Use the Toolspace Survey tab to create local survey databases. You can subsequently create a new AutoCAD Civil 3D Project from the existing local survey database.
A survey database contains all the control points, known directions, observation measurements, traverse definitions, figures, and standard deviations based on equipment data for the survey database. This includes observations imported from data collector files, entered from the ToolspaceSurvey tab, the survey editors (for example, Traverse Editor and Observation Editor), and Survey Command Window.
A survey database is displayed on the ToolspaceSurvey tab under the Survey Databases collection.
By default, survey databases are local and do not use the AutoCAD Civil 3D project management functionality. You can subsequently create a new AutoCAD Civil 3D Project from the existing local database. When a new AutoCAD Civil 3D project is created from Prospector, a new Survey database is automatically created and must be checked out to add or modify data.
For more information about AutoCAD Civil 3D project management, see Managing Projects.
Tutorial Exercise: Creating a Survey Database
Topics in this section
- Using a Local Survey Database
Use the ToolspaceSurvey tab to create local survey databases.
- Sharing a Survey Database on a Network
- Adding a Survey Database to a New Project
Create a new AutoCAD Civil 3D project from an existing survey database to take advantage of the standard project management functionality when accessing survey databases.
- Translating a Survey Database
Use this command to perform a simple translation of a selected survey database.