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USING SURVEY FIGURES IN A SURVEY TEXT FILE

Survey figures consist of a collection points that are related to each other. They can be used to automatically
generate linework for features such as fence lines and the edges of roadways or to automatically create
breaklines to help refine a surface. This guide covers the process of using figure codes included in field survey
data to automatically develop linework and breaklines in Civil 3D.
Figure codes can be included in a survey shots raw description in the field while the survey is being performed.
Civil 3D 2009 does not automatically recognize figure codes in a comma delimited PNEZD text file, so survey
data files that contain figure codes need to be converted into a fieldbook file before the survey data is imported
into the Civil 3D software.
The basic commands for coding linear figures are listed below. Additional figure codes are available to further
define curves and offsets. Refer to the MN Drawing Template Figure Prefix List document for a guide to the
figure naming convention included in the Minnesota standard drawing template.
BEG [figure] Begins a new figure
CONT [figure] Continues a figure to add additional vertices to it
END Ends a figure
Create separate figures by including a number at the end of a figure name (e.g. BNKL1, BNKL2, etc.)
The BEG command only needs to be used once for each figure at the point where the figure starts. The CONT
command only needs to be used when a figure is continued after intermediate shots with a different point code
are taken. If the CONT command is left out of a point code, the software will automatically continue a figure when
it encounters another instance of the figure name is a point description. The END command helps to define the
end of a figure, but if it is left out of the survey code the figure will automatically end at the last point where the
figure code is provided.
In the example below, a figure called CLDITCH1 will be created starting at point 102 and will run to point 104 then
skip and continue at point 107 and end at point 108.
Civil 3D does not handle spaces in survey codes well, and will often treat a figure code containing a space as two
separate figure codes. For example, a figure code of 20 FX could be treated as two separate codes. Eliminating
the space and using a survey code of 20FX or simply FX avoids this problem.
100,17135962.6900,2314281.4440,1113.2260,GS
102,17144982.3200,2319048.1230,1116.8350,BEG CLDITCH1
103,17144971.0700,2319239.6230,1117.1620,CLDITCH1
104,17144884.3500,2319414.4450,1117.7790,CLDITCH1
105,17145493.2600,2316077.5870,1115.5460,GS
106,17145299.5500,2315985.4130,1115.7810,GS
107,17144899.1600,2319608.8720,1118.1390,CONT CLDITCH1
108,17144944.2200,2319795.9920,1118.4280,END CLDITCH1
109,17145122.5200,2319881.8150,1117.8230,BEG CLDITCH2
110,17145289.7900,2319919.4360,1117.6050,CLDITCH2
111,17145287.8200,2320115.7530,1119.1270,CLDITCH2
Once the survey data is gathered in the field, the PNEZD format text file with figure coding is imported into Civil
3D using the procedure below.
1. Set the working folder for the survey database.
Go to the Survey tab in Toolspace. Right click on Survey Databases and select Set Working Folder… It is
recommended to set the working folder in the same location where the project data or drawing is saved to set
the working folder for the survey data.
2. Next, right click again on Survey Databases and select New local survey database… Enter a name for the
survey database. A section will be created for the new survey database on the Survey tab of the Toolspace.
The survey database is broken down into several categories including Networks, Network Groups, Figures,
Figure Groups, Survey Points, and Survey Point Groups. Click on the plus icon to the left of the survey
database name to see the data that is stored in that database. If a plus sign does not appear next to the
survey database name, right click on the database and select Open survey database.
3. Next, convert the comma delimited PNEZD format survey data file to a fieldbook (.fbk) file. Open the Survey
Link by going to the Survey drop-down menu and selecting Survey Data Collection Link…

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4. In the Survey Link window, go to the Conversions drop-down menu and select Convert File Format…
5. The Covert window will appear where you will specify the input and output file and format as shown in the
window below. When working with a comma delimited input
file with a .csv extension, you may need to change the files
of type in the window where you select the input file in order
to see the .csv format file. Click the Convert button when
you are finished. A message should appear to let you know
if the file conversion completed successfully.

6. Close the Survey Link window and return to the Survey tab in the Toolspace. Right click on Networks under
the survey database that you created in Step 2 and select New… Provide a network name and description in
the New Network window that appears and click on the OK button.
7. Right click on the name of the network that you created
in Step 6 and select Import Field Book… Browse to the
field book file that you created in Step 5 and click on
Open.
8. The Import Field Book window, shown on the right, will
appear. This window is used to control the settings
related to the import, including which figure prefix
database is used and whether figures and points are
inserted into the drawing during the import.
Check the settings in this window and click on the OK
button to start importing data from the fieldbook file. The
status of the import will be displayed in the Civil 3D
window below the command line.
9. The data imported from the fieldbook will be displayed in the menus for the survey database. A listing of all of
the figures created during the import will
be displayed in the Figures section, and
clicking on Survey Points will list all of
the points imported from the fieldbook
file in the bottom pane of the window on
the Survey tab. The survey points and
figures will also be in the drawing. Click
on an individual figure in the listing on
the Survey tab to bring up a preview in
the bottom pane of the window and to
highlight its location in the drawing.
The figures in the drawing can be used
as 3D breaklines in a terrain surface.
To do this, right click on the Figures
header and select Create breaklines…
In the Create Breaklines window that
appears, specify the surface to add the
breakline data to and which figures to
use as breaklines in that surface.

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