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Adding a Building Block with Elevations to a Surface

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RCBmstg007
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Adding a Building Block with Elevations to a Surface

When working with mulitple building pads and configurations change rapidly. Is there a method to add a Block or Xref into a Civil3D Surface under Drawing Objects? If so, how could you do it.

I want to have a building block type 1 that I can update the block or xref then updates the surface rather than doing each one individually.

 

The Block would have a FFE of 0.00 and then the stoops, etc would either be a 0.1 drop or so.

 

thanks

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john.mckenzie
in reply to: RCBmstg007

I usually just xref the file that shows the buildings and then trace a feature line around with the osnaps on to get accuracy. not sure if a dedicated reference file or block is going to improve the process or not.

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jmayo-EE
in reply to: RCBmstg007

If you have a block of the building you can get the x-y location set and then use the Move Blocks to Surface command. Perhaps you can edit the blocks insertion point to get the .1 drop automatically.

John Mayo

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jmayo-EE
in reply to: jmayo-EE

this works on multiple objects.

John Mayo

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john.mckenzie
in reply to: jmayo-EE

I suppose with the block approach you could redefine the block each time it was changed. It should still hold the z edits and stay in place assuming someone (whomever supplies the new edited block) can keep the same coordinate system with each change. LOL I know many an architect that cannot.

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