Howdy
I'm finding myself on more and more sites that use multiple coordinate systems and height datums.
We have 3 on this job. One is the MGA zone 50 GDA94, another is just an offset of this and the third is a strange local grid with offsets and rotations.
We have Excel spreadsheets that can convert between the systems, but that requires several extra steps per point.
Is it possible to define each coordinate system in one drawing so that I could select which system I wanted to use, input the points and then select the main coordinate system so it converts the coordinates directly?
It would mean less steps and I would have greater confidence in this system.
We have the parameters for all systems.
Cheers
Ben
1] in a brand new empty drawing, set the main common CRS (command _ADESETCRDSYS)
2] attach the 3 maps, each with its own CRS (command _ADEDRAWINGS)
3\ perform a "draw query" to uniform all to the main CRS of point #1 (command _ADEQUERY)
Thanks, I have some questions, but I've not run through the supplied method, so I'll do that and then see what questions remain.
Cheers for the help.
Just so you are aware, the method mentioned works great but it only works on AutoCAD entities and will not work on C3D points. You can create new point file formats that will convert points on import or export from any coordinate system defined on your system.
I didn't read the entire post but this seems to have the information on how to do this: http://civilintentions.blogspot.com/2012/02/civil-3d-point-file-coordinate.html