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Plotting a Symbol Over a Line

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Message 1 of 14
dankoss
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Plotting a Symbol Over a Line

Hi Everybody,

 

I'm having trouble plotting a symbol over a line. For example, I'm doing a corner record and need to put our symbol for a set pipe on the corner of the property line. Our symbol for a pipe is just an open circle. I want to put the circle on the corner and do not want the the property line to be shown inside that circle. Essentially I want to make it look like I trimmed the line inside the circle but I want to leave the line intact so there is no gap in the boundary. What is the way to do something like this?

 

Thanks

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Message 2 of 14
AllenJessup
in reply to: dankoss

I create a wipeout and put it under the symbol but above the lines. You can't create a circular wipeout. So create a polygon with numerous sides that just fits around your symbol, I use 20 sides for mine, then create a wipeout by polyline and select the polygon. Use draw order to move it below the symbol. You'll also want to make the frame of the wipeout a no-plot color. You could turn the frames on and off but I find that to be troublesome because it turns the frames off for all the raster images.

 

Since you'll want this to happen all the time. Make the wipeout part of your block. I also have a block called WipeoutCircle that I can insert as needed.

 

Allen



Allen Jessup
Engineering Specialist / CAD Manager

Message 3 of 14
dankoss
in reply to: AllenJessup

Thanks for the reply, that's exactly what I needed.

Message 4 of 14
PatrickManson
in reply to: dankoss

Another option is that if you are plotting using viewports, you give your block an elevation higher than the linework, and then right click on your viewport - shade plot - hidden, and when you plot the line inside your block will not display.....

Message 5 of 14
fautodesk
in reply to: dankoss

You can also change your label style for the line to include the "_wipeout_circle" block. I believe this block is included OTB. This will automatically add the circle with the wipeout to the beginning and/or end of your line.

Message 6 of 14
BrianHailey
in reply to: fautodesk


@fautodesk wrote:

You can also change your label style for the line to include the "_wipeout_circle" block. I believe this block is included OTB. This will automatically add the circle with the wipeout to the beginning and/or end of your line.


Hey! Look at that! I never even noticed that block in there! That will come in handy for sure!

Brian J. Hailey, P.E.



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Message 7 of 14
AllenJessup
in reply to: fautodesk

I hadn't notice that either. I've been using my own for years. Even the same name, minus the undrebar (_).

 

Allen



Allen Jessup
Engineering Specialist / CAD Manager

Message 8 of 14
troma
in reply to: fautodesk

Where is that block?

Thanks.


Mark Green

Working on Civil 3D in Canada

Message 9 of 14
AllenJessup
in reply to: troma

It looks like it's included in the OOTB templates. If you started your template from one of those, you should be able to Insert a block called _Wipeout Circle. If not, you can extract it from a template and include it in yours.

 

woc.PNG

 

If you need to mask an area that is not circular but elliptical. You can change the scaling of the block to produce an ellipse. You can also produce wipeouts of any shape yourself and make them blocks.

 

Allen

 

 



Allen Jessup
Engineering Specialist / CAD Manager

Message 10 of 14
fautodesk
in reply to: troma

Your general line label styles allow you to add blocks as part of the style. You will need to add a block to the style, change the name to suit your taste, then select block name under where it says 'block'. It will open a pulldown menu where you can select from blocks in your drawing. I have attached pics to help.

Message 11 of 14
troma
in reply to: AllenJessup

I'm still in 2011, so is it possible I just don't have it?  Either that or the template wasn't from OOTB, or it was purged out.

 

Where do I find my OOTB templates?  I imagine they're somewhere on my C drive, but last time I went looking I couldn't find them.


Mark Green

Working on Civil 3D in Canada

Message 12 of 14
AllenJessup
in reply to: troma

You could do a search of your C: drive for *.dwt. But to make it easier, I'll attach the block.

 

Allen



Allen Jessup
Engineering Specialist / CAD Manager

Message 13 of 14
troma
in reply to: AllenJessup

Thanks Allen!

I did that search last time, turned up loads of templates for the tutorials, but couldn't find the regular old simple template.


Mark Green

Working on Civil 3D in Canada

Message 14 of 14
AllenJessup
in reply to: troma

This would be one path you could find them in. I've kept the custom ones on the server for so long I had to do a search to find them myself.

 

C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Autodesk\C3D 2012\enu\Template\

 

Allen



Allen Jessup
Engineering Specialist / CAD Manager

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