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Survey databases

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- [Narrator] One of the benefits of Civil 3D is that really all the data is kept within the drawing, and then we can link that data, which we'll find out later. Survey data, though, is much more proprietary. Thus, survey data needs to be kept in a separate database. This way, it provides multiple additional options to work with this data. One of the beneficial options is really the ability to automate the linework that's drawn, as you shoot curves, center lines, so forth. So survey data and the means to automate the linework is controlled by many different external databases. Let's take a brief peek at these different databases. They're found in the Survey tab of our tool space in Civil 3D. We have our survey databases. The survey database would be where the main project data is stored. As you import survey data, it'll be stored in that database, and you see that it's per project. The equipment database is more connected with, let's create one, information such as how you are working,…

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