Technical information

iv | Contents
Accessing AutoCAD Land Desktop Commands . . . . . . . . 18
Toolbars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Transparent Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Establishing Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
User Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Drawing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Prototype Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Data File Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using the World Coordinate System for Creating Data . . . . 24
Working with Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Creating Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Managing Projects with the Project Management Dialog Box . . 26
Managing Prototypes with the Prototype Management Dialog Box 27
Working with Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Creating New Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Setting Up Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Opening Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Opening Drawings in Other Types of AutoCAD . . . . . . 31
Exiting AutoCAD Land Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Chapter 3 Working with COGO Points . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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 Lon-
gitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Chapter 4 Working with Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64