Support Links
miniCAD Learning Centre
Our latest version, 6.0, has it's own new website but much of the information relevant to miniCAD is found at the Mapsoft site. Use these links:
Click here for the MiniCAD Learning Resources.
Tutorials
The following tutorials are provided to help you learn miniCAD.
Each tutorial consists of resources, (images, field data, mcd files) and staged exercises, as individual pdf or word documents.
Tutorial Resources
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Resources | Staged Exercises |
Tutorial 1. Contour and Detail Survey
The following stages are found in this tutorial:
- Stage 1 . . Enter Survey Plan Information
- Stage 2 . . Load Field Survey Data
- Stage 3 . . Data Prep: Transform and Contour
- Stage 4 . . Plotting to Paper and DXF
Tutorial 5. Maths in Surveying Exercise
Field data for this exercise is collected at Bicentenial Park, Homebush NSW.
- Field Data Collection . . Collect measurements on paper
- Stage 2 . . Manually Enter the Field Data in miniCAD
Useful Documents and Links
Creating a GPX or KML Lat/Long file from miniCAD
Create a GPX or KML to upload coordinates to a handheld GPS or into Google Maps or Google Earth. On rural jobs you can provide an upload file of survey marks placed to a client. Then they can easily navigate to these waypoints and find the marks I placed.
Click here for details. (in .docx format)
Surveying Careers