're still lucky to get within 2cm. As others have said, there are multiple factors involved. GPS RTK elevations cannot in ANY case be relied upon...