I think you've got it up to step 5
> 1) Create new drawing with Imperial template and perform a save
> 2) Verify Drawing settings are set to US Survey Foot and assign State Plane Coordinate system
> 3) Click Survey Tab and rt-click Survey Databases to create New Local Database called Survey_test
> 4) Rt-click Survey_test to edit Survey Database Settings - Here I notice that it is set to International Foot (Annoying)
> 5) Change the value to US Foot and Export to a file called Survey_test.sdb_set
At this point, you just need to set that exported file as the new default. Do this by going to the SURVEY USER SETTINGS button at the top of the toolspace and then set the path to wherever you exported the file. The next field down is a drop down that you should now be able to set to your new exported file.
See the attached image. I wish I knew where the default was pulling from, but I have a feeling it is buried in an XML file somewhere...help is not much help on the survey stuff, at least not in 2009.
Edited by: tleggieri on Jun 18, 2009 3:29 PM