Pt 1 Downloadable Styles - Pt. 2 Parcel Options

[JohnC_ISM]

so im slowly figuring all this stuff out as you can tell with my 500 posts a week. 

but in general i was wondering if theres a site where i can download different styles and/or settings whether it be points, labels, parcels, surface, or anything of that matter. something i can just open and tweak to fit how id like it to look or just use it how it is. 

also, were getting pretty swamped with plats and i need a quicker way to make parcels. ive tried to use the parcel creator thing and it worked sorta but theres specifics i need that im not sure where to change it. so our county has a 4-1 frontage rule so if its 200 frontage the length cants be more than 800. but how do i tell the parcel creator that? 

i saw you can specify width but then length was whatever it could do. so im not sure if thats too specific for the program or not.  thanks 

[pendean]

This is the plain AutoCAD forum; is that the software you are using with no GIS add-ons?

[JohnC_ISM]

Uhhh i mean its autocad civil so I'm not sure what feature is for what. Maybe the parcel is just civil? But the downloadable stuff could still apply to normal cad right?

[TomBeauford]

Try the Civil 3D Forums

[ChicagoLooper · Accepted solution]

<<….its autocad civil so I'm not sure what feature is for what…>>

There are many Cilvil3D objects you’ll encounter (and may create from scratch) that you should, sometimes must, treat as C3D entities, e.g. cogo points, point labels, feature lines, topographic contours, TIN surfaces, alignments, profile views, feature lines, etc. If you treat them as plain vanilla entities you’ll have issues  

C3D objects are not plain vanilla objects and vanilla objects aren’t civil. The settings for one may not even be applicable for the other. 

It’s typical for the firms of C3D users to share their files with other trades or their plot output with agencies for permit approval so your audience might be confused if your style isn’t the industry standard. 

Use existing civil OOTB styles. If one comes close but doesn’t suffice you can tweak it so suits your needs and you're better able to communicate your design intention. 

For example, cogo points are commonly used to create existing ground and design final grade. You can use different cogo point styles to construct each surface. You can compare the before and after surface profiles of each grade by displaying them simultaneously in a profile view style. Roads typically begin using an alignment style. Stop signs, fire hydrants, and street lamps, can be represented using their own cogo point style. There are also point label styles that can be used to ID points within a group. Since the labels don’t depend on a cogo point style, any label style can be applied to any point group. And as you already know, there are parcel styles that non-C3Der’s may confuse as rectangles. 

Styles drive Civil and Civil drives your productivity. Don’t download. Learn the styles. When you’re intimately familiar with them is when you can entirely replace or discard them. 

[JohnC_ISM]

All I wanted was to be able to have normal point labels. But its fine I didn't realize the civil template from acad had those. Thanks

[ChicagoLooper]

Hi @JohnC_ISM 

The dwg you uploaded was limited--it didn't have civil labels.

That leader you're taking about is a Dim Style, not a Parcel Label Style. That's not to say your dwg doesn't have civil labels, it's only saying the specific dwg you uploaded didn't have civil objects, hence no civil labels. You might wanna check the actual civil drawing to see whether there's Parcel Labels in addition to vanilla dims.

[JohnC_ISM]

Hmmmmm ill have to figure out why it wasn't the correct one. Okay cool thanks idk what happened but ill figure it out whenever I get some downtime.