Oscar Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 I am new to Civil Drafting. I got hired on with Transmissions and Utilities Department (Sewer lines & Waterlines) I had an incident yesterday which I am glad I caught ahead of time. Basically I was creating my own Civil 3D Control points instead of importing the surveyors Point file. The surveyor sent us a cad file wich we made our topo and I xrefed it in to our sheet file. I then created points to give us the Northing and easting coordinates. Wrong? My coworker told me I should use their "points" because its on them. True? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 The surveyors work is always GOSPEL. The only time we query it was if something did not look right. They put the marks in field to use for controln ad guarantee their work. As a newbee I would suggest you confirm with senior staff the right way to do this part of the project. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberAngel Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 I agree with BigAl. DO NOT change the surveyor's data. You can change the way AutoCAD interprets the data, however, by using northing and easting labels on those points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandiegophil Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 just my 2 cents... CyberAngel and BIGAL are both providing you the correct answer, survey points are always the law. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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