Geodesy in AutoCAD
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AutoCAD is widely known to be excellent for 3D modeling, visualization, and technical drawings. However, surveying in AutoCAD is also excellent, and is regularly used by professionals. A basic set of tools already included in the program is often sufficient for this.
Surveying in AutoCAD is usually based on a template – a drawing or map with contour lines. If such a source is available, it's very simple: the image is placed on the bottom layer, and all the isolines are drawn in the layer above using splines, maintaining their thickness. The work isn't so much difficult as it is painstaking. This video tutorial shows how to draw a survey in AutoCAD using a source image using splines.
As a result, you can obtain a virtually exact copy of the original. And this drawing can be used for a wide variety of purposes. Professionals also often draw surveying data in AutoCAD, although other programs exist for this purpose. AutoCAD can be expanded with specialized add-ons for this purpose, is easy to use, and allows you to create a 3D terrain model from a surveying drawing. This puts AutoCAD ahead of its competitors in surveying.