Civil design, survey and mapping.

I have been a civil designer, drafter, drafting manager and survey tech/crew since 1972. I’ve been using AutoCAD since 1986 with several years as a software developer specializing in civil/survey applications for AutoCAD. I passed my LSIT (Land Surveyor in Training) exam in 2006. I have also been building web sites since 1998. I am currently employed by MVE Civil Solutions at their Santa Ana, CA office as the Survey CAD Tech. I am doing 95% of the construction calculations for 8 - 10 one-man survey crews.

Civil Design Experience

  • Residential and Commercial Precise Grading Plans, Street, Water and Sewer Improvement Plans
  • Residential Subdivisions
  • Water utility improvement plans and specs.
  • Wetland Mitigation Exhibits
  • Exhibits for Corp of Engineers and Department of Fish and Game permits
  • Digital Terrain Models and Earthwork quantities

Surveying and Mapping Experience

  • Tract Maps & Parcel Maps
  • Construction Staking Calculations
  • Topographic Maps from Field Survey Data
  • Lot Line Adjustments
  • ALTA Drawings
  • Record of Survey
  • Boundary Maps

Other Software

  • MS Excel (college course and self-paced training)
  • MS Office - Word, Outlook 
  • ArcGIS (intro college course and self-paced training)
  • WaterCAD

AutoLISP

I've added a simple Slope Stake lisp program to edit Land Desktop point elevations and descriptions. (06/05/2010)  See the AutoLISP page to download it and get complete description of it's use.

MVE is providing the construction staking for several new schools in the LA area. One of the repetitive tasks I perform is calculating anchor bolt locations for the steel columns. I've come up with BOLT.LSP to help streamline the process. It draws the bolt pattern with circles, based on the steel fabricators dimensioned drawing, making it easier to snap CENTER when placing the cogo points. The fabricator's drawings are in inches and our drawings, and coordinates, are in decimal feet. I then use SPRAY.LSP to rotate the points' labels away from the center so they're easier to read.

CMT_PROFILES is ready! (3/21/2010) Select the AutoLISP menu, then Profiles. Draw a profile grid, add finish grades and vertical curves and label the profile. Download the zip file and copy the files to your AutoCAD Support Path. Complete instructions are on the Profiles page.

CMTA (Cad Mapping Tools Annotation) is a revised and updated Line and Curve drawing and annotating set of commands, complete with menu and PDF description/help file. 

All of these programs are written in the basic, original AutoLISP format, with comments. They are unencrypted, just use notepad or AutoCAD's VLIDE lisp editor. Visual lisp adds a whole other layer of interaction, but I wanted to keep these simple and easy (well, sort of) to understand. If you have questions about the code please send me an email and I'll try my best to explain what it is supposed to do. I've written code using C and Visual Basic, but I've always found AutoLISP the quickest and easiest way create a tool to handle redundant commands in AutoCAD.   

If you are having problems downloading the files (usually with Internet Explorer), send me an email and I'll reply with the files attached.