AutoCAD Civil 3D

[#1]

Hi, I've been sent a survey drawing with elevations. The format is a block, but it's not a named block. Each entity has it's own block name. So, I'm having trouble getting at the elevations. I can't seem to export and get the elevation or Postion Z.

I've tried exploding these blocks, but all I get is a couple of polylines, and some text. Useless. 

Any ideas? 

I've attached a sample drawing with a couple of these points.

Any help greatly appreciated! -jm

[#2 · Accepted solution]

I wrote this for someone else recently and it seemed to do the trick. You are welcome to give it a shot.

Load the lisp, run the command "anon2pointblocks" which will create blocks which mimic the old Softdesk point block. You can then use the C3D command to Replace Softdesk Point Blocks.

I didn't test your drawing, as I don't have much time right now. If it doesn't work, let me know and I'll try to get something working this evening.

[#3]

Jeff, that worked like a charm. I'm curious what software generated that original format, I'll have to do some inquiries, so I won't run into this issue agin.

Thanks so much! 

-jason m.

[#4]

The original most likely came from Civil3D exported to Autocad, which is what needs to be done when saving back to an older format.

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