About Survey Property Field Types

Use this table to determine the display of the various Property Field types both in the Survey user interface and the display of extended properties that are assigned to Survey points in the drawing.

Property Field Types	Stored in Survey Database As	Survey User-interface Display	DWG Formatting
Angle	Angle in radians	SDB Angle	Angle
Area	Square Units in Meters	SDB Square Distance	Area
Azimuth	Direction in Radians	SDB Direction	Direction
Boolean	Boolean	Boolean	Boolean
Coordinate	Distance in Meters	SDB Distance	Coordinate
Dimension	Distance in Meters	SDB Distance	Dimension
Direction	Direction in Radians	SDB Direction and Angle	Direction
Distance	Distance in Meters	SDB Distance	Distance
Double	Double	Double	Unitless
Elevation	Elevation in Meters	SDB Distance	Elevation
Grade	Double	Double	Grade
Slope	Double	Double	Slope
Integer	Integer	Integer	Unitless
Latitude	Angle in Radians	Signed Angle	Latitude
Longitude	Angle in Radians	Signed Angle	Longitude
Percent	Percent	Percent	Percent
Station	Distance in Meters	SDB Distance	Station
String	String	String	String
Volume	Cubic Meters	Cubic Yards if Foot or Cubic Meters if Meters	Volume