LESSON 1 Working With Projetcts

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LESSON 1: Working with Projects


One of the first requirements of working with Autodesk Land Desktop is that yourdrafting and designing environment (your drawing file) must be linked to a project A

project is simply a storage area for a drawing!s associated data" which can include points"

surfaces" alignments" pipes" parcels" and survey observations#roject data is not stored in the drawing" but in separate folders on your system

$o work through this lesson follow these steps

% &tart Autodesk Land Desktop if you have not already done so

' On the #rojects menu" click enu #alettes to display the enu #alette anager

dialog bo

* +rom the enu list" select Land Desktop ',,-" and then click Load

.orking through these lessons will result in alteration of the project files /ackup copies

of these project files can be found in the c01#rogram +iles1Land Desktop ',,-1Landtut

folder2f this lesson has been previously run" copy these unaltered project files to the 1Land

#rojects ',,- folder when starting a new tutorial session to ensure that the sequenceoutlined in each lesson can be followed properly

3reating a 4ew Drawing and #roject&tart a new drawing and create a new project to store associated data

% On the +ile menu" click 4ew to display the 4ew Drawing0 #roject /ased dialog

bo' 5nter Lesson6% for the 4ame

* 2n the #roject and Drawing Location section" verify that #roject #ath listdisplays 1Land #rojects ',,-1" and then click 3reate #roject to display the #roject Detailsdialog bo

- 2n the 2nitial &ettings for 4ew Drawings section" from the #rototype list" select

Default (eters)7 2n the #roject 2nformation section" enter #roject6% for the 4ame

8 5nter #roject for 5ploring Land Desktop &tartup for the Description and

$raining for the 9eywords: 2n the Drawing #ath for this #roject section" verify that #roject ;D. 2n the &elect Drawing $emplate section" from the $emplate list" select aec6mdwt

%, 2n the #roject and Drawing Location section" verify that the #roject 4ame list

displays #roject6% and the Drawing #ath list displays 1Land #rojects ',,-1#roject6%1dwg1

%% 3lick O9 to create the new drawing and project

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&etting @p the #oint Database

&pecify the parameters for formatting the point database

% As the 3reate #oint Database dialog bo is displayed" verify that the #oint

Description +ield &ie is *' characters

$here is an additional field in the point database for point names" which stores

alphanumeric point numbers or unique point names that may be used interchangeablywith point numbers in many point commands $he point number field for the point

database is still the primary field by which points are sorted and grouped

' &elect the @se #oint 4ames check bo" and then verify that the #oint 4ame +ield&ie is %8 characters

* 3lick O9 to continue

&etting @p the 4ew Drawing&pecify the parameters for the new drawing

% As the Load &ettings dialog bo is displayed" verify that the #ath is 1#rogram

+iles1Land Desktop ',,-1Data1&etup

' 2n the Load a Drawing &etup #rofile section" from the #rofile 4ame list" selectm7,,set (etric" %07,,)" and then click Biew to display the Biew Drawing &etup #rofile

dialog bo

$he coordinate one" tet style" and drawing border listed need to be changed for thisdrawing" so in the following steps you will make the appropriate edits to the drawing

setup

* 3lick O9 to return to the Load &ettings dialog bo" and then click Load to load

the m7,, setup profile

- 3lick 4et to display the @nits dialog bo and verify the units settings7 3lick 4et to display the &cale dialog bo and verify the scale settings

$he horiontal drawing scale affects block insertion and the sie of tet that is

automatically created $he vertical drawing scale controls only the default verticaleaggeration of profiles and cross sections created by Autodesk 3ivil Design

8 3lick 4et to display the Cone dialog bo: +rom the 3ategories list" select @$" 4AD =* Datum" and then from the

Available 3oordinate &ystems list select @$ with 4AD =* Datum" Cone %%" eter

3entral eridian %%:d .= 3lick 4et to display the Orientation dialog bo and verify the orientation

settings

> 3lick 4et to display the $et &tyle dialog bo" from the &tyle &et 4ame list"

select mleroystp" and then click Load to load the mleroy tet style

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%, +rom the &elect 3urrent &tyle list" select L%,,

%% 3lick 4et to display the /order dialog bo%' 2n the /order &election section" select &caled /lock" and then in the 3ustom

/lock section" click /rowse to display the &elect a 3ustom /lock dialog bo

%* +rom the list select pm6=-%7>-dwg" and then click Open to return to the /orderdialog bo

%- 3lick 4et to display the &ave &ettings dialog bo

2f this is a drawing setup that you would like to use on a regular basis" enter a profile

name and save the setup

%7 3lick +inish to complete the drawing setup process%8 As the +inish window is displayed" verify your final drawing settings" and then

click O9

Eour drawing is now set up with the correct parameters

Feviewing the #roject Directory &tructure$ake a look at the project directory structure with .indows 5plorer

% Open .indows 5plorer and navigate to the Land #rojects folder' 5pand the Land #rojects ',,- folder to view the separate project folders

* 5pand the #roject6% folder to view the separate folders that store different types

of project data

All point data is contained in the cogo folder" including icrosoftG database (mdb) files

for point groups" description keys" and userHdefined eternal data references

$he dwg folder contains the drawing files associated with the project and the dfm files(which are A&322 tet files that contain default drawing settings)

$he survey folder is where raw files downloaded from data collectors are stored" as well

as field book" observation database" and traverse adjustment files $his folder is emptyuntil you use Autodesk &urvey to populate the folder with these files

Additional folders are automatically created when you use Autodesk Land Desktop to

work with surfaces (dtm)" alignments (align)" parcels (lots)" and volumes (er)Additional folders are automatically created when you use Autodesk 3ivil Design to

work with pipes (pipewks)" hydrology (hd)" and sheet manager (cd)

$his concludes the project creation lesson 2n the net lesson" you!ll learn aboutchanging the project settings

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