hello everybody
i know we can convert aligment to feature line , but can we convert feature line to alignment ???
any suggestion
thanks
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You Can:
Offset the Feature Line (say 1') Explode it. (Changes to a polyline).
Offset the Polyline back, define it as an alignment.
Bill
If it's a corridor feature line you want to convert...
Make Alignment
select corridor
corridor contextual tab - launch pad panel - alignments from corridor
cmd line> Select a corridor feature line: pick the feature line to convert
Create Alignment dialog box - Name the new alignment, uncheck Create Profile (make next with more flexibility).
New Alignment will be indicated in corridor.
Make Profile of Alignment
select corridor
corridor contextual tab - launch pad panel - profile from corridor
cmd line> select a corridor feature line: select same feature line (may want to freeze the layer the new alignment is on, making it easier to pick feature line, or use the draworder command and move the alignment back).
Create Profile - Draw New dialog box - Name the Profile and set Profile Style/Label Set as desired.
New Profile should appear in the Profile of the base line alignment used in the corridor
Does that sound reasonable?
Has this been changed in the 2.5 years since your last post Jeff? Can a figure be converted into an alignment?
Also, another suggestion was to offset the figure then explode it to convert it to a polyline. Then offset it back into place and make an alignment out of that. When I explode the figure, it converts to a 3D polyline, and I can't make an alignment from a 3D polyline, right?
No but there is a command to convert the 3d pline to a 2d pline.
Convert3DPolys
Also noe that you may want to flatten the feature line of survey figure to a constant Z value prior to exploding. This will produce a 2d pline vs a 3d pline after the explode. It will also keep the arc segments.
John Mayo
I believe to convert featureline to alignment we must have the elevation on the vertices too.
Christopher Stevens
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SMH!
Rick Jackson
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@Yazan.SalamehBXQ2D wrote:
If we can have vertex z information to make a profile out of the featureline it would be easier than creating it all over again I guess.
The suggested process does leave the vertex z information untouched, so it remains available.
Note: This just an illustration. Legibility is not the main point.
Good Luck!
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You might want to post this in the Civil 3D Ideas sub-forum. That is the place to suggest improvements. There seems to be more I am told that Ideas is monitored by the C3D team. It is just my opinion, but I think it more likely that issues without workarounds might generate more interest.
Suggestions:
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CTC Software has a free tool in their Project Manager Suite of tools (Feature 2 Align) that will convert feature lines, and/or survey figures to alignments using native C3D create settings. They also have many other time saving tools within the suite for a modest price point that will pay for itself. They offer a free 14 day trial to get to know the tools along with many support videos and a responsive support team if you need more help.
As was posted earlier, there are a number of third-party solutions to this problem. SincPac and Kobi Tools both do. DotSoft probably does, but I'm not sure. @TerryDotson will know.
Thanks for the mention. Yes, we convert a selection set of linear objects (including FeatureLines, 2D/3DPolys and more) to alignments in a single process. At a glance it looks like one could acquire all three of the products @tcorey mentioned for the price of the previously mentioned package, and that 3x priced product is per seat per year.
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