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Chapter 1

Introduction .

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AutoCAD Land Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Installation Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing on a Single Computer . . . . . . . . . Installing on a Network . . . . . . . . . . . First Things to Know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prototypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setup Profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . How to Use the Documentation Set . . . . . . . . . Recommendations for New Users . . . . . . . . Path Naming Conventions . . . . . . . . . . Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accessing Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Help Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concepts, Procedures, and Reference Information in Help Using the Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using this Getting Started Guide . . . . . . . .

Chapter 2

Getting Started with AutoCAD Land Desktop

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Starting AutoCAD Land Desktop . . . . . . . The AutoCAD Land Desktop Drawing Environment .

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Accessing AutoCAD Land Desktop Commands . . . . . . . . Toolbars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transparent Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . Establishing Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . User Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prototype Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Data File Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the World Coordinate System for Creating Data . . . . Working with Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Managing Projects with the Project Management Dialog Box . . Managing Prototypes with the Prototype Management Dialog Box Working with Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating New Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Up Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opening Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opening Drawings in Other Types of AutoCAD . . . . . . Exiting AutoCAD Land Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Chapter 3

Working with COGO Points .

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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Point Markers and Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Points and CAD Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Working with the Project Point Database . . . . . . . . . . 36 Setting Up the Point Database . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Establishing Point Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Changing the Point Creation Settings . . . . . . . . . 39 Changing the Point Marker and Point Text Settings . . . . . 40 Creating Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Importing Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Using Point Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Editing Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Point Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Working with Point Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Working with Description Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Creating a Utility Pole Description Key . . . . . . . . . 54 Performing Geodetic Transformations on Points . . . . . . . . 57 Calculating State Plane Coordinates from a Known Latitude and Longitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

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Working with Surfaces .

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