Okay, it looks like I have the issue resolved. When I set the ambient settings in my drawing to the level of precision that I want displayed (nearest ...
I believe this is what I needed!I'm still going through all of my reports to make sure it is doing what I want, but this seems to be making the differ...
I'm guilty, like many of us, of riding on the tailgate or similar things. In some cases, it is probably okay. But the longer I work, the more I think ...
I have done two jobs where the land owner wanted to know the "approximate property boundary" so he could plant his first row of trees at least 20 feet...
Lots of good comments and suggestions here.When I first started surveying, my party chief told me that my job in the morning was to make sure that eve...
I was stark raving mad BEFORE I started taking advanced mathematics in college. I think that's why my only choice of career was to be a Land Surveyor....
Sometimes using the TFRAMES command will get it to work (this toggles frames in general on or off).There have been times when I had to quit and restar...
Yeah, that's my favourite call from a contractor on the job. "We're looking at these stakes and they're not hitting right."
While both the North Pole and South Pole are interesting places that probably hold a lot of significance, I prefer to follow in the wise words of Winn...
We planned a BBQ and Game Day with some friends without even thinking about the fact that it will be Pi Day. But I think we are planning to eat cake.....
In college I got to use several older instruments in our labs. I used a Wild T2-A, a Nikon (which model number I forget), and even the Wild theodolite...
A great response! I approve.I've been surveying for 20 years (licensed for 10 of them) and I learned on Day 1 that the surveyor is always the first to...
When I was still in college, I had a summer job surveying for a utility company. We were out in a very rich neighborhood that had an old railroad line...
No Fun with the neighbors on a Friday afternoonWhen I worked for a larger company, I had wallet cards printed and laminated for every party chief to c...
Where I live, there are several small municipal "airports" that aren't much more than a runway and a wind sock. But they are owned and operated by the...
Fire you? You'd get a raise for this.The question I used to get all the time was, "Are they going to widen the road?" I could be on the lot closest to...
Most of the "crazy" layer names I get are from architect drawings, actually. And I would venture to say that these layer names aren't coming from the ...
If I recall correctly, there was someone that used to work with me that was developing a LISP routine that would go through each layer in a drawing an...
In the past I have requested CTB files from others that are providing CADD drawings to me. Especially if I'm going to want to plot plan sheets and suc...