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Civil 3D 2012 Coordinate system scale factors are wrong?

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ericcollins6932
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Civil 3D 2012 Coordinate system scale factors are wrong?

I was recently setting up a new install of Civil 3D 2012 and was going to set the default coordinate system to 3TM (CM=114°W) when I realized the scale factor was set to 1.0 at the central meridian.

 

It should be 0.9999. I checked some others and they are all the same. I also checked the 6TM projection and it is also set to 1 although it should be 0.9992

 

Below is the WKT(ESRI) out of Civil for EPSG code 3401:

 

PROJCS["CANA83-10TM115",GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983",DATUM["D_North_American_1983",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.000,298.25722210]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["Degree",0.017453292519943295]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.000],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.000],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.000000000000],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-115.00000000000000],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.00000000000000],UNIT["Meter",1.00000000000000]]

 

Looking up the .PRJ for EPSG 3401, the published standard is:

PROJCS["NAD83 / Alberta 10-TM (Resource)",GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983",DATUM["D_North_American_1983",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["Degree",0.017453292519943295]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],PARAMETER["central_meridian",-115],PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9992],PARAMETER["false_easting",0],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["Meter",1]]

 

Is anyone aware of this behaviour in version 2012? Has it been fixed in later versions? Thanks in advance.

 

 

Eric Collins, P.Tech.(Eng.)

Win 10
Intel i7 9700 @ 3 GHz
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Civil 3D 2019
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This issue was fixed in Civil 3D 2013. These can be verified using MAPCSASSIGN, finding the appropriate Coordinate System [CANA83-3TM114 in this case] then using the View option at the bottom [between Assign and Close], and then select -Projection on the left side. In Civil 3D 2013 and 2014, the scale reduction is listed as .9999.

 

This same process in Civil 3D 2012 up to and including Service Pack 4 still gives the wrong scale factor of 1 for this Coordinate System.



Willy Campbell

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