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GoSurvey User Manual

GoSurvey is a 2D/3D CAD and COGO platform for land surveyors. It draws linework, holds a survey-point database, reduces raw field observations, builds TIN surfaces, and plots sheets — and it exchanges drawings with AutoCAD and Civil 3D through DXF, DWG, and CSV.

This wiki is the end-user manual. It documents what the program actually does today, including the places where a feature is present but not finished.

Current version: 0.5.3 · Windows x64 · Releases

Start here

Page	What it covers
Getting Started	Install, first launch, new/open/save, your first drawing and first survey
User Interface	Every panel, bar, tab, and button on screen
Command Reference	The master index of every typed command and its aliases
Keyboard Shortcuts	Every key the program listens for

Drawing and editing

Drawing Tools — LINE, POLYLINE, ARC, CIRCLE, ELLIPSE, RECT, HATCH
Modify Tools — MOVE, COPY, ROTATE, SCALE, OFFSET, TRIM, JOIN, DELETE, OVERKILL, ALIGN
Object Selection — picking, windows, cycling, grips, QUICKSELECT, isolation
Object Snaps — the eight snap types, the OSNAP toggle, and the one-shot override
Coordinate Input — what you may type at a point prompt, and what you may not
Drafting Aids — Ortho, grid, dynamic input, elevation and the work plane
Annotation — TEXT, MTEXT, the rich-text editor, dimensions, text styles
Layers — the Layer Manager, per-viewport freeze, and layer properties
Properties — the Properties panel, per-object-type fields

Surveying

Survey Points — creating, editing, importing, and exporting the point database
Point Groups and Surfaces — rule-based groups and TIN surfaces
Traverse Editor — raw observations, Face 1/Face 2, least-squares closure, FBK import
Coordinate Alignment — ALIGN, the 2D Helmert fit, control-point tagging
Inquiry Commands — ID, INVERSE, SURFELEV

Views, sheets, and output

Views and Navigation — zoom, pan, orbit, the ViewCube, visual styles
Paper Space and Layouts — layouts, viewports, floating model space
Plotting — Page Setup Manager, Plot, Batch Plot
PDF Underlays — attaching a PDF and snapping to it
Import and Export — DXF, DWG, CSV, FBK, glTF/GLB, STL, JSON
Files and Drawings — the .gs file, drawing tabs, templates, updates

Reference

Settings and Options — every tab of the Options dialog
Command Line — the command bar, autocomplete, history, dynamic input
Workflows — start-to-finish tutorials
Troubleshooting — problem → cause → solution
FAQ
Known Limitations — what is present but unfinished

Conventions used in this manual

LINE — a command you type in the command line. Case does not matter.
L — a command alias.
Bold — something you click, or a label printed on screen.
Specify first point: — a prompt that appears in the command log.
North is 0°, angles increase clockwise. This is the survey convention and it never changes, no matter how angles are displayed. See Coordinate Input.
World X = Easting, World Y = Northing, World Z = Elevation.