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Topic: import .fbk file help Posted: 18.May.2011 at 16:06
Hi,
i'm trying to learn how to import a field book file (.fbk)...i keep running into roadblocks. i have the .fbk file saved on my desktop. using the IMPORT SURVEY DATA - SPECIFY DATABASE option, i have no existing database shown and when i try to "create new survey database " and enter a name of a folder i get "the survey database does not exists and could not be created"
can someone explain how to get the .fbk file into autocad?
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Posted: 18.May.2011 at 17:08
Did you follow the instructions in your User's Guide for importing a field book file? There's even a tutorial exercise named "Importing Field Coded Survey Data".
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Posted: 18.May.2011 at 17:48
SURE DID...FOLLOWED STEP BY STEP BUT THEN I GET TO THE STEP WHERE I HAVE TO EITHER CHOOSE AN EXISTING DATABASE OR CREATE A NEW DATABASE...AND SINCE I DONT HAVE AN EXISTING DATABASE (AT LEASTE I DONT THINK I DO) I HAVE TO CREATE ONE. BUT WHEN I TRY TO SPECIFY A NAME FOR THE FOLDER IT GIVES ME THAT ERROR MESSAGE.
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Posted: 18.May.2011 at 20:41
i'm not even sure what a database is....this is my first time trying to import field book data. i have the .fbk file but i dont know how to get in into cad. the tutorial isnt working for me.
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