Civil 3D Volumes dashboard, sort columns alphabetically?

[wilsonm2000]

Hi

Is there a way I can sort the columns in the dashboard alphabetically?  Normally you just click the title in these windows to toggle the way it sorts it, but you cannot do that with this tool.  Its making my cut/fill report look messy, as the surface volumes are not in any order.

Thanks

MArtin

[neilyj666]

No can do with this tool as it is at the moment

Either need to make sure you pick the boundaries in the required order or create xml file and paste to excel and do the sorting there

[wilsonm2000]

Ok, thanks anyway :o)

[HSI.spotland]

How has this not been fixed yet? Still can't sort alphabetacally on Civil 2015. 

And even if you pick the boundaries in a specific order Civil sometimes messes up the order. 

[neilyj666]

I agree it's a major PITA but I'd guess it's just not a big priority for Autodesk as it isn't anything to do with 360/Cloud based products

[tcorey]

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@neilyj666 wrote:
I agree it's a major PITA but I'd guess it's just not a big priority for Autodesk as it isn't anything to do with 360/Cloud based products

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You're so cynical. 😉

[neilyj666]

LOL 🙂

[KTitus]

Have there been any improvements on this topic? 

[neilyj666]

None - refer to post 5....;)

[KTitus]

Well that's too bad... i mean, who wants to show anything now a days in a random order.

I'm no expert but i'm pretty sure sorting is a basic concept in highschool programming classes..

[rdlongbow]

Just bringing this topic back to the top in the hopes that someone at Autodesk notices........

[neilyj666]

Refer to post 5 - if they can't make a wizzy marketing video then everything else is at the bottom of the pile. They seem to forget that people need to produce quantities at the end of the day from which to get a build cost and these quantities are the basis of everything else.

It's quite fun trying to find how many "irritations" are still present in 2017 with no sign of a fix or improvement

[rdlongbow]

I'm still on 2014, so I can't help with your 2017 list.....

[Plopper]

Has this been added yet using 2016 and still cant find a way to sort the volumes in the dashboard.

Would be nice for simplicity when viewing and nice when exporting.

[neilyj666]

Refer to all previous posts in this thread........

[autoMick]

With 2016, even the pick order doesn't necessarily dictate the display order - which I find infuriating. The only reliable method to get the order you need is to generate the report and copy or import to Excel, then sort there.

Cheers

- Mick

[Udo_Huebner]

No Ideas for the Dashboard, but what's about sorting the report?

A small change/add to Line 53 in

C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\C3D 2017\enu\Data\Cut Fill Report\CutFillReport.xsl

...

<xsl:for-each select="AeccCutFillReport/VolumeSummary/Volume">
<xsl:sort select="@name"/>
<tr style="HEIGHT:30px">

...

will sort the CUT/FILL Report.

Udo

[TTamburri]

Thanks, good Tip I am using it right now. 

However i do agree that this is something that should be added in.

[CyrusLSteele]

ALL HAIL KING OF CIVIL3D

Seriously with one line of code you just fixed something we've been irritated by for years. You'd think someone at Autodesk would've thought of doing this themselves instead of leaving it to the community.

[jcushing]

I did as you recommended and the xml report that is generated is fine. However, if I select to insert cut/fill summary in to the drawing it still shows up in disarray.

Any other recommendations?