AutoCAD Civil 3D

[#1]

We Need an expression to round Pipe Slopes to the nearest 0.5% slope.

We were working with:

ROUND(({Pipe Slope}/0.5))*0.5

but it only returns 0.00,

what's missing? THanks 

[#2]

I've done that with slopes on Section Views. I made two Expressions:

First, to find those values that should round to no decimal places:

IF(ABS({Grade between Point 1 and Point 2})-ABS(TRUNC({Grade between Point 1 and Point 2}))<0.25|ABS({Grade between Point 1 and Point 2})-ABS(TRUNC({Grade between Point 1 and Point 2}))>=0.75,1/120,0)

Note the | symbol between <0.25 and the next ABS means OR.

Second, to find those values that should round to .5:

IF(ABS({Grade between Point 1 and Point 2})-ABS(TRUNC({Grade between Point 1 and Point 2}))>=0.25&ABS({Grade between Point 1 and Point 2})-ABS(TRUNC({Grade between Point 1 and Point 2}))<0.75,1/120,0)

You might need to play with the 1/120 text height to get a height that works for you.

I assume you know how to make your label style use these. If not, let me know.

Tim

[#3]

Thanks for the quick response, I'm trying to add the expression to a pipe label style, need to round out the pipe's slope. Not sure how the "Grade between Point 1 and Point 2" plays out.

Why does picking the "Pipe Slope" function not play out?

THanks,

[#4]

Look in the attached drawing. Find on Settings tab of Toolspace: Pipes --> Label Styles --> Plan/Profile --> Expressions.

These are referenced by the label style called Pipe slope - percent - rounded to .5. Apply that to your pipes and they will round to either no decimal places or .5.

Best regards,

Tim

[#5]

WOw, that's interesting, thanks , but unfortunately I'm dealing with 2012 and that percent function doesn't exist in the 2012 release, or I may be missing something. Thanks for the file though, just another reason to upgrade.

[#6]

Here's a 2012 version.

[#7]

Thanks again for the 2012 version, but i think I'm not explaining myself correctly, I need to be able to round the slope percentage in the lable so that if the slope of the pipe is 3.42 as an example it will round down to 3.40, or if it is 7.47 it will round up to 7.50. The options of round normal , truncate and round up in the component editor don't seem to do the trick.

Thanks for your effort.

[#8]

Sounds to me like you're rounding to the nearest tenth, which Civil 3D does without expressions. Your original post stated you want to round to the nearest .5, which is what the expressions I built do.

Maybe you can post a drawing with detailed description of what you want and that Civil 3D doesn't appear to be doing for you.

Tim

[#9]

okay, here's a dwg with a few pipe examples,

so basically to illustrate, if the slope is 4.54% so to say, we need it to read 4.55%,

if its let's say -3.32%, then we need it to read -3.30%

if 5.58%, we need it to read 5.60%

can't seem to get it to work with the given rounding methods

again, thanks for your efforts

[#10]

Sounds like you are looking to round to the nearest tenth, but show two digits. This expresion should do it:

(ROUND({Pipe Slope}*10))/10

If you want the nearest 0.5% then this expression should work:

(ROUND({Pipe Slope}*2))/2

Christopher

http://blog.civil3dreminders.com/