Originally Posted by
MHultgren
You can insert a block at the x,y,z coordinates of your survey points and then interpolate between them to get your contours the old fashioned way (by hand or use the Measure command to place points along a line between your points. Remember, AutoCAD thinks in X,Y, and Z but Survey thinks in Northing (which is Y), Easting (which is X) and Elevation (which is Z). So if you had one point at 1346.82 and the point you wanted to "Measure " to was at elevation of 1347.64 you could use a distance of .64 and use the 1347.64 as your starting point and "measure" to the 1346.82 point. Set your Osnap to Node or Insert to make sure that you actually get the elevation of the points you insert. This would place a point at the 1347.00 elevation for you. This is a tedious method, but without Land or Civil, it is all I can think of at the moment.