Civil 3D Coordinate Systems

[byanez]

Greetings,

If I set up my Civil 3D drawing in some known coordinate system, e.g. State Plane, in the "drawing settings", can I then toggle my drawing into other known systems, e.g. UTM, by changing the coordinate system under "drawing settings"?

If not, how are the coordinate settings used?

[AllenJessup]

No, You can't toggle them. The coordinate system is set so that if you're brining in data from another coordinate system that Civil recognizes there may be a possibility that the data can be transformed. The coordinate systems are also used when doing a Map Query or attaching FDO. Unfortunately those don't work with Civil Objects.

Allen