CIVIL3D-SURVEY DATABASE FUNCTIONALITY

[CADEngr2014]

Hello,

I am using Civil 3D 2014.

I am an experienced user of the software but do not use the survey tools at all.  I need to have a point database that I can reference into sheets with different scales and have the option to toggle off/on certain points in each sheet as needed.  I believe the survey tools and database concepts are what I want to have for the above described functionality.  Can someone confirm if my suspiciaon is correct before I spend hours trying to figure this out?

[rl_jackson · Accepted solution]

You can use a SDB in multiple drawings (not really a reference like data shortcuts). But I think your going to need point groups or description keys to achieve most of you goal.

[sboon · Accepted solution]

I use the survey database for sharing control data and certain points across large projects with multiple drawings.  In the example project I'm thinking of I have two Existing Baseplan drawings, each with a year of field survey work across the project region.  When those drawings were essentially complete I used an import event to copy all of the points into a survey database.

I wanted to display and build tables for the control points which may fall within each of my final sheet drawings and I need to display some other points there.  I can sort the database points by description then select and insert all of the control to the drawing.  I then delete the ones which are outside my area of interest and proceed from there.

Steve
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[CADEngr2014]

Are description keys particularly difficult to work with?

[rl_jackson · Accepted solution]

Examples of Description Keys which insert the symbol (point style) and place the point on a specific layer which is always displayed (unless turned off).