Exercise 2: Setting the Equipment and Figure Prefix Databases

In this exercise, you will create new survey equipment and figure prefix databases and definitions.

Equipment definitions specify the values associated with a specific surveying instrument, such as the standard deviations associated with the measuring capabilities of the instrument.

Figure prefixes specify the layer that a figure is drawn on, how a figure is stylized, and whether figures are created as breaklines and lot lines. When figures are created, they are matched based on their names and the prefix names. All figures that match a specific prefix are assigned the properties of the prefix.

This exercise continues from Exercise 1: Creating a Survey Database.

Create an equipment database

Note:

This exercise uses Survey-1.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise.

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

Create an equipment definition

1. Right-click the Survey 1 equipment database. Click Manage Equipment Database.
2. In the Equipment Database Manager - Survey 1 dialog box, under the Miscellaneous property, for Name, enter Survey 1.
   Note:

   The Standard Deviations settings determine the accuracy of the survey observations based on the equipment that measured them.

3. Click OK.
4. In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click the Survey 1 equipment definition. Click Make Current.

   In Toolspace, the current equipment database name is displayed in bold text.

Create a figure prefix database

1. In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click the Figure Prefix Databases collection. Click New.
2. In the New Figure Prefix Database dialog box, enter Survey 1 for the new figure prefix database and click OK.

Create a figure prefix definition

1. In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, expand the Figure Prefix Databases collection. Right-click the figure prefix database Survey 1. Click Manage Figure Prefix Database.
2. In the Figure Prefix Database Manager dialog box, click .
3. Specify the following parameters:
   • Name: LOT
   • Lot Line: Selected
   • Site: Survey Site

     All figures that match the LOT prefix name will have the Lot Line setting set to Yes. When the figure is inserted into the drawing, Autodesk Civil 3D will create lot lines in the drawing in the Survey Site.

4. Click OK.
5. In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click the Survey 1 figure prefix database. Click Make Current.

To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 3: Adjusting and Verifying Settings.