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AutoCad opens with a blank screen. At the command line type NEW. Or Click File > New
Click OK
Point Description field Size: character length of description of a point. eg. Tree, BC01, TP1, Drain, CP, Roadcl1
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.
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.
This generates a dialogue box with all the selected settings for your review. Click OK.
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 Xs.
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.
Sign to open options. Right Click on POINT GROUPS. Left Click on ADD A POINT GROUP.
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.
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.
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.
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.)
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.