Use Northing/Easting World Coordinates to Align a Digitized Layer
Align a digitized layer in an imported AutoCAD file using Northing/Easting world coordinates.
- Open a job in the Manage Earthwork Estimates screen.
- Select the Takeoff tab, if it is not already active.
- If you have not imported the AutoCAD file you want to work with, use the AutoCAD import screen to import the file.
- In your imported layer, follow the steps listed in Digitize Spot Elevations and Reference Points to create the reference points in the imported layer.
- Click Save to save the job.
- Secure the drawing you want to digitize onto the digitizer board.
- Click in the All Tasks pane.
- Click Next to skip the first page of the Add Drawing popup window.
- Complete the fields as described in Set the Scale of Sheets.
- Click Finished. Continue the digitization process as normal.