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converting an alignment to a shapefile in C3d 2011

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wbcad21
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converting an alignment to a shapefile in C3d 2011

Can someone suggest a method for exporting an alignment as a shapefile in C3D 2011?  Any help would be greatly appeciated.

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tcorey
in reply to: wbcad21

You can explode it down to a polyline object and then use Mapexport to export the polyline. The type of export will be Line.



Tim Corey
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Message 3 of 12
sboon
in reply to: tcorey

Don't explode it - offset 1m right then 1m left to create a polyline copy of the alignment.

Steve
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Message 4 of 12
tcorey
in reply to: wbcad21

I agree. That's better than exploding.


Tim Corey
MicroCAD Training and Consulting, Inc.
Redding, CA
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New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. -- Kurt Vonnegut
Message 5 of 12
Murph_Map
in reply to: sboon


@sboon wrote:

Don't explode it - offset 1m right then 1m left to create a polyline copy of the alignment.


Just remember to delete that polyline afterward or you may forget it's there and months from now want to know why your alingment turned into a pline or has a pline on top of it. Now if you want some data in that shp file you can export to SDF then convert that to shp format by importing it into a blank dwg and create Object Data then export to shp format.

Murph
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Message 6 of 12
ToddRogers-WPM
in reply to: Murph_Map

You can alternatively export civil objects out to an .sdf file as well.  Works better in my opinion...

 

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Message 7 of 12
tcorey
in reply to: ToddRogers-WPM

Todd, I like this option because it's cleaner than screwing with your drawing by exploding or offsetting.

 

Once you have the SDF file, don't you then have to import that into a new drawing from where you would use Mapexport to create the SHP?

 

I notice that when you bring the object back from SDF, it has some object data available. Do you know a way to tell the SDF export which data to include?

 

Tim



Tim Corey
MicroCAD Training and Consulting, Inc.
Redding, CA
Autodesk Gold Reseller

New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. -- Kurt Vonnegut
Message 8 of 12
ToddRogers-WPM
in reply to: tcorey

Unfortunately there is not way to select objects to export.  I have this on the wish list though!!



Todd Rogers
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Message 9 of 12
Murph_Map
in reply to: ToddRogers-WPM


@trogers wrote:

You can alternatively export civil objects out to an .sdf file as well.  Works better in my opinion...

 

 



Didn't I say that. 🙂

Murph
Supporting the troops daily.
Message 10 of 12
ToddRogers-WPM
in reply to: Murph_Map

Haha Murph.  I hope we were posting at the same time.  However, both of our posts are EARLY in the morning (pre-coffee)!!



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sboon
in reply to: Murph_Map

You did but Todd has pictures with hi-lighting. Smiley Tongue

Steve
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Message 12 of 12
Murph_Map
in reply to: sboon


@sboon wrote:

You did but Todd has pictures with hi-lighting. Smiley Tongue


My screen capture is out of ink. 😉

Murph
Supporting the troops daily.

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