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ASCII point file from selecting offset & Elevation

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ajmmb6
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ASCII point file from selecting offset & Elevation

Can I create a surface from a point group created from offset and elevation points taken from a section?.  Can I do this by simply selecting the points on the section, rather than have to write down the information, and create the comma deliminated ASCII file on my own.

 

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DaveM
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@ajmmb6 wrote:

Can I create a surface from a point group created from offset and elevation points taken from a section?.  Can I do this by simply selecting the points on the section, rather than have to write down the information, and create the comma deliminated ASCII file on my own.

 


I am having trouble following your question. Yes you can specify a point group with selected points only. Also you can export only the points of a certain point group. Are you looking for directions on how to do either of these processes?

 

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ericcollins6932
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If they are civil points, you can add them to a point group by selection.

 

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Eric Collins, P.Tech.(Eng.)

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ajmmb6
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The procedure I have completed for this project so far is as follows;

 

  1. Create a TIN Surface from existing topographic mapping
  2. Create a baseline alignment through the center of my site
  3. Create profiles and sections (sample lines) off of the baseline on 200' intervals throughout the site. Plot existing grades on profiles & sections.
  4. Set-up a point group named FG Points

 

The following is the procedure that I would like to take to complete my grading;

 

  1. Hand draft in my proposed grading (FG) on the sections (or profiles)
  2. Create an ASCII point file from selected FG points (offset & elevation)
  3. Import the ASCII point file (see image below)

 

I have attached a spreadsheet that I used to create the ASCII file (also attached).  In the past, after recording the station, offset, elevation information in excel (from the drafted section lines), I would use the "point import from file" command I bring the file into the FG point group, then create a Final Grade TIN surface from the point group.

 

The purpose of this post is to see if I could skip the step where I have to record each measurement in excel.  I know there is a create points from profile geometry command, but I don't want to bog down the drawing by creating a bunch of Civil 3D profiles.

 

Thanks again.

 

 

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ajmmb6
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I don't know if this helps or not, but for this project, I created sections at 200 ft intervals along a 11,000 LF Baseline.  The object is to create a Final Grade surface for a Landfill project.  The project calls for 20ft wide benches every 20 vertical feet, and for each bench to act as drainage terraces; draining at 2% toward down slope ditches.  The landfill will be approx. 10,000 ft long by 1,500 feet wide, and 500' high in some sections. 

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ericcollins6932
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Build another file of profiles and dref everything else in to prevent bogging down your file with points. Then export from that file.
Eric Collins, P.Tech.(Eng.)

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