I have a feature line that is perpindicular to another and connected to it at a PI .
When I modify the elevations of one of the feature lines, the labels for slope and PI elevation of the dependent feature line do not react and update without having to invoke a REGEN.
I think this is standard behaviour. Unless I'm confused with using my C3D 2008.
Mark Green
Working on Civil 3D in Canada
Can't be...it is tortuous to have to do this all day long.
The dependent feature line slope and PI elevation updates correctly as can be seen in the Elevation Editor for it. Just the labels are not updating without having to invoke a REGEN.
I want to be able to read and have the new slope and elevation information while designing. Also to confirm the change indeed took place without having to REGEN.
Thanks
Fred
Yes REGENAUTO is set to ON and REGENMODE is set to 1 .
Is there something possibly wrong with the reactors for these text components? The directly edited feature line's labels update, but not the connected (dependent) feature line's labels.
Fred:
If you have a small drawing that you want to send me I will see what it does for me in 2013. Just checking a minute ago, I can drag my FLs around with EL. & slope labels and they respond instantly.
I assume we are talking about the same thing.
Bill
wfberry AT bellsouth DOT net
Hi Bill,
No that's not the same. Dragging and snapping an indivdual feature line around like you say is fine.
The labels on the first feature line update. The labels on the connecting second feature line do not update without having to invoke a manual REGEN.
I have attached a small test drawing if you would confirm.
Thanks
Fred
I'm seeing the same behavior in 2013. Seems to be a bug. I decided to try it in an earlier version so I went back to 2009 and it works just fine there. New bug apparently.
@Brian Thank you for looking at this.
This is also happening on my extracted dynamic corridor feature lines when I do section parameter edits (i.e. change a lane slope). The section. corridor surface and contours update fine, but I have to get out of the Section Editor and Rebuild the corridor for the feature line labels to update.
Thanks again
Fred
As an alternative to labeling the featurelines, if the featurelines are added to a surface as breaklines, you can label the surface and they should update automatically.
Fred:
As you probably expected, I concur with you and Brian. On the good side, I suppose, is the vertex actually does change, just not the label.
Searching for a work-a-round, I found that I had no short-cut for the letter "Q" and set it to REGEN in the acad.pgp. I normally have my left hand on the keyboard and the letter Q is right close by.
Just a thought.
Bill
(Don't forget the command "reinit" which reloads the Acad.pgp while still in C3D.)
"As an alternative to labeling the featurelines, if the featurelines are added to a surface as breaklines, you can label the surface and they should update automatically."
This is not the same. Feature lines can be have all the segment grades and PI elevations labeled at once with the Multiple Segments labeling command.
Another difference is then the labels are attached and move with the feature line if the feature line has to move.
I agree it's not the same but, it's an alternative. Which is more frustrating, having to regen every time you change a featureline or have more of a manual control of label locations? That's your call based on your project and your skill sets.
Just my $0.02.
It's definitely not even close to an alternative. This alternative would be much more frustrating.
In one fell swoop we have the all the feature line segment grades and PI elevations done with one-click of the Multiple Segments labeling command.
With your alternative, I would have to snap to and label all the individual vertices with surface labels. Then do two-point surface slope labels for all the individual segments.
Then if the feature line has to move we are (fill in the blank).
Please fix the bug...
10-4 Yes, I did go ahead and do that.
Thanks for the feedback on this.
Fred