Feature line from Corridor trouble

[Anonymous]

Hi again,

As I continue my self education of Civil3D prior to our transition from Bentley (Yes, I know teaching yourself isn't an efficent way of learning) I've came across another hiccup.  Again, my apologies if this has been asked before, but I couldn't find an asnwer.

I want to create a feature line from my symetrical corridor which simply consists of a LaneOutsideSuper connected to a UrbanCurbGutterGeneral connected to a LinkWidthAndSlope.  When I try and create the feature line, I'm able to create one for the centerline, gutter line and top of curb, but I cannot create one from the outter limits of my corridor, the LinkWidthAndSlope subassembly.  I've seen a few examples where a feature line has been created from this subassembly, but not sure why I'm, unable to?  I haven't tried renaming the P2 codes to something else, would this potentially be a reason?  As always, any insight one can provide would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks again!   

[LeafRiders]

I'm not sure exactly why it's not creating for you. Are you selecting the corridor and using your Ribbon to select "Feature lines from Corridor"? If you're looking for a vertical or horizontal target you could work around it and create polyline from Corridor, also found on the Ribbon when you select it... just select the dropdown on the launch pad. That should give you a 3D Polyline and it would be useable (not dynamic mind you)... Using "Auto Corridor Feature Line" is likely the primary goal here. I tested the P2 on one of mine and it works okay. Did you want to attach the file so I can take a look?

[sboon]

Can you see the featureline which you're trying to extract from the corridor?

Steve
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[Pointdump]

Daniel,

"As I continue my self education of Civil3D..."

The best way to learn, in my opinion. And don't feel the slightest hesitation about asking for help here on the C3D Forum. You'll get wide-ranging answers and important clarifications here that you sometimes won't find in the Help Section.

Here's my nickel tour. (I'm learning too):

Select your Corridor. In the Launch Pad Panel choose Feature Lines from Corridor:

Depending on which of your Corridor's lines you selected, you'll get this dialogue box. The list of lines to choose from seems to depend on which line you clicked on to select the Corridor. Don't freak if you don't see the line you want. Note: Sometimes this box doesn't even come up:

Next you'll get this dialogue box. Name your Feature Line and when you hit OK the command line will ask you to select which line you want:

Now you can use the Feature Line you just created to target a grading:

Dave

[doni49]

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@Pointdump wrote:

Daniel,

"As I continue my self education of Civil3D..."

The best way to learn, in my opinion. And don't feel the slightest hesitation about asking for help here on the C3D Forum. You'll get wide-ranging answers and important clarifications here that you sometimes won't find in the Help Section.

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I will second that motion.  🙂

When I started at my current job, I had previously worked with MOSTLY Bentley products.  I say mostly because we had AutoCAD at the previous job and although I knew it very well, I didn't use it often.  When I started here, my supervisor told me that he was going to be sending me to a class on Civil 3D.  But it was 6 months before he could get it set up.  I spent the first 6 months reading and watching everything I could find on C3D (blogs, this forum and video tutorials as well as the AU classes they post online). 

By the time my class came around, I had a pretty good grasp on the software.  But needed some fine tuning and the instructor was great with that.

Watch the videos and read the written tutorials.  Take what you can from them to apply to your work.  Then if you don't understand something come here and ask.  I've never once been made to feel bad about asking.

And you can learn a lot just by reading OTHER people's problems (the questions they ask here) and the responses they get.  So come back often -- even if you don't have questions to ask.  If you see a question that you think you can help with, feel free to answer. 

[david.zavislan]

Look at the feature line tab of the corridor properties.  Are the P2 feature lines being generated?  There should be a check mark in the Connect column.

[Anonymous]

I don't know if this is just a glitch on my cad or if it's universal, but I'm not able to Create Feature Lines From Corridors when I'm in the viewport of a layout tab. If you're not already in Model Space, try switching to it and creating the feature line again.