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Purging Surface Edits

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Anonymous
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Purging Surface Edits

Generated some surface edits where TIN lines were deleted.

Now I would like to purge the edits from the surface definition.

In surface properties I can selective or collectively remove the deleted line
Edits.

Delete option will remove the TIN line from the surface definition. When I right
click the Deleted Line from the Item View, not what I want to do.

How do I purge them from the surface definition and keep the surface intact?

Mark Martinez
The D.C. CADD Company
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Message 2 of 12
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Mark,

I'm not sure what you mean by "Purge them from the definition", but my
guess is that you want to remove the record that an edit was made, but
preserve the triangulation in it's edited form.

The general philosophy with surface objects is to keep a record of what
was done to the surface so that when it is rebuilt, you get exactly the same
result as if you had done all of the steps one by one. When you remove
items from the definition in the surface properties dialog, you should get a
confirmation dialog when you exit. If you answer "No" to rebuild the
surface, the triangulation will stay as you've edited it.

You'll notice that if you do this, however, the surface icon will be
marked as "dirty" to remind you that if the surface is rebuilt it won't look
the same as it currently does.

Chris Putnam
Software Engineer
Autodesk Civil 3D team.


"Mark Martinez" wrote in message
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> Generated some surface edits where TIN lines were deleted.
>
> Now I would like to purge the edits from the surface definition.
>
> In surface properties I can selective or collectively remove the deleted
line
> Edits.
>
> Delete option will remove the TIN line from the surface definition. When I
right
> click the Deleted Line from the Item View, not what I want to do.
>
> How do I purge them from the surface definition and keep the surface
intact?
>
> Mark Martinez
> The D.C. CADD Company
Message 3 of 12
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Chris,

Yes and no.

I do want to remove (purge) the edit record to restore the original surface
definition.

What I have are historical edit records that are not representative of my
current surface.

Mark Martinez
The D.C. CADD Company
Message 4 of 12
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Are you looking for a way to remove all of the edits at once, without
individually selecting them in the surface properties dialog, so that your
surface will go back to the way it was before you started editing it?

If so, it looks like there is supposed to be a way to do this through
prospector, but it doesn't look like it is quite working. If it was, it
would be something like this:
1) Expand the surface definition, and go to the "Edits" folder.
2) A list of all the edits should show up in prospectors "View" window.
3) Select them all, right-click and choose delete

Unfortunately, it looks like only one of them is getting deleted (instead of
everything that's selected). Otherwise, this would allow you to easily
separate the "Edits" from other data operations so that you don't
accidentally delete base data.

It also seems like a "select all" or "delete all" option on the "Edits"
folder would simplify this task.

I also noticed a problem in the properties dialog when using SHIFT-
arrow> and SHIFT- to multi select.

Does this answer your question, or am I still misunderstanding the problem?

At any rate, I'll write up the problems I've found...

Chris Putnam
Software Engineer
Autodesk Civil 3D team
Message 5 of 12
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Chris,

You got it right. Good catch on the multiple select.

My fault, I thought the delete in the Edit list would actually delete the
deleted line not restore it back to the surface. I didn't notice the surface
build indicator and once rebuilt the lines are restored. I was concentrating on
the graphics and the Edit List.

Just want to get this straight.
All edits auto-rebuild.
Edit List edits require a rebuild unless Rebuild-Automatic is on.

Mark Martinez
The D.C. CADD Company
Message 6 of 12
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Chris,

I've been getting:

AutoCAD Error-abort - Error handler re-entered. Exiting now.

Messages when Deleting Swap edge Edits.

Mark Martinez
The D.C. CADD Company
Message 7 of 12
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Chris,

I found the trigger.

I have six Swap Edge edits.

If I Rebuild the surface after they have all been erased, CRONSH!

If I erase one edit, rebuild, erase one, rebuild....it will work.

Another thing that led me to believe that the surface was rebuilding itself was
all the gyration occurring on the status bar when I was deleting from the Edit
list, of course I was wrong.

Have you noticed delays when selecting the Surface collection? I have collapsed
the Item View where the preview of the surface displays, but that doesn't help.

Mark Martinez
The D.C. CADD Company
Message 8 of 12
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

I haven't had a chance to repeat this, but I'll write it up...

Chris Putnam
Software Engineer
Autodesk Civil 3D Team

"Mark Martinez" wrote in message
news:0qhbov0991l4ms3kgm7avg3u502v8kii93@4ax.com...
> Chris,
>
> I found the trigger.
>
> I have six Swap Edge edits.
>
> If I Rebuild the surface after they have all been erased, CRONSH!
>
> If I erase one edit, rebuild, erase one, rebuild....it will work.
>
> Another thing that led me to believe that the surface was rebuilding
itself was
> all the gyration occurring on the status bar when I was deleting from the
Edit
> list, of course I was wrong.
>
> Have you noticed delays when selecting the Surface collection? I have
collapsed
> the Item View where the preview of the surface displays, but that doesn't
help.
>
> Mark Martinez
> The D.C. CADD Company
Message 9 of 12
JMorganPEPS
in reply to: Anonymous

The secret may be to click on an item, hold down the shift key while selecting the other items, KEEP HOLDING THE SHIFT KEY WHILE RIGHT-CLICKING, delete.

Message 10 of 12
cbakerZJVLJ
in reply to: Anonymous

Export the surface as a LandXML, and re-import the surface. 

Message 11 of 12
neilyj666
in reply to: cbakerZJVLJ

I'd hope the OP has found a solution prior to this after 20 years...!!!!!

neilyj (No connection with Autodesk other than using the products in the real world)
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Message 12 of 12
Joe-Bouza
in reply to: neilyj666

I’m more impressed that there is a post from 2003. My memory is scant but I thought the software was a separate cd sent out with LDT in 99 and not officially rolled out until 2005… 

 

Wow where has all this time gone 

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