CREATE A NEW PROJECT

Click on the NEW icon. Click on OK

AutoCad opens with a blank screen. At the command line type NEW.Or Click File > New

1. Type in the name of the drawing.

2. Click CREATE PROJECT

Name the Project Click OK

Click OK

Point Description field Size: character length of description of a point.eg. Tree, BC01, TP1, Drain, CP, Roadcl1

You can select from predefined sets and click on FINISH or

Choose NEXT to alter the standard setting set for that scale.

Select a profile name and click view for drawing settings for that set.

If you choose NEXT, a series of dialogue boxes will enable you to alter settings of your drawing setup.

Choose an appropriate drawing scale, and sheet size. Choose NEXT.

Appropriate coordinate zones can be selected. This can also be left as NONE, if you do not need to tie into specific zones. Select NEXT.

Text styles and sizes can be selected here. Leroy is generally used. If you select standard sizes, text sizes will be set in text format. Select NEXT.

You can select a border, it is not necessary and can be added later. Select NEXT.

Give profile name.

Select FINISH.

This generates a dialogue box with all the selected settings for your review. Click OK.

Right click some where you don’t have any toolbar.

Select ACAD and Workspaces

The Workspaces toolbar will appear.

Set your Workspaces toolbar where ever it fit on your screen. Click on the arrow and select Land desktop

A default screen will appear. Close these toolbars by clicking on the X’s.

TA DA! The survey data should appear.

Now we want to create a surface, but before we have to create a point group. From Points select Point Management and then Point Group Manager.

From the icons in the upper left corner click on the first one to the left. CREATE POINT GROUP

Name the point group. Highlight the INCLUDE tab. Identify which points you want included in the surface. You can do this by checking the INCLUDE ALL POINTS box. If there are points you do not want, from here you can check the EXLUDE tab and remove the individual points you do not want on the surface. An example would be if you do not want the bench mark shot on the surface because it is above the ground, it can be removed. Select OK

The point group manager dialogue box will appear with all of the points to verify it. Shut it off.

To create contour lines, you must create a surface with the point data you just loaded. With current survey open, select TERRAIN MODEL EXPLORER from the TERRAIN menu.

HOW TO INSTALL CONTOUR LINES

Right Click on TERRAIN. Left Click on CREATE NEW SURFACE.

Sign to open options. Right Click on POINT GROUPS. Left Click on ADD A POINT GROUP.

Select the Point Group you just made.

Right Click on SURRFACE. Select BUILD

Select OK.

If all goes well, You should see this. Select OK.

This dialogue box confirms the Surface Statistics of the surface, including the point data, which we just created. Confirm statistics, and shut the box off.

STILL NO CONTOUR LINES!

From the TERRAIN menu, select CREATE CONTOURS.

Confirm the settings and click OK.

Reply YES to Erase Old Contours.

The contours here are very abrupt. The style can be smoother. Also labels can be applied to the contours globally. The text height can be set.

From the TERRAIN Menu, select CONTOUR STYLE MANAGER.

A variety of items can be altered here. The text height for the contour labels can be set. Precision can be set to 0 (zero places past the decimal).

Under Contour Appearances Tab, Select ADD VERTICES. Slide the indicator to the right, until you reach the degree of smoothness you like. Select OK.

The contours appear much smoother.

With the surface already identified, and contours completed… From the TERRAIN menu, select CONTOUR LABELS. Select where you want the label to appear. (“group” implies you can select a group of contours to label at the same time.)

LABEL CONTOUR LINES

The command line directs you to select a starting point for the contours you want to label. Drag a line across those you want to label, assuming you selected ‘Group” interior or “Group” end. It will allow you to select as many different locations as you wish. When you have completed as many labels as you want Select ENTER.