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Hey guys and gals.
Im in a bit of a pickle. I am trying to export a shape files to .dwg, but it comes out crooked. The polylines ar ok, but the hatch is wrong in some areas. The shape is an export of water depths from SMS.
I could export it as a cad, but i need to make a colour style for various depths in map or civil, then export it to .dwg for final drawing editing and ploting. I have found a rough workaround - I simply make the final plan in civil, but it takes much longer than in regular autocad.
Exported .dwg file:
Imported file in map 3d or civil 3d:
Hey guys and gals.
Im in a bit of a pickle. I am trying to export a shape files to .dwg, but it comes out crooked. The polylines ar ok, but the hatch is wrong in some areas. The shape is an export of water depths from SMS.
I could export it as a cad, but i need to make a colour style for various depths in map or civil, then export it to .dwg for final drawing editing and ploting. I have found a rough workaround - I simply make the final plan in civil, but it takes much longer than in regular autocad.
Exported .dwg file:
Imported file in map 3d or civil 3d:
I don't particularly care for your workflow.
You can keep the shapefile as a shapefile then create a TINN surface in Civil3D. For the TINN surface definition, you can use the shapefile itself. For the TINN surface style, use the style named Elevation Banding (2D). This surface style will allow you to apply color to the various elevations when you use Elevation Analysis. The elevation colors are based on your contour intervals and the contour intervals are determined by you. All this can be done in C3D.
Doing what you have described in vanilla AutoCad is watering down, even ignoring, the data in your shapefile. In today's AutoCad world, 'Data is King.'
Civil3D can also create a legend at the same time you're running elevation banding.
Chicagolooper
I don't particularly care for your workflow.
You can keep the shapefile as a shapefile then create a TINN surface in Civil3D. For the TINN surface definition, you can use the shapefile itself. For the TINN surface style, use the style named Elevation Banding (2D). This surface style will allow you to apply color to the various elevations when you use Elevation Analysis. The elevation colors are based on your contour intervals and the contour intervals are determined by you. All this can be done in C3D.
Doing what you have described in vanilla AutoCad is watering down, even ignoring, the data in your shapefile. In today's AutoCad world, 'Data is King.'
Civil3D can also create a legend at the same time you're running elevation banding.
Chicagolooper
Thanks, it was a bit helpful, but as you can see in the picture below, actual hatches are not inside of polylines.
Thanks, it was a bit helpful, but as you can see in the picture below, actual hatches are not inside of polylines.
Yes....absolutely. And that is why you should not use your worlflow. Avoid your worlflow and you avoid the problem. Use Civil 3D for a presentation of elevtion data.
Chicagolooper
Yes....absolutely. And that is why you should not use your worlflow. Avoid your worlflow and you avoid the problem. Use Civil 3D for a presentation of elevtion data.
Chicagolooper
@Anonymous wrote:
<<.... When I export the shape as .dwg it turns polygons to polylines and hatches....>>
Please explain the procedure you are using to 'export the shape as .dwg.' What command are you using?
Chicagolooper
@Anonymous wrote:
<<.... When I export the shape as .dwg it turns polygons to polylines and hatches....>>
Please explain the procedure you are using to 'export the shape as .dwg.' What command are you using?
Chicagolooper
@Anonymous wrote:<<Same happens whan I use maptocad - visual. I cant attach .shp file?>>
Sorry, but you are not using a suitable workflow that's consistent with the requirements you outlined in the opening post. I suspect you have good elevation data. And as you already know, you are using a bad technique to to display good data.
The MAPTOCAD command work if you just want to see what the command does. It will not accomplish the use color to represent elevation levels in your drawing. The elevations are in the shapefile's database file (dbf). A shapefile has a minimum of four components: shp, shx, dbf and prj.
Is it possible for you to upload your shapefile's shp, shx, dbf and prj?
Chicagolooper
@Anonymous wrote:<<Same happens whan I use maptocad - visual. I cant attach .shp file?>>
Sorry, but you are not using a suitable workflow that's consistent with the requirements you outlined in the opening post. I suspect you have good elevation data. And as you already know, you are using a bad technique to to display good data.
The MAPTOCAD command work if you just want to see what the command does. It will not accomplish the use color to represent elevation levels in your drawing. The elevations are in the shapefile's database file (dbf). A shapefile has a minimum of four components: shp, shx, dbf and prj.
Is it possible for you to upload your shapefile's shp, shx, dbf and prj?
Chicagolooper
@Anonymous,
Welcome to the Autodesk Forums.
You can attach anything here if you zip 'em together first.
Dave
Dave Stoll
Las Vegas, Nevada
NVIDIA Quadro P5000 16GB
Windows 10 Pro 64 / Civil 3D 2024
@Anonymous,
Welcome to the Autodesk Forums.
You can attach anything here if you zip 'em together first.
Dave
Dave Stoll
Las Vegas, Nevada
NVIDIA Quadro P5000 16GB
Windows 10 Pro 64 / Civil 3D 2024
The polygon from this data is red. Yellow-green - cut red.
For red Hatch is built roughly. For yellow-green is built accurately.
The polygon from this data is red. Yellow-green - cut red.
For red Hatch is built roughly. For yellow-green is built accurately.
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