MicroSurvey CAD Training Movies

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  • Table of contents or playback controllers will “autohide,” but you can restore them by mousing over the playback area.
  • Overview movies will end with a collection of clickable links so you can access further related information on the topic.
  • If required, you can download all of the MicroSurvey CAD movies to your computer for off line viewing.

 

 

Movie Section List

Overviews General CAD
MsTools MsPoints
MsCOGO MsTraverse
MsAnnotate MsModeling (Premium)
MsDesign (Premium) MsPointCloud (Ultimate and Studio)

 

Overviews

How to Register your Program Start the program and overview
Managing MicroSurvey Settings Managing CAD Settings
MicroSurvey Smart Entities Saving and Backup
Customizing your Workspace Plot from Layout Space
Plot from Model Space Explorer Dialog Overview
Entity Properties Overview Mouse options – CADLines/Curves Text Editing

 

General CAD

Linetypes How To draw a Line
How to draw a Polyline How To draw an Arc
The Move command Draw a Wipeout
How To Trim a Line or Arc How to Trim around Text
Extending Lines and Arcs Fillet Lines and Polylines
Place and Move Text, Break Line Edit Length Command
Offset, 1 side or both Offset a house and Hatch the house footprint
Boundary Hatch to Exclude Text Copy Object Properties
Scale objects up or down in size Erase Command
Erase Selected Erase Outside
Copy and Paste Between 2 Drawings 3D Curve
Open or Import CAD Insert Drawing
Write Block to Disk Save to CAD and Other Formats
Insert and Manipulate Raster Images Placing and Clipping a Geo-referenced Image
Spell Checker Multiline Text
Zooming and Panning Options 3D Viewing and Shade/Render
Changing Appearance of Point Nodes Inquiry Commands
Cursor Settings

 

MsTools

MicroSurvey System Toggles Point Blocks
Hot Toggles Grips
Surveyors View (Part 1) Surveyors View (Part 2)
Insert Bing Imagery Global Mapper
Drawing Cleanup Tools Split the backlines of a block into short segments
Mapping Grid Create a Detail Blowup of part of the Drawing
Lot Closure Report (Map Check) Lot Closure Report with a Detail and Edits
Legal Description Writer Lot Definition
Design a House and place House on Lot Create a Block and Subdivide into Lots
Place Houses on Lots, Generate Reports Import Shapefiles and GIS Data

 

MsPoints

Active Coordinate Editor (Overview – Part 1) Active Coordinate Editor (Overview – Part 2)
Coordinate History Locked Points
Group Manager Multi-Point and ADT Selection/Editing Adding Single Points
Adding Multiple Points Point Editing and GRIPS options
Rescale Drawing and Point Update List Points Used/Unused + ADT List
Zoom to a Point Independent Point options and Settings (IPN, IPD, IPE)
ASCII import Google Earth and Google Maps Support
Transfer Points Between MicroSurvey Jobs Other Program Ties
Rotate Translate and Scale Rotate – CAD Method
Rotate – Survey Method Helmert’s Transformation
Clusters Geodetic Options – Transform Points

 

MsCOGO

Start COGO – Enter new Point – Bearing Distance entry Turned Angle entry
Two Point Inverse Bearing – Bearing Intersection
Distance – Distance Intersection 3 Point Inverse for Curves and Offset Reports
Bearing – Distance Intersection Deflection Angle entry
Bearing Offset entry Bearing + Angle entry
Distance entry as a Formula Distance – Angle Intersection
Curve entry Distance – Distance Intersection
COGO Entry with Bearing Rotation Output Scale factor and Labeling Styles
Input Scale Factor Enter a Lot using Azimuths
Batch COGO – New Batch and Lot Entry Batch COGO – House Corners
Batch COGO – Edit and Rerun Batch COGO – Continue and Edit Again
Compute Stakes Stake Out Report
CAD Lines Dialog Best Fit Line
Join Points by Range Right of Way
CAD Curves Dialog Best Fit Curve
Curve Problem Solver CAD Polylines Dialog
Fast Area by Picking Objects Area using point numbers
Calculate Area by Sliding Bearing Calculate Radial Lot Line for a given Area
Calculate Area by Swinging into a Line Calculate Area by Swinging into a Curve

 

MsTraverse

AutoMap Library Overview X,Y,Z Coding Linework Generation
SDRMap Linework Generation Manually Enter a Traverse
Existing Point Traverse Draw, Coordinate and get Closure on Traverse
Angular and Compass Adjustments Least Squares Adjustment
Export to STAR*NET FieldGenius SyncWizard
Leica DBX Import Import TDS RW5 or RAW
Jobxml Import Save to Field Formats

 

MsAnnotate

MicroSurvey Labeling Defaults MS Text Dialog
Labeling Lines Label Polylines
Label Curves Multiple radial ties and Table
Multiple Perpendicular Ties Curve Table
House Ties Coordinate Table
Line Table Symbol Librarian
Title Block Insertion in Modelspace Insert Title Block in Layout
Labeling Lot Numbers Parking Stalls
Other Labeling Options

 

MsModeling (Premium)

Creating a Surface from Points and Breaks Special Cases for Surface Creation
Inspecting your Surface Controlling Display of Surface with Boundaries
Drawing and Labeling Contours Drape
MS Flatten Intersect Slope
Choosing a Volumetrics Method Surface Volumetrics
Volumes using the Area Method Verifying Area Method Volume Results
Entity Volumetrics and Surface Area 3D Offset

 

MsDesign (Premium)

Auto Site Design Create or Import Horizontal Alignment
Label Alignment Create or Import Vertical Alignment
Create Template Using the Alignment Browser and Creating a Design Surface
Plotting Cross Sections from an Alignment Sewer Design
Station/Offset/Rim Create a Table of Structures

 

MsPointCloud (Ultimate and Studio)

Import LGS/LGSx Import PointCloud as LGS/LGSx
View Options Smart Pick Viewport
Floor and Wall Workplane Mode
Creating a Bare Earth Digital Terrain Model Creating Cross Sections
Clipping and Slicings