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Survey Settings
You can establish the settings for a Survey drawing from the Edit Settings
dialog box and Data Files Settings dialog box.
TIP The survey tools have an interface that you can use for managing and edit-
ing survey control point data, survey setup data, survey observation data, and
survey figure data. For more information, see Survey Toolspace and Panorama in
the online Help.
Establishing Drawing Settings
The Edit Settings dialog box is a centralized location where you can edit
settings that are specific to each drawing. To display the Edit Settings dialog
box, choose Projects
➤ Edit Drawing Settings.
The settings are arranged by program so that you can easily locate the set-
tings that apply to a project. There are settings for AutoCAD Land Desktop,
civil engineering tools (Civil Design) settings, and survey tools (Survey) set-
tings.
These settings are available elsewhere in the program; however, the Edit
Settings dialog box provides an easy way to change different settings simul-
taneously and then save them back to a prototype. By saving the settings to
1. Select the
program that has
the settings you
want to edit.
2. Select the
settings you want
to edit.
3. Click the Edit
Settings button.