In this exercise, you will open the Survey tab in Toolspace, create a local survey database, and then open a drawing to display the survey data.
For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Survey Database.
- Open Survey-1.dwg, which is located in the tutorials drawings folder .
- Click Home tab
Palettes panel Survey Toolspace
. - In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click Survey Databases. Click New Local Survey Database.
- In the New Local Survey Database dialog box, enter Survey 1 for the database name. Click OK.
The newly created database is added to the Survey Databases collection on the Survey tab. Empty items that appear in the collection include Import Events, Networks, Figures, and Survey Points. These collections are populated when you add or create survey data.
To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Setting the Equipment and Figure Prefix Databases.