AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2012 Essentials: Autodesk® Official Training Guide: Essential

Editing Survey Figures

Mistakes in the field can also lead to errors in the way linework is drawn. Once again, the changes need to be made a certain way because you are dealing with special survey objects, this time survey figures. Survey figures are linked to the survey database. Unlike survey points, they can be edited without accessing the survey database, but at that point in time, they are no longer in sync with the survey database. It is important to use the correct commands and keep your edits in sync with the survey database to ensure that the correct data is utilized in the future.

1. Open the drawing named Edit Survey Figures.dwg located in the Chapter 03 class data folder.
2. If the contents beneath the Essentials 5 survey database are ...