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SJCAN
2011-07-18, 06:27 PM
I have another problem,

I have brought in my survey points, and they all look good, elevation, description and nothing easting. When I display them on the drawing for some reason it converts the elevation to feet. However the point elevation database still shows the correct elevation in meters. I have looked through my drawing settings and it looks like everything is set to meters. What am I missing here, please help me out.

Thanks,

sinc
2011-07-18, 07:33 PM
What are the settings in your Survey Database?

You set units in both your drawing and in your Survey Database. If the units are different in those two places, C3D silently does a unit conversion, which can be quite surprising when you aren't expecting it.

If you typically work in meters, then you may need to create a new set of default Survey Database settings (SDB_SET file) that specifies meters (and any other default settings you might want), then configure your Survey Settings to point to that new SDB_SET file.

To create an SDB_SET file, configure a Survey Database to look the way you want it, then from within the Survey Database Settings editor, click on the Export button in the upper-left, third from the left edge (a tooltip should say "Click here to save these settings to a file" when you hover the mouse above the button).