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point file link to surface lost

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jtroutt
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point file link to surface lost

I think this should be an easy thing to do, but I am having problems figuring it out.  I need to repath the location of a point file being used in a surface.  My surface will not rebuild because it can't find the point file originally used.  Drawing was used on a different computer system, so the point file directory is now pointed to the wrong path. 

 

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

 

Julie

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AllenJessup
in reply to: jtroutt

I don't have a file with an attached point file right now. Can you open the Surface definition on the Prospector tab of the Toolspace What happens if you right click on the point file? Have you tried reattaching the point file?

 

Allen Jessup



Allen Jessup
Engineering Specialist / CAD Manager

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jtroutt
in reply to: AllenJessup

When I open up the prospector, it shows my surface is out of day with the yellow caution triangle.  When I click on the definition tab, it shows the point file that it is looking for, but it is pathed to the wrong directory.  If I add the same point file again, it does not associate the breaklines or any of the information linked with the incorrectly pathed file to the new one.   It wants me to add all the information again and still will not rebuild the surface.

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Jay_B
in reply to: jtroutt

There doesn't appear to be a way of remapping a point file used in a surface definition.

You can delete it and add it back into the definition but it sounds like you don't have original point text file?

My surface will not rebuild because it can't find the point file originally used.

 

If a Survey Database was used and you have the sdb you should be able to set the working folder for Survey Database.

 

Are these points in the drawing? There's multiple ways you could use them if they are.

C3D 2018.1
C3D 2016 SP4

Win 7 Professional 64 Bit
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Jay_B
in reply to: jtroutt

What was the source of the original linework? dwg cad entities, or survey figures from a survey database?

C3D 2018.1
C3D 2016 SP4

Win 7 Professional 64 Bit
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Jeff_M
in reply to: jtroutt

In the Surface properties, Definition tab, delete the entry for the old text file, move the entry for the new loction to the top of the list. This should allow your breaklines to work again.

Jeff_M, also a frequent Swamper
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jtroutt
in reply to: Jay_B

.txt file. 

Message 8 of 8
jtroutt
in reply to: Jeff_M

boy, that was easy!!  Thanks.  I knew it had to be something simple.

 

J

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