Often times we receive exported files from other surveyors that we need to use in our drawings. At this time, it is great that AutoCAD Civil 3D gives us the opportunity to Create a Surface from Text Objects. To illustrate better the task. We will look at an example where we have received a drawing … Read more
It is quite a common task, to raise or lower the elevations of all vertexes of a feature line in a drawing. The reasons can be anything, from using the wrong benchmark to revisions by the client. No matter the reasons, it is great to have the opportunity to automatically raise or lower vertexes by … Read more
No matter what drawings we are creating there always will be the need for Text and with it a text Font. Windows and AutoCAD provide us with many Font types, however, sometimes we need to add an additional one. Like for example, that time a colleague of ours gave us a drawing that looked crooked … Read more
Have you ever tried to create a great report with eye-catching graphics, charts or tables? I am sure you did! it would even look better if the said graphics are Landscape oriented! The first thing that comes to mind is to set the Microsoft Word Sheet layout to Landscape, but then all the pages turn … Read more
One of the most important parts of any drawing are Dimensions, however, some times we could create a mistake or two while using them. Or not even a mistake, some times we need to add a new dimension or if we could Break an existing One into two. To Split or Break an existing dimension … Read more
Your Microsoft Word grips are missing? Missing ruler in Microsoft word? What to do now? How to show Microsoft Word ruler? How to set up the sheet margins, and how to properly set paragraphs? These are just a small part of the questions we start asking when the grips or ruler disappears from the Microsoft … Read more
AutoCAD drawing files are everywhere, they are used by engineers, drafters, architects, surveyors, and field workers. To read them, one will need specific software. There are a number of different programs that can create and view DWG files. Some are more expensive than others, some are lighter and run on lower-end devices, others are very … Read more