To Work With Survey Data Stores

Survey data is kept in a dedicated SDF data store. Within a survey data store, survey points are organized into projects, surveys, point groups, and unclassified points. Before you import any survey data, you must connect to or create a survey data store.

To create a survey data store

  1. On the Survey tab of the Task Pane, click DataNew Survey Data Store.
  2. In the New Data Store Dialog Box , click in the File Location section.
  3. In the Create New Survey Data Store dialog box, enter a name for and select a location to which to save your file, then click Save.
  4. In the New Data Store dialog box, enter a coordinate system for your survey data store in the Coordinate System assignment section.
  5. Click OK.

To connect to a survey data store

  1. On the Survey tab of the Task Pane, click DataConnect to Survey Data Store.
  2. In the Connect to Survey Data Store dialog box, browse to and select the desired survey data store.
  3. Click Open.

To view points in the active data store only

    You can view only the points for the active data store by clicking the Display button in the Survey Task Pane toolstrip. When you click Display, AutoCAD Map 3D toolset hides the objects and features in all other Display Manager layers.

  1. Select the survey data store for which you would like to view points from the Current Data Store drop-down list.
  2. Click the Display button on the Survey Task Pane toolstrip.

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