ANGLE RIGHT

ANGLE RIGHT

AREA BY COORDINATES

AREA BY COORDINATES

GRAPH

GRAPH

INVERSE

INVERSE

STRAIGHT GRADE

STRAIGHT GRADE

COMPASS RULE ADJUSTMENT

COMPASS RULE ADJUSTMENT

COORDINATE COMPARISION

COORDINATE COMPARISION

UNIT CONVERSIONS

UNIT CONVERSIONS

COORDINATE SCALE

COORDINATE SCALE

ZENITH

ZENITH

TRIMBLE MU

TRIMBLE MU

LEVEL LOOP

LEVEL LOOP

LAND SURVEY RESEARCH SITES

Below are curated land surveying research links used regularly by professional surveyors. These resources include state, federal, and GIS data sources commonly used for boundary research, control verification, and survey project preparation. If you would like a resource added, contact me through the form below.

QUICK LINKS

CIVIL 3D LEGEND BUILDER AUTOLISP TOOL

The EFS Legend Builder is a custom AutoLISP tool for Autodesk Civil 3D 2025–2026 that automates survey legend creation from points and linework.


It supports COGO points, blocks, feature lines, survey figures, and standard linework. Two custom commands and adjustable settings for font style, text height, legend title, and horizontal and vertical offsets provide control over the legend layout and appearance.


Download the free demo or purchase the full version for Autodesk Civil 3D 2025–2026.

EFS LEGEND BUILDER
EFS LEGEND ROUTINE
What's Included?
• Legend creation for points and linework in Autodesk® Civil 3D® 2025–2026
Only $24.99
50% SALE: $12.49
per user
EFS LEGEND BUILDER DEMO
EFS_LEGEND DEMO
What's Included?
• A limited-function demo of the EFS Legend Builder
DEMO - Free Download

LAND SURVEYING CALCULATION SPREADSHEETS

Just one time-saving tip or solution can easily justify the small fee.

Thank you for supporting this site and the continued development of new tools.

LAND SURVEY CALCULATIONS 1
EFS FULL
What's Included?
• Unit Conversions: Meters to US and IFT and vice versa
• Inverse: Bearing & Distance between 2 known Coordinate values
• Straight Grade: Sewer Calcs!
• Angle Right: Return the resulting B & D, and Coordinates
• Area by Coordinates: Up to 31 points (no curves)
• Compass Rule Adjustment: Balance those angles and distances
• 3 Point Circle: Any Circular object
• Coordinate Comparison: RMSE and percentage-based ranges
Only $5.99
LAND SURVEY CALCULATIONS 2
EFS FULL2
What's Included?
• Level Loop: Up-to 25 turning points and more than 30 sideshots
• Trimble Measure Up: Determine the (ARP) (R10, - R12, R12i)
• Zenith: Verify backsight shots
• Coordinate Scale: Grid to Ground coordinate conversion
• Vertical Curves: Up-to 3600LF @ 25' Station Increments, Back and Ahead Tangents
• Best Fit Line: Up to 30 points with recalculation

Only $5.99
LAND SURVEY CALCULATIONS (BUNDLE)
EFS DEMO
What's Included?
• All 14 spreadsheets included
Only $9.99
LAND SURVEY CALCULATIONS DEMO
EFS DEMO
What's Included?
• A limited-function demo of all 14 spreadsheets
DEMO - Free Download

CART

0
After checkout via Secure PayPal you will be returned to excelforsurveyors.com thank you page.
Thank you for your support!
Use Policy & Disclaimer

FREE PDF DOWNLOADS, NO MACROS

LAND SURVEY CALCULATIONS – EXCEL INSTRUCTIONAL PDFs

These free Excel instructional PDFs were created by me for land surveying students at a local community college. A step-by-step approach provides the tools needed to successfully create a working spreadsheet for each topic. Formatting techniques are not included, and basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel is assumed. These instructional PDFs were written using Microsoft Excel 2019. A demo version of the Land Survey Calculations Excel spreadsheet is also available.
 
STRAIGHT GRADE
Staight Grade
powered by Hiccimimups
Calculate an elevation at a particular interval/station along a straight grade. This program is particularly useful in sanitary, storm, and road calculations.
 
INVERSE
Inverse By Coordinates
powered by Hiccimimups
Calculates the Bearing and Distance between two known point coordinates.
 
COORDINATE COMPARISON
Coordinate Comparison
powered by Hiccimimups
An easy to use spreadsheet that will calculate the delta northing, easting, and elevation between two data sets. This program is very helpful!
Up to 200 points!
 
ANGLE RIGHT
Angle Right
powered by Hiccimimups
AT-FROM-TO or Station (AT) - Backsight (FROM) - Foresight (TO) is a common term used in Land Surveying. We will use this format to calculate a foresight points coordinates, given the instrument and backsight coordinates, plus the angle right and distance to the foresight. Plus MORE.
 
UNIT CONVERSIONS
Unit Conversion
powered by Hiccimimups
A simple, but extreamely useful Survey Excel Spreadsheet that helps you with daily Survey Unit Conversion calculations.
DEC to DMS, DMS to DEC, Chain to USFT, Link to USFT, Rod to USFT, Inches to Decimal Feet, Feet to Inches, SQFT to Acres, and Acres to SQFT.
 
COORDINATE PLOT
Coordinate Plot
powered by Hiccimimups
Although this Instructional PDF was written with the Angle Right exercise in mind, you can easily adapt this to any of the other Instuctional PDFs. So let us visualize your survey point data with a simple coordinate graph!
 
COMPASS RULE ADJUSTMENT
Compass Rule Adjustment
powered by Hiccimimups
Adjust, or correct a misclosure of a closed traverse. This correction applies a proportion of the misclosure to each line. The Compass Rule is also known as the Bowditch Rule.
 
AREA BY COORDINATES
Area By Coordinates
powered by Hiccimimups
Use the Area By Coordinates method to create a functional spreadsheet that will calculate the area of a closed non-curvilinear figure.
Up to 31 Points!
 
3 POINT CIRCLE
3 Point Circle
powered by Hiccimimups
A fantastic program that will calculate the center of a circle based on 3 known points.

Example: Center of a power pole, silo, water tower, plus more...

CIVIL 3D QUICK VIDEO

These short Civil 3D videos are soundless but highly effective for guiding users through both basic and advanced tasks in Civil 3D. The videos were created using Autodesk® Civil 3D® 2020.

Tip: If a video plays too quickly, reduce the playback speed for easier viewing.
0  Likes

Contact US

Have a question about Civil 3D Legend Routine, survey spreadsheets, or instructional PDFs? Send a message below.
Is water wet? (yes/no)
Autodesk, AutoCAD, and Civil 3D are registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc. This website and its products are not affiliated with or endorsed by Autodesk, Inc.

Copyright © 2026: https://www.excelforsurveyors.com

powered by hiccimimups
excelforsurveyors.com provides a limited functioning Spreadsheets and Autodesk® Civil 3D® Routines free of charge for evaluation. We also provide fully functioning Spreadsheets and Autodesk® Civil 3D® Routines at a minimal cost. All sales are final, please evaluate before purchase. All Spreadsheets do come password protected for formula and layout protection; however, a password is provided with all purchased Spreadsheets just in-case you would like to make a minor modification. We recommend you make a backup copy to retain the original formulas and layout.
If you do discover an error in calculations, please Contact US through excelforsurveyors.com. Please give details and how to recreate the error.
The Spreadsheets, Instructional PDFs, and Autodesk® Civil 3D® Routines created by excelforsurveyors.com, whether purchased or not, are "as-is". You should not rely upon the material, information, or the calculations within as a basis for making any business, professional, legal or any other decision without thoroughly testing it to be sure it suits your needs.
excelforsurveyors.com grants the user a license to install and use one copy of the purchased Spreadsheet or Routine on as many computers as you like. However, use is limited to the number purchased licenses. Please purchase additional licenses for more users. You may not sell, reverse engineer, distribute copies, parts of the Spreadsheet, Instructional PDFs, C3D Routines for any reason.
excelforsurveyors.com reserves the right to revise our Spreadsheets, Instructional PDFs, and C3D Routines in content from time to time without obligation on the part of excelforsurveyors.com to provide notification of such revision or change.
I don't like spam or being on auto email lists either. I only reply to your request or comment.