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Use a Featureline OR Alignment as a Surface Boundary?

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doni49
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Use a Featureline OR Alignment as a Surface Boundary?

Is there a way to use a featureline or an alignment as a surface boundary?



Don Ireland
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Message 21 of 34
doni49
in reply to: doni49

I still don't have any idea what the problem was but I deleted the featureline, removed all edits from my surface except the items that are not related to this FL and recreated the FL.  Then I added the NEW FL as breakline and boundary.  This time around, it looks good.

 

The weird thing is that AFIK, I did the same thing this time around.

 

Thanks for your time guys!  I really do appreciate the assistance.



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Message 22 of 34
john.mckenzie
in reply to: doni49

Hmmmmm. The LOC is picking the elevations from EG. I can see it in the triangles. It is also accepting the LOC as the boundary. because some of it is dead on.

 

this looks like a rounding thing. I am going to have to go play with it a bit. Be right back.

Message 23 of 34

Good. Glad it is working for you.

 

As a safety precaution next time and to avoid future messing with the FG. Try this.

 

Create a surface that contains all your FG work except the tie to LOC.

 

NOW

 

Create a new surface call FG FINAL Tie to LOC

 

paste FG

 

Add feature line as breakline in here. Then add Boundary.

 

This sounds like unneeded steps BUT. If tweaking LOC and adding as breakiline and new surface boundary causes issues with leaving artifacts behind at edit time, this creates a break from the FG surface and allows you to recreate the FG FINAL Tie to LOC surface as many times as needed and guarantees no artifacts left to KILL the FG surface that you worked so hard to create.

 

Just a thought if it is going to get nasty, create a way to protect what came before.

Message 24 of 34
jmayo-EE
in reply to: doni49

FYI you should be able to use the same Fline for a breakline and a boundary. You should not need a separate pline for this. Not that it's a big deal but it is another object and maybe layer to manage.

John Mayo, PE, CFM, CME
Message 25 of 34
doni49
in reply to: jmayo-EE


@jmayo wrote:

FYI you should be able to use the same Fline for a breakline and a boundary. You should not need a separate pline for this. Not that it's a big deal but it is another object and maybe layer to manage.


I did use the same FL.  Thanks.  Since I need to keep the PLINE and I don't want to see both the FL AND the pline, I set the FL to a no display style -- AFTER adding it to the surface as both breakline and boundary.  But technically, I wouldn't see any harm in using the original pline as the boundary.



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Message 26 of 34
Joe-Bouza
in reply to: jmayo-EE

I respectfully disagree.
If the LOC is arbitrary, then an alignment>> surface profile>>dyno FL is the way to dynamically move the LOC line and have the grading update. Of course that would be used in an infill situation not a projection.

Thank you

Joseph D. Bouza, P.E. (one of 'THOSE' People)

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Message 27 of 34
Joe-Bouza
in reply to: doni49

You may want to look into minimum triangle length to limit the outside triangulation. *(see my response to JM regarding use of alignment
Thank you

Joseph D. Bouza, P.E. (one of 'THOSE' People)

HP Z210 Workstation
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Message 28 of 34
Joe-Bouza
in reply to: doni49

Infill between EOC and LOC ( as desribed above)
Thank you

Joseph D. Bouza, P.E. (one of 'THOSE' People)

HP Z210 Workstation
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Message 29 of 34
Joe-Bouza
in reply to: jmayo-EE

Can be unpredicatble, but I'm living dangerously 🙂
Thank you

Joseph D. Bouza, P.E. (one of 'THOSE' People)

HP Z210 Workstation
Intel Xeon CPU E31240 @ 3.30 Hz
12 GB Ram


Note: Its all Resistentialism, so keep calm and carry on

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Message 30 of 34
Joe-Bouza
in reply to: doni49

One thing I have adopted for site grading is to not add any FL to the surface def, but instead use FL in a grading site with infills. A few control FL + infill works great, so far. Plus I more easily avoid the inevitable complaint because the daylight contour don;t have that nifty curl the LS arch are so fond of.

 

I like my surface definition list to be very short

 

Actually, My favorite work flow is to make every eop, curb, sidewalk, retaining wall, et al alignment; use a control plane surface to define the grading scheme, surface profile the line required and voila every FL in the site is dynamic. It take the *Eric Chapel technique to the next level.

 

* see AU 2012 Islands of asphalt

Thank you

Joseph D. Bouza, P.E. (one of 'THOSE' People)

HP Z210 Workstation
Intel Xeon CPU E31240 @ 3.30 Hz
12 GB Ram


Note: Its all Resistentialism, so keep calm and carry on

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Message 31 of 34
john.mckenzie
in reply to: Joe-Bouza

joe, I agree on FL to surface. It is too easy to forget that you did it and later wonder why your Final grade is doing that when you want it to do this. Only use when absolutely needed. Generally, never IMO.

Message 32 of 34
jmayo-EE
in reply to: Joe-Bouza

And with all due respect I respect your respectfulness. 🙂

 

Yes this is a good dynamic solution without a projection. I am looking at this through my workflow where the most important thing I need from the LOC is the area in a plan label for SCD. And this is much more important to me than a dynamic LOD.

 

Question do you close these alignments and can you report the area in plan label without making a duplicate pline object?

John Mayo, PE, CFM, CME
Message 33 of 34
Joe-Bouza
in reply to: jmayo-EE

Yes. they create parcels with area labels etc.. Now I know the willies can be evoked with parcels but when formed by laignments in sites I have not experienced any instability
Thank you

Joseph D. Bouza, P.E. (one of 'THOSE' People)

HP Z210 Workstation
Intel Xeon CPU E31240 @ 3.30 Hz
12 GB Ram


Note: Its all Resistentialism, so keep calm and carry on

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Message 34 of 34
jmayo-EE
in reply to: Joe-Bouza

Oh there you go giving me the heebie jeebies again. :0

 

I would bet that I am just stuck in an outdated mindset/workflow/trust issue here. Since the collateral damage is minimal I will be giving this a shot. Heebiew jeebies and all. 🙂

John Mayo, PE, CFM, CME

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