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Distance Label From Surface to Point

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Message 1 of 16
Joyfer
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Distance Label From Surface to Point

I was asked to lable survey data with the (2D) distance between the design surface and the survey points of the finished ground.

Does any one know a command that could make this easy. 

Let me know if you need any further information.

 

Thank you!

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Message 2 of 16
sboon
in reply to: Joyfer

The 2D distance?  So you have points which are at some location horizontally away from the surface and you want to report the distance to that surface?

 

Confused here.

Steve
Expert Elite Alumnus
Message 3 of 16
Joyfer
in reply to: sboon

Yes, this report is only interested in the horizontal geometry. How far the points are from the surface without factoring elevation.

 

I should put a label of the horizontal distance to the surface next to each point. There are a ton of points though so I don't want to do it manually point by point. 

Message 4 of 16
sboon
in reply to: Joyfer

The only way I can see to do this would be an offset label from an alignment.  Extract your surface boundary and convert it into an alignment.  You'll need some way to label the cogo points with an offset value.  I believe that the Sincpac tools include a way to do this, but maybe someone else has a better suggestion.

 

Steve
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Steve
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Message 5 of 16
Umit.Arslan
in reply to: Joyfer

Hi

 

* you can create an additional surface from the points you want to label.

* create 3. surface which is TIN volume surface (the difference between 2 surface)

* copy your points that you want to label and make the points get elevations from the difference surface you created last.

 

I hope this helps.

 

umit

- Umit Arslan -
Survey Engineer
Civil 3D 2018 x64
Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
32GB RAM
Message 6 of 16
Joyfer
in reply to: Umit.Arslan

That would be an awesome technique for finding the difference in elevation. All they are asking for on this report is the horizontal distance though.

Message 7 of 16
troma
in reply to: Joyfer

Horizontal distance to the edge of the surface?
Or horizontal distance to the nearest part of the surface at the same elevation as the cogo point?

Mark Green

Working on Civil 3D in Canada

Message 8 of 16
Jeff_M
in reply to: Joyfer

A picture of what you need to show would probably really help describe this.

Jeff_M, also a frequent Swamper
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Message 9 of 16
Joyfer
in reply to: Jeff_M

Here is a screen shot with the surface and the points that I am talking about.

The horizontal distance from the point to the surface edge is what I would like to find.

Thanks

Message 10 of 16
troma
in reply to: Joyfer

Sounds like Steve was on the right track.

Mark Green

Working on Civil 3D in Canada

Message 11 of 16
Jay_B
in reply to: Joyfer

Create the alignment along edge of surface as mentioned and go to Toolspace>Toolbox>Reports Manager>Points>Station Offset to Points>Create Report.

Text can then be copied from browser>pasted to excel etc.

C3D 2018.1
C3D 2016 SP4

Win 7 Professional 64 Bit
Message 12 of 16
Joyfer
in reply to: troma

How can I lable the points with the offset to the surface? (without Sincpac)

Message 13 of 16
Joyfer
in reply to: Jay_B

Right on, I appreciate your time. Thanks.

Message 14 of 16
sboon
in reply to: Joyfer

I don't think you can do it using only the tools in Civil 3D.  Users have been asking for a point label option that includes offsets for a long time now.

 

Steve
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Steve
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Message 15 of 16
Jay_B
in reply to: Joyfer

Sorry, I didn't catch the part about labeling. I'm not aware of any means to label in an automated fashion using OOTB C3d.

C3D 2018.1
C3D 2016 SP4

Win 7 Professional 64 Bit
Message 16 of 16
Joyfer
in reply to: Jay_B

I would love to find out a way to label the points but I'm happy with generating the report that you showed me.

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