• USA retirement of US Survey Feet and the roll out of new Datums, question?

    Good Morning All, To be upfront, I'm not a survey or geodetic expert at all, I'm in CADD Support. But I've heard talk about the USA's current unit of measure being switched on January 1, 2022 to International Feet. When that happens I assume it will…
  • How does MicroStation OpenRoads and Connect version define the foot?

    How does MicroStation OpenRoads and Connect versions define the foot? With the new datums coming out in 2022 the international foot (1 iFt = 0.3048 m) will be the standard. The label 'Imperial' on the seed files is misleading because the US doesn't use…
  • Units Synchronization Alert: I am receiving this error when using City of San Diego Seed file (non metric)

    I am receiving this error when using City of San Diego Seed file (non metric) found here: https://www.sandiego.gov/publicworks/edocref/drawings My working units are set to US Survey Feet and my units definition is defined and operating properly. The…
  • Openroads Cross Section end area units problem

    There's a problem with Openroads Cross Section end area volume units (Inroads and/or Geopak SS4 08.11.09.878). Volumes for earthwork are typically reported in cubic yards and not cubic feet. There's button on the General tab of the end area volume tool…
  • Effects of US Survey Feet or Intl Feet on InRoads Site

    Does the use of different working units in a drawing have an effect on how InRoads site treats data? I have a project in which we are using US Survey feet as our working units for the MicroStation drawings. I am tring to bring in the existing ground DTM…
  • survey/International feet

    While referencing a dwg in survey feet into a dng it appeared to be off about the amount that the survey & international feet differ - about 6' in a million. Using state plane coordinates with northings in the 700,000 range and eastings in the 1,700,000…