Civil 3D Video Sample

Last updated on March 19, 2025

D08 - Discussion and Tips

Survey Workflow

SURVBASE-2D Drawings

Surveyors are reminded to load one of the DesignProduction-PlotStyles layer state prior to creating the SURVBASE-2D drawing.

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In the R4.0 template there is only one Design Production layer state, shown here:

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Breakline Figures

Breakline figures should be removed from SOG and LOG drawings prior to survey project delivery.
 
Adjust Project Vertical Datum
 

Adjust Project Vertical Datum

 
  1. Introduction 00:00
  2. SOG SURBASE DWG and SDB 00:21
  3. Turn on Change Logging 00:33
  4. Translate SOG SDB Vertically 00:54

Sample drawing used in video (3.2MB)

Survey Best Practices PDF (7.7MB)

Walkthrough Video

This video demos the Retrieve site and how the above page or a PDF could be used to recreate the Retrieve content.

Walkthrough Video