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Copy elevation range and bands settings from a profile view

Anonymous — Sat, 23 Nov 2019 13:25:48 GMT

Hello.

In Civil 3D 2020, when I create sheets with plan and profile views, there is the option to copy settings from a existing profile view. That profile view has a fixed elevation range and profile band settings.

The new profile views for each sheet does not copy the the fixed elevation range, nor the profile band settings.

The reference to that profile view used as template is saved somewhere in the drawing? It is accessible through .NET?

If it is saved in the drawing I want to get a reference of it, get the elevation range, get the settings of the profile bands. Then in the other profile views I want to set the same elevation range, and the same band settings.

It is possible to set elevation ranges and band settings through .NET?

Greetings from Paraguay.

Claudio Bogado Pompa.

Re: Copy elevation range and bands settings from a profile view

Jeff_M — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 18:01:13 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

The reference to that profile view used as template is saved somewhere in the drawing? It is accessible through .NET?

If it is saved in the drawing I want to get a reference of it, get the elevation range, get the settings of the profile bands. Then in the other profile views I want to set the same elevation range, and the same band settings.

It is possible to set elevation ranges and band settings through .NET?

For the first part, as far as I am aware, no, the drawing/profileview reference is not saved.

As for setting the ranges and band settings, yes that can be done in .NET. If you have both drawings open, you should be able to select the PV in the source drawing, save the information to variables, then apply to the target PV's.

Re: Copy elevation range and bands settings from a profile view

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 14:14:04 GMT

I thought the template profile was saved in the drawing because the create plan wizard remembers the latest profile view selected.

I did get to copy the elevation range, but I could not change the profiles from the band.

    Private Sub CambiarElevacionesYPerfiles(IdVista As Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices.ObjectId)
        Using Transacción = HostApplicationServices.WorkingDatabase.TransactionManager.StartTransaction
            Dim VistaDePerfil As ProfileView = Transacción.GetObject(IdVista, OpenMode.ForWrite)
            VistaDePerfil.ElevationMax = CotaSuperior ' This worked
            VistaDePerfil.ElevationMin = CotaInferior ' This worked
            Dim BandasDeAbajo = VistaDePerfil.Bands.GetBottomBandItems()
            Dim Banda1 = BandasDeAbajo.Item(0)
            Banda1.Profile1Id = PerfilDelTerrenoExistente ' This did nothing
            Banda1.Profile2Id = PerfilDeDiseño ' This did nothing
            Transacción.Commit()
        End Using
    End Sub

What is wrong with the code?

Edit: I missed to set the modified bands on the profile view before committing the transaction:

VistaDePerfil.Bands.SetBottomBandItems(BandasDeAbajo)