Course Description:

This class is for new, or relatively new, users of Autodesk Land Desktop. All students for this class are presumed to have industry experience in the field of Civil Engineering or Land Surveying and a good working knowledge of AutoCAD 2000x. Prerequisites for this course include either the Cybertek full length AutoCAD Level I class or the Cybertek AutoCAD Refresher or AutoCAD Intro course.
Course Length - 3 days.

Product Overview

• Using Autodesk Land Desktop
• Establishing the Land Desktop Project Environment
• Managing the Project Environment

Creating a Legal Survey Plan

• Using the Drawing Setup Command
• Specifying Point Object Settings
• Using Description Keys
• Importing an ASCII Point File
• Point Groups and Lists
• Drawing Traverse, Boundary, and Special Lines
• Labeling the Boundary Plan

Creating a Topographic Survey Drawing

• Setting Up a Topographic Survey Drawing
• Building Surfaces
• Performing Vertical Surface Analyses
• Defining Surface Breaklines
• Establishing Surface Boundaries
• Creating Contours
• Labeling Contours

Laying Out Subdivision Roadways

• Setting Up a Conceptual Plan Drawing
• Identifying Existing Roadway Alignments
• Drawing Horizontal Alignments
• Generating Roadway Offsets
• Labeling Alignments with Station Labels
• Generating an Alignment Stakeout Report

Laying Out Subdivision Lots

• Preparing Parcel Boundaries
• Defining and Managing Parcels
• Sizing Lots Using the Slide Bearing Method
• Defining a Roadway Easement
• Sizing Lots Using the Radial Method
• Solving Complex Parcel Layout Problems
• Defining a Drainage Easement
• Completing a Conceptual Plan