Can someone please update the help file? https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-civil-3d/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/...
I'm thinking after 9 years we can call this feature broken and probably never to be fixed, so the help file should probably be removed to reflect the reality of the program.
Or can someone please show me a video on a recent version of Civil 3D on how it's supposed to work?
Thank you,
Hi @Anonymous ,
You are using the right method. Let me know if you are still having the issue. We can do a screen share to better understand the issue.
If we select civil 3d points we should be able to right click and get a contextual ribbon tab that has an add points to point groups command. This should bring up the points group dialog. Select the group and click ok. I seem to recall this workflow very well from an older program... Add a simple point inverse command too.
These tools and a few other survey commands need to be quickly accessed for surveyors not buried in a workflow.
John Mayo
@Nilesh_Chaudhari what's up with responding to a 13-year-old post? Why not provide a video showing it working? The user's have said it's been broken for the past 13 years and Autodesk's position is that it has been working all this time?
Here is my video showing it not working like the help file shows it should. https://autode.sk/38ijcSr
If you are looking for more Toolspace Broken Features, the Autodesk Civil 3D Help: About Dragging Styles or Items Between Drawings is also broken.
https://help.autodesk.com/view/CIV3D/2021/ENU/?guid=GUID-FE74465D-AA10-49B9-9BD8-8FCAC9661993
Or is there some magic steps Autodesk is using internally and won't share with the rest of the world?
@Civil3DReminders_com I don't know why but this has given me a good laugh.
Hi all,
I've tested this in the 2021 version, sure enough, something weird is going on. I can get drag the points, BUT you will then have to right click and update, and what I found is that instead of dragging the selected points, all points got dragged into the new point groups.
I'll share this with the Product Team and I'll be sharing this thread with them as well.
Knowing that 2007 version used to work is a great information, I'll add it to the report.
If you have any other questions, please let me know and I'll be happy to help!
Thanks again for the feedback, have an awesome Monday!
Issue has been confirmed by the development team.
I'll keep you all posted on the progress of this issue.
I appreciate all the feedback and patience.
@Anonymous
A right-click menu option would probably work well for this. That's the first thing I tried. First on the selected point, then in the Prospector tab on the point group. Selecting properties, then manually adding the point number works, but a right click option would be more intuitive.
Any updates?
Of course you'd rather have it included in the base product. But Sincpac C3D includes a Rt-Clk option to move points to or from point groups. Along with many other very useful features.
Allen Jessup
CAD Manager - Designer
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Hi @Anonymous!
Has your issue been solved now? Is there anything else we can help you with?
I would like to know if this issue is still relevant. If yes, I will try to look for other solutions which may work for you.
Hi @Nurlan-A. @Civil3DReminders_com
Thanks for reaching out and asking for an update both here and on Twitter. It's late in the evening for @lim.wendy so i have reached out to the product team to see if we have an update on adding points to groups.
I will endevour to get some info back as soon as i can so please bear with me. In the interim if you need to reach out please send me a DM to my profile or book a quick call with me here.
Jonathan Hand
Industry Community Manager | AEC (Architecture & Building)
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