Import Points To Autocad

CEE 317 GeoSurveying AutoCAD Civil 3D Tutorial: Importing Survey Points This tutorial guides you through the basic steps required to (1) import survey data into AutoCAD and build a surface, (2) explore representations of a surface, and (3) generate a profile of your surface.

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Using AutoCAD Civil 3D, you can:

Importing Survey Points Into Autocad

  • Import points into a drawing from either an ASCII (text) file or a Microsoft® Access database (.mdb) file.
  • Export points from a drawing to either an ASCII (text) file or a Microsoft® Access database file.
  • Transfer points from an ASCII (text) file or a Microsoft® Access database file to another file. You can convert the point data during the transfer, which can include changing the coordinate zone.

Importing points is a quick way to place points into a drawing. For example, if a surveyor collects point data using a data collector, the data can be downloaded from the collector as an ASCII (text) file and then imported into an AutoCAD Civil 3D drawing.

Before you can import, export, or transfer point data, you must specify a point file format for each file that point data is read from or written to. The point file format describes how the point data is stored in the file. You can use the point file formats that are supplied with AutoCAD Civil 3D or create your own formats.

Topics in this section

Import Points File To Autocad

  • Understanding Point File Formats

    Use a point file format to describe how point data is arranged in a file when you import, transfer, or export points.

  • Point File Formats Collection (Settings Tab)

    Use the Point File Formats collection in the Settings tree to create and manage point file formats.

  • Point File Format Properties

    Use a dialog box to view or change the properties of a point file format.

  • Using Point File Format Properties to Perform Calculations

    Use some columns in a point file format to perform calculations, such as adjusting the elevation values.

  • Managing Point File Formats

    Use the Settings tree to manage point file formats. You can share a point file format and print a list of the point file formats in a drawing.

  • Creating Point File Formats

    Create two types of point file formats: a user point file format and a user point database format.

  • Editing Point File Formats

    Use the Settings tree to access formats you want to change or delete.

  • Importing Point Data

    Import point data from an ASCII (text) file or a Microsoft® Access .mdb file into a drawing.

  • Importing Point Data from an ASCII File Containing User Defined Columns

    Before you import point data from an ASCII (text) file that contains user-defined columns you must create a User-Defined Property Classification.

  • Exporting Point Data

    Export drawing points to an ASCII (text) file or a Microsoft® Access .mdb file.

  • Transferring and Converting Point Data

    Use point file formats to transfer point data from one format to another and to convert the coordinate system of a set of points.