If you need to import point data from a Land Desktop project, you can import the external Land Desktop point data (database) file into Autodesk Civil 3D.
Autodesk Civil 3D can import point data from an ASCII (text) file or a Microsoft® Access .mdb file into a drawing. Before you import points into Autodesk Civil 3D, you must create a point file format that describes the layout of the point data in the point data file. For more information, see Understanding Point File Formats and Creating Point File Formats in the Autodesk Civil 3D Help. You can add the imported points to a point group, make adjustments to the data as it is imported, including level adjustments, coordinate transformation, or coordinate data expansion, and specify how the imported points are numbered as they are created.
- In Autodesk Civil 3D, specify the Point Identity settings, which control the point numbers of the created points. For more information, see To Edit the Point Identity Settings.
- Click
Find, or enter ImportPoints at the command line. - In the Import Points dialog box, specify the point file format that describes the layout of the data in the point data file you are importing.
- In the Import Points dialog box, select External Project Point Database as the format type and select the Land Desktop point database .mdb file as the source file.
- Optionally, specify a point group to which the imported points are added.
- Optionally, specify advanced options for level adjustment, coordinate transformation, or coordinate data expansion.
- Click OK to import the points.