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Survey Plan Layer Commands

R3Survey provides several commands for creating and managing survey plan layers and settings.

R3PL — Create survey plan layers

Command: R3PL

Creates all component layers for one or more survey plans in the current drawing. Run this before drawing or importing data for a new plan.

Usage

  1. Type R3PL
  2. Enter a plan number (e.g. DP123456) and press Enter
  3. Repeat for additional plan numbers
  4. Press Enter (empty) or Esc to finish

R3Survey creates all configured component layers for the plan (Boundaries, Easements, Reference Marks, etc.) and assigns the next available plan colour.

Note

Configure components in R3PLANLAYERSETTINGS before adding plans — components cannot be deleted once a plan has been created.

R3PLANLAYERSETTINGS — Survey plan settings

Command: R3PLANLAYERSETTINGS

Opens the Survey Plan Settings form. From here you can configure plans, components, and colours for the current drawing.

The form has three main tabs:

Tab Purpose
Plans Add, edit, or remove survey plans in the drawing
Components Define component types (Boundaries, Easements, etc.) and their default layer properties
Colours Configure the default colour sequence used when adding new plans

Plans tab — shows all survey plans in the current drawing:

Survey Plan Settings — Plans tab

Components tab — define the layer types created for each plan:

Survey Plan Settings — Components tab

Colours tab — configure the colour sequence for new plans:

Survey Plan Settings — Colours tab

When adding or editing a plan, an Add/Edit dialog lets you specify the plan number, coordinate system, and NSW LRS administration details:

Add/Edit Survey Plan dialog

The Add/Edit dialog fields:

Section Field Description
Identity Name Plan number (e.g. DP123456). Required
Surveyor Surveyor's name
Firm Survey firm name
Reference Surveyor's job/file reference number
Date Date of survey
Source Plan source type
Colour Plan display colour
Override Override component colours with plan colour
Coordinate System Datum MGA2020, MGA94, MM, or Local
Zone MGA zone number (54, 55, or 56)
Orient. Plan Orientation plan number (only shown when Datum is MM)
Vert. Datum AHD, MSL, WGS84, or Local
Survey Type surveyed or compiled
Scale Factor Combined scale factor
NSW LRS LGA Local Government Area
Parish Parish name
County County name
Locality Locality name
Region Survey region — Urban or Rural
Purpose Purpose of survey (43 NSW options)
Plan Heading Multiline description of the plan

These fields are used by R3EXPORTLANDXMLNSW to populate the LandXML header. See NSW Digital Plans — survey plan metadata for details on how each field maps to the export.

R3CREATESURVEYPLANBLOCK — Create block from plan

Command: R3CREATESURVEYPLANBLOCK

Groups all objects belonging to a survey plan into a single AutoCAD block. This makes it easy to move, rotate, or overlay plans in the drawing.

Usage

  1. Type R3CREATESURVEYPLANBLOCK
  2. Select any entity belonging to the plan

R3Survey identifies all entities associated with the same plan and creates a block. The block can later be exploded while preserving all entity properties and XData.

R3TOGGLEPLANOVERRIDES — Toggle colour overrides

Command: R3TOGGLEPLANOVERRIDES

Toggles the Override Component Colour flag for the currently active survey plan. When enabled, all component layers for that plan adopt the plan's assigned colour instead of their individual colours.

Use this to quickly switch between per-component colours (showing detail) and a uniform plan colour (for clarity when multiple plans are overlaid).

R3FO — Place folio (lot reference) labels

Command: R3FO

Places folio lot reference labels as MText on the LOTS-TEXT layer. Supports all standard NSW lot reference formats and includes shortcuts for placing sequential lot numbers quickly. Text height is automatically scaled to 3.5 mm plotted based on R3DWGSCALE.

Folio formats

Enter the lot reference using / as a separator between lot, section, and plan number:

Input Format Example output
LotNo/PlanNo Lot on a DP 1 over DP 930430
LotNo/SecNo/PlanNo Lot in a section on a DP 16 over SEC 7 over DP 1884
SPxxxxx Strata plan SP 54554

Usage

  1. Type R3FO
  2. Enter the folio reference (e.g. 1/930430, 16/7/1884, SP54554)
  3. Pick the insertion point in the drawing
  4. Pick a second point to set the orientation, or press Enter for horizontal

R3FO loops — press Esc to exit.

Shortcuts

Input Result
Enter (blank) Repeat the last folio entry
+ Increment the lot number by 1
++ Increment the lot number by 2
- Decrement the lot number by 1
-- Decrement the lot number by 2
AUTO Auto-place folios on all DCDB lots in the drawing

AUTO mode

Type AUTO to automatically place folio labels on all DCDB lot polylines in the drawing. R3FO reads the LotNo, SecNo, and PlanNo XData values stored by R3IMPORTDCDB and places a label at the centroid of each lot polygon.

Note

AUTO mode only works on polylines imported with R3IMPORTDCDB that have the required XData. Polylines without DCDB XData are skipped.

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