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Contents

Working with AutoCAD Land Development Desktop Drawing Tools to Create

Lines and Curves 142

Drawing Spiral Curves 143

Special Lines 144

Working with Basic AutoCAD Commands to Create Objects 145

Lines 145

Construction Lines 146

Polylines 146

Curved Objects 148

Curved Lines 148

Hatch Patterns 149

Working with the Symbol Manager 152

Working with Text 153

Working with Curved Text 154

Attaching Notes to Objects 156

Adding Leaders to a Drawing 157

Digitizing 158

Choosing a Digitizing Method 159

Working with Editing Tools 160

Creating a Selection Set with Filters 161

Editing with Grips 162

Correcting Mistakes 164

Modifying Drawing Objects 165

Copying Objects 165

Moving Objects 166

Resizing Objects 166

Inserting Breaks in Objects 167

Using the Utilities Edit Commands 168

Grouping Objects Together 169

Creating Blocks 169

Attaching External Drawings 171

Chapter 5 Working with Surfaces 173

Introduction 174

Using Point, Contour, Breakline, and Boundary Data in Surfaces 175

Surface Accuracy 176

Working with the Terrain Model Explorer 176

Creating Surface Data 178

Creating Breaklines to Use in Surface Generation 179

Creating Contours to Use in Surface Generation 181

Creating Boundaries to Use in Surface Generation 182