Create surface from contours

[Anonymous]

Good day all. I have created a surface from some contours provided by a client. I now wish to delete those contours. Problem is the are linked to the new surface. How do I go about removing them.

[Anonymous]

Surface Properties Definition Tab Expand the Build options Change the "Copy deleted dependent objects" field to Yes. From the help file: Specifies whether a drawing object is copied to the surface definition item if the object is deleted: a.. Yes: Copies the drawing object data to the surface definition if the drawing object data is deleted. When a surface boundary, breakline, or point group is added to a surface, the surface definition stores the Object ID. If the drawing object, such as the original polyline used to define the surface boundary, is deleted from the drawing, the coordinates of the polyline vertices are copied into the surface definition and saved. Thus, the surface boundary definition is not lost from the surface definition. b.. No: Deletes the surface boundary, breakline, or point group definition if the drawing object is deleted. The definition item is removed from the surface definition when the surface is rebuilt. HTH -- James Wedding, P.E. Technology Manager & Associate Jones & Boyd, Inc. Dallas, TX XP/2 on P4-3.4/1G LDT2005+C3D2005

[Anonymous]

Great!! Thanks James "James Wedding" wrote in message news:41c75676$1_1@newsprd01... > Surface Properties > Definition Tab > Expand the Build options > Change the "Copy deleted dependent objects" field to Yes. > > From the help file: > Specifies whether a drawing object is copied to the surface definition item > if the object is deleted: > > a.. Yes: Copies the drawing object data to the surface definition if the > drawing object data is deleted. When a surface boundary, breakline, or point > group is added to a surface, the surface definition stores the Object ID. If > the drawing object, such as the original polyline used to define the surface > boundary, is deleted from the drawing, the coordinates of the polyline > vertices are copied into the surface definition and saved. Thus, the surface > boundary definition is not lost from the surface definition. > b.. No: Deletes the surface boundary, breakline, or point group definition > if the drawing object is deleted. The definition item is removed from the > surface definition when the surface is rebuilt. > HTH > -- > James Wedding, P.E. > Technology Manager & > Associate > Jones & Boyd, Inc. > Dallas, TX > XP/2 on P4-3.4/1G > LDT2005+C3D2005 > >