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Chapter 1 Introduction

Using AutoCAD Land Development

Desktop to Complete a Project

The process of land development is highly iterative. AutoCAD Land

Development Desktop makes it easy to add new data at any step of the

project. A typical project begins with capturing data in the field. Back

in the office, you can use AutoCAD Land Development Desktop to set

up an organizational structure for the project, and then you can input

the data into the project and drawing.

After you input the raw data, you can define and transform it so that

the definitions are saved to external databases. You can then build a

surface that represents the terrain of the job site. You can analyze data

in a variety of ways to determine if the site is sufficient. If so, you can

create design documents by labeling and plotting out the drawings. If

not, you can input more data, edit existing data, and then recompile

the surface data.

You can edit data all along, at each step. You can output results, input

more data, and then output new results. The following diagram is a

simplified representation of the flow of a typical project that you can

do with AutoCAD Land Development Desktop.

Collect Data

Organize Data

Define/Transform

Data

Build Surface Model

Output and Evaluate

Data

Create Design

Documents

Edit Data

Input Data