I have been given an AutoCAD drawing with two lots of TBM information in an excel table in the corner in two different grids for the same points , when I move to model space, one of these co-ordinates line up, is there any easy way of moving/ stretching the drawing so that the other coordinates...
i have completed a survey with xyz co ords in excel or csv format, i need to uses auto cad(a full version) to display these points on a drawing with the level attached in text, i have downloaded rapidDXR 4.0 and varios lisp programs, and i still cant get the info displayed, is there a simple way...
i recently discovered that if you plot an auto cad drawing to a jpg file you can use google earth to insert the jpg over a site that you have surveyed and control the contrast and orientation of the image, i thought that would be useful to the people that use this forum, however i have had some...
I am looking for a non complicated and inexpensive volume calculation software/program that enables a volume to be calculated from an in-survey and an intermediated survey which overlaps a specific boundary, but I require the volume within the boundary. at present I am using auto cad lt to give...
I have hundreds of spot heights I have taken from my total station, and converted them into autocad lt 2007. Is there anyway of labelling them automatically using my survey data, as at the moment labelling each one is time consuming and hardly practical!
Thanks in advance, Olly
How do I get points in x,y format from auto cad lt into an excel spreadsheet, I have seen several treads on this group of how to go about it using layers and the list function. This is time consuming when it comes to doing hundreds of points! Also there are methods of using autolisp or a n...
I have been asked to provide a method of providing a bench mark AOD on a site, that is about 2 miles from anything that could be used as a level datum and the site is surrounded by undulating terrain and thick woods! Is there an easy way of setting up this bench mark without using a dumpy level...
I do a lot of surveying and have mastered using excel and my survey data to produce lines and points using the equation =A2&","&B2 and then pasting the data into auto cad after specifying _pline or _line or _point but is there anyway of adding the level onto the drawing in a similar way?
so that...
i have recently purchased a copy of autoCAD 2007 can anybody recommend a good auto cad reference book for this software at beginner-advanced level? Ideally using metric units.
Is there a way of saving formulas that I use regularly in excel? Such as,
=A2&","&B2
=SQRT(((B2-B5)^2)+((C2-C5)^2))
So I don’t have to retype them, as at the moment i have them saved in word, then i copy them into excel and then edit the cell number when i need to use them.
I am trying to write an excel spread sheet for distance and bearing between two co-ordinates, the distance is easy, Pythagoras! but when it comes to calculating the whole circle bearing I’m struggling, theta = tan^1(dE/dN) depending on which quadrant the line falls depends whether you add...
i've hired an instrument and they've supplied an optical plummet, i've always used a laser one, which is more acurrate? i appreciate that lasers struggle in the sunlight! so should i get them to change the tribrach?? or stick with the optical one??
i have used leica total stations a number of times to set out jobs, however, the control station have always been provided e's,n's and hight, by a surveying company. my question is this, how do i go about setting up a station(s) (got the bit about knocking in a pk nail etc) but where do i go...
