The objective for Walk Through a Simple Drawing is simple – walk through the steps to produce a finished survey drawing and send if off for billing.
•each step has a short video – some are a little longer
•see how TPC does common tasks like adding a legend to a drawing
We create the deliverables for Walk Through a Total Station Survey where you are asked to locate an existing house on an existing lot and verify that it is where the buyer and seller think it is.
1: Drawing As You Go With a Working Drawing (1:03)
•once you get good with TPC, you realize you are creating your drawing as you import or enter data
•we like to call this a working drawing
2: Starting a New Drawing (2:59)
•once you got your data where you want it, you can switch to full-on drawing mode
•we show you how to start a new drawing and set it up the way you want
3: Scaling and Positioning Your New Drawing (1:47)
•with TPC, you zoom extents, scale and position a drawing as often as you need
•and there’s no penalty or time list
4: Exploring Drawing Variables (0:43)
•TPC gathers data from your survey and uses it to populate drawing variables
•create drawings faster and with fewer typos
5: Modifying Symbols, Lines and Labels (1:19)
•our Quick View™ technology creates all the drawing objects for you
•then you can simply modify any of them to get just what you want
6: Adding Automatic Lot Setbacks (1:49)
•Smart Drawing Objects™, like lot setbacks, make drawing fun
•tell TPC to add lot setbacks, then watch them redraw automatically as you change the setback properties
7: Adding Offsets To a Lot Line (1:11)
•you’ll use this tool a lot
•we call it a Dynamic Offset because it updates automatically if the offset changes
8: Adding a Legend (0:49)
•skip all the tedium of drawing legends
•TPC draws them for you – automatically
9: Adding Automatic Leaders (4:39)
•skip the tedium of add leaders to line and point labels
•TPC draws them for you – automatically
10: Drawing Manual Leaders (3:17)
•when you need them, TPC has all the CAD tools, like drawing leaders
•take a few more minutes and get just what you want in your drawing
