GEO MAPPING

[Anonymous]

AutoCAD civil 3d brings map in with no problem but when you try to capture an area of the map so it will plat with the rest of the drawing I get a fatal error.

[Pointdump]

Morgan,

Specifics please. What version/service pack? What Coordinate System? Can you post your drawing for testing?

Dave

[Anonymous]

AUTOCAD CIVIL 3D 2015, NOT SURE WHICH SERVICE PACK USING THE TX83-NC COORDINATES SYSTEM BUT WHEN WE TRY TO CAPTURE THE IMAGE SO IT WILL PLOT WITH THE DRAWING, AUTOCAD GIVES US A FATAL ERROR AND SHUTS DOWN

[Pointdump]

Morgan,

That "crop circle" in your screen shot looks suspicious. Have you been using the Location Panel in the Geolocation Tab? Specifically, Edit Location or Reorient Marker? Those commands are for Vanilla AutoCAD and are problematic in Civil 3D.

Dave

[Anonymous]

NO THAT IS HOW THE MAKER LOOKS WHEN YOU BRING IN THE MAP.

[Pointdump]

Morgan,

The Geo Marker is usually in the center of the coordinate system's extents. To verify, you're using TX83-NC which uses Metric units? Or are you using TX83-NCF which uses US Survey Feet?

Can you post your drawing?

Dave

[Anonymous]

TX83-NCF

UNFORTANTLY I CANT POST THE DRAWING IT KEEPS CRASHING.

[Pointdump]

Morgan,

Try _RECOVER. Or _AUDIT if the drawing will open.

Anyway, if you can get the drawing to open, hover your cursor over the Geo Marker. It should look like this:

Dave

[Anonymous]

NO I DONT GET THAT WHEN I HOVER OVER MY MARKER.

CANT ACTUALLY GIVE YOU THE COMPANIES DRAWING BUT HERE IS ONE TO LOOK AT , HOPEFULLY IT HELPS GET ME THE ANSWER I NEED.

[Pointdump]

Morgan,

OK, something is definitely amiss then. Did you try _RECOVER? Or _AUDIT? And you can post your drawing file without opening it.

Dave

[Anonymous]

WHEN WE ATTEMPT TO PLOT IT SAYS WE HAVE TO CAPTURE THE AREA WE WANT TO BE PRINTED, AFTER WE RUN THE COMMAND FOR CAPTURE AUTOCAD CRASHES.

[Pointdump]

Morgan,

Here's the problem:

Dave

[Anonymous]

APPARENTLY THERE IS SOMTHING ELSE WRONG, SYSTEM IS STILL CRASHING WHEN WE TRY TO CAPTURE THE IMAGE

[Pointdump]

Morgan,

And here's the fix. Use the _GEOREMOVE command to remove all Geographic Location Information from your drawing. You'll see the View Cube return to it's normal position. Then you can re-assign your TX83-NCF Coordinate System and go back to drawing.

Dave

[Anonymous]

STILL GETTING FATAL ERROR AND AUTOCAD CLOES.

[Anonymous]

STILL GET FATAL ERROR AND AUTOCAD CLOSES.

[Pointdump]

Morgan,

OK, slow down...deep breaths.

Step 1. Use command _GEOREMOVE to remove all geographic location information from your drawing. Did you do that?

Dave

[Anonymous]

YES

[Pointdump]

Morgan

Step 2. _RECOVER

Dave

[Anonymous]

Dave,

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