Drafting & Design

Drafting & Design

Turning Point Surveys provides professional drafting and CAD design services that transform raw field data into clear, precise, and presentation-ready drawings. Our in-house drafting team works directly with survey data — eliminating the handoff delays and interpretation errors that occur when drafting is outsourced — to produce final deliverables faster and with greater accuracy.

From simple site plans and topographic drawings to complex multi-discipline engineering drawing packages, our drafters work in all industry-standard platforms and to client-supplied or TPS-standard drawing conventions. We support projects at every stage — from concept and preliminary design through issued-for-construction and as-built documentation.

What We Produce

Our drafting team delivers a broad range of survey and engineering drawing types across all project sectors.

Topographic site plans and grading drawings
Construction layout drawings and staking plans
As-built and record drawings
Pipeline and corridor alignment sheets
Right-of-way and legal survey plans
3D surface and terrain models

AutoCAD & Civil 3D

All deliverables are produced in AutoCAD and Civil 3D — the industry standard for civil engineering and survey drawings — ensuring full compatibility with your project team's software environment.

Survey-Integrated Workflow

Our drafters work directly from TPS field data — no third-party data conversion, no interpretation gaps. Field-to-drawing turnaround is significantly faster when survey and drafting are under one roof.

QA / QC Review

Every drawing package goes through a rigorous QA/QC review by a senior survey technologist before delivery — checking for accuracy, completeness, and conformance to project standards.

Multiple Formats

We deliver in DWG, DXF, DGN, PDF, LandXML, and other formats as required. All drawings can be produced to your company's title block and layer standards — or to ours.

Frequently Asked Questions

What software does your drafting team use?

Our primary platform is Autodesk AutoCAD and Civil 3D. We also work in MicroStation/OpenRoads for clients in those environments, and can produce outputs compatible with Trimble, Leica, and other field software data management systems. We can work to your company's CAD standards and layer naming conventions.

Can you produce drawings to our company's title block and standards?

Absolutely. We regularly produce client-branded drawing packages using supplied title blocks, layer standards, line weight conventions, and plotting configurations. Simply provide us with your standard template files and a drawing standards reference at the project outset.

Do you produce 3D surface models as well as 2D plans?

Yes. Our Civil 3D workflow produces both 2D plan and profile drawings and full 3D surface models simultaneously from field data. We can deliver TIN surfaces, breakline-refined terrain models, volume calculations, grading designs, and corridor models depending on project requirements.

How quickly can drawings be turned around after field work?

Because our field crews and drafting team work within the same organization, data handoff is immediate and turnaround is significantly faster than using separate survey and drafting firms. For most standard topographic or construction survey drawings, preliminary drafts can be delivered within 24–48 hours of field data collection.