Existing conditions display settings

Now that we have received the Survey Model_Start.dwg file from the surveyor, we can begin looking into ways to clean it up to meet our project design and display requirements. It is important for us to understand what is advised to do and not to do when working with survey files.

Earlier, we inspected all the aspects of our drawing to ensure its integrity, but now we will be exploring how we can modify its appearance to better understand our existing conditions without risking the modification of the actual drawing itself.

If you have not done so already, let’s go ahead and open the Survey Model_Start.dwg file contained within our Practical Autodesk Civil 3D 2024\Chapter 4 dataset folder.

Once opened, we’ll then click on the Manage ribbon and select our Import icon in the Styles section on the ribbon, as shown in Figure 4.6:

Figure 4.6 – Import styles

We’ll then be prompted with a dialog...