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College Catalog 2021-2022 
    
College Catalog 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SUR 251 - Advanced Computer Applications


5 Credits
This course is a continuation of SUR 150 CAD for Surveying I, with further applications of Autodesk Civil 3D or other popular packages. Labs include productivity training and preparation of finished drawings, with an emphasis on survey documents, topographic reduction, and route layout.

Course Outcomes
  1. Make use of intermediate features–XREFs, raster images, paper space and plot styles and annotative text.
  2. Download field data collection files and process point and line codes.
  3. Create Survey boundary drawing with survey solution from legal description. 
  4. Create surfaces using points, break lines & other input features & calculate volumes. 
  5. Create topo survey map, semi-final draft.
  6. Lay out a road corridor with alignment, profile, and cross-sections. 
  7. Layout Lots in a subdivision on an existing site.
  8. Organize drawing features according to standard drawing templates.