COPY A FIGURE?

[shannyb433]

I seem to be unable to use the reverse command on a figure. Is this true? When using the measure command to apply a hatch indicator on edges of roads they are coming in on the wrong side of the line. I have little experience with this Civil3d and cannot figure out how to make this work on a figure line. I tried copying the figure, setting the elevation to 0 and exploding in hopes I could hatch the poly line and then discard the line and keep the hatch...

This doesnt work as it seems you cannot CO a figure? Can anyone help?

[DRW_CAD]

I don't think you can copy a figure which makes it a pain. If you explode they will be a 3D poly & you can then covert them to 2D via the grading menu, polyline utilities or use the elevation editor to set a constant elevation on the figure & then when you explode, it's 2D & curves are retained.

I think figures are a pain in the but. But, the best way to do what you are trying to do if I understand you correctly, would be to create a linetype for your pavement hatch mark & assign it to the EOP layer & then map your EOP code to that layer in the figure prefix library. Then just leave them as figures. As much I dislike figures, it's easier to work with them than against them

[mathewkol]

Or make another block that's rotated 180.

[Sinc]

REVERSEFEATURE (aka the Reverse tool in either the Feature Lines or Survey Figure "Edit Geometry" tools) should work on Survey Figures.

[Cadguru42]

I have "copied" a figure by doing a stepped offset on a figure that is 1' left or right, then doing the same thing back on the feature line.  This will create a feature line on top of the original figure.  You can then convert the feature line to a figure and erase the figure, then bring the figure back into the drawing.  That's about the only way I know of how to copy one.