Introduction to the Survey Toolspace

Oftentimes, the Survey tab within our Toolspace can help us better manage survey data and settings within our project files. It’s important to note that survey data and settings being managed in this space are applied to our entire Civil 3D project and are not drawing-specific.

Also, it’s very important to note that although this functionality can come in handy from a surveyor standpoint, it is not typically utilized from a design standpoint. Nevertheless, let’s jump into how to access the Survey Toolspace and understand some of the capabilities contained within.

To access it, we’ll need to go back to our Toolspace on the Home ribbon and select our Survey tab along the right side of our Toolspace, as shown in Figure 4.5:

Figure 4.5 – Survey tab in Toolspace

Once presented with the Survey Toolspace, we now have access to configure Survey Databases, Equipment Databases, Figure Prefix...