Practice Exercise: Collaborate and work with external data

Test your knowledge and apply what you have learned about externally referenced drawings and documents, as well as the tools for collaborating with others.  The practice exercise is accompanied by a dataset to work through the example. The solution is also provided.

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This is the solution video for collaboration and working with external data.

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In

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a

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there are many possible ways to approach any given task and what is

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best and most intuitive for one user may not be for another.

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These solutions videos demonstrate just one set of workflows that

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could be taken when working through these practice exercises.

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They are not intended to be step by step instructions but rather

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a guided tour of one user's approach and rationale in completing this exercise

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in this civil grading drawing.

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The reference palette shows two X

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refs are attached,

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the site reference

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should have its own nested reference that isn't showing

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this is likely the result of the reference type being incorrect.

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This is resolved by opening the X site drawing

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and changing the reference type of the X topo

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reference.

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When working with references, the tree view can be useful

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in showing the relationship between references and nested references.

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Open the X design drawing

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and edit the basin

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note

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in the up left corner.

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We wanna add a field to this

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that is linked to the yellow poly line perimeter around the basin

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and shows the area

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in square feet.

01:55

A conversion factor is applied to change the area from square inches to square feet.

02:18

While in the X design drawing,

02:20

compare it with a previous version

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of that drawing.

02:27

Exporting a point in time snapshot

02:30

of the comparison

02:31

can be useful for tracking changes that have been made

02:57

back in the grading sheet

02:59

attach a PDF underlay

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by presetting the scale and rotation.

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Placing the PDF

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is simply a matter of picking a location

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set the PDF frame variable

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so that the frames are visible

03:27

but will not plot

03:29

a quick plot preview can be used to verify the frame settings

03:38

and finally create a new trace

03:42

indicate the changes that we made to this drawing by using simple annotation tools.

Video transcript

00:00

This is the solution video for collaboration and working with external data.

00:05

In

00:05

a

00:06

there are many possible ways to approach any given task and what is

00:09

best and most intuitive for one user may not be for another.

00:13

These solutions videos demonstrate just one set of workflows that

00:16

could be taken when working through these practice exercises.

00:20

They are not intended to be step by step instructions but rather

00:23

a guided tour of one user's approach and rationale in completing this exercise

00:31

in this civil grading drawing.

00:35

The reference palette shows two X

00:37

refs are attached,

00:40

the site reference

00:42

should have its own nested reference that isn't showing

00:47

this is likely the result of the reference type being incorrect.

00:52

This is resolved by opening the X site drawing

00:55

and changing the reference type of the X topo

00:57

reference.

01:13

When working with references, the tree view can be useful

01:18

in showing the relationship between references and nested references.

01:23

Open the X design drawing

01:30

and edit the basin

01:32

note

01:33

in the up left corner.

01:35

We wanna add a field to this

01:38

that is linked to the yellow poly line perimeter around the basin

01:42

and shows the area

01:44

in square feet.

01:55

A conversion factor is applied to change the area from square inches to square feet.

02:18

While in the X design drawing,

02:20

compare it with a previous version

02:23

of that drawing.

02:27

Exporting a point in time snapshot

02:30

of the comparison

02:31

can be useful for tracking changes that have been made

02:57

back in the grading sheet

02:59

attach a PDF underlay

03:05

by presetting the scale and rotation.

03:08

Placing the PDF

03:10

is simply a matter of picking a location

03:22

set the PDF frame variable

03:24

so that the frames are visible

03:27

but will not plot

03:29

a quick plot preview can be used to verify the frame settings

03:38

and finally create a new trace

03:42

indicate the changes that we made to this drawing by using simple annotation tools.

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