Manual Data entry

[ace98989]

I know that this might be a bit late in the technology world, where I work only just recently transferred over to the AutoCad Civil 3d, and we are having alot of trouble with it. Is there any way to manually enter data or does everything have to be imported from a file? thank you very much.... if there is already a link the fixes my problem I am sorry for reposting and I missed it, ill keep searching. thanks again.

[mathewkol]

What kind of data?

[ace98989]

field data...

[mathewkol]

Nearly aAnything can be created manually in Civil 3D.  Points (field data) is no exception.  Home tab, Create ground data panel, points.  There are lots of ways to create points.

[ace98989]

Ok, then I go to the home tab and go to the drop down menu create ground data, three things pop up, create point cloud, survey data collection link, and create ground data. However the create ground data option on the drop down menu is only a pinnable icon to keep the menu open... and neither of the two options that I saw allowed me to enter data manually, they want either a data collecter or a database import, which is not what we want. 

What we are looking for is pretty much a field book table with five or so columns, similair to what was availabe from AutoCad 2007.

By the way thanks for your help so far. 

[mathewkol]

Look up 2 button to be able to add points manually.

[ace98989]

Ok from, I go to the create data - miscellaneous, then go to "manual".... but then where do I enter the data to create the points?

[wfberry]

On the screen.

Bill

[wfberry]

Also when you click on the manual button follow the prompts on the command line.

Bill

[ace98989]

Ok so the command prompts is the only way to add points? thats is the only thing that I see on screen with which I can add points with. The point creation pallete wont let me write on it anywhere.

[wfberry]

What would you say if you could write on it?

Seriously now, there are quite a few ways to add points.  May I suggest you go to the help screen top right of your screen and select Tutorials.  Do ALL of those tutorials, particulary those concerning points.  You should find some help here.

Bill

[KirkNoonan]

People here are extremely kind. In the rest of the IT world it is aka - RTFM

[wfberry]

[OMCUSNR]

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@ace98989 wrote:

field data...

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Hmmm,

There is a difference in C3d between cogo points and survey points.  If you manually enter "field data" you'll get cogo points.  If you import your field book, you'll get sruvey points.  Just curious, what format is your field data in?  N,E,Z,D? Turned angles?  Bearings & distances?

The tutorials are always a good place to start, but, with C3d, a VERY cost effective way to get up to speed is to pay for instruction.  It truely will save a huge amount of time & frustration by taking a 2 or 3 day training session.

I speak from experience, not from trying to sell training.

Reid

OH, BTW, if you're a surveyor trying to use C3d, might I plug Sinc's Sincpac addin?   http://www.quuxsoft.com/  I have no vested interest in it, it just has a bunch of routines that make a surveyor's life in C3d a whole lot easier.    

[david.zavislan]

Manually entering survey data can be done through the Survey Command Window.  This command is available by right-clicking on a survey database network.  The database must be opened for editing.

 

Data is entered using the same survey command language that is used in field book files.