Stringer Survey Blogs

What Data is required for ePlan? What is required for ePlan Accurate field data Data that is mathematically correct Field Data that is closed An understanding of Survey Practises (ePlan) No Bearing and Distances required – just linework Data from...

Stringer ePlan - Multiple Parcels  Stringer ePlan has added a new function to its already impressive list of commands when creating an XML file for digital lodgment. The latest version of the software is available in the subscriptions portal for...

Stringer ePlan - 1 drawing at a time   The most important thing when using Stringer ePlan in AutoCAD Civil3D, AutoCAD/MAP3D or BricsCAD is to only have 1 drawing open at a time In the CAD packages you can have somewhere up to 9 or more drawings open...

Segment List Form Double click to open the Segments form for Editing When using the Segment List function, as soon as you open the form it will already be populated by any segment in the drawing that has been enumerated, whether it is for a Parcel,...

Parcel List Form Double click to open the Parcel for Editing When using the Parcel List function you have 2 options for selection Selection via a window of the individual parcels you want to look at OR Type in All in the command line and all the...

Monument Points List Form Double click to open the Points form for Editing When using the Monument Points List function you have 2 options for selection Selection via a window of the individual Points you want to look at OR Type in All in the...

Stringer ePlan - Quick, Easy & Efficient   Convert your CAD drawing into a digital ePlan for Lodgement With Stringer ePlan, you can convert your drawing objects into enumerated survey data for upload to the land titles office for digital title plan...

Enumerate Parcels- Segment Purpose Highlight  Segment is highlighted in drawing When enumerating a Segment within a parcel you need to know what the Purpose is for each segment.  In Victoria the Purpose in a parcel is mostly set to normal, but in NSW...

Deleting Stringer ePlan Points Deleting Points from the drawing Delete point – when you delete a point in the drawing you need to remove the segment that goes with it as the points are made when enumerating a Parcel or Enumerating a Segment. Once it...

COGO Points List Form Double click to open the Points form for Editing When using the COGO Points List function you have 2 options for selection Selection via a window of the individual COGO Points you want to look at OR Type in All in the command...

Stringer DSpec & RSpec Civil3D - Released Stringer DSpec & RSpec New features for DSpec - The enhancements made are only available with the xdata data storage. The ODT data storage was too cumbersome and restrictive. This new feature will only work...

Adding COGO points to an Alignment Once you have created an alignment and you want to add points to that alignment, there are 2 options you can use to automate this process and they are Automatic - this is so you can use the Raw Description code...

Re-arranging Ribbon Panel Order If you have a Ribbon Tab and you want to be able to rearrange the order of the panels because the install put them in a different order than you are used to, here is how to freely move the Panels to how you want...

Inserting Multiple Blocks We are often asked how to quickly add multiple blocks into a drawing. There are a range of tools to share information between drawings, including inserting a drawing as a block (and exploding) or using Autodesk Design...

How to Add Bing Maps to AutoCAD/AutoCAD Civil3D Open a new drawing Go to the Settings tab in the Toolspace Right click on the drawing name and click on Edit Drawing Settings. Set the co-ord system you require (i set the Victorian one so i got all...

Creating a Surface from a Point Cloud When you want to bring in a Point Cloud into Civil3D the first thing you need to do is Open the point cloud data in RECAP 360 If you need to delete any part of the point cloud you can do it in here. I would...

AutoCAD 2018 & Civil3D 2018 - Not Backwards Compatible   AutoCAD 2018 heralds a change in the drawing file format to a 2018 drawing file (.dwg) format. This is a universal change for all AutoCAD based products and normally occurs every three years (we...

Stopping the Ribbon from changing Here are the steps that you need to turn off the Contextual Tab States in Vanilla AutoCAD 2015 Type CUI in the command line and hit enter Underneath Quick Access Toolbars is the RIBBON, expand that out Expand out...

Adding Elevations to Contours using the Map Query Try this step by step procedure and see if you go any better than before. Open the 14031 CCad.dwg Assign Co-ordinate System - MGA-56 Type mapimport into the commandline Change the file type to...

AutoCAD Civil3D 2014 Changing Transformation Settings If you have been doing your drawings in AutoCAD Civil3D 2013 version and have been applying the Transformation using a User Defined Scale factor, you need to make sure that you check that...

AutoCAD Civil3D 2015 - Map3D functions not Working AutoCAD Map3D functions not working If you have found that a couple of your Map3D functions aren't working e.g. MAPTRIM, MAPINSERT, you will need to add a support path in the Options-File...

Creating a SHP file from Civil3d Points Go to the Outputs tab - Export Civil Objects to SDF. You will create an SDF file Open a new Drawing and type in MAPIMPORT and find the SDF file you just created and click ok. (if you need to set a co-ordinate system...

Civil3D - Creating a User Defined Contour How to Create a User Defined Contour/s in the Surface Properties using the Analysis Tab. Here are the Steps to making a user Defined Contour. Left Click on the Surface Right Click, Surface Properties Click on the...

Getting Points showing in the object viewer You need to go and change your point style in the settings tab Settings Tab>Point>Point Styles>Standard Right click on the Standard Point Style>Edit. Then go to the Display Tab at the top, Under View...

Grips not Working If you find that you only have one grip in the drawing when you pick on a point, it will have something to do with your elevation. If you dont have any grips on some points it is because the of the level or non level you have on...

Transferring Layout Tabs between Drawings To be able to copy a Layout Tab from one drawing to another you will need to have the drawing open that you want the layout tabs to go to: Right Click on the layout 1 tab, Go to From Template (Select either DWT or...

Non Autodesk DWG File Remember to Copy and Paste to Original co-ordinates when you open a drawing that says it's a  "FOREIGN DWG File.  This DWG file was saved by an application that was not developed or licensed by Autodesk. What do you want to do?"...

Civil3D Co-ord shift and Level Datum change Co-ordinate Shift To do a co-ordinate shift in Civil3D the easiest way is to do a move from the Arbitrary Point to the MGA zone point is to use the AutoCAD command MOVE. Before doing the move you will...

Changing Point Group Label Styles - PZD (raw) to Z45d Right click on the Point Group you want to change Click on Properties Go to the Information Tab Select the Point Label Style required from the drop down list Then click on the Overrides Tab at...

Define Map Query But before you do the Define Query there are a few things you need to do.- Make sure the original drawing has been exported to Vanilla AutoCAD - Big Blue A - Export Civil3D Drawing- Open the exported Vanilla AutoCAD drawing and...

Lot Area Table - Range colours An example of a Lot Area Table created by Lot Utilities: In order to create Lot Area tables there are some required processes and setup required. About Table Styles and Layers The Lot Area Table command does not...