To Work With Local Survey Databases

Use the Toolspace Survey tab to create local survey databases.

Each local survey database is stored in the project working folder, for example: Civil 3D Projects\<project name>. You can set the current working folder from either the Survey Databases collection on the Survey tab or in the Projects folder on the Prospector tab if you have Vault Explorer installed.

A survey database is displayed on the Toolspace Survey tab as a named survey database item under the Survey Databases collection.

To create a local survey database

1. In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click the Survey Databases collection.
2. Click New Local Survey Database.
3. In the New Local Survey Database dialog box, enter the name for the database and click OK.

   The database is created and displayed in bold text under the Survey Databases collection.

To change the location for local survey databases

1. In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click the Survey Databases collection.
2. Click Set Working Folder.
   Note: If you have Vault Explorer installed you can also set the working folder on the Prospector tab in the Projects collection.
3. In the Browse For Folder dialog box, browse to the working folder location.

   Survey databases in the working folder are displayed in the Survey Databases collection and all local survey databases that you subsequently create are stored in this location.

To open or close a survey database

1. In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click the named survey database. Click Open For Edit or Open For Read-only. If you double click the database it opens in read-only mode. A database in read-only mode always displays and the only option provided is to open in for read-only. Writable databases opened in read-only mode will display this icon only while they are open.

   The named survey database is displayed in bold text and it is expanded to display the Networks, Network Groups, Figures, Figure Groups, Survey Points, and Survey Point Groups collections.

   Note: Only one survey database can be open at a time.
2. To close an open database, in Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click the named database. Click Close Survey Database.
Note: By default, to save on resource usage, when you start Autodesk Civil 3D, all survey databases are displayed in a closed state.