To Translate a Survey Database

Use this command to perform a simple translation of a selected survey database.

This command is useful when you need to move all the data in the survey database from an assumed location to a known location, subsequent to importing the survey data into Autodesk Civil 3D.

Translate the selected database by specifying a base point, rotation angle, destination point, and optional elevation.

Tutorial Exercise: Translating a Survey Database

1. Click Survey tabModify panelTranslate Database Find.
2. On the Translate Survey Database Base Point page, enter a point number from the open database or click Pick In Drawing and select a point in the drawing. Click Next.
   Note: If the base point exists as a survey point within the survey database, the Name, Easting, Northing, Elevation, Description, Latitude, and Longitude property values are displayed.
3. On the Translate Survey DatabaseRotation Angle page, click the value cell and enter a rotation angle. Click Next.
4. On the Translate Survey DatabaseDestination page, click the value cell and enter Easting, Northing, and optional Elevation Change values. Click Next.
5. On the Translate Survey Database Summary page, review the values for Base Point, Destination Point, and Translation. Click Finish.