You can build a surface from a dynamic reference to the survey figures that are included in a survey query.
For more information, see About Adding Survey Query Results to a Surface and To Add Survey Query Results to a Surface as a Dynamic Reference to the Survey Database.
When a figure survey query is added to the surface definition, the survey figures are not added to the drawing. The figure survey query is a dynamic reference to the figures that are included in the survey database. If the figures in the survey database are updated, the changes are propagated to the surface when you:
The surface is then marked as out of date.
The survey figures that are included in a survey query can also be added to the surface as static breaklines.