Setting up a new file to import points from survey data
To kick things off, let’s go ahead and create a new drawing using our new Project/Company drawing template file that we created, which can be found in our Practical Autodesk Civil 3D 2024\Chapter 5 subfolder.
We’ll open Menu Browser in the top-left corner of our Civil 3D session, and then select New | Drawing, as shown in Figure 5.1:
Figure 5.1 – Create a new drawing with a specified template
Once selected, we’ll be asked to select the drawing template that we wish to create a drawing from, at which point, we’ll navigate to our Practical Autodesk Civil 3D 2024\Chapter 5 location, select the Company Template File.dwt file, and click Open (refer to Figure 5.2):
Figure 5.2 – Select drawing template
After selecting the file and clicking Open, a new drawing will be created that already incorporates the styles and settings that were applied...
