u/Straight-Spell-9930

Hey everyone, I'm looking for some perspective on a survey CAD file I received recently from a survey firm. Their drawing doesn't have any cogo points but instead has autocad points and mtext labels.

I know they can be converted to cogo points and added to a survey, but is there not some loss of functionality compared to cogo points? Now you can't sort by the point description or change your surface definition by point description. Same goes for setting or changing the label styles/label rotation of the points.

What is the benefit or reason why a firm would choose to use this workflow? I'm guessing they originally had cogo points to develop the drawings but then exploded them before sending the files.

Thanks

Hey all,

What would you do in the following scenario? A watermain we're replacing extends out of the curved portion of road through a small park. Initially, I was just going to have a single alignment following the watermain, but i have curb repairs along the curved section of road I'd like to mention via stationing.

Would you:

• Use a single alignment and leave the curved portion of road without an alignment?
• have 2 full alignments along both the road and watermain?
• have 2 full alignment along the watermain, and a small segment of alignment along the curved section of road

The red and orange dashed lines are the options for where to have the alignment. Any other suggestions are welcome, thanks!

https://preview.redd.it/2734kpnzgirh1.png?width=1125&format=png&auto=webp&s=a5fb067f3d6fac3733edaeaa1fbe6259aa2616b3