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example is that you may have a point file that you would like to import into the
drawing without including it in a survey database. Civil 3D has a multitude of tools
designed to create points easily and efficiently. They are found on a special toolbar
that opens when you click the Point Creation Tools command on the Home tab of
the ribbon.
In many ways, the points you create using these tools are treated in the same
manner as those created by importing survey data. They can be placed in point
groups and can respond to description keys. They can also be affected by point
styles and point label styles. There are differences, however, between these points
and those created by importing survey data. For example, Civil 3D can't automati-
cally generate linework by importing points in this manner. Also, these points
don't have the protection of the survey database, allowing them to be edited by
anyone who opens the drawing. Regardless of how they are created, all points can
be exported to a file that can be uploaded to a portable device and taken to the
field to be staked out.
Exercise 3.9: import Points and Create
Points Manually
In this exercise, you'll begin by importing points that represent property corners
that were found on the site. Then you'll create stake-out points to assist field crews
in locating several missing property corners. You'll also create points along the
proposed road centerlines. These points will represent the locations of soil-test
borings to be performed on the site.
If you haven't already done so, go to the topic's web page at
www.sybex.com/
go/civil3d2015essentials
and download the files for Chapter 3. Unzip the files
to the correct location on your hard drive according to the instructions in the
introduction.
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1.
Open the drawing named
Stake Out.dwg
located in the
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class data folder. This drawing contains a calculated property bound-
ary reconstructed from a deed or other source of information. It also
contains a preliminary layout of the road centerlines that will be used
to determine soil-test boring locations. You'll begin by inserting points
into the drawing that represent property corners located in the field.
Stake out
is a term used
by surveyors to refer to
placing markers in the
field at predetermined
locations, often calcu-
lated in the office.
2.
On the Insert tab of the ribbon, click Points From File.
3.
In the Import Points dialog box, select PNEZD (Comma Delimited) as
the format. Then click the plus sign icon and browse to the
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class data folder.
