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- Create a New Autodesk Vault Project
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To create a new project template, in Windows Explorer, navigate to the C:\Civil 3D Project Templates directory. Copy an existing project template folder, such as the Sample Project folder. Rename the copy, and then make the necessary changes to the folder structure inside the new template. Thereafter, the new template will be available in the Project Properties dialog box.
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- Units: International Foot or US Survey Foot
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The format of the Units (set using the AutoCAD "Units" command) are only seen when you enter and display linear units. Therefore, when drawing in feet, you are neither drawing in International Feet, nor US Survey Feet, the format of the display is the same - the foot symbol. If you start a drawing in one assumed system of measurement (US Survey Foot, International Foot, Metric) and then want to switch to another assumed system (a coordinate transformation), you'll need to scale the model geometry by the appropriate conversion factor to obtain correct distances and dimensions. But that's why Land Desktop, Civil 3D, MAP, and Raster Design have tools like NADCON built in. In the United States we assume the US Survey Foot, and we define it as "1 Meter = 3.28083333 US Survey Feet," exactly 3.28083333.
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