Map 3d in Civil 3d

[sjg]

Was going through some tutorials for civil3d 2011 and noticed a folder for Map 3d, does civil3d contain all the functionality of Map3d.

[Murph_Map]

Yes, pretty much everyhing MAP3D can do Civil3D can do. (some even better)

[Anonymous]

not everything, though. if you try to build a surface from LIDAR data (millions of data points) in C3D you are literally going to spend half your day waiting for the machine to respond. on the other hand, Map can create a surface that will display contours from a point cloud in about two or three minutes, and it doesn't cause your machine to apparently hang every time you do something. of course, if you need to design from the surface you have to use C3D (as far as I know).

[Murph_Map]

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@d_reno wrote:

not everything, though. if you try to build a surface from LIDAR data (millions of data points) in C3D you are literally going to spend half your day waiting for the machine to respond. on the other hand, Map can create a surface that will display contours from a point cloud in about two or three minutes, and it doesn't cause your machine to apparently hang every time you do something. of course, if you need to design from the surface you have to use C3D (as far as I know).

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Ture, but the surface build in C3D is a surface not an image that the Map3D creates.

[Anonymous]

note, however that the interface development team for C3D and Map3D are two separate groups of folks - so there might be a different flavor to the interface and there are 1 or 2 cases where map functions are in C3D, but just not visible on the desktop - publishing to MapGuide Enterprise, is a case in point - but it's something beyond the "common workflow"

So, for Map3D folks looking at C3D - if you're looking for a command and can't find the button, the functionality is likely there - but good luck remembering the long command line entries "_AEC......"