This text introduces the beginning student to Autodesk's Land Desktop software.  

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Lessons

1. Reviewing AutoCAD Basics

2. Land Desktop Impacts on the AutoCAD Environment

3. Setting AEC Points

4. Point Groups and the Land Desktop Project Manager

5. Importing and Exporting AEC Points

6. Rotation, Translation and Datum Adjustment

7. Lines and Curves

8. Line Labeling

9. Line and Curve Tables

10. Point Labeling

11. Parcel Computations

12. Creating a Surface

13. Faults (Breaklines)

14. Creating Contours From Surface Data

15. Land Desktop Cross Sections

16. Earth Volumes

17. Alignments

18. Civil Design Profiles 

19. Civil Design Cross Sections

20. Civil Design Section Plotting

21. Drawing Civil Design Templates

22. Defining Civil Design Templates

23. Civil Design Control-Templates 

24. Civil Design Control-Alignments

25. Civil Design Control-Profiles 

26. Civil Design Volume Computations 

27. Civil Design Grading Object

28. Civil/Survey Tool Pack

234 pages

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Release 2008
ISBN:  978-1-58503-373-7

Release 2007
ISBN:  978-1-58503-354-6

Release 2006
ISBN:  978-1-58503-266-2 

Release 2005
ISBN:  978-1-58503-211-2

Release 2004
ISBN:  978-1-58503-140-5 

Release 3
ISBN:  978-1-58503-098-9