I have been using feature lines along buried utility locations to project these objects to section views. It works great. I created label styles, and It pops a vertical label on the section view that points toward the existing ground. I tried to use the same feature lines to project objects to profile views, and get very strange results. I do not get an option to select a label style, that field is blank, and on the profile view there is not a point where the alignment and the feature line crossed, but a line drawn all over the general area of the utility location. I have attached pdf examples of a sucessful section view and an unsuccessful profile view. I manually added the "EXISTING WATER" label so that it's easy to locate the line representing the water line. Anyone have any ideas on this one?
This is normal behaviour - unfortunately for you. When you project a feature line to a section, the programmers assumed that you would be crossing the line, so they set it up to display a symbol or marker at that point. When you project to a profile they assumed that this would be parallel, so the set it to display the entire length of the line, projected onto the profile view.
I snap a block to the FL and project it to the profile.
That's interesting. The feature line only crosses the allignment at on point. I will try snapping a block to the feature line. Thanks for the help, all.
Old thread - but has this been improved yet? I'm trying to show where a feature line crosses the alignment on the profile view ie. not project the entire feature line onto the profile view. Just a marker where it crosses.
Is this possible?
Thanks!
Kevin
Did you ever find a solution to your question? I also want to only have a marker/line/label at where a PL crosses an alignment (is. a singluar point of intersection).
You can try adding a point to the crossing location using a no-plot label and marker style. Then project that point in you profile view and use a style that displays a line/marker/whatever you want to show it as. The elevation you will have to set yourself, either a surface or another profile.
No. The best workaround for me is to convert the polyline/feature line into a pipe network and create a style which only shows the centreline in plan but a very small circle as a crossing style in the profile section. Then project the pipe network to the profile view.
Clearly Autodesk think that being able to do it in sections but not profile views is consistent.
Kevin
Thanks guys for replying.
Unfortunately, I don't like either of these "work-arounds". We can project a FL in a Section View but not in a Profile View? Come on Autodesk get it together!
Beauty of Civil 3d is you can customize it to do / show just about anything you want 🙂 I have a tool for this... I'll post it later.
Didn't have time to clarify earlier but this draws a circle in the profile view where the featureline intersects the alignment.
http://www.pro-cad.net/Featurelines/FL2PV.zip
hey Brian,
this tool looks like it could save me huge heartache!! Unfortunately the link is broken though. Is the tool still available somewhere?
Cheers,
Morgo