3D object edges not blending

[Anonymous]

Hi, this is probably a very simple problem. I'm using a material on all surfaces of a 3D rectangle but the edges are not the same colour. Is there a way to make the edges and corners of the rectangle the same as the surfaces? I'm using autocad civil 3D. I;ve attached an image.

Thank you,

Tadgh

[tcorey · Accepted solution]

Let's assume you are using the Realistic visual style. If you open the Visual Styles Manager, you can select Realistic and then either turn off Isolines or change the color of the Isolines.

Look in the Edge Settings section of the dialog and set the Show option to None if you want to turn Isolines off. If you just want to change the color, the option to do this is just below the Show options.

[Anonymous]

Thanks Tim. I have one final question - I've isolines turned off, and the I've selected white in properties to be the colour off all the objects for now, but something appears to be preventing the white from coming through. Also, as you see from the attached image a number of lines remain even though isolines are turned off.. Any ideas how I could solve this problem?

Thanks,

Tadgh

[tcorey]

For that question, I would have to play with the drawing. Are you able to post it?

[Anonymous]

Hi Tim,

Appreciate your time. I've attached a simplified drawing, There are a number of issues and it would be great if you could make comments on them. I've used Autocad but have never done anything like this before so its simply learning for me at this point.

1. As discussed, even though all surfaces should be white, they appear to be different colours

2. Isolines have been turned off but some lines are still very clear on the containers

3. The containers are exact replicas of each other which has made the drawing bulky and unresponsive. Is there a way to bunch all of the replicas together to reduce the drawing file size and the amount of RAM required to run it? I'm guessing there is a simple solution to this!

4. Ideally the end goal is to have a full design, and them use the location tab to georeference the drawing so I can place in in the location required. My problem is that the resolution of the inbuilt bing maps appears poor when I zoom in. I need this to be a 'professional' looking piece of artwork and right now I can't get it to look good. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Tadgh

[Anonymous]

Attached is a much smaller version. I normally have 20 containers but the file was too large to upload 

Thanks Tadgh

[tcorey]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Hi Tim,

Appreciate your time. I've attached a simplified drawing, There are a number of issues and it would be great if you could make comments on them. I've used Autocad but have never done anything like this before so its simply learning for me at this point.

1. As discussed, even though all surfaces should be white, they appear to be different colours

2. Isolines have been turned off but some lines are still very clear on the containers

3. The containers are exact replicas of each other which has made the drawing bulky and unresponsive. Is there a way to bunch all of the replicas together to reduce the drawing file size and the amount of RAM required to run it? I'm guessing there is a simple solution to this!

4. Ideally the end goal is to have a full design, and them use the location tab to georeference the drawing so I can place in in the location required. My problem is that the resolution of the inbuilt bing maps appears poor when I zoom in. I need this to be a 'professional' looking piece of artwork and right now I can't get it to look good. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Tadgh

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To answer your questions: 

1. This is because AutoCAD is applying shading to the faces in response to a its default light source. You can override this by adding your own lights where you want them. I'm not an expert in this, so anyone who is, please chime in. This might help: http://help.autodesk.com/view/CIV3D/2017/ENU/?guid=GUID-C865EEE9-DF5E-4BFF-87A7-1E8130F68AC6

2. Change your Face Style to Gooch. I think you will like the results better.

3. Not that I know of. If it were me and this was becoming a real problem, I would export a container as Autodesk FBX format, reference as a style in InfraWorks and then do my visualization there. If you are stuck with AutoCAD, maybe using Union to combine each container into a single 3D solid will help.

4. InfraWorks.