To Change Survey Drawing Settings

You can use survey drawing settings to specify the default behavior for drawing-related survey commands.

Drawing settings are handled in a standard way throughout AutoCAD Civil 3D. You access drawing settings using the ToolspaceSettings tab. You can control these settings at three levels: the drawing level, the object collection (feature) level, and the command level. It is important to understand how the different levels of settings work together.

Use the Survey collection in the Settings tab to establish defaults for survey-related commands. You can change either survey-specific settings at this level or override the drawing ambient settings.

Note: Overrides to the drawing ambient settings at the Survey collection level affect only the specified level. The drawing level settings are not changed.

The topics in this section describe only those settings that affect survey-related commands, and do not cover the drawing ambient settings that you can change at the survey collection level, even though those settings are displayed in the Edit Feature Settings - Survey dialog box.

1. In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, right-click SurveyEdit Feature Settings.
2. In the Edit Feature Settings dialog box, make changes to the existing settings.
3. Click OK to save the changed settings in the drawing.