Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
Showing results for
Show only
|
Search instead for
Did you mean:
This page has been translated for your convenience with an automatic translation service. This is not an official translation and may contain errors and inaccurate translations. Autodesk does not warrant, either expressly or implied, the accuracy, reliability or completeness of the information translated by the machine translation service and will not be liable for damages or losses caused by the trust placed in the translation service.Translate
A little background.. we have graded several parking lots and used the grading tool to create a proposed/design grade surface. Currently we use points so that we can generate a point table (northing/easting/elevation) for contractors. Unfortunately if we have to regrade the site (parking lot) the points do not stay attached to the design surface so we have to manually move them all to update the table. Whereas if we use a surface label it does automatically update when we modify the surface, but I do not know how to extract the label information into a table so that the data is easy to find/read/use. I have tried creating a table and extracting the information/data but can not seem to find the appropriate string/code to enter. Any ideas or suggestions welcome.
Apologies if there is a thread elsewhere, I did not see one.
There is a third-party program call SincPac which will keep points referenced to a surface. The company is Quux Software. The price is very reasonable, like a couple hundred bucks per license.
Tim
Tim Corey MicroCAD Training and Consulting, Inc. Redding, CA Autodesk Gold Reseller
New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. -- Kurt Vonnegut
You can set point elevations to match a surface by selecting the points, either in the drawing or in toolspace (Make a point group of your points makes this quicker), right clicking and choosing Elevations from Surface... Then choose the design surface and click ok.
Not dynamic in keeping the points attached to the surface, but quick. Does not help it the layout changes, as you will need to move the points.
If a post provides a fix for your issue, click on "Accept as Solution" to help other users find solutions to problems they might have that are similar to yours.
Andrew Puller Maitland, NSW, Australia Windows 10 Enterprise 64bit Intel core i7 11800 @ 2.30 GHz with 32GB Ram Civil 3d 2021
Here is an idea: project the point onto a profile using the surface as elevation option. The points should them maintain the elevation of the surface as it changes. I haven't tested this.
Neil Wilson (a.k.a. neilw) AEC Collection/C3D 2024, LDT 2004, Power Civil v8i SS1 WIN 10 64 PRO
Could you use an alignment as your feature line and tabulate the alignment points. If that works, editing the alignment should update the grade and update the points you've tabulated.
AutoCAD User since 1989. Civil Engineering Professional since 1983 Product Ver.: 13.6.1781.0 Civil 3D 2024.3 Update Built On: U.152.0.0 AutoCAD 2024.1.2 27.0.37.14 Autodesk AutoCAD Map 3D 2024.0.1 8.6.52.0 AutoCAD Architecture 2024
Your Name Did you find this post helpful? Feel free to Like this post. Did your question get successfully answered? Then click on the ACCEPT SOLUTION button.
I looked at Quux web site reading their matrix of functionality. I didn't find the function you meantioned, lock points to a surface. Wich one is it you write about? It would be awesome!
![Autodesk Design & Make Report](https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1350519iCB55845EBFC43016/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" "Autodesk Design & Make Report")