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Copying feature lines to a new drawing

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jaatagana
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Copying feature lines to a new drawing

I created feature lines on different surfaces, in several different drawings. Now I want to combine these files into one. To move the surfaces, I used LandXML export, but I don't know how to correctly copy the feature lines. If I simply "copy" and "paste to original coordinates", it works sometimes, but I've been told this does not always work. How can I go about copying my feature lines?

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AllenJessup
in reply to: jaatagana

Do you need a separate surface in the new drawing or could you create a data reference shortcut. That way if the original surface changes you'll have a dynamic link.

 

Who told you Paste to Original Coordinates only works sometimes and did they say why? The only time I see that is doesn't work is when the source drawing has a set coordinate system and the destination drawing has no system set.

 

Allen



Allen Jessup
Engineering Specialist / CAD Manager

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jmayo-EE
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I would be one to warn of using the clipboard with C3D objects.

Last time I read the best practices doc the windows clipboard is not a recommend method for transfering C3D data... I does work most times but there are C3D object that will not copy/paste like a corridors, pipe networks, gradings. Also Copy/pasting Feature lines may or may not honor the original sites, grading feature lines may crash C3D going to the clipboard and multiple copies of grading criteria may end up in the file.

 

IF (and only if) you run into issues w/ copy/pasting I would recommend selecting all of the feature lines and use the wblock command to pop them out of the file. Then insert that wblock into a new C3D template.

John Mayo

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jaatagana
in reply to: jmayo-EE

Thank you! That worked. I also have a part two to that question. I was given the surfaces in different files at different times, but each time I was given a new file, it included the old surfaces too. So I have one file that has all the surfaces. If I drew the feature lines on a surface and import it to the file using the wblock, will it be fine if I don't import the surface I drew it on originally? Since that same surface data will be in my new drawing already?

 

Jervis

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