Civl3D 2013 .NET Easting and Nothing with Precision.

[raghulan]

Hi All, 

 I can get the northing and easting of an object in Civil3D but it comes without any precision (example: 23234 not 123234.234)

I need to get the NE with 3 decilamal precision. Any idea of how to get it.

Thanks.

[Jeff_M]

This is not a customization question, please keep base Civil3d questions in the main C3D forum. Thanks!

Check your Settings->Drawing Settings->Ambient Settings->Coordinate precision and/or

The precision fro the label style you are using to label with (you don't say anything about how/what you are looking at for the precision you are seeing).

After rereading the subject line I saw you mentioned .NET...so now I really don't know what you are doing to see what you are seeing. Please be more descriptive with what you are doing. If you have some code, give us a bit of what you are using to get these results....

[raghulan]

Sorry if its not clear.

I am getting N and E using .NET C# API.

[Jeff_M]

My edit and your reply crossed paths. Show some code that is giving these results.

[raghulan]

Here is the sample code snippet.

Pt_obj.Northing.ToString();
This gets me Northing but there is not precision.
it only gets 234234 not 13121.234

[Jeff_M · Accepted solution]

You need to format your string. This will format the string to 4 decimal places:

Pt_obj.Northing.ToString("F4");

To use the drawing settings for the precision, get that setting and set the string accordingly.

[raghulan]

Thanks mate will give it a go and let you know.

[raghulan]

Jeff,

Another quick question. when I get a value using code. How do I get it in Meters and millimeters.
Example when I get dia of a civil3D pipe I get it in meters, how do I get it in millimeters instead of in meters.

[Jeff_M]

Multiply your value by 1000. One thing to remember, Civil3D most always works with either Meters or Feet, depending on whether you have a Metric or Imperial drawing.