Given a feature line/polyline(FL/PL) and a series of points directly on the FL/PL, how can you assign the elevations of the points to the vertices of the FL/PL?
Without using a surface?
Mark Green
Working on Civil 3D in Canada
The easiest solution I know of without aditional tools is to export the points in xyz format to a text document.
Now Add the following lines above the first entry.
3dpoly
E,N,Z
E,N,Z etc.
(Add return below last value to end command)
Save and rename to Scr file the in Civil3d run Script, load the file and it will draw the 3dpolyline from the points.
Convert to featureline and use normally.
It's interesting. I have 2 3rd party softwares and neither will do this that I can see. It looks like Toolpac [that I don't have] will do it.
Allen
Allen Jessup
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@AllenJessup wrote:
It's interesting. I have 2 3rd party softwares and neither will do this that I can see.
Allen
Never needed it and never had a customer ask for it. Interestingly, the last thing Sinc asked me to add before he fell ill was a command to elevate featurelines from text/mtext (think non-C3D grading plans obtained from other engineers). It is complete but was not added to the help file or published command list. When I saw this thread I figured it would be easy enough to include points in the search for nearby objects. So I will be working on that soon.
Neat!
Allen Jessup
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Thanks for all the replies. I'm going to find out if this was a one time need or something we'll need regularly in the future, then make a decision about how to proceed.
Joe Bouza
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Joe, That would seem to require a Surface.
Allen
Allen Jessup
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A one click command would be real nice but if they don't open the wallet (for one of those fine products listed above 🙂 ) I would just make the surface anyway. Then use ElvFromSurf on the Fline. Multiple FLines could be done in seconds.
John Mayo
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@Anonymous wrote:
I would just make the surface anyway.
I would also. But the OP requested how to do it without a surface. So I took that as meaning he already knew how to do it with a surface.
Allen
Allen Jessup
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@Joe-Bouza wrote:
Correct, but its not too difficult to make a surface of the said points. Strictly OOTB
I know. But the OP wanted not to create a surface. See my response to John.
Allen
Allen Jessup
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@Joe-Bouza wrote:
Correct, but its not too difficult to make a surface of the said points....
Just to clarify, I said "without using a surface" in the original post because we are aware of that method. Not that we are opposed to it or anything, I was just trying to proactively weed out the "use a surface" replies and see if there was more of a one step method.
Thanks again.
I think we all understand that. Digging into the procedures and exploring alternatives can save a lot of time.
John Mayo
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