I have been struggling with an issue in civil 3D. I typically start a project with importing from GPS or total station, units are feet inches fractions on the data collector. In civil 3d it is decimal feet , cumbersome for me . If I change the units to architectural or fractions the entities (lines , circles or whatever I draw) scale does not match. Changing the dim style to feet inch fractions , dimensions are off. What am I doing wrong? What is the correct way to set up a drawing in C3D.
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Hi George,
Civil 3D does not like architectural units, so keep your data collector and C3D in decimal feet.
Set your dim style to architectural and a scale of 1/12. Use the 'CAL command to enter lengths in feet and inches, like @caddie99 shows >>>Here<<<.
Dave
Dave Stoll
Las Vegas, Nevada
Oops, I should have said scale of 12 in your dim style. Like this:
Dave Stoll
Las Vegas, Nevada
I agree with @Pointdump . GPS and Total stations do not collect in Architectural Units. The Data Collector must be set to do the conversion. It should be set to output in decimal feet.
Allen Jessup
CAD Manager - Designer
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