About Tools for Moving Land Desktop Data into AutoCAD Civil 3D

This section describes the available tools and methods for moving Land Desktop data into AutoCAD Civil 3D.

You may need to move or share data between AutoCAD Civil 3D and Land Desktop. Perhaps you want to move data from a Land Desktop drawing into AutoCAD Civil 3D drawing, or use Land Desktop for some tasks and AutoCAD Civil 3D for others, and move the data back and forth. While the recommended approach is to start with a new project in AutoCAD Civil 3D, you may have situations that require moving Land Desktop data into AutoCAD Civil 3D.

The following is a summary of the ways that you can move Land Desktop data into AutoCAD Civil 3D. Each method is described in more detail in the following sections.

• Open a Land Desktop Drawing in AutoCAD Civil 3D —Enables you to view Land Desktop objects in AutoCAD Civil 3D as proxies or as objects.
• Import Data From Land Desktop command —Enables you to import surfaces, description keys, alignments, profiles, parcels, and pipe runs from Land Desktop drawings and projects into AutoCAD Civil 3D.
• Convert Land Desktop Points command —Enables you to convert Land Desktop points to AutoCAD Civil 3D points.
• Import a Land Desktop Point Data File —You can import an ASCII text file or .mdb file of a Land Desktop points database into a AutoCAD Civil 3D drawing.
• Import LandXML —Enables you to import LandXML data that you previously exported from Land Desktop.

Note: The process of sharing data between Land Desktop and AutoCAD Civil 3D is not dynamic. Changes that you make to the data in one program will not be automatically transferred to the other program.

Before you begin moving data between AutoCAD Civil 3D and Land Desktop, verify that you are using the same coordinate and unit system to avoid conflicts.