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CREATE A NEW PROJECT

CREATE A NEW PROJECT. Click on the NEW icon. Click on OK. AutoCad opens with a blank screen. At the command line type NEW. Type in the name of the drawing. Click CREATE PROJECT. Name the Project Click OK. Click OK.

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CREATE A NEW PROJECT

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  1. CREATE A NEW PROJECT Click on the NEW icon. Click on OK

  2. AutoCad opens with a blank screen. At the command line type NEW.

  3. Type in the name of the drawing. Click CREATE PROJECT

  4. Name the Project Click OK

  5. Click OK

  6. You can click on a setting set and click on FINISH or Choose NEXT to alter the standard setting set for that scale.

  7. If you choose NEXT, a series of dialogue boxes will enable you to alter settings of your drawing setup.

  8. Choose an appropriate drawing scale, and sheet size. Choose NEXT.

  9. Appropriate coordinate zones can be selected. This can also be left as NONE, if you do not need to tie into specific zones. Select NEXT.

  10. Text styles and sizes can be selected here. Leroy is generally used. If you select standard sizes, text sizes will be set in text format. Select NEXT.

  11. You can select a border, it is not necessary and can be added later. Select NEXT.

  12. Select FINISH.

  13. This generates a dialogue box with all the selected settings for your review. Click OK.

  14. Right click some where you don’t have any toolbar.

  15. Select ACAD and Workspaces

  16. The Workspaces toolbar will appear.

  17. Set your Workspaces toolbar where ever it fit on your screen. Click on the arrow and select Survey.

  18. A default screen will appear. Close these toolbars by clicking on the X’s.

  19. Under Data Collection/Input, select DATA COLLECTION LINK.

  20. Under Transfer select SEND/RECEIVE.

  21. With the RECEIVE tab active, select SEQUENTIAL. Check GET FILE… Select the type of Data collector you are using.

  22. Still in the same screen, select CHOOSE DIRECTORY. Choose the SURVEY portion of the drawing you just set up. • Click OK. • Click RECEIVE.

  23. This screen will appear and will inform if transfer was successful. Close box.

  24. Under CONVERSIONS, select CONVERT FILE FORMAT

  25. The data must be converted from the .CR5 format that it was imported to a Fieldbook format. Check COORDINATE FILE. Imput type=TDS COORDINATES. Select CHOOSE FILE. Under Survey in the appropriate file the .CR5 file you just imported should be listed. Click OPEN.

  26. On the lower half of the screen, select AutoDesk Softdesk FBK with Linework. • Select CHOOSE FILE (this is where you are storing the Fieldbook.) • Name the file with .fbk extension. • Click SAVE.

  27. This dialogue box should appear with claims of success.

  28. Still no survey? Under Data Collection/Input select IMPORT FIELD BOOK.

  29. Find where you saved the field book and highlight the .fbk file you just created and click OPEN.

  30. A series of 4 questions will be on the command line. Answer them (NO) in this case. Click RETURN after each.

  31. Still no survey data? Type Z (for Zoom)

  32. Many Options! Type E (for extents)

  33. TA DA! The survey data should appear.

  34. Now we want to create a surface, but before we have to create a point group. From Points select Point Management and then Point Group Manager.

  35. From the icons in the upper left corner click on the first one to the left. CREATE POINT GROUP

  36. Name the point group. Highlight the INCLUDE tab. Identify which points you want included in the surface. You can do this by checking the INCLUDE ALL POINTS box. If there are points you do not want, from here you can check the EXLUDE tab and remove the individual points you do not want on the surface. An example would be if you do not want the bench mark shot on the surface because it is above the ground, it can be removed. Select OK

  37. The point group manager dialogue box will appear with all of the points to verify it. Shut it off.

  38. HOW TO INSTALL CONTOUR LINES To create contour lines, you must create a surface with the point data you just loaded. With current survey open, select TERRAIN MODEL EXPLORER from the TERRAIN menu.

  39. Right Click on TERRAIN. Left Click on CREATE NEW SURFACE.

  40. Sign to open options. • Right Click on POINT GROUPS. • Left Click on ADD A POINT GROUP.

  41. Select the Point Group you just made.

  42. Right Click on SURRFACE. Select BUILD

  43. Select OK.

  44. If all goes well, You should see this. Select OK.

  45. This dialogue box confirms the Surface Statistics of the surface, including the point data, which we just created. Confirm statistics, and shut the box off.

  46. STILL NO CONTOUR LINES!

  47. From the TERRAIN menu, select CREATE CONTOURS.

  48. Confirm the settings and click OK.

  49. Reply YES to Erase Old Contours.

  50. The contours here are very abrupt. The style can be smoother. Also labels can be applied to the contours globally. The text height can be set.

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