Hello,
I want to show the topography of the surface I created.
A long time ago I changed some definitions and succeeded - see the attached picture.
The problem is I don't remember what I did ๐
I think last time I found a button somewhere to switch to 3D view/model and then
the 3D Faces were suddenly displayed as semi-solids.
Could somebody please help me?
Thanks a lot,
S_G_I
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There are many ways to get that, for instance:
_-VIEW => _NEISO
_SHADEMODE and choose one of the types
Take a look at this blog post http://civilforautocad.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/civil-3d-2012-little-things-part-two.html
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First you have to have a Surface Style that displays triangles in the Model. From your image it looks like you'd want to set a Conceptual visual style. Then use 3D orbit or any other method of viewing it in 3D.
Allen Jessup
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AllenJessup wrote:First you have to have a Surface Style that displays triangles in the Mode
Dear Allen,
you don't really need to do that.
Whatever the style, when you turn on a ISO view, Autocad shows itself in a TIN fashion, as you can see in this Map2006 screenshot:
Here is a graphic of what the other folks are describing. Granted my relief is not that pronounced
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Yes Antonio. You really do. In Civil 3D you need to have the triangles on. If they are off
Then all you will see is contours in 3D
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Got it, Allen, but my Map works as I described, and I'm surprised that Civil needs to change the style...
As I have said many times before the Map that comes with Civil isn't quite the same as the boxed standalone version of Map - MapLT?
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antoniovinci wrote:
I'm surprised that Civil needs to change the style...
It's an attempt to let the user set it up as they need. Sometimes you want to see the surface and sometimes you don't Civil styles are very different from Map or Autocad. Very powerful, very complicated.
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So if you have the triangles turned off for 'Plan' but on for 'Model' they won't show up when you 3D orbit? I don't do much 3D viewing, but I would have expected that they would.
Mark Green
Working on Civil 3D in Canada
Hi t
if you don't want to see the triangle go to views>> manage view style and turn off isolines
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@troma wrote:So if you have the triangles turned off for 'Plan' but on for 'Model' they won't show up when you 3D orbit? I don't do much 3D viewing, but I would have expected that they would.
Pretty much the opposite. Anything that is on in Model will show in 3D. If it's off in Model it wont show in 3D. Model basically equals the 3D Model. The Plan view is the view looking directly down the Z. I don't mean to be obvious but Plan can mean a couple of things.
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Now I'm more confused.
Joe, how can I say this in the kindest way possible....I don't know what you're talking about. It doesn't appear to be relevant.
Allen, you say "the opposite" but then go on to agree with what I said. Well, you agree with what I was trying to say. On re-reading my original comment it does seem a little opaque. But look back at the screen shot you posted. You have the View Direction set to plan, and then you comment on the result to the view in 3D. That's what I was questioning.
Mark Green
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I seem have an innate ability to confuse you
I thought you were looking to find a way to view in 3d with out the triangles being on. Since the surface style requires triangles "on" in model view the easiest way I have found to not display them is to turn isolines off in the view style
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Joe meant if you don't want to see the triangles themselves. IOW the edges of the face.
@troma wrote:off for 'Plan' but on for 'Model' they won't show up when you 3D orbit?
I think it's my poor screenshot that is confusing you. Since I knew what it was I didn't realize it could be easily misinterpreted. The screenshot is in 3D, a steep slope running from upper left to lower right. So with the triangles off in Model you only see the contours because they are on in the Model. AND of course I showed the wrong section of the Display tab. Here's what it should have looked like.
Now with the triangle on
It looks like this
No vertical exaggeration. It's an area of damage from Hurricane Sandy.
Sorry for the confusion
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Like I said, I don't do much 3D viewing, so probably I'm easily confussssd. I was mixing up the terminology: "Faces" and "Triangles". I've often found that I get a deeper understanding of a subject through a misunderstanding, and this is one of those occasions.
Can you give me a step-by-step instruction on changing this view style? I'm not at all familiar with it.
Thanks!
Mark Green
Working on Civil 3D in Canada
It was the wrong section of the Display tab that got me. I think I'm getting with the program now.
So is that a 15' deep washout in that topo? Wow!
Mark Green
Working on Civil 3D in Canada
@troma wrote:
So is that a 15' deep washout in that topo? Wow!
More like 28 feet. It was already a slope. West bank of the Hudson River. But the original slope extended nearly to the normal high water mark. This has been cut back severely. It's obvious that we may need to do something to support our road above.
This is actually one of the less sever. The worst ones were stabilized with stone within a week, under emergency rights. Further south the road dips to near river level. We there were many boats blocking the road the next day.
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