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  • October 17, 2018
  • Lara Myalkhaasuren

To Export the Survey Data and natural Surface Contours to CAD.

https://youtu.be/-gTW4VexSQ8

Use: File I/O => Data Output => DWG/DXF/DXB => DWG/DXF/DXB

The exported Survey Data and natural Surface Contours shown in BricsCAD below.

Tagged: 12d exportExport to CADData outputCAD

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