A collection of Movies Generated to Answer Common Questions from our Customers
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We find that sometimes the best way to answer a support question is to make and post a short movie so others can view the results. Some of these movies show techniques that allow you to unlock surprising new capabilities in your software you may not have been aware of.
MicroSurvey CAD 2021 Video Tips
MicroSurvey CAD 2020 Video Tips
MicroSurvey CAD 2019 Video Tips
MicroSurvey CAD 2018 Video Tips
MicroSurvey CAD 2017 Video Tips
CAD Printing and Scaling Movies
MicroSurvey embeddedCAD and inCAD Movies
MicroSurvey CAD 2013 and versions that use IntelliCAD 7 or Newer
Pointprep and Construction Related Topics
MicroSurvey CAD 2023 Video Tips
Working in both Meters and Feet
MicroSurvey CAD 2021 Video Tips
Graphics Options in IntelliCAD 10
FILEDIA variable can prevent display of Browse dialog when saving files
SYSVARMONITOR alerts users of changes in CAD system Variables
IntelliCAD 10 Selection Filters
Working with Detailed Surfaces: Points
Working with Detailed Surfaces: Breaks
Working with Detailed Surfaces: TINs
Working with Detailed Surfaces: Contours
CUI Migration from Previous Versions
MicroSurvey CAD 2020 Video Tips
Unable to recognize command "_TEXTEDIT"
Import a PDF Document and explode into your Drawing
Freezing when opening drawings
Extracting Civil3D Surface information into MicroSurvey Format
MicroSurvey CAD 2019 Video Tips
Transferring Alias's and Keyboard shortcuts from 2018 to 2019
Transferring Workspace from 2018 to 2019
Transferring custom Toolbars from 2018 to 2019
Transferring custom Toolbars from 2019 to MSCAD 2019 Service Pack 1
Viewport Tips and Custom Locking Buttons
Quick Point Table from Active Coordinate Editor
Custom Descriptions for AutoMap and Elevations
Display Latitude and Longitude in Active Coordinate Editor
Change Paper Space background color
Adding Commands to Tool Palette
MicroSurvey CAD 2018 Video Tips
Customizing Quick Access Toolbar
Managing your Workspace Settings in the CUI File
Insert PDF/JPG and Align it to Geodetic Points
Using Point Blocks to make Point Clusters easier to view
MicroSurvey CAD 2017 Video Tips
Settings Migration Wizard (Use this tool to easily transfer settings from MSCAD 2016 to MSCAD 2017)
Setting Angular format in Tables and Active Coordinate Editor
Store and Label Geodetic Points
Inserting a Geodetic Table into Model Space
3D CAD Topics
Create surface from Active Coordinate Editor
Extract landxml surface from a TIN saved as DWG or DXF
Creating a Grid from a Surface
Comparing Two Surfaces using Surface Operations
Selectively Removing Points from a Surface
Removing a Point(s) from DTM Surface
Drawing Contours Using an Elevation list
Drawing Contours on a Grid for a Smoother Surface
Creating a Surface from a complex TIN
3D Pipelines Using the Measure Command
Using islope and Autosite Design to design a Holding Tank
Showing differences between scanned surfaces
Creating a Vertical Alignment when you don't have a Surface in Memory
Creating a "Dummy" Vertical Alignment in Order to use the Inverse Alignment Command
Creating a surface with near vertical sections Example 1
Creating a surface with near vertical sections Example 2
3D Polylines: Connect using Descriptions and Point Range
Creating a Cut Fill Excel between Points and Surface
Creating a Subgrade Surface in Surface Operations
Offset 3D Spline to be used as 3D Breakline
Large DEM/Surface for Contours
Checking that breaklines are honored with a complex surface
Extracting Civil3D Surface information into MicroSurvey
Extracting Civil3D Contour information into MicroSurvey
General CAD Topics Movies
Saving a Template and using it to Create a New Drawing
Changing Column Order in Active Coordinate Editor 2012
Defining a Text Style in MicroSurvey CAD
Customizing_Toolbars_in_MSCAD or MapScenes
Label distances with different scales
Tiling Multiple Bing Images in one drawing
Remove Hidden Entities by Outside Window Seleciton
Export Points by Window Selection
Area Calculation with Irregular Shapes in FieldGenius
Traverse Adjustment Movies
Addressing Odd Closure Results
Apply Compass Rule Adjustment to a Traverse Diagram
CAD Printing and Scaling Movies
Controlling Lineweight with .ctb files
MicroSurvey embeddedCAD and inCAD Movies
Correcting Offset in Layout Space when Printing an IntelliCAD drawing from embeddedCAD
Exporting a Surface as Landxml
Change coordinates to Easting Northing format
Link Excel document to Table in Drawing
MicroSurvey CAD 2013 and versions that use IntelliCAD 7 or Newer
Defining Right Mouse Click Actions
Cursor and Crosshair Display Settings
Windows Interface Topics
Starting an Online Tech Support Session
Collecting a Tracefile in FieldGenius or EVR (Updated 1-Nov-2019)
Pointprep and Construction Related Topics
Creating a Project for FieldGenius in MSDX
Freezing a selection of points in Active Coordinate Editor
"Staked" AutoMap configuration for Staking Tolerance Visual Check
Creating a FieldGenius Project from CAD
Storing Approximate Points and Linework
Adding a Feature to a Feature File
Creating a Featurelist based on your AutoMap
Setting a Feature File in Field Genius
Export a section of a shapefile with QGIS
County/State Contours to MsCAD Workflow
Convert Polygon to lines using QGIS
Thumbdrive Transfer Movies
Part 1b - MicroSurveyCAD 2018 Export - Legacy
Part 1c - MicroSurveyCAD / EmbeddedCAD 2018 Export
Part 2 - FieldGenius / Layout Import to Windows Mobile Device
STAR*NET Video Tips
Known Point as Origin for Ground Coordinates
FieldGenius Offset Point to SideShot in STAR*NET
Importing Baselines without Weightings from an Emlid
Using Mapmade to combine data with different bearing Bases
Animation Movies
Take a short tour of MicroSurvey CAD 2016 and newer animation utilities.
Animation 1: Adding a Path and Symbols
Animation 2: Visual Properties and Views
Animation 3: Inserting an Animated Camera
Animation 4: Adding a Camera to a Symbol
Animation 5: Recording a Video
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