First Time using Civil 3D

[Anonymous]

Hello

I just jumping into learning to use Autodesck Civil 3D and the drawing I have to start with from what I learned so far is in the wrong zone and on the wrong coordinates when it was first created in Civil 3D. I would like to know how to move it to the proper coordinates and zone still staying on the same drawing. Thanks

[AllenJessup · Accepted solution]

Hello and welcome to the forums and Civil 3D.

A couple of questions. Are you trying to move from a known coordinate system to a known coordinate system or an arbitrary to a known? What coordinate system(s)?

What do you have in the drawing? Civil 3D objects? AutoCAD entities? Both?

Why do you need to stay in the same drawing?

[Pointdump · Accepted solution]

Hi Jean,
Welcome to the Autodesk Forums.
In addition to Allen's excellent questions, can you post your drawing?
Dave

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi Dave

The drawing is to large to post because of xref brought in from the drone

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi Allen

I dco know how to go to setings and put the correct zone and location for the drawing, but when they first loaded the drawing and all the info from the drone they were always entering 0,0,0 than enter. What I did was start a new drawing and put in the proper zone and coordinates then copied the cad drawing in without the info from the drone so I can create ponds in the drawing to lated transfer to the original. I know using the new drawing I created would be the correct way to continue but the Boss does not want me to move his info to my drawing but to bring in the civil 3D drawings im doing and import them to his existing drawing but only after I figure out to locate and put the existing drawing to the proper zone and coordinates

[Pointdump · Accepted solution]

Jean,
"...how to move it to the proper coordinates and zone still staying on the same drawing."
If you're REALLY sure, you can use Remove Location and then re-assign the correct coordinate system. Be sure to back up the drawing first.
Dave

[AllenJessup · Accepted solution]

The problem is that the Drone Data is not being inserted correctly. It should have been delivered in a coordinate system. Once it's inserted a 0,0,0 it's stripped of meaningful coordinate data.

The only way I could fix that would be to find a couple of well defined known points in both the original drawing and the Drone Data. Then move and rotate based on those points. It's best to have a couple of other defined points to check on after it's repositioned. 

What kind of Drone data do you have? What file extension?

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi Dave

Just to ask my back ground is Mechanical and Civil is new and im learning it from tutoral and youtube. lol So if I remove all the existing coordinates and enter the proper Zone and in settings of the same drawing it will locate the drawing correctly ?

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Here’s another one to through into the drone can only give GPS location it does not have the capability to give elevation

[Pointdump · Accepted solution]

"So if I remove all the existing coordinates and enter the proper Zone and in settings of the same drawing it will locate the drawing correctly ?"
In theory. But we can't see what you see. As Allen asked, what is in the drawing? Is everything but the drone data OK, or is everything wrong?
How about posting everything with a link to DropBox or WeTransfer?
Dave

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi Dave

Im gona ask for 1 of the guy;s here to help me with trying to get the drawing loaded and then I will get back to you because the person is not here at the moment. In the mean time I will try to remove all the information as intecated and re enter the correct zone. Thank you to the both of you so far

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Good after Dave

Just getting back to to the suggestion you had to remove the existing location and enter the proper zone it worked very well. Thank you