Drawing Cross Section Templates In Land Desktop

You may have run across a problem from time to time in Land Desktop where the Draw Template command doesn’t seem to work correctly. It might draw lines at an incorrect slope, draw lines on top of themselves, or not seem to draw some line segments at all. This problem has several variables so it might seem as though it is intermittent. The solution is to turn off your running object snaps. Even though you will not see the typical object snap tool tip on the screen, if your cursor is near any geometry when you try to draw a line in the Draw Template command it will try to snap to it. So as a general rule of thumb, before you start the draw template command, be sure to turn off your running OSNAPS.

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Rick Ellis, president of CADapult Software Solutions, Inc, has worked with and taught Autodesk Civil 3D, along with Map 3D and other Autodesk products since the mid-90s. He is the Author of several critically acclaimed books on Autodesk Civil 3D, AutoCAD Map 3D, Land Desktop and Carlson Software; including the Practical Guide series.

Rick continues to use Autodesk Civil 3D on projects in a production environment, in addition to teaching classes to organizations both large and small around the country, helping them get the most out of their design software investment.

This practical background and approach has made him an award winning speaker at Autodesk University and a sought after instructor by organizations around the world.

Drawing Cross Section Templates In Land Desktop