CAD-Ready Terrain

Accurate surfaces ready for design and engineering workflows

CAD-Ready Terrain

Our CAD-Ready Terrain deliverable converts aerial survey data into high-fidelity digital terrain models built for immediate use in CAD and GIS software. Every surface is precisely aligned, cleaned, and formatted to meet engineering standards—so you can skip the prep work and start designing.

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Why CAD-Ready Terrain

Survey-grade accuracy

Centimeter-level precision for grading, drainage, and site design.

Clean, classified data

Vegetation and structures removed to produce bare-earth models.

Multiple formats

DWG, DXF, LAS, or GeoTIFF outputs ready for Civil 3D, ArcGIS, and MicroStation.

Custom contours

Generated to your preferred interval and scale.

How We Create CAD-Ready Terrain

The terrain modeling workflow that powers your deliverable. See how raw aerial data becomes design-ready surfaces.

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Requirements & Control Setup

We start by confirming your coordinate system, vertical datum, contour interval, and target accuracy. If you have ground control or checkpoints, we ingest and validate them so the final terrain aligns to your project standards and CAD/GIS environment.

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Data Ingest & Quality Control

We ingest LiDAR and/or photogrammetry inputs and run coverage checks for overlap, density, and RTK/PPK integrity. Our team flags gaps, removes outliers, and corrects timing or georeferencing offsets so the dataset is stable before modeling begins.

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Classification & Bare-Earth Surface Modeling

Next we classify the point cloud (ground, vegetation, buildings, etc.) and isolate bare-earth returns. We apply cleaning, breakline-aware surface building, and smoothing where appropriate to generate terrain surfaces (DTM/DEM), TINs, and contour lines that are measurement-ready.

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CAD/GIS Formatting & Deliverable Export

We export your terrain in the formats you need—DWG, DXF, LAS/LAZ, GeoTIFF, and more—optimized for Civil 3D, ArcGIS, MicroStation, and related tools. Each delivery includes QC documentation (accuracy checks and validation notes) so your team can import and design immediately.

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Applications

CAD-ready terrain supports grading, drainage, infrastructure layout, and site planning by providing accurate, design-ready surfaces engineers can trust.