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Assign feature line elevations from points

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Message 1 of 20
rkmcswain
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Assign feature line elevations from points

Given a feature line/polyline(FL/PL) and a series of points directly on the FL/PL, how can you assign the elevations of the points to the vertices of the FL/PL?

 

Without using a surface?

R.K. McSwain     | CADpanacea | on twitter
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Message 2 of 20
troma
in reply to: rkmcswain

How automated are you looking for?

Coz I would say you could use the 'Insert Elevation Point' and snap to the cogo points one by one, given that they're displayed at their elevation.

Mark Green

Working on Civil 3D in Canada

Message 3 of 20
troma
in reply to: rkmcswain

Or draw a new feature line using 'PN

Mark Green

Working on Civil 3D in Canada

Message 4 of 20
mathewkol
in reply to: rkmcswain

Or the 'PO transparent command so you don't have to enter numbers.
Matt Kolberg
SolidCAD Professional Services
http://www.solidcad.ca /
Message 5 of 20
rkmcswain
in reply to: troma


@troma wrote:
How automated are you looking for?


Like this automated.

I was pretty sure this didn't exist in C3D, but was hoping I was wrong

 

 

R.K. McSwain     | CADpanacea | on twitter
Message 6 of 20
MikeEvansUK
in reply to: rkmcswain

The easiest solution I know of without aditional tools is to export the points in xyz format to a text document.

Now Add the following lines above the first entry.

 

3dpoly

E,N,Z

E,N,Z etc.

(Add return below last value to end command)

Save and rename to Scr file the in Civil3d run Script, load the file and it will draw the 3dpolyline from the points.

Convert to featureline and use normally.

 

Mike Evans

Civil3D 2022 English
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3820 CPU @ 3.60GHz (8 CPUs), ~4.0GHz With 32768MB RAM, AMD FirePro V4900, Dedicated Memory: 984 MB, Shared Memory: 814 MB

Message 7 of 20
AllenJessup
in reply to: rkmcswain

It's interesting. I have 2 3rd party softwares and neither will do this that I can see. It looks like Toolpac [that I don't have] will do it.

 

Allen



Allen Jessup
Engineering Specialist / CAD Manager

Message 8 of 20
Jeff_M
in reply to: AllenJessup


@AllenJessup wrote:

It's interesting. I have 2 3rd party softwares and neither will do this that I can see. 

Allen


Never needed it and never had a customer ask for it. Interestingly, the last thing Sinc asked me to add before he fell ill was a command to elevate featurelines from text/mtext (think non-C3D grading plans obtained from other engineers). It is complete but was not added to the help file or published command list. When I saw this thread I figured it would be easy enough to include points in the search for nearby objects. So I will be working on that soon.

Jeff_M, also a frequent Swamper
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Message 9 of 20
AllenJessup
in reply to: Jeff_M

Neat!



Allen Jessup
Engineering Specialist / CAD Manager

Message 10 of 20
TerryDotson
in reply to: rkmcswain

The 2D-3D by Points in MapWorks Base has done this for a long time, working directly with FeatureLine and AeccPoint objects.

Message 11 of 20
MikeEvansUK
in reply to: rkmcswain

I do actually have a program i wrote which will create a 3d polyline from text, blocks, point, in fact I think anything so long as it has a single xyz position. I could add feature line to it with ease. Funny thing is that when I debug it works fine but throws an error immediately. Something I need to resolve, it's to do with the selection set method. I'll post the code if anyone would like to help fix it and promise to keep it a freeware package.
Mike Evans

Civil3D 2022 English
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3820 CPU @ 3.60GHz (8 CPUs), ~4.0GHz With 32768MB RAM, AMD FirePro V4900, Dedicated Memory: 984 MB, Shared Memory: 814 MB

Message 12 of 20
rkmcswain
in reply to: rkmcswain

Thanks for all the replies. I'm going to find out if this was a one time need or something we'll need regularly in the future, then make a decision about how to proceed.

R.K. McSwain     | CADpanacea | on twitter
Message 13 of 20
Joe-Bouza
in reply to: rkmcswain

Proximity fault with the check convert to standard?
Thank you

Joseph D. Bouza, P.E. (one of 'THOSE' People)

HP Z210 Workstation
Intel Xeon CPU E31240 @ 3.30 Hz
12 GB Ram


Note: Its all Resistentialism, so keep calm and carry on

64 Bit Win10 OS
Message 14 of 20
AllenJessup
in reply to: Joe-Bouza

Joe, That would seem to require a Surface.

 

Allen



Allen Jessup
Engineering Specialist / CAD Manager

Message 15 of 20
jmayo-EE
in reply to: AllenJessup

A one click command would be real nice but if they don't open the wallet (for one of those fine products listed above 🙂 ) I would just make the surface anyway. Then use ElvFromSurf on the Fline. Multiple FLines could be done in seconds. 

John Mayo

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Message 16 of 20
Joe-Bouza
in reply to: AllenJessup

Correct, but its not too difficult to make a surface of the said points. Strictly OOTB
Thank you

Joseph D. Bouza, P.E. (one of 'THOSE' People)

HP Z210 Workstation
Intel Xeon CPU E31240 @ 3.30 Hz
12 GB Ram


Note: Its all Resistentialism, so keep calm and carry on

64 Bit Win10 OS
Message 17 of 20
AllenJessup
in reply to: jmayo-EE


@Anonymous wrote:

 I would just make the surface anyway.


I would also. But the OP requested how to do it without a surface. So I took that as meaning he already knew how to do it with a surface.
 

Allen



Allen Jessup
Engineering Specialist / CAD Manager

Message 18 of 20
AllenJessup
in reply to: Joe-Bouza


@Joe-Bouza wrote:
Correct, but its not too difficult to make a surface of the said points. Strictly OOTB

I know. But the OP wanted not to create a surface. See my response to John.
 

Allen



Allen Jessup
Engineering Specialist / CAD Manager

Message 19 of 20
rkmcswain
in reply to: Joe-Bouza


@Joe-Bouza wrote:
Correct, but its not too difficult to make a surface of the said points....

Just to clarify, I said "without using a surface" in the original post because we are aware of that method. Not that we are opposed to it or anything, I was just trying to proactively weed out the "use a surface" replies and see if there was more of a one step method.

 

Thanks again.

R.K. McSwain     | CADpanacea | on twitter
Message 20 of 20
jmayo-EE
in reply to: rkmcswain

I think we all understand that. Digging into the procedures and exploring alternatives can save a lot of time.

John Mayo

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