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Contents
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Using Drafting Settings 85
Using Reference Points in the Drawing 87
Plotting Your Drawings 92
Exiting AutoCAD Land Development Desktop 93
Chapter 3 Working with COGO Points 95
Introduction 96
Point Appearance: Markers and Labels 97
Points and CAD Commands 98
Upgrade Information About Points for Users of S8 Civil/Survey 98
Working with the Project Point Database 100
Setting Up the Point Database 101
Establishing Point Settings 102
Changing the Point Creation Settings 103
Changing the Point Marker Settings 104
Working with Points 105
Creating Points 105
Importing Points 106
Setting Up ASCII Files to Import 111
Exporting Points 112
Selecting Points by Using Point Filters 112
Editing Points 114
Drawing Point and Project Point Synchronization 115
Performing Geodetic Transformations on Points 116
Calculating State Plane Coordinates from a Known Latitude and
Longitude 117
Managing Points 121
Controlling Which Points are in the Drawing and Project 121
Locking and Unlocking Points 122
Working with Point Groups 123
Working with Description Keys 126
Working with External Data References (XDRefs) 132
Chapter 4 Working with Drawing and Editing Tools 137
Introduction 138
Working in Model Space and Layout Mode 138
Model Space 138
Paper Space and Layout Mode 140
Controlling the Display in Floating Viewports 141