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Contents
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Building Surfaces 183
Specifying Data for Surfaces 183
Building a Watershed Model 186
Creating Finished Ground Data for Surfaces 190
Editing Surfaces 191
Edit History 192
Working with Surface Output and Visualization Tools 192
Viewing Surface Statistics 193
Dynamically Viewing Elevational Characteristics of a Surface 193
Viewing Quick Sections of a Surface 194
Creating Contours 196
Creating Contours from a Surface 197
Using a Surface Boundary to Contour Around a Building or Pond 199
Comparing Two Surfaces to Calculate Volumes 201
Presenting Cut/Fill Results 203
Creating a 3D Map to Present Elevation Conditions 204
Projecting 2D Lines onto a 3D Grid 206
Chapter 6 Creating Cadastral Information 207
Introduction 208
Working with Alignments 208
Multi-User Alignment Database 209
Backwards Compatibility with Single-User Alignment Databases 210
Drawing Alignment Geometry 210
Defining an Object as a Road Alignment 212
Making an Alignment Current 213
Editing a Road Alignment 215
Deleting and Importing Alignments 216
Drafting Road Results 218
Working with Parcels 221
Drawing Parcel Geometry 221
Defining Parcels to the Parcel Database 223
Managing Parcels 225
Chapter 7 Listing and Annotating Plans 227
Introduction 228
Listing Object Data 228
CAD-Based Inquiry Commands 228
AutoCAD Land Development Desktop Inquiry Commands 229