AutoCAD Civil 3D & AutoCAD Civil Services & Support

Using LandXML to Import Points From Land Desktop to Civil 3D

Published date: 2009-Nov-05
ID: TS14114730

Applies to:
AutoCAD® Civil 2010
AutoCAD® Civil 2009
AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2010
AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2009
AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2008
Autodesk® Civil 3D® 2007
Autodesk® Civil 3D® 2006
Autodesk® Civil 3D® 2005
Autodesk® Civil 3D® 2004
AutoCAD® Civil 3D® Land Desktop Companion 2009
AutoCAD® Civil 3D® Land Desktop Companion 2008
Autodesk® Civil 3D® Land Desktop Companion 2007
Autodesk® Civil 3D® Land Desktop Companion 2006
Autodesk® Civil 3D® Civil Design Companion 2007
Autodesk® Civil 3D® Civil Design Companion 2006

Issue

You are exporting Points from Land Desktop and bringing them into Civil 3D.  However, the coordinates are incorrect, and do not match the original Point data.

Solution

When importing Points from a LandXML file, you must make sure that the units settings in the LandXML file match the drawing or Survey Database settings. 

In Civil 3D, you have the option to choose either International Foot or Survey Foot in the Drawing Settings and the Survey Database.  However, Land Desktop does not have these settings for the drawing.  You must make this distinction in the LandXML Export dialog box, at the time you export.

In this dialog box, hit the Data button under Export Options:

  

Here you will have the option to set the units, as desired.

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