Chapter 2. Back to Basics: Lines and Curves
Engineers and surveyors are constantly creating lines and curves. Whether the task at hand involves re-creating and checking existing geometry from deeds or record plats, or designing a new land plan, it's important to have tools to assist in the accurate creation of this linework.
The lines and curves tools in Civil 3D, along with the complementary tools on the Transparent Commands and Inquiry toolbars, provide robust methods for creating and checking lines and curves. This linework can then be used as is, or as a foundation for creating sound parcels, alignments, and other Civil 3D object geometry.
It's important to note that creating Civil 3D objects such as parcels and alignments from this foundation ...
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