Assigning Attribute Data to Polylines

[ChristopherHinkley]

To all, 

I have a data set in Civil 3D, town wide water mains with pipe sizes, gate vales, "t's", reducers, etc..  I go through the process of assigning attribute data to the polylines by selecting "define object data (creating a new table with fields), then select "attach/detach object data".  This is a manual, tedious and time consuming process.  The end result is to export to ArcMap and build a base map for the town.  

See attachment for a small snip of the what I am undertaking.  

Any suggestions to speed up the process would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Chris Hinkley

[tcorey]

If you have a text file of the data, attaching Object Data can be automated using LISP.

[ChristopherHinkley]

@tcorey, 

Thanks for the quick response.  

Do you have any examples of what the text file should look like in order for the process to work?  I have done one LISP routine in my life, not my strong suit.  

Thanks!

Chris Hinkley

[Pointdump]

Hi Chris,
Please post what you have in the way of data. Do you have any shapefiles available from your city or county?
Dave

[ChristopherHinkley]

@Pointdump 

I only have a .dwg file.  I attached a small sample of the overall project. 

Thanks.

Chris Hinkley

[TerryDotson]

How would you envision its automation, given that you have polylines and inserts instead of a Civil3D Pipe Network?  I agree that the ADE tools haven't seen any improvement since they were created roughly 35 years ago.  Anyone remember ADE (Autodesk Data Extension) or "Landmark GIS" before Autodesk acquired it.

[rl_jackson]

@TerryDotson unfortunately I remember that along with the sad sack SSA, IMO

EDIT: (oops forgot VT or is it VD)

[drazen.galic]

Hi @ChristopherHinkley ,

Agree with everybody (@TerryDotson , @rl_jackson ,...) that what I call "Old Map" is very inefficient. When initially inaugurated it was promising functionality but later on it was not developed further.

In your case, I don't see how to make it through text file because you have to do some "binding" between text file and entities. If I well understand, you have dwg with some texts which should become data, to be exported to ArcMap. To create text file or maybe database you have to initially write all data to text and then somehow connect those records to entities. Too much steps with uncertain result at the end.

Any Civil 3D pipe network with property set data again is not good approach.

So, IMHO, you do not have short term good solution instead what you are doing now.

Out of my curiosity, when you say ArcMap - is it SHP file or something else?

Regards,

Drazen