To Specify the Survey Database Defaults

Specify the settings for survey database features.

1. Click Survey tabModify panelEdit User Settings.
2. In the Survey User Settings dialog box, expand the Survey Database Defaults property group.
3. Under Survey database settings path, specify the path to where survey database settings files are located. This path should be in a common location within an organization.
4. Under Survey database settings, select a survey database settings file from the drop list. All files with a *.sdb_set extension are listed. The settings in this file are used whenever a new survey database is created by AutoCAD Civil 3D.
5. Under, Extended properties definition path, specify the path to where Extended Properties definitions are located. This path should be a common location within an organization.
6. Under Extended properties definition, specify an extended properties definition file from the list. All files in the extended properties definition path that has a *.sdx_def extension is listed.