By Published On: April 18th, 2023Categories: Civil Site Design, Latest News, Tutorials

It can be frustrating having survey data that has a common Z value on the objects – zero. Manual editing of a survey drawing can be very time-consuming, elevating objects before design can even begin to have a working base surface to design on.

With the new Convert 2D Objects, Civil Site Design can read your 2D objects, such as text or block attributes and convert them into dynamic, elevated Cogo Points. The result? A live surface onto which design can begin.

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