Infratech Civil

Product:  Autodesk Civil 3D  |   Subject:  Surveying with Civil 3D

In this exercise, we will learn how to stake out a Civil 3D Survey linework. 

6.5       Staking a linework

Another option for staking is through the use of lines. These lines can be simple 2D or 3D lines exported from a CAD software.

In this example, we will use the same controller app we have used through this course.

Let's see an example of how to stake a house project where we have several different types of lines, from a road, a building footprint, an utility service line, and a pipeline.

As we mentioned, the CAD linework to stakeout can be a line between 2 points, a polyline with multiple points and segments, made up of tangents and arcs.  

We should also mention that in addition to importing a CAD file, lines can be created in most survey controllers because they are so basic.

Let's see how to stakeout a linework.

1. First, let's access the Stake to line module of the controller app.

2. Depending on your controller, you will have various ways to access the Stake a linework module.  This app can also access the module through the 3D viewer within our active job.

3. By tapping and holding on a line we're interested in, we are presented with the context menu.

4. We can then choose to stake or measure a line.

5. Here, we can choose what we want to do.

6. Next, we can just follow our controller app's workflow to complete the task at hand, whether we would like to stake a Line, Line with Slope, Grid, Segment, Segment with Slope, Quick Line, or whatever option our controller has.