Trimming contours to ROW...? Ideas on how to do?

[Anonymous]

One of our municipalities requires that we hide the contours within the ROW.

Then, we add spot elevations every 100 or so feet.

Any ideas on how we can make either a surface style that hides the contours
within the ROW- but doesn't take the data away so that I can still grab
elevations off?

How I do it now...

I build my corridor surface
I build other mini-surfaces like SWM Ponds, lot grading objects, etc.
I make a composite surface that includes all of the above.
I make a hide boundary with ROW lines.

But then what is the point of having the corridors in there... hmmm..

Some work arounds I have considered (but none of them quite hit me as the
right solution)

1. Make two composites- one that includes the corridor and one that doesn't.
hide boundary on the "one that doesnt"- but then I have a lot of surfaces in
the dwg.

2. Use a wipeout object in the ROW- sometimes hard to manage, but maybe not
too bad...





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Dana Breig Probert
http://civil3drocks.blogspot.com/
CADapult Ltd
Empowering Design With Innovative Solutions
www.cadapult.net
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[nzeeben]

This is exactly what masks are for. Hiding the surface information but still
maintaining the information.

--
Nick Zeeben
Engineered Efficiency
C3D 2007
XP Tablet and Pro
"Dana Breig Probert" wrote in message
news:5216173@discussion.autodesk.com...
One of our municipalities requires that we hide the contours within the ROW.

Then, we add spot elevations every 100 or so feet.

Any ideas on how we can make either a surface style that hides the contours
within the ROW- but doesn't take the data away so that I can still grab
elevations off?

How I do it now...

I build my corridor surface
I build other mini-surfaces like SWM Ponds, lot grading objects, etc.
I make a composite surface that includes all of the above.
I make a hide boundary with ROW lines.

But then what is the point of having the corridors in there... hmmm..

Some work arounds I have considered (but none of them quite hit me as the
right solution)

1. Make two composites- one that includes the corridor and one that doesn't.
hide boundary on the "one that doesnt"- but then I have a lot of surfaces in
the dwg.

2. Use a wipeout object in the ROW- sometimes hard to manage, but maybe not
too bad...





--
Dana Breig Probert
http://civil3drocks.blogspot.com/
CADapult Ltd
Empowering Design With Innovative Solutions
www.cadapult.net
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[Anonymous]

you're a genius. you know i have seen that a million times and never
thought about it. duh.

THANK YOU!

--
Dana Breig Probert
http://civil3drocks.blogspot.com/
CADapult Ltd
Empowering Design With Innovative Solutions
www.cadapult.net
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wrote in message news:5216163@discussion.autodesk.com...
This is exactly what masks are for. Hiding the surface information but still
maintaining the information.

--
Nick Zeeben
Engineered Efficiency
C3D 2007
XP Tablet and Pro
"Dana Breig Probert" wrote in message
news:5216173@discussion.autodesk.com...
One of our municipalities requires that we hide the contours within the ROW.

Then, we add spot elevations every 100 or so feet.

Any ideas on how we can make either a surface style that hides the contours
within the ROW- but doesn't take the data away so that I can still grab
elevations off?

How I do it now...

I build my corridor surface
I build other mini-surfaces like SWM Ponds, lot grading objects, etc.
I make a composite surface that includes all of the above.
I make a hide boundary with ROW lines.

But then what is the point of having the corridors in there... hmmm..

Some work arounds I have considered (but none of them quite hit me as the
right solution)

1. Make two composites- one that includes the corridor and one that doesn't.
hide boundary on the "one that doesnt"- but then I have a lot of surfaces in
the dwg.

2. Use a wipeout object in the ROW- sometimes hard to manage, but maybe not
too bad...





--
Dana Breig Probert
http://civil3drocks.blogspot.com/
CADapult Ltd
Empowering Design With Innovative Solutions
www.cadapult.net
----------------------------------------------

[Anonymous]

you're a genius. you know i have seen that a million times and never
thought about it. duh.

THANK YOU!

--
Dana Breig Probert
http://civil3drocks.blogspot.com/
CADapult Ltd
Empowering Design With Innovative Solutions
www.cadapult.net
----------------------------------------------
wrote in message news:5216163@discussion.autodesk.com...
This is exactly what masks are for. Hiding the surface information but still
maintaining the information.

--
Nick Zeeben
Engineered Efficiency
C3D 2007
XP Tablet and Pro
"Dana Breig Probert" wrote in message
news:5216173@discussion.autodesk.com...
One of our municipalities requires that we hide the contours within the ROW.

Then, we add spot elevations every 100 or so feet.

Any ideas on how we can make either a surface style that hides the contours
within the ROW- but doesn't take the data away so that I can still grab
elevations off?

How I do it now...

I build my corridor surface
I build other mini-surfaces like SWM Ponds, lot grading objects, etc.
I make a composite surface that includes all of the above.
I make a hide boundary with ROW lines.

But then what is the point of having the corridors in there... hmmm..

Some work arounds I have considered (but none of them quite hit me as the
right solution)

1. Make two composites- one that includes the corridor and one that doesn't.
hide boundary on the "one that doesnt"- but then I have a lot of surfaces in
the dwg.

2. Use a wipeout object in the ROW- sometimes hard to manage, but maybe not
too bad...





--
Dana Breig Probert
http://civil3drocks.blogspot.com/
CADapult Ltd
Empowering Design With Innovative Solutions
www.cadapult.net
----------------------------------------------

[nzeeben]

Wow is my english poor today. I think you got the point anyways. What I
mean to say was masks allow you to hide the graphics from the screen while
still maintaining the surface data below.

--
Nick Zeeben
Engineered Efficiency
C3D 2007
XP Tablet and Pro
"Dana Breig Probert" wrote in message
news:5216307@discussion.autodesk.com...
you're a genius. you know i have seen that a million times and never
thought about it. duh.

THANK YOU!

--
Dana Breig Probert
http://civil3drocks.blogspot.com/
CADapult Ltd
Empowering Design With Innovative Solutions
www.cadapult.net
----------------------------------------------
wrote in message news:5216163@discussion.autodesk.com...
This is exactly what masks are for. Hiding the surface information but still
maintaining the information.

--
Nick Zeeben
Engineered Efficiency
C3D 2007
XP Tablet and Pro
"Dana Breig Probert" wrote in message
news:5216173@discussion.autodesk.com...
One of our municipalities requires that we hide the contours within the ROW.

Then, we add spot elevations every 100 or so feet.

Any ideas on how we can make either a surface style that hides the contours
within the ROW- but doesn't take the data away so that I can still grab
elevations off?

How I do it now...

I build my corridor surface
I build other mini-surfaces like SWM Ponds, lot grading objects, etc.
I make a composite surface that includes all of the above.
I make a hide boundary with ROW lines.

But then what is the point of having the corridors in there... hmmm..

Some work arounds I have considered (but none of them quite hit me as the
right solution)

1. Make two composites- one that includes the corridor and one that doesn't.
hide boundary on the "one that doesnt"- but then I have a lot of surfaces in
the dwg.

2. Use a wipeout object in the ROW- sometimes hard to manage, but maybe not
too bad...





--
Dana Breig Probert
http://civil3drocks.blogspot.com/
CADapult Ltd
Empowering Design With Innovative Solutions
www.cadapult.net
----------------------------------------------

[Anonymous]

Dana Breig Probert wrote:
> you're a genius. you know i have seen that a million times and never
> thought about it. duh.


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